We who grew up in the 50's had the best life !

[bogus bill]

Bobby Benson of the B Bar B. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Benson_and_the_B-Bar-B_Riders
Two Ton Baker the music maker http://twotonbaker.com/2ton/bio/bio1.htm
Straight Arrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Arrow
The Shadow http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/The_Shadow.php

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Ah yes, I remember those days well. Believe it or not, in those days our parents actually let us ride our bicycles without wearing a helmet.
Speaking of bikes, do you remember getting your pant leg caught in the chain because your bike didn't have a chain guard?

More than once.
Paul B.

WHAT no one told you to roll up your pants leg Yea it took me awhile to do that also :wink:

And Cukla, Fran & Ollie along with Howdy Doody were just about the DUMBEST shows on TV Buffalo Bob was a DORK

 

[caryc]

Ah yes, I remember those days well. Believe it or not, in those days our parents actually let us ride our bicycles without wearing a helmet.
Speaking of bikes, do you remember getting your pant leg caught in the chain because your bike didn't have a chain guard?

More than once.
Paul B.

WHAT no one told you to roll up your pants leg Yea it took me awhile to do that also :wink:

And Cukla, Fran & Ollie along with Howdy Doody were just about the DUMBEST shows on TV Buffalo Bob was a DORK

Yeah, he wasn't suave and debonair like Captain Kangaroo. I kept waiting all those years for him to make admiral but he never did. But I guess being outsmarted by a rabbit every day went against him.

I think Buffalo Bob and Mr. Green beans (Lumpy Brannam) must have been related. They were both dorks.

Did you know that Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) was also the original Clarabell on the Howdy Doody show?

 

[graygun]

Cary. In the 50's I was one of the guys that put the milk bottles on your step. I delivered milk for Green Spring Dairy, door to door, in the Annapolis MD area.

We had Green Spring Dairy delivered to our house by a guy named Donald. My sisters had a crush on him.

 

[tom black]

I had one of the Fort Apache sets, still have a few pieces of it left somewhere. I also had a Custer's Last Stand similar too it and a caveman/dinosaur set. Still have a bunch of the dino toys.
Tom

 

[kramden]

One of my greatest blessing from God was being born in America and growing up in the 50's. A golden almost magical era.

 

[caryc]

One of my greatest blessing from God was being born in America and growing up in the 50's. A golden almost magical era.

I guess that's what makes me watch "A Christmas Story" every year. I really feel sorry for todays kids. They never get to be "just a kid".

 

[KIR]

Winky Dink...Vaguely remember putting a clear plastic screen in front of the TV screen and drawing lines on it with an eraseable marker that eventually would give one a code word.
Buster Brown (Shoes) and his dog Tag (?)
Beany and Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent who would sing...R-A-G-G...M-O-P-P Rag Mop...

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Winky Dink...Vaguely remember putting a clear plastic screen in front of the TV screen and drawing lines on it with an eraseable marker that eventually would give one a code word.
Buster Brown (Shoes) and his dog Tag (?)
Beany and Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent who would sing...R-A-G-G...M-O-P-P Rag Mop...

AHHHHHHHHHHHH Yea Buster Brown the top of the line kids shoes.
Our BB store had a x-ray machine so you could see how the shoes fit.
AT times they would leave the machine in a protected area outside the front door. I'm surprised I don't have toe cancer for as many times we kids would x-ray our feet.

Tige, an American Pit Bull Terrier, thought to be the first talking pet to appear in the comics, and, like that of many of his successors, his speech goes unnoticed by adults. This popular character was the subject of a book in 1905 with the title, "Tige" His Story.

 

[Ride1949]

Yes, we sure were lucky. What a magic time to grow up. I posted this before, but it's worth a listen again. Let's see how much you remember.
Enjoy.

 

[g5m]

Yes, indeed!

 

[mr surveyor]

CG's original post wins the post of the decade award as far as I'm concerned. Being born in 1953, I'm still a kid .... but I miss the 50's anyway


jd

 

[Ride1949]

Not to hijack this great thread but, here's one for you too. Not quite as pleasant as the first one. This was the second half of my youth. 1968 changed all that.

 

[protoolman]

I was a kid of the 60s and 70s. We had Scooby Doo and Jonny Quest on Saturday morning. Dreaming about a Schwinn banana seat bike with a stick shift on the bar. Dad drove a 396 Chevelle. First gun was a single shot .410. All the boys in high school carried a Buck 110 in a pouch on their belt.(at school) . Starting in 5th grade we'd sneak uptown and spend our lunch money on a can of Skoal or Copenhagen and they'd sell it to us. Some kid would sneak a Playboy mag to school so we found out what girls looked like. Yep, the good old days.

 

[Old and grumpy]

A high school kid could walk in and buy a gun. Big 5 had a shopping cart full of 303 Enfields parked by the front door not behind the counter. In 3rd grade I would walk to the store and buy smokes for my mom. Was casting fishing weights from scrap lead in 4th grade. Dad showed me how then left me alone with it. Taught myself to reload at 16. Put our guns and gear in my jeep. Check in for first period in high school. Make a wrong turn before 2nd period and end up the mountain for deer season.

 

[trebor44]

Lots of "memories", how about a bottle (glass) of sunscreen that was alcohol based?

 

[Mauser9]

Great thread and posts. The 5 cent candy bars were my favorite. Parents complained when they went up a penny or two. Dad bought me a Columbia Torpedo 24 inch bike for $20. Built like a tank back then. My Daisy pump 25 cost $9.95 and still got it. Baseball cards were 5 cents with that hard bubble gum! Still held onto my Silverstone 6 transistor AM radio. Wish it still worked with that 9 volt round battery! And not to forget those folding jack-knives that cost 79 cents at the corner store. Polished blades that would close up on your fingers. More honest people I recall.

 

[Mega Twin]

Mimeograph just seeing that words make me almost be able to smell it!

 

[Bob Wright]

I remember the Red Ryder comic strip in the Sunday paper. There was Red Ryder, Little Beaver, the Duchess, and the sheriff whos name I can't recall.

And I was listening to Tom Mix on the radio (Curly Bradley played Tom Nix) when they broke in with the news of President Roosevelt's death.

Sheriff Mike Shaw was Tom Mix's side kick, and Wash Tubbs, a black man, was the ranch cook/dishwasher.

 

[caryc]

One thing I remember well is watching a live broadcast where Jack Ruby shot Oswald.