You Might be Old…If You Remember This! - Part 7

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[@clarencesmith2305]

We never had an A&P here in Portland Oregon.

[@MGMidget73]

​@@clarencesmith2305Our big ones were A & P and Safeway. With the regional one being Giant. I still remember the fresh coffee smell as my mom went through the coffee aisle.

[@Nan-59]

You have a superb voice for this! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@roncaruso931]

I grew up in the 1970's. I remember most of this. I would go back in a heartbeat. Times were simpler then. No smart phones, no Ipads, no personal computers, no internet, no Twitter, Facebook and texting. Kids used to go out after school and exercise and had friends that they played with and had in person face to face conversations.

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

Things weren't simpler, they were just easier because we were still kids. There were still bills to pay, rent to work for, food to get, clothes to afford, taxes to pay, politics to keep track of, crime rates to be aware of, weather systems to look out for...........but we were kids and had to pay attention to kid things, while the adults did all the adulting.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

@@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 Another back in my day, we were perfect comment from that person. Socrates famously said. "The youth of today lack manners".... It doesn't matter what year it is 1623 1723 1823 1923 2023 2123 There will always be GRUMPY OLD PEOPLE saying "in my day we were perfect and today's kids are monsters"

[@SchardtCinematic]

​@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 Yeah but the price of products to the ratio of what an adult made working a full time job was alot better than the high cost to what you make now. Our patents had it a bit easier than we do today.

[@oreally8605]

​@vicepresidentmikepence889 I think fans only, and cross dressing at 13 and teachers that support it, make kids monsters.. And always, there's someone who tries to sound "More in touch" with the younger crowds and makes fun of people in the comments who still have decency & morality.. 😊

[@writercard4]

Agreed

[@dmpath]

I remember 100% of what was shown, so I guess I'm old. "Change into your play clothes" is something I hadn't thought about for years, but sure enough my mom was always saying it. Didn't want to damage our "school clothes". Also "be home when the streetlights come on". All good memories of childhood in another era.

[@karenh2890]

We absolutely had to change into play clothes because we went to Catholic school and had uniforms. They were a big expense for my parents and you didn't play in them. I have a fond memory of our shoes being lined up on the kitchen counter and my mom polishing them. When I was older, I was expected to polish my own shoes. I miss my mom and dad. I'm a grandmother now and love it, but I miss having parents who worried about me.

[@brian70Cuda]

:) Some of my play clothes got so durty (pants) my buddy and I called them "iron Levis" They would stand in the corner from the knees up. LOL, so gross. Great days though for sure.

[@SpotTheBorgCat]

To this day, I dress up to go out and go home and change into my "grubbies". LOL

[@karenh2890]

@@SpotTheBorgCat Your mom would be proud!

[@jaysotherwife6007]

Girls wore dresses to school and mom would tell us to not show our panties. I was a 50's child, but that didn't change quickly.

[@brianbumgardner8704]

I grew up in the 60's and 70's. What great times those were.

[@hume1963]

I grew up in the 1970's and i remember going into our A & P and smelling the fresh ground coffee. It was incredible and that was at least 50 years ago.

[@samanthab1923]

We have two old A&P buildings near us. Look the same on the outside. One is a CVS in Lambertville & the other is a speciality grocery store in Frenchtown. Both in NJ

[@markrunyon5524]

Frenchtown,a beautiful place.@@samanthab1923

[@pc5440]

i forgot about A&P memory unlocked

[@johnharris3362]

Our old A&P store is now Walgreens, I can still almost smell the fresh ground coffee whenever I go in there.

[@SharonAnnMenefee]

I worked for A&P from 1978-1994.

[@heathermichael3987]

Back when commercials were iconic, movies were good and we had real freedom to roam❤️

[@noahpartic7586]

Commercials were full of sunshine & smiles, & many were just as entertaining as the shows they sponsored.

[@wotawanancy3249]

The commercials were fun to watch. Today's leave nothing to the imagination and dreary. Ugh🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@marknewton6984]

And NO cell phones!

[@noahpartic7586]

@marknewton6984 🤔That too.

[@noahpartic7586]

@wotawanancy3249 1 good 1 comes to mind & it's here on KZbin: Kids partying with what appears to be canned beverages. Turns out it's just canned water...With Judas Priest "Breaking The Law" playing in the background 🤣.

[@ritasanders7499]

In the 60s we used to make long chains from folder gum wrappers. Wow I had not thought of that and remember chewing a lot of Teaberry gum just for the wrappers

[@karenh2890]

I remember that too!

[@SMac-bq8sk]

Same! Wow, I loved Teaberry gum. Been forever since I've thought of those silly gum wrapper-chains.

[@annenelson5656]

My now sister-in-law who was the girl next door and my best friend made the longest gum wrapper chain ever. It went from her bedroom through the house, kitchen, through the side door, through the breezeway, through the gate into the very middle of our cul-de-sac!

[@susanjoyce-yq2mg]

Same, but with Juicy Fruit.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

We made chains from the pull tabs of canned drinks(including beer)! Then they changed the design of the cans

[@christopherkraft1327]

I'm old, I remember all of these things!! 🙂

[@ritasanders7499]

Me too and I would not trade a minute of it and the memories comfort me and make me smile. 😊

[@christopherkraft1327]

@@ritasanders7499 Well said, I agree!!

