1950 fast food

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When I was a child, probably in 1956-58, when I was 9-11 years old, my grandparents had a country mercantile store. One day new "stuff" arrived, and my granddad told me it was "my job" to change the big round red circle on the top of the Coca-Cola box from 5 cents to 6 cents. It was already imprinted. It was a circle about 5 inches across, and I had to cover the old one with the new one. I made sure that new circle of price covered the old one, but I also knew the price had gone up, something that didn't happen often.
 

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When I was a child, probably in 1956-58, when I was 9-11 years old, my grandparents had a country mercantile store. One day new "stuff" arrived, and my granddad told me it was "my job" to change the big round red circle on the top of the Coca-Cola box from 5 cents to 6 cents. It was already imprinted. It was a circle about 5 inches across, and I had to cover the old one with the new one. I made sure that new circle of price covered the old one, but I also knew the price had gone up, something that didn't happen often.
1958 at the local Champion (CONSOL) company store Coke .03, Joe Palooka double bubble gum 2 for a penny ,and a Moon Pie for a penny .
Coal miners waiting to go on shift threw dimes on the pavement for us kids to fight over for ammusement.
Man! You beat hell out of enough kids to get two of them dimes and you were set for a week.
 

Cherry coke's and fries.

Orange Crush

RC Cola and moon pies

Grape Nehi's
 

Drive in food , cokes fries real meat hamburgs Thick malts and girls on skates delivering it. And I miss the drive in movies too.
 

didn't see any dino-burgers on the menu,yer not that old :icon_jokercolor:
 

The only fast food we got was straight from the kitchen...Campbells tomato soup and grilled cheese
 

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Woolworth's? Been there, all right! :thumbsup:

Remember the orange and grape "fountains" with jets of the soft drink splashing up and cascading down under a clear plastic dome?

Too bad I never got a chance to lift the lids and let 'em really do their stuff!
 

I'm too young to remember the Woolworth's counter. However, looks like good food at a great price.
 

Kresge's Dime Store also had a lunch counter but across the store from the counter,they had a small counter where you could get a frosted mug of A&W Root Beer and a fully loaded hot dog for a quarter.
 

Gypsy Heart said:
The only fast food we got was straight from the kitchen...Campbells tomato soup and grilled cheese

I still eat grilled chese sand. One of my favorites :thumbsup:
 

Gypsy Heart said:
The only fast food we got was straight from the kitchen...Campbells tomato soup and grilled cheese

Yep,that was kinda the standard lunch.No Kellogs Special K then.It was either Kellogs PEP or Jack Armstrong's Wheaties,I'm probably talking about the 40's now.
 

We had a Kresse's department store with several floors if you can imagine. Down in the basement was the Candy/nuts, toys and a big lunch counter. My grandmother use to take me downtown to the big city with her once a month when her pension check came in. We'd ride the street car from Sand Springs to Tulsa. We always ate at the Kresse's lunch counter. I always had a hot beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy with a sprig of parsley. Total cost $0.60. Grandma always bought me a bag of penny candy and a small toy too. I remember sitting across the counter from a really old man with a long grey beard. He appeared very feeble and was eating soup. The soup would drip down his chin and off the end of his beard and right back into the bowl! I nearly died laughing and grandma gave me my first lesson in manners, right upside the head! I was four. Monty
 

I remember some of these things back in the 50's.
My dad would take our family shopping in Corning, N.Y. on payday in the ol 55 ford station wagon.
On the way out of Newberrys store we all got a slice of pizza, ( nothing like you can get today ). Just a plain type of pizza under a warming light, It was so delicious. Then we would go across Market St. to the Army Navy Surplus Store, then to the market to get 2 weeks supply of groceries. On the way home we would stop at Dann's Dairy and get jug milk and a ice cream cone. Head back home to Tioga Co. Pa.
I can still taste that simple slice of pizza today.
Thanks for the memories,
Clayton
 

Gypsy Heart said:
The only fast food we got was straight from the kitchen...Campbells tomato soup and grilled cheese
The absolute best! Cut a pair of grilled-cheese sandwiches on the angle, dip 'em in the soup......Mmmmmmm......
 

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