MizPete Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Penny loafers - Bass Weejuns - were a sixties thing & you did NOT put pennies in them. Gant shirts. Can't remember all the other things you HAD to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Got my first surf board in 1959. Had a 50 Chevy with a roof rack to put it on. Went to sock hops, local soda fountain and had a red Ryder Daisy BB gun and a Schwinn 3 speed bike. Also had a pair of the strap on roller skates and wore shirts with mandarin collars. No penny loafer, just wedge sole wingbacks with horse shoe taps. I graduated from high school in 1959, so the 50's were my time for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 The 50s were my time as well. 1957 and my father bought the only new car he ever owned. A charcoal and pink 2 door 57 Chevy. I loved it and it could fly but that's another story. My car? Dark blue 4 door 1939 Chevy. My Mom helped me buy it, she paid half $45. Hair? Duck tail haircuts with a sex curl on the forehead. Butch wax to keep the doo in place. Having a class in a hot room and feeling the wax melt and run down your neck. Heavily starched white long sleeve dress shirts with the collar turned up in the back. "Steady" Girls using a whole roll of adhesive tape to make your class ring wearable. Those same girls with the stainless steel bras that could inflict abdominal injuries on you after a night of close dancing. Sheer embarrassment when your mother points out the lipstick on your collar. Collecting the silver spoons from a Dairy Queen promotion and being the first to fill the defroster vents with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 4:09 PM, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Roller skates that were strapped and clamped to your shoes with a key "I got a brand new pair of roller skates. You got a brand new key" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 51 minutes ago, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said: just wedge sole wingbacks What the heck are/were wingbacks? I know that term as applied to football players and to chairs. I know slingbacks, which are women's high heels. And I know Red Wing, who make boots. But never heard of wingback shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, MizPete said: Penny loafers - Bass Weejuns - were a sixties thing & you did NOT put pennies in them. Gant shirts. Can't remember all the other things you HAD to have. Wanna bet?? I still have a pair with pennies - and wear 'em~! Penny Loafers History! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 No pocket change in the Weejuns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 23 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Just for the record, I had one in blue and white. My dad gave me his in 1966 when I graduated from High school. Looked just like this without the cool wheels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Alpo said: What the heck are/were wingbacks? I know that term as applied to football players and to chairs. I know slingbacks, which are women's high heels. And I know Red Wing, who make boots. But never heard of wingback shoes. Similar to the "wingtip style" seen in dress shoes today. The tip design was carried all the way to the back of he shoe on each side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 This? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Noz said: "I got a brand new pair of roller skates. You got a brand new key" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Alpo said: This? Yep, with wedge soles. No heel, just a thick sole in the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Wore engineer boots clear through high school, early 70s. Mama told of weaving pink ribbon in Dad's logging boots he wore to school, soon as she did his, the other girls wove pink ribbons in their chief squeeze's laces as well. (BAAAA and the sheep fell right in line) Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Drive-in burger joints Baseball cards on bicycle spokes for that real motorcycle sound REAL M80's (don't get caught fishing with them..... ) REAL Cherry Bombs (not nearly equivalent to the real M80) Butch, Lucky Tiger, Brylcream, Vitalis, and Wildroot. (Butch when I wore a 'flat top'. Wildroot when my hair was longer.) Military convoys (we lived close to a reserve base) NO AIR CONDITION. Our church had HUGE windows that were opened up on Sunday during summer. CHURCH BELLS on Sunday mornings. Traveling to other places with NO Interstate. Stopping at nearly every 'STUCKEY's. Whitewall tires Friday nite boxing matches on TV ...... Brought to you by "Gillette". UNLOCKED doors and opened windows. Ice storage box: We actually had an ICE MAN deliver a block of ICE to us every other day. And the BIG ONE: Party Line telephones. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 And the “throw it out the window”! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 And don't forget the Burma Shave signs along side the highways, candy cigarettes, and girls with ponytails and saddle shoes with bobby sox to go with the poodle skirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Arizona Gunfighter said: And don't forget the Burma Shave signs along side the highways, candy cigarettes, and girls with ponytails and saddle shoes with bobby sox to go with the poodle skirts. They started in the 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: 8 minutes ago, Arizona Gunfighter said: And don't forget the Burma Shave signs along side the highways, candy cigarettes, and girls with ponytails and saddle shoes with bobby sox to go with the poodle skirts. They started in the 20s. They were all still around in the 50's when I was growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 36 minutes ago, Arizona Gunfighter said: They were all