[@saminaneen]

@@ritasanders7499 You Might be Old…If You Remember This, when teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@rtex8563]

One thing I miss was shown in the video. The Brach's Pick a Mix candy stand. Also penny candy. My parents had a convenience store from 1971 - 1982. We had alot of kids bring in found soda bottles and they would turn around and buy bubble gum, jawbreakers, and all kinds of small boxed candy and candy bars with their bottle proceeds. Try to find candy today that costs less than a dollar!

[@OpinionatedLittleBrat-qr2kb]

I miss that stand too, choosing the candies. My favourite were the three layer: chocolate, coconut, and strawberry.

[@karltork6040]

There was a "Brach's" end display in the "A&P" segment, with the bins and scoop.

[@bryanspindle4455]

There was a small rectangular candy that was white nougat with tiny pieces of chopped candied fruits called Frenchies. I think they were made by Brachs. I haven't seen them in over 50 years. I miss the dimestore candy and nut counters where you could get many candies for 25 cents a pound.

[@doctorwigglespank8933]

@@OpinionatedLittleBrat-qr2kb They were awesome candies, and that bin always seemed to be empty, so finding them was a real treat. I had a craving for them the second I saw that display in the video, and checked their website to see if they were still available. Sadly, they were discontinued in 2012.

[@ruthsaunders9507]

I really miss the Brach's stand. We still had those into at least the mid 2000's.

[@elliotdryden7560]

That Brach's Candyland end-cap.....Lemon Drops and, above all, Chocolate Stars......sigh.....we just didn't know how good we had it, did we? 🤥

[@shnibby69]

Chocolate stars! Yes! Grandma and Grandpa always had a bowl on the coffee table!

[@robinholbrook8296]

My favorite was jolly ranchers you bought at the store for a penny.

[@P_RO_]

@@robinholbrook8296 More than a penny now but they still sell them.

[@b3j8]

My Mom would put out a bowl of chocolate stars and another of Brach's hard candy during the Christmaa holiday. Both were tasty.

[@sallymiller1359]

This beautiful recollection reminded me of how great America was at that time for many of us and how blessed we were to be born in the decades following WW II. I miss all of it, esp, my parents who made it all possible.

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

I agree, sometimes I feel overwhelmed that such an incredible time is gone. I want to go back with every molecule of my being.

[@sallymiller1359]

me too, Mark@@MarkTurner-vs7uc

[@wesleytillman9774]

Yes, I remember it also.

[@shinnam]

Too bad we have left such a terrible legacy. I think it is due to greed.

[@wesleytillman9774]

It's due to boomers getting enchanted with liberalism, of which I was guilty as well.@@shinnam

[@Kreb99]

I am 68, but I remember going to the A&P with my mom on saturdays after she cleaned the house. It is one of the best memories I have, and I have many.

[@frankt285]

A And, P. , Foodtown, C-town and, Pathmart... Have disappeared....😢😢😢

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

@@frankt285 About 30 years ago, I saw a supermarket in the Netherlands called A&P and had the old American-looking A&P sign.

[@superdill6665]

Omg, that final shot of the aisles in the A&P! The Brach's candy displa had those filled caramel candies in the foil wrappers. I loved those things!

[@ginib6350]

Those Royal candies were so good-wish they'd make a comeback

[@dennythomas8887]

I loved the pink, white, brown striped Brach's candy's. They had a kind of coconut taste and texture.

[@ruthsaunders9507]

@@dennythomas8887 Their Neapolitan's were the best!

[@markhernden9472]

I'd like to teach the world to sing--I can't believe I ate the whole thing--Let Mikey try it--You're soaking in it. Nope, don't remember those commercials at all. Lol

[@sonyafox3271]

I’d like to buy the world a coke and keep it perfect company, that’s the song, I sing! Life Cereal? Gee, where were you? Lol Lost in a haze? Lol

[@mayorb3366]

I miss the "jingles", the songs for the ads. They were certainly effective as we still have product association decades later!

[@markhernden9472]

@@mayorb3366 That's right. Now a lot of the "music" in commercials has me scrambling for the mute button.

[@incog99skd11]

You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!! Winston tastes good like a cigarette should!!

[@karltork6040]

​@@incog99skd11"I'd walk a mile for a Camel", "101's, Just a silly millimeter longer 101's"!!!

[@MattGrossChannel]

I remember the posters of Farrah Fawcett growing up. I had the distinct honor of getting to work with her on the TV series "The Guardian" a few years before she passed, and after her death I chanced upon her Westwood grave. It seemed so surreal.

[@P_RO_]

She was a hottie for sure! I remember the Rolling Stones album "Some Girls" with her pic on front, which she made them remove.

[@paultierneydontshootme_imj4713]

I had the T-shirt

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@P_RO_I didn’t know that!

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

I remember guys in high school with Farrah Fawcett posters inside their school locker doors in the 70's.

