What was it like in the 50's?

Question

or if you have no idea about that, do you know any 50's car styles?

Answer 1

I grew up in Chicago in the 50's. It was great. Father's worked and Mother's stayed home to raise the kids. Everyone knew their neighbors. People were from every country in the world and got along. We played outside from 7 til 10 at night and were never in fear. There were no computers so there were few heavy kids. We found things to do from kick the can to ringalivio. (Thats a game of 2 teams and they try to catch each other over 2 or 4 city blocks) We had shcool yards with shelter houses and a woman and a man coach there from 3 til 9pm to organize baseball, football, basketball, and Wrestling. And activities inside when the weather was bad. When you wanted to get a hold of a friend you would go out in front of his house and yell Yo Billy, or Larry, or kenny and out they would come. The ice cream truck would come down the steet with its bells ringing and a cone only cost a dime. You could get a dime from your parents and you could go down to the corner store and get a bag full of penny candy. Sputniks, shoe strings, mary janes, snaps, and bulls eyes. We would get baseball cards and put them on the spokes of our bikes to make them sound like a motorcycle. God know how many collectors cards we ruined. The summers were and most people didn't have air conditioning so neighbors stayed out late into the night on their front porches. Winters were cold and we had a coal stove in the basement. Alot of people had oil. We had 3 TV channels Abc,Cbs, and Nbc. And alot of the show on at night were live. We would go to the saturday matinees and it cost 25cents to get in for 2 movies. I could go on about the 50's but I'll stop here it was a great time to be a kid and I really miss it. As far as cars there were Buicks. Plymouths, Dodges, Fords, as the favorites and I do believe they didn't cost much more than 1500 dollars

Answer 2

very different! We did not lock our doors, you were respectful of your elders and others, telephone party lines and rotary dialer's, if you got in trouble down the street or at school you got your fannie paddled and when you got home you probably got another one. There were no microwaves or food processors. Your mom probably stayed home and took care of the house and the children. Watch leave it to Beaver or Andy Griffith. or Father Knows Best. you will get an idea of the 50's. It was a much simpler time. The family had only one car, and you did an awful lot of walking and riding bikes. you played hide in go seek, red rover, rock school and mother may I, steal the bacon and jacks. As a child in the summer you went swimming and played baseball all day long. you did not come in till it was dinner time. By the way mothers then did cook every night. there were few restaurants that I ever remember eating out. Oh and no computers either.

Answer 3

Well, for a slightly idealized version of 50s life, watch reruns of "Leave It to Beaver", "Father Knows Best" or "Ozzie and Harriet." (I was born in 1943.)
But it wasn't all peaches and cream - blacks were discriminated against far more than today and women were regarded as 2nd class citizens (notice that one of the titles above wasn't "Mother Knows Best.")
In the 50s, we didn't have terrorists to worry about; all we had was total nuclear annihilation. We used to have drills in the classrooms where we'd duck under our desks and shield our faces with our arms (and a fat lot of good that would have done). Atom bomb shelters in people's backyards were popular and the owners knