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‘60s fads


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HO scale slot cars and model trains

Doing wheelies on my Stingray

Delivering newspapers on my Stingray

Riding my skateboard

Ice hockey on frozen ponds

Shoveling snow

Going next door to see the moon landing in color

Pantyhose were invented, but one girl still wore garters

Getting tests back in order of your score - lowest first

 

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Taking a pair of clamp-on rollerskates and splitting them, then nailing the two pieces to a board- early skateboard. This is not a recommended practice as the wheels may come off at speed on a long asphalt downhill. 

Wandering around the neighborhood late at night.

Lots of "firsts"

Hiding under your desk in a Nuke Drill

Watching the Vietnam war get bigger and knowing I would go

 

Imis

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5 hours ago, Alpo said:

I never saw anyone with cleats on their shoes they THAT weren't out on a athletic field.

 

You mean taps, maybe?

Taps are on dancer's shoes. 

We called them cleats!:P

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Long hair, bell bottoms, leather fringe jackets and my favorite, mini skirts!!  

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13 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Demonstrations

Communes

riots

burning .... bras, draft cards, flags

End of segregation 

color tv

Spread of franchised fast food joints

 

Not sure I’d call those fads.

Certainly emblematic of the 60s.

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