[@mariagonzales5348]

Who remembers going to the store and filling up on Penny candy? This was the best. My mom would give us our little brown bag and we filled up with all our favorites. Best memories. 😊😊

[@diamondmunrodaniels7955]

These are Treasurable days gone by to remember and have enjoyed because this generation has NO clue WHAT simple enjoyments are!-Ms.D.M.Switzer

[@cf-kw5qo]

Grew up in the 70’s yes we were so blessed

[@macoppoc7560]

We're 50's kids. Grew up exposed to lead paint, cast lead soldiers in the garage, played with mercury, most friends had BB guns and bows and arrows. And we're still around to talk about it. Can you just see four or five 10-12 year old boys walking down the street in their neighborhood, all with bows and a quiver full of arrows in this day and age? Schools with their own police force? Not as long as the principle or coach had a paddle, that was not the worst of it. Wait until you got home! Got our first window unit in the 60's, had to close all the doors to cool down two rooms! Mostly slept under an attic fan anyway. If you were playing at someones house around noon time, you were expected to sit and eat lunch with the family. Yep, and listen to Paul Harvey on the radio! I miss those days. Somehow we have lost some sophistication on our journey to this present day. And that's the rest of the story..........Good Day.

[@marknewton6984]

And drank water out of the hose!

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

The greatest time ever. I wish I could go back and stay

[@jamesmurray8558]

That the truth.We use to sword fight with wooden swords.It's little wonder we didn't crack our heads.

[@granddad-mv5ef]

You must be from my neighborhood. (And time period)

[@topgeardel]

Lol. I'm from the 50s. Kids came up with their own "toys". You mentioned bows and arrows. We had our parents come up with rubber-banded cross bows that shot bottle caps. We used clothes pins to hold and shoot the bottle caps. Ingenious. We glued toothpicks to kites and had "dog fights" with them. We built our own carts we peddled with our feet. If one kid came up with something...everybody had to do it. That meant we got our parents involved....LOL. I also remember my dad saving wood scraps from his table saw. I would use them as building blocks to create buildings. Had a ton of fun with them. Fun with junk.

[@danielcarlson800]

I remember the Brach's Candy rack!!!!! You buy it by the pound.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I miss that. I really liked the jelly nougats candy. Also, those different flavors of caramels. If I remember correctly they were called Royals.

[@phyllispitts6656]

I love these videos! Such fun memories. Kind of gives ya break from today’s crazy life! How innocent we were! Don’t forget, Beech-nut fruit stripe gum! And Food Fair Grocery Stores!

[@nberrypatch02]

My 7th grade math teacher had both the Farrah Fawcett & Cheryl Tiegs (pink bikini) posters hanging in his classroom. I don't think that would go over very well these days - HAHAHA! 🤣 Can you imagine the reaction & outrage? 😜 I had Shawn Cassidy & Andy Gibb posters in my room. 😍

[@juliepoolie5494]

Andy Gibb was my first concert. I still have the program.. Shaun Cassidy was the love of my life! Lol. He was my second concert. I have the ticket. Concert cost 7.50!

[@robinholbrook8296]

Don forget Donny Osmond David Cassidy

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I loved Andy Gibb! Voice and face of an angel. My posters were David Cassidy, The Monkees, and the Bay City Rollers. Later on it was Rick Springfield.

[@purplelove392]

I had Sylvester Stallone on my ceiling above my bed. He had on a teal tank top .

[@pattycake8272]

I loved the days of just spending my time out doors exploring the town or ridding bike for hours.

[@marknewton6984]

And NO cell phones! We knew when to be home.

[@Emily-Whitfield]

Born in 1963. I remember all of these. Great memories ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@fob1xxl]

I did the "play clothes" thing ever since the '50s. I had SO MANY TAPES ! WHO KNEW WHAT WAS COMING ? I LOVED the "Vienetta" cake ! BLACKJACK, CLOVE AND BEEMAN GUM was delicious ! You can still get it ! Such great memories ! Thanks.👍

[@thegeeg1751]

I still change to "at home" clothes !!!

[@breeinatree4811]

I liked teaberry gum too.

[@dragondancer1814]

@@thegeeg1751I do that in the summer because jeans are allowed at work but I like to switch to summer-weave military pants at home when the temperature outside hits 80 degrees or higher. I also switch from work shoes to home shoes (regular fun, funky-colored sneakers) because I need the thicker insoles and skid-resistant soles at work (concrete floors SUCK!). And we sell Bazooka gum in the checkout area where I work!

[@Laura-Lee]

I STILL do the "Play Clothes" thing❗️Young people find me hilarious 🫵🏻😄 when they hear this old lady proclaim, "I'll just get into my 'play clothes'", when I come home from being out. Poor Dolts. They don't know any better. 😔

[@dianewilliams1125]

Ditto!😊😊😊

[@williamalbrecq8826]

I have never seen you mention the vacuum tube machine that would be at the entrance of the grocery store, where, you could test your bulb and if it was bad, buy a new one. OH MY I AM OLD.

[@BigJon410]

I never saw one in a grocery store. However my father did have one at home. He was an engineer and electronics and short wave radios were his hobby.

[@tomklock568]

I forgot about that, man I guess I'm getting old!

[@IBM29]

Every Radio Shack had a tube tester in the 60's & 70's.

