Re: Do You Remember..........?
mrs.oroblanco said:
Hey, yea - crackerjack prizes - my favorite ones were the little "ships" you put baking soda in to make them run.
Cool! And, for a penny, you could get that strip of "dot candy" that was taller than I was (I'm thinking, though, I must of eaten quite a bit of paper
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B
OMG...the DOT CANDY....I remember going home to NYC to visit my grandparents...they always took us to the candy store around the corner (on Second Ave by 77th Street ... may have been on 78th?)...anyways..I always bought those and yea...I think I had my share of paper too! LOL And do you remember the little white whistle that came in the Cracker Jack box with the picture of the Sailor on it? That was one of my favorites...drove Mom and Dad crazy!!! LOL
How about other candy's like: Mary Janes, Black Cows, Charms (my Nani's favorite....she always had them in her purse and it was a ritual for her..whenever she put in her teeth...she'd pop in a charms to hide the nasty flavor of the powder to hold in her teeth! I can still picture her in my mind with that candy in her mouth and her beautiful teeth smiling! I miss her
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Gotta' remember Chiclets (the tiny size bubble gums...loved those and the flavor...WOW!),
Granddaddy taking us to the Central Park Zoo (it was really nice then and alot safer
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Homemade Ice Cream, Bubble Gum Cigars, Good & Plenty (you can still get those now), Wacky Taffy, Mike & Ike's, Slo Pokes.
What's My Line, Dragnet, American Bandstand (always watched it!), Danny Thomas Show, The Real McCoys (loved grandpa LOL), Jackie Gleason Show, This is your life.
Paper Dolls, Jacks and Marbles, Yo Yo's, spending hours trying to complete a puzzle, playing card games (usually OLD MAID or GO FISH!
), My First Barbie..I was 3 when she came on the market...her legs and arms were stiff, no movement at the knees and elbows, playing Tea with your new Tea Set Santa brought you, Chatty Cathy (I never had one, but my best friend did).
I read on here somewhere, where someone wrote about their son's curosity of the 45's....I had a similiar conversation with my dau one time, she was about 15 at the time (22 now)...she was listening to the song on the radio and I started to sing it...she said, "You know this song?"...I said, "Yeah, this is a remake."...she said, "No it's not, it just came out." I said, "Ahh, I don't think so...."...she still insisted I was wrong, then I took her to my collection of 45's and all my albums....she asked what these were. I said RECORDS. "Records? What is a record?"...ok...I pulled out the song she insisted was NOT A REMAKE put it on a ...ready for this...A RECORD PLAYER LOL....and played the song for her. I explained to her that this was our form of entertainment as your 10-12 song CD's are now. We only had a song on one side each, but our albums would have about 10 songs on them, give or take a few. She thought it was so LAME! Kids....if I could take my kids back in time to my growing up years, maybe they would see how wonderful we had it as kids....needless to say....she had enjoyed reviewing and listening to my OLD RECORDS and even had some friends sleep over one night...listening to these old songs! She loves the OLDIES BUT GOODIES NOW!!! OH, now I need to introduce these VINYLS to my boys (12 and 10)...
And kids, they mean so well...as I am 38 and 40 years older than my boys...and they will ask me..."Mom, where you born when that came out?" LOL
We may not have alot of what we had as kids, but atleast we have the memories and hopefully we can somehow share them with our kids and grandkids! Now I know what Grandparents meant by THE GOOD OL' DAYS!!
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