I’m 66 and I remember a lot of that, but wasn’t born before television or penicillin...
Coke and candy bar were both a nickel, my grandmother would send me to the store to get her a pack of Camels, about a block away, I could get myself a Baby Ruth and I damn well better bring her the penny change.
Milk in glass bottles, either a cardboard stopper in a little indent, or a foil cap, delivered twice a week by the local milkman. When you went on vacation you had to leave him a note - no milk next week...
Tonka trucks and other toys actually made out of metal that would outlast a 4 year old boy...
Cooties...
Mr Potato head was a new thing...
Just Barbie and Ken and a couple of changes of clothes...if you wanted a doll house you had to build the thing. And you couldn’t get Barbie with anything but blonde hair.
Pledge of Allegiance every day at school, first thing, no exceptions...
GI Joe was a toy, not a movie...and a franchise...
McDonald’s and Burger King didn’t exist, nor 99% of the “fast food” places we see today, nor most of the franchise greasy spoons like Waffle House.
Burma Shave signs...
Stuckeys...
In the late 1950’s we’d spend Saturday nights drinking beer and waiting for early morning to lay back and follow the milkman. Stay a block behind and run to porches looking for the treasure, chocolate milk. 😀