[@luisreyes1963]

The local drug store where I used to live near in Chicago had a TV tube tester by the entrance. Didn't know what it was for until I was older. Also, my father got me some Beeman's Pepsin Gum as a reward for behaving myself at the barber's chair.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

I remember those testers, they were in every local hardware store, drug stores. ,the tube testers that we had in our town was "U- TEST- M". I used them a lot, being that I was an up and coming electrical/ electronics engineer. what was interesting about the tubes that they sold out of the tester( at a premium price) were 3rd pick sylvania tubes that were one step away from the dumpster at the factory, and they bought them for next to nothing!!!.

[@joeapicelli8367]

I want my 1970s and my youth back.

[@frankjoyce76]

Oh my gosh that brachs candy display at the end of the grocery isle. Wow i miss those ❤

[@BigJon410]

Brach's chocolate covered cherries with a glass of cold milk.

[@philbrown9764]

I was born in 1949, so I already know that I’m old, with or without this video.

[@carenmontgomery2384]

me too...

[@carenmontgomery2384]

l don't remember A + P stores in California.

[@matrox]

I rememeber when all the grocery stores had open Brach candy dispensers, where you just dug in and scooped out what you wanted and put it in a bag and it was sold by weight. That was a regular thing in at least the 1950s or 60s up to maybe the early or mid 2000s then it disappeared. I asked the store mgr. what happen to the candy bin and said the got rid of it because peeps were grabbing candy pocketing it an stealing it.

[@juliepoolie5494]

We would buy bags of Brach’s Sparkles candy and share with friends in high school. 80’s.

[@notyouraccount566]

Loved that candy would buy it almost weekly

[@samanthab1923]

I wondered what happened to them.

[@doctorwigglespank8933]

I saw that display in the video and instantly had a craving for their Neapolitan Coconut candies. Too bad the displays (and those candies) are no longer around.

[@Mizzdr111]

I wonder who was stealing the candy and ruining it for everyone? Hmmmm... Quite the puzzle.

[@alicemacdonald1550]

I forgot about the Brach's candy bins! Loved those!

[@hearttoheart4me]

I was in my 20s and into the 30s in the 1980s. Another good one. I actually loved the 80s. They were a very good decade. Thank you.

[@matrox]

Big crack epidemic, crime was getting out of control, AIDS was everywhere.

[@questfortruth665]

Thanks for reminding me how old I am!! 😁 My KIDS grew up in the 70s and 80s!!

[@miriambucholtz9315]

Mine, too. They went to high school in the early 90s.

[@baseballmomof8]

Mine too 😂

[@saminaneen]

@@miriambucholtz9315 You Might be Old…If You Remember This, when teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@kevinlong9254]

My school clothes WERE ALSO my play clothes. We got dirty and went to school dirty where at recess we got even dirtier and then went home and worked on our farm and got even more dirtier. I loved it and miss those days so much.

[@douglasb9105]

I remember the A&P and Mom grinding the 8'O clock coffee. As a treat she would sometimes get us their "Spanish Bar Cake"! Doesn't seem that long ago, but I am only 67 years old.....😂

[@stnwrd]

Reminds me of great times with my late great grandma.

[@reallydarlings-se2xf]

Loved grocery store music. Wish they'd bring it back!

[@dennislogan6781]

When you showed the Brach's candy I nearly lost my mind. I have always loved it when you could their candy by the pound. Today too many thieves don't allow that. Too bad. Even in the early 90's you could still find them.

[@P_RO_]

In the SE the "Ingles" grocery stores still sell loose bulk candy (not Brachs though) from bins. They're placed where the hot-bar and Deli workers can keep an eye on them. They sell 8 O'Clock coffee too

[@floydsemlow8253]

80's was/is the best Decade EVER❤❤

[@diannelavoie5385]

I'm 71 now, and this was quite a long walk down Memory Lane. I remember more things here than I can mention. The A&P near my nana's house that she always went to and that wonderful smell of fresh-ground coffee. The delivery guys coming by: Guimond Farms milk and other dairy products, the bread and bakery man, soda delivery guy, potato chips and snack guy. Even a man selling fresh seafood. We lived in the 'burbs, and since Dad had the car, my mom liked these services a lot.

[@raeboyd5596]

And the Rawleigh man, who we got salve, tapioca, iodine , vanilla, horhound, and brushes from. I don't know what else he sold out of his trunk of that big pink car but I'm gonna Google it ! We had all of these services and today people think it new with instatcart and curbside.

[@Mizzdr111]

Naughty naughty, watching videos on the KZbins, you know that its only for the whippersnappers.

[@billolsen4360]

You never get those smells buying groceries at Walmart, which always smells to me like new extension cords.

[@sarahalbers5555]

@@billolsen4360 truth.

[@jeffnaslund]

Being born in late 1959, I remember all of this, and so much more

[@brendalee1265]

I miss A&P grocery store and bazooka gum. I'm old😂😂😂

[@oreally8605]

And those large Charleston chews.

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

They still make Bazooka gum! I buy it in packs at the dollar store. And yeah, it's still hard as a brick and the taste still lasts about 30 seconds!!!! LOL

[@brendalee1265]

@@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 thank you for letting me know

[@saminaneen]

@@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 You Might be Old…If You Remember This, when teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@jamesmathews1841]

Bazooka gun was the best! I can still remember the taste very well.

