Lost in the Fifties (Whoa! How old are you if these images ring a bell?)

http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZXu ^ | Don't know | Don't know

[Chgogal]

It's a video and a very cool video IF you are a certain age. And I am. ; )

[morphing libertarian]

mom would takes us every monday night during the Summer probably 51-56. Tickets 25 cents

Pop corn 15 cents coke 10 cents.

I remember seeing about and costello and wizard of oz (made in 39). I thought they were all new movies.

[morphing libertarian]

abott

[Sparklite]

Indeed, the Star theater in Amarillo had nine-cent admission on Saturdays. What I remember is how sticky the floor was. You could lose a shoe...

[Fiji Hill]

and all those A tickets left over.

I still have some of those.

[Sparklite]

... and pink and black was all the rage. I remember seeing a 195x Packard with pink and black trend. So cool.

[morphing libertarian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zQ_xCX6TA4

[Fiji Hill]

Born to Be With You--The Chordettes (1956)

[Western Phil]

http://www.harvestmoondrivein.com/

[morphing libertarian]

we moved in 79. Must have thrown away 30-40 of those. Never took the carriage ride down main street.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Sewing machine $428. (worse)

Typewriter $451. (undoubtedly worse)

Tricycle $53 (I think that is cheaper).

Washer $1043. Dryer $819. (Chunk of change!)

T-Bone $7/lb (about normal, maybe a bit cheaper)
Pork $3/lb (cheaper)

[Don_Ret_USAF]

Would go to the cut right gas stations in the late 1955’s to get their stamps and booklets. Fill up the booklet and get a $1.00 worth of gas (at 20 cents a gallon it was 5 gallons back then). Some times they offered double stamp for a full up. As a young service person this was how I could use the car a week before payday to see my future wife. Worked at a gulf station part time and saw gas wars down to 15 cent a gallon. We were a full service station. Did pump gas, clean the front windshield, raise the hood of the car and check the fluid levels, do a quick check of the engine compartment for signs of problems and recommended repairs as needed. We did oil changes, tire repair, engine tune ups and up to complete motor over hauls. We even did road side services. Those were truly the HAPPIER DAYS.
Don

[Fiji Hill]

One of my favorite songs of the fifties:

Advice to Joe--Roy Acuff (1950)

[the OlLine Rebel]

Oh yeah, that was ancient.

We still have my mother’s and it was more futuristic and a lovely pastel pink.

[PLMerite]

“I asked my 22 year old son if he knew what the three little round plastic things were for. He thought maybe they were IUDs.”

Hey, dual use technology, wouldn’t that have been sly?

(This is assuming you meant the 45rpm adapters, not the hula-hoops.)

[CynicalBear]

Wow! A walk down memory lane!

[Harold Shea]

I remember coming home from VN

in `71 and buying a new VW beetle for

$1900. Drove it for 3 yrs and sold

it for $2300 during the gas shortage.

Motel rooms for $20 at Holiday Inn.

Krystal burgers for $.25 each

Winston packs $.50...quit when they

hit a buck a pack.

[Sparklite]

Heh. I quit smoking cold turkey and permanently when cigs passed ten dollars a carton, the same point as your buck a pack.

[Fresh Wind]

And woe to the kid whose name amounted to 11 letters. His colleagues would sing the song and substitute his name for Mickey Mouse.

There was a variant around my neck of the woods based on J-E-S-U-S C-H-R-I-S-T.

Out of respect, I won't repeat it here (I don't remember the whole thing anyway).

[oldmomster]

I think it was 6 transistor. There were two stations in NY that we listened to but don’t remember the names. One had news on the hour the other had it five minutes later. We’d switch frantically so not to miss one song. My favorite dj was Murray the K with his call : Ada be, uh. Ada be, uh. Kua zowazowa. Never did find out what that meant.

[Daffynition]

Nice!

Shoo-doup and shoobie-doo.