In times gone by

rondetto

Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite 'fast food' when you were growing up?'
'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.'
'C'mon, seriously.. Where did you eat?'
'It was a place called 'home,'' I explained. 'Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'

By this time, the lad was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table.

But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I'd figured his system could have handled it:

Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore jeans, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card.

My parents never drove me to school... I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed (slow)..

We didn't have a television in our house until I was 10. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at 10 PM, after playing the national anthem and epilogue; it came back on the air at about 6 p.m. And there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people....

Pizzas were not delivered to our home... But milk was.

All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers --My brother delivered a newspaper, seven days a week.
He had to get up at 6 every morning.

Film stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the films. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or almost anything offensive.

If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.

rondetto

How many do you remember?
Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car.
Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner.
Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators.
Having to wring clothes in a mangle.

rondetto

THIS WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT.
THE ANSWERS WERE ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE.
I REMEMBERED, BUT ...
DON'T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT
A TEST FOR 'OLDER' KIDS
I was picky who I sent this to….
It had to be those who might actually remember.
So have some fun ‘my sharp-witted’ friends.
This is a test for us 'older kids'!
The answers are printed below,
(after the questions)
But don't cheat! Answer them first.
01.
After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset,
The grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man?
Invariably, someone would answer,
“I don't know, but he left this behind”.
What did he leave behind? ____ ______ ______.
02.
When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964,
We all watched them on The ___ _________ Show.
03.
'Get your kicks, ____ ________ ____.'
04.
'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to
________ ____ _______.'
05.
'In the jungle, the mighty jungle,
___ _____ _____ __________.'
06.
After the Twist , the Mashed Potato , and the Watusi ,
We 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go
In a dance called the '_____________.'
07.
Nestle's makes the very best _____________.'
08.
Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.'
Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us.
His name was ____ _____________.
09.
What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? ________ _______.
10.
Red Skeleton's hobo character was named _______ ___ ________
And Red always ended his television show by saying,
'Good Night, and '_____ ________.'’
11.
Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War
Did so by burning their ______ ________.
12.
The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front
Was called the VW. What other names did it go by?
___ _______ & ___ __________.
13.
In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about,
'the day the music died.'
This was a tribute to ________ ___________.
14.
We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit.
The Russians did it.
It was called ___________________.
15.
One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's
Was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist.
It was called the ‘_______ - _______’.
ANSWERS :
01.
The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet
02.
The Ed Sullivan Show .
03.
ON Route 66
04.
‘To protect the innocent’ .
05.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight .
06.
The limbo
07.
Chocolate
08.
Louis Armstrong
09.
The Timex watch
10.
Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11.
Draft cards
( Bras were also burned . Not flags, as some have guessed)
12.
Beetle or Bug
13.
Buddy Holly
14.
Sputnik
15.
Hoola-hoop

I hope this keeps you busy and lets you forget your aches and pains for a few minutes.

wall1409

My parents making me turn tv over, blackouts and being sent to bed with no candle, used to check under my bed and wardrobe(hand made by my dad) for monsters, usually it was my brother hiding in the made wardrobes who put the fear of god into me.

Wendy x

rondetto

I remember my mum giving us Ex Lax once a week to keep us regular.

rondetto

Anyone ever have dripping butties?

frogmorton

I did Ron - with extra salt :shock:

and by the way re q 7. That was when nestles wasn't Neslaaay!!!

love

Toni xx

tkachev

My Mum loved dripping butties. Her nick-name was skinny! You'd think they'd be full of fat but obviously not.