[@fw1421]

The 50’s and 60’s were the best. Coming home after school and watching “Where The Action Is” on Tv. Watching Heckle and Jeckel on Saturday morning along with Yogi Bear,Johnny Quest,The Jetsons,Scooby Doo Where Are You. All are big memories of my youth.

[@incog99skd11]

I was into "Dark Shadows" with Barnabas Collins the vampire.

[@marknewton6984]

Spin and Marty!

[@Jollyprez]

In Baton Rouge, they had a theatre that did FOUR features on Saturdays. You got a multi-part ticket to get treats and lunch and such which had to be surrendered at different times - to ensure you didn't pig-out on the first film. One Saturday, I remember three of the four - Batman Movie ( Original one with Adam West ), Ring of Bright Water ( about an otter ), an older two-color film from the 1950s about a girl and her horse. The fourth movie - alas, it's been 50 years, after all....

[@brenthaymon280]

In the 70s, I went to a Saturday movie marathon at the Paramount Theater in Baton Rouge. I saw four Planet of the Apes movies.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

Maybe National Velvet? Young Elizabeth Taylor

[@colegreen1291]

In the 50's in a neighborhood movie theater called the Avenue on Germantown Ave off of Lehigh, I would go Saturdays at around 11:00 and see at least twelve cartoons, then a serial episode like Buck Rodgers then a double feature of maybe Roy Rogers or Gene Audrey and then another feature. At that point hours later the kiddie program was over and I'd stay for the adult double feature with something like Singing in the Rain coupled with The Titanic. I'd leave about 8 PM. What a great day! Oh, and 75 cents would pay admission and a hot dog, soda and popcorn too. Those were the days!

[@Jollyprez]

@@arribaficationwineho32 that might be it.

[@bluefoxblitz8416]

😊 here in Australia we had BIG RED hot gum in the 1970s. Gumballs, hubba bubba and those wrapped gum you mentioned. Also POP gum. That was my favourite. You get these packets of crystals, put them in your mouth, they'd pop and then turn to gum. I used to stick my finger in the coffee grinder at the shops to remove the coffee stuck to the side as a kid. Loved doing that!! Probably spread worms!!😂😂

[@sonyafox3271]

Favorite, it wasn’t pop gum, it was pop rocks!

[@bluefoxblitz8416]

@@sonyafox3271 yeah that's it! I forgot for a moment. I just order some on candy store in Australia!! The gum version.🦘🦘🥰

[@mayorb3366]

I remember Hubba Bubba. Did you have Squirt! there? Square shaped gum with a liquid center. Bubblicious was another old favorite.

[@saminaneen]

@@mayorb3366 You Might be Old…If You Remember This, when teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@bluefoxblitz8416]

@@mayorb3366 YES!! I loved squirt!! Forgot all about that one too! My favourite was grape hubba bubba. We also had raspberry ice creams with little raspberry balls all over them, must have been sago or something and a peppermint one called peppe which was peppermint dipped in chocolate with biscuit bits on it. I also loved streets Hearts, but they always fell off the stick.

[@shnibby69]

The owner of our theatre in West Central Indiana always had a double feature (horror) on every Friday 13th!

[@marknewton6984]

Them! The giant ants...

[@ScottRandolph-dd7dr]

Retro greetings from coastal Mississippi. To have grown up in the 70's, what a blessed time. I am glad l am old ...l remember all of these. I still have many of these items. Remembering is a way of never forgetting ❤

[@dianeschenkelberg8270]

Okay, I guess I'm old. It makes me sad how social and innocent those days were.

[@matrox]

In the summer time sometimes our school would show films in the school auditorium. This being the mid 60s. I remember them showing Jack the Giant Killer. And another one being the Snow Queen.

[@deborahmichalak8991]

I still buy Eight O'Clock coffee beans and grind them at home. I remember helping grinding the beans at an A&P store when I was a kid. Loved the smell!!

[@melissastruxness512]

Born in 1968 remember the 70’s and especially the 80’s so well. My school clothes were my play clothes though. I lived outside all year around. It was amazing I still have my vhs tapes of movies and shows recorded. Nothing to play them on but still keep them. Also my cassette tapes of my fave songs from radio

[@lizzapizzar9077]

I still have my old VHS tapes & the machine, believe it or not. I'll pop in a movie every now & then. Please don't throw them out! You can buy refurbished players online or at garage sales.

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Check out thrift shops for a VHS recorder. You will probably find one.

[@anitabarra810]

I saw the last scene of the Brachs candy at the A and P. That was a memory I enjoyed. I enjoy your videos.

[@kells881]

Wow! I felt like you just vividly,showed me my childhood. I was a kid in the 70’s. Changing from school clothes to play clothes was indeed, a part of my life. The street lights, was all of the kids, personal time clock. My father use to wear Hai Karate Cologne.😏The Bozooka gum along with other penny candies that were available back then was Heaven to us kids. Finally, my aunt worked in the meat department of The A &P. As others stated, those were fun times. Sadly kids today, don’t have that luxury we all had, just being a carefree kid, without any worries. One more thing, the movie theater back then, was our parents babysitter. Double, sometimes triple features, AND you can watch them all over again once they were over.😊

[@juscallmegrumpy2395]

Mom wouldn't have shopped anywhere but A&P. While we drank a local brand of Coffee, my Grandparents started every morning with Eight O'Clock Coffee. All Boys, including me had that Farrah Fawcett Poster on our walls. Bazooka and Double Bubble - Bubble Gum were my favorites. We built Ramps out of pieces of plywood and bricks and jumped ditches or other objects. Sometimes just for height or distance. Either way, it was a "Stingray" Bicycle and no helmets.

[@danbaker-sl3gw]

Nah. The mongoose was better than the stingray. Lol. Bet I can jump farther than you

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I think Evel Knievel made us all do stuff with our bikes that we shouldn't have, lol!

[@danbaker-sl3gw]

Lol the closest I get to jumping is if I put the foot rest on my recliner down to fast and my feet hit the floor to hard

[@kenbaudoux464]

so precious our memories - thank you for keeping us in touch with them, I say this with more sincerity than you know ❤

[@thomasallen3818]

I recently bought all three of the chewing gums, Beemans, Black Jack, and Clove. They take me back to the 1950’s, when I was in elementary school and while at our lunch hour, we would go across the street to the local corner store to buy them. Kids nowadays can’t even imagine what it was like, open campuses, and lunch hours. I wouldn’t want to be a kid today for anything, but if there was a Time Machine, I would be first in line to go back to the 50’s.

[@jamessneed8789]

The last double feature I remember was the beatles a hard days night and let it be.

[@LadyLakeMusic]

My grandmother used to go to A&P and I remember the smell of the coffee grinding. The gum that we liked was Clarks and they had grape I believe but even more popular was teaberry and the dance the teaberry shuffle if anybody remembers that? I grew up in the 60s and 70s and I love this channel.

[@Mr.Zero1960]

I'm old and I'm proud of it! I grew up in the sixties within a middle class family. You couldn't trade my age for all the tea in China. I grew up in the best era for kids ever. BTW the gum segment was weak. My sister used to chew those back in the 50s. You want 70s? Try Pop Rocks and Marathon candy. Along with Wacky packages, too. That screams the 70's! Thanks

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Ha, I still have some stickers that came out of the Wacky Packages! Sometimes when I see a product I'll think of them and chuckle. 😅

[@XMattingly]

Another Recollection Robo winner! 🏆

[@jenniferhansen3622]

Robo???

[@XMattingly]

@@jenniferhansen3622 AI voice. It’s not narrated by a real person

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@XMattingly How do you know that?

[@XMattingly]

@@jenniferhansen3622 It’s completely flat. There’s almost no change in pitch or emotional cadence, like how a real person talks. Biggest giveaway is the identical way every sentence ends with an “eerrrr”. It’s a great voice, but it’s fake.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@XMattingly That's interesting! I'll have to listen again with those things in mind.

[@Zzyzx--]

Hai Karate, British Sterling, original Old Spice . At Christmas time they were packaged in gift sets - after shave, cologne and a bar of soap - and sold in drug stores as inexpensive gifts. Please do a video on drug stores in the 1970s, they were so great when they were small, local chains.

[@marknewton6984]

Canoe cologne! My first.

[@karltork6040]

And "English Leather", And "Brut"!

[@MustangSally7259]

AND....Brylecream a little dab will do YA! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@marknewton6984]

You'll look so Debonair!

[@participantparticipant506]

Those Vienettas were addictive. I would await the coupons for them that appeared a few time a year and stack them with holiday store sales. 8 O'Clock is still sold today (although owned by a different company now). My stepfather loved Bokar and Dad drank Red Circle. Sadly, both of those have disappeared.

[@shinnam]

Viennettas are available in Sweden, Poland and Germany. Might be in other countries too; just haven't looked for it.

[@DidntSay]

The A&P was my first job in 1984. The same store was also my brothers first job in 1968. The store sadly changed to a Fresh Market when A&P went out of business. Really sad since they had been around since just before the Civil War. The oldest grocery store in the US with almost 200 stores by 1900!!

[@jaymudd2817]

Weeeeeeooo

[@nberrypatch02]

Wow, I had totally forgotten about Viennetta ice cream cakes. I LOVED those desserts, especially the chocolate flavored. I would ask my mom to buy those quite often, at least every two weeks or so. I would sacrifice getting other types of ice cream or popsicles in order to get a Viennetta cake instead. They were sooooo good! Ugh, now I have a craving for it. I will have to search to see if they are sold anywhere near to me...

[@samanthab1923]

We would get the Jubilee roll from Friendly’s

[@sarahalbers5555]

Also, Howard Johnson's ice cream and chocolate cake!

[@clarkerots9348]

I love these videos, and I recall everything in this one. One commercial that I recall from childhood was the Miller Lite commercials. They always had famous people of the time on them and they would end up in a "tastes great", "less filling" argument. It would end with the phrase I can still hear today, "Lite beer from Miller, everything you always wanted in a beer....and less".

[@P_RO_]

And before that was the musical "Miller High Life, the champagne of bottled beer". I remember being 7 or 8 and being sent to the corner bar to buy beer and cigarettes for my uncles. Never a question from anyone..

[@shnibby69]

Gotta give props to the advertising agency that created the commercials for Hai Karate!

[@frankjoyce76]

I wish to smell that cologne so badly 😂

[@oreally8605]

And in the 80's "Pepperidge farm remembers."

[@sonyafox3271]

Pepperidge Farm’s Products still exists and, started out in the mid 70s!

[@festidious2644]

I listened to WABC New York in the late 60s and their Hai Karate commercials were great. They had all sorts of crazy 'yells' for when you were fearing for your life due to multiple women attacks. At Christmas, they had, 'Sleigh Bells!!" and, 'Yule Tide!!'. During the rest of the year, they had various other weird shrieks. The only one of those I remember is, 'Wait now, cha cha cha' said with a shriek.

[@matrox]

@@sonyafox3271 Yep...and have still maintained quality, unlike lots of other snack companys.

[@bigp3006]

These bring back fond memories, so much the more when considering today's insanity.

[@GenXfrom75]

I remember lots but not all. I was 5 years old in June of 1980. ❤ LOVED growing up in the '80s! 🎉

[@glennscotti8891]

I was born in june of 75 as well. We grew up in the best time.

[@GenXfrom75]

@@glennscotti8891 hey!! June 12th here 💞

[@claytona57]

Every time I see a video from Recollection Road reminds me of the days of growing up in the 80’s & 90’s.

[@deeannsmith7775]

I love the video 👍I would go back then in a heartbeat❤️ those days were awesome. I miss being a kid in the 80s.

[@pamelamays4186]

Cutting a record from the back of cereal box. It was a challenge to get it to play on your portable record player.

[@grandinosour]

I had forgotten about those...My high school yearbook had one inside the back cover with musical highlights of the year.....Had to tape it to a "normal" larger record to get it to play.

[@karlkutac1800]

Bazooka Joe's - I used to walk a mile with a couple of pennies in my hand, just to get a few of them. I'd forgotten that.

[@pamgrimm8850]

Your photos more reflect the era I grew up in, 1950s. Love all your videos and your warm voice narrating.

[@d.redrobinphillips9959]

I remember it all. I also was talking to my Mom this morning about the Milk Man who would sell us Spring cottage cheese in season and if we got Chocolate milk that was a red letter day. We had Charles Chips and pretzels delivered to the front door. And she reminded me that they even had cases of beer delivered to the house. I have always been glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's. And don't forget to have a nickel for the pay phone in case you needed to call home. Thanks again for all you do.

[@MeadowFarmer]

Clark's Teaberry gum is my favorite gum. It hasn't been sold in stores in years. I just looked it up on Amazon and they have it, Beeman's, Clove, and Blackjack. Thanks for reminding me of the gum we used to have in the past.

[@karltork6040]

Had "Fruit Stripe" him too.

[@rockarolla4756]

You can buy all those gums and candies from days past, even things our grandparents used from Vermont Country Store catalogs

[@daffodilrose1950]

Yes…I am old! Happy I grew up in the 50’s…..!

[@jamesmiller4184]

'Makes TWO of us, plus many more out here.

[@debbiemullen2574]

I'm 62 and I thank God every day, that I grew up in this era. Thanks for the memories.

[@kareldebures7006]

Hi there my fellow 62!⚘

[@aschule5684]

Not until September but 62 this year so "hello fellow 62 ers" 🙂 also "born in 62"

[@comfeefort]

In 1984 My 4 roomates pitched in and bought a VCR $250, TVs were not cheap either. We spent all our free time renting movies, great memories.

[@allisoncorona84]

When vcrs came out in the late '70s one could cost a week's salary; today, you couldn't give one away 😢. I think that we can say the same thing about dvd players in five to ten years 😢.

[@willardroad]

I'm really enjoying this series!!

[@angelajones168]

I was born in the 60s this just makes me feel so old I love it

[@madmike2624]

GREAT JOB, always brings back a flood of memories and emotions.

[@cynthiablandford6213]

I tell my 7 year old grandson stories of the freedoms that we ,as kids,had so much of while playing in and around our neighborhood and extended neighborhoods around our area without the fear of "stranger danger". It was a great feeling to do so right up until the bursts of our street light lamps would come on!❤❤❤🏘💡 He just loves hearing about some of the great adventures my little brother and l would have with that safe freedom!!❤😃

[@mikeywid4954]

Thank you Recollection Road for another great video. I could just hear the guy in the Alka Seltzer commercial saying " I can't believe I ate the whole Thing" LOL! P.S. I love the old cars in the photos.

[@tsugima6317]

I also remember the "Mother, please, I'd rather do it myself!!". commercial.

[@kareldebures7006]

Oh yeah!

[@lisam9233]

Does anyone else remember those violet candies? They kind of tasted like perfume, but were oddly addicting.

[@juliepoolie5494]

I have some in my cabinet. My sister found them somewhere.

[@SJHFoto]

I actually found them online and bought a case of them! They were and still are great!

[@lizzapizzar9077]

I remember them well and even found them in a local Walgreens as well as online! I was really surprised that they were still being made!

[@ginaboos9563]

C howards is the name. I buy them still

[@john6666steele]

Love Violet candy. They still make it. And the scented gum. They also make it in lemon flavor. It’s definitely an acquired taste

[@SJHFoto]

Microfiche machines! Haha-I think I gained A LOT of muscle doing book reports at the library! I had to use those a lot, and winding the machines was a workout! (It wasn't like on the picture. There were gigantic spools that you had to wind to get to the spot you wanted)

[@BakedRBeans]

The spools? That was the filmstrip format. It predated the microfiche format, but not by much.

[@gofusmoholl3462]

A&P memories! I remember being about five years old and putting a 10 cent package of koolade drink mix into my pocket. When I got home my parents asked me where I got that orange koolade mix. Before I knew it I was back at the grocery store apologizing to the manager for stealing his koolade! Ahhh! Teaching children right from wrong! What a novel concept!

[@TheVerbalVolley]

I well remember changing from my "school clothes" into my "play clothes". I also remember that boys were not allowed to wear short pants in school. Girls had to adhere to a certain dress code. Dresses could not be short, and blouses were encouraged. If they wore what was termed something "too revealing" they were sent home to change or were marked as absent for the day if they didn't return to the school after changing. It might not be such a bad idea today.

[@SJHFoto]

Definitely

[@marknewton6984]

Schools had dress codes!

[@tsugima6317]

I remember having to wear dresses that would touch the ground when you would kneel on the floor. Personally I think it was a power trip for the male teachers when they did a"skirt check".

[@OcotilloTom]

I'm 77, born in 1946...I remember a LOT!

[@shnibby69]

“Play clothes”…definitely a thing in my household.

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

School clothes, play clothes, sunday clothes, night clothes, and your PJ's.

[@saminaneen]

@@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 You Might be Old…If You Remember This, when teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.

[@carolscarantino2422]

Yea me too!

[@angrypuppett33]

I’ve probably told you this 100 times already but your channel makes me feel young again, even though I’m in approaching 50 I do still feel young at heart , but growing up in the 80s brings it back full circle, though we where poor I had the greatest childhood ever and wish at times I could go back to it!! Probably why I still play video games, because it’s the one things I could still do as a child !! Be blessed sir !

[@cherylsaylor5222]

Love these videos brings back such good memories. I do remember going to the grocery store back in the early fifties ,sixties and if you didn’t have your produced weighed and priced at the produce section you’d have to go back to do it.

[@ant-1382]

I do remember these commercials from the 1970s. weird thing about it is even with no sound track I still got it!! I'd like to buy the world a Coke, can't believe I ate the whole thing, hey Mikey, Palmolive with Madge! O.M.G. I'm old but I still got a good memory!!!! 😁

[@terryvuylsteke2434]

You so nailed it with the coffee section. Was a true treat to smell that aroma, even though I was only 6 at the time. Born in 64 by the way. Love your channel, cheers from Tillsonburg Ontario Canada.

[@Pippie807]

The 60’s, 70’s and 80’s were the best

[@AJ72281]

Woo! New video!

[@smorgasbroad1132]

Does anyone else remember the popularity of hanging "mobiles" in a teens bedroom? They usually had dangling doves and peace signs or that iconic flower from the 70's(well mine did). They were available at card & gift shops I suppose. Lightweight and easy to assemble & hang up. They rotated gently from the ceiling.

[@Go4Corvette]

Thanks again for a great video of history.

[@pameladonnelson2093]

I remember buying all of these when I was little

[@mewregaurdhissyfit7733]

I went to see Sleeping Beauty when it came out, because the man down the street from where I lived with my granny was the manager at the movie house, and he gave me free tickets. We had a Piggly Wiggly we shopped at where I lived. I don't recall any A&P around. There was a small private owned store we went to on Sundays though, because Texas still had the Blue Laws back then, and this was the only grocery store that was open on Sundays. I also remember Snow White Bakery, Titches, Sears for C'mas photos, and SantaLand during December. Some things at the grocery store you can't do anymore though..........Brach's Pick A Mix, grinding your own coffee, bagging your own loose teas, pick your own 6 pack of bottled sodas, and free cookies for kids. Too many kids leaving messes by playing with the machines, wasting tons of coffee and teas, stealing candy, and adults throwing toddler tantrums for a free cookie instead of buying some. LOTS of things we could do on our own, are no longer an option anymore, because of people no longer teaching their kids manners, etiquette, respect for personal space and others property, social skills, and using those things in ALL public places. I've heard there are some places up north that are starting to remove the "self serve" feature from gas stations, and turning back the clock to hiring pump jockeys, so people don't abuse the gas pumps and damage them trying to get free gas from them.

[@sonyafox3271]

There was a Santa Land in Cherokee, NC and, we went there a couple times when, we were little, we went in the Summer when, we went on our vacation to the Smokies, besides it was a small Amusement Park mostly for younger kids. Santa Claus, IN has Holiday World it to is a Huge Amusement Park and so, you mostly go there in the summer. Nothing in the park says Santa Land but, certain portions of the park have a place where the kids can go see the real Santa, a wax museum Pertaining to Christmas and, Abraham Lincoln and, so, yes, there are wax figures of George Washington and other historical figures of that time.

[@saminaneen]

@@sonyafox3271 You Might be Old…If You Remember This, when teenage girls, were REAL girls, and teenage boys, were REAL boys and there was no MENTAL illness, or FAKE genders, and all kids, knew, what public bathroom, to use.