still around in the 50's when I was growing up. Yes they lasted into the early 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 44 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Yes they lasted into the early 60s. I remember the Burma Shave signs around the highways in Florida well into the late 60's Edit, And the Coppertone billboards that would probably be considered child porn now although they were in an innocent type manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Lady Bird Johnson campaigned to reduce the prevalence of bill boards and other signage that was everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: I remember the Burma Shave signs around the highways in Florida well into the late 60's Edit, And the Coppertone billboards that would probably be considered child porn now although they were in an innocent type manner. FREE FREE A TRIP TO MARS FOR 500,000 EMPTY JARS BURMA SHAVE Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Jim #14501 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Hair stuff, Brill Cream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 “Little Darlin’ “ The Diamonds (released 1957) Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 2/20/2020 at 9:00 PM, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said: Got my first surf board in 1959. Had a 50 Chevy with a roof rack to put it on. Went to sock hops, local soda fountain and had a red Ryder Daisy BB gun and a Schwinn 3 speed bike. Also had a pair of the strap on roller skates and wore shirts with mandarin collars. No penny loafer, just wedge sole wingbacks with horse shoe taps. I graduated from high school in 1959, so the 50's were my time for sure. I had a Red Ryder Daisy BB gun with a plastic stock fore and aft. Re ws on the right side and was raised to look almost 3 dimensional. The butt plate came off and made a nifty neato keen hiding place. I buy another one if I could find it just for nostalgia's sake. Been 60 years since I last saw that one and never saw another ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I have one with a plastic stock, but says J. C. Higgins on it.....from Sears. My sister gave it to me. Butt stock is broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highwall Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I actually found a muddied up Red Ryder BB gun in a culvert when I was 4 years old. My dad checked with the neighbors but no one claimed it so he cleaned it up and we shot it together for years on end until he got me a Savage Crackshot 22.! I remember getting a Gilbert erector set, a Hubley tractor and a fort Apache set for Christmas when I was 5. That was 1956. In 1957 I got a full sized Hiawatha bicycle from the Gambles store. It had training wheels and I couldn't reach the pedals so my dad added wooden blocks for my feet meet the pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major BS Walker Regulator Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Toy pistols that shot plastic bullets and my mother telling me to always carry some change in case I have to make an emergancy phone call / from pay phones / phone booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 "Man In The Moon" kites. 10-cents in my neighborhood grocery store. 5-cents for a good ball of string. Mom always kept a couple of old sheets to make the tails. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 8 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: "Man In The Moon" kites. 10-cents in my neighborhood grocery store. 5-cents for a good ball of string. Mom always kept a couple of old sheets to make the tails. ..........Widder That's something you almost never see anymore. I can't even remember the last time I saw anyone, kid or otherwise flying kites at any of the local parks. Instead of looking up at kites or rubber-band balsa airplanes in the sky they're all looking down at their smartphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 2/22/2020 at 6:57 AM, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Traveling to other places with NO Interstate. Stopping at nearly every 'STUCKEY's. AND... waiting for hours (or so it seemed) at road construction sites when the interstates were being built! (We took a vacation every year from Indiana to either Albuquerque or Seattle, alternating between each and sometimes hitting both!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: AND... waiting for hours (or so it seemed) at road construction sites when the interstates were being built! (We took a vacation every year from Indiana to either Albuquerque or Seattle, alternating between each and sometimes hitting both!) In Georgia, the Interstates are already built...again and again and again and again and again....... Georgia is the State of perpetual road construction on the same stretch of road, year after year after year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 21 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: In Georgia, the Interstates are already built...again and again and again and again and again....... Georgia is the State of perpetual road construction on the same stretch of road, year after year after year. I've heard it told that the Apostle Paul had to travel thru Atlanta on his trip to Rome. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: AND... waiting for hours (or so it seemed) at road construction sites when the interstates were being built! (We took a vacation every year from Indiana to either Albuquerque or Seattle, alternating between each and sometimes hitting both!) .... so, .... that was happening back then too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Toy guns/squirt guns that resembled real guns. And everyone knew the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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