Elizabeth

rondetto

We didn't worry about Cholesterol levels in them days, I even had sugar butties too. Times were hard and you had to eat what you were given.

villier

Not dripping butties but HP sauce ones, I remember my mum ironing the sheets to warm the bed before we got in.

mig

We had pork dripping butties but we couldn't have the jelly that was saved for dad.Mig

lululu

Tin bath in front of the fire, lav out in the back yard shared with next door, news paper for toilet paper, cars had no radio, cars easy to repair, heaters were extra in cars, my first car was a Ford Anglia I had to double de clutch to change gear, Gas gas lights and gas mantles (hard to buy mantles)

You missed a lot there Ron!

barbara12

This snow always reminds me of the gas lamps.... looking out the window at night seeing the light it cast ...wonderful...
Sugar butties....
never heard of central heating...putting coal on the fire...and watching the flames jumping about....
Oh Ron now you have got me going there are thousands of memory's
Yip we always had to eat at the table...and no snacking because we didnt have shelves full of food..see Im off again... x

mig

Anyone have cod liver oil and malt,mum always had a big jar and we had a spoonful everyday. Mig

rondetto

Mig, my wife and I still have Cod liver oil and malt every day. They still sell it in Boots.

Yes Lululu, I remember all those things, having to double de clutch etc.

kathbee

rondetto wrote:

Anyone ever have dripping butties?

Don't think I did Ron, but my dear Dad was brought up on them and lived till just after his 90th birthday, so no 5 a day for him and he smoked from 14 years of age until around 80 years old.

Thanks for all the jokes Ron, a few laughs a day - just what's needed.

Kath

mig

I'm off to boots for cod liver oil and malt,didn't think you could still get it,thanks Ron.Mig

frogmorton

kathbee wrote:

rondetto wrote:

Anyone ever have dripping butties?

Don't think I did Ron, but my dear Dad was brought up on them and lived till just after his 90th birthday, so no 5 a day for him

I saw a programme on Tv Kath which said we'd need more like 25 a day to get the same vitamins they used to have in fruit and veg so maybe.....just maybe....he was getting the equivalent

Hear Hear to your praise of Ron's thread too

love

Toni xxx

kathbee

frogmorton wrote:

kathbee wrote:

rondetto wrote:

Anyone ever have dripping butties?

Don't think I did Ron, but my dear Dad was brought up on them and lived till just after his 90th birthday, so no 5 a day for him

I saw a programme on Tv Kath which said we'd need more like 25 a day to get the same vitamins they used to have in fruit and veg so maybe.....just maybe....he was getting the equivalent

Hear Hear to your praise of Ron's thread too

love

Toni xxx

Oh really Toni?
thanks for the info

and YES well done to Ron for keeping up the good work.
Kath xx

frogmorton

Well it was something like that Kath. Due to 'forced' growth and 'us' wanting fruit and veg of standard sizes/shapes/colours etc :?

Love

Toni xx

mike26

eleaphant&castle ... saturday morning
abc minors 3d to get in & 3d for sweets.
every thursday ran home from school to watch popeye.
paper round 2shillings save it in old tin till got enough for airfix or cars.

fish&chips in old newspaper lots of vinigar & salt mmmm...
toilet in outhouse dont forget the candle old newspapers wipe ya bum
into bed about a dozen blankets kept warm then!

open fire fresh bread toasting infront of fire mmmm.
butter then no spreds....

standing on the road join at tower bridge waiting 4 the trafic going over
and getting jolted..

yeppp lots of memories....

good ns and all mike26

rondetto

I used to be able to buy a bag of scratchings for a couple of pennies too.

mike26

yerr ron

are thay the same as the crackling bits from the fish&chip shop
or pork skratchings ?

always ask chip shop for few crackling bits with me chips..
lubbly jubbly ...hahaha :P :P mike26

mig

So went into my local boots to buy cod liver oil and malt only to be told that they no longer stock it as nobody asks for it ! As I turned away the young assistant turned to her workmates and said " that's the third customer to ask for that this week" :!: Mig

rondetto

Blimey, they've always got it in our Boots,

Yes Mike, the scratchings are pieces of batter from the fried fish.

villier

I remember after bath on Sunday night sitting at mums feet and her with the bone comb looking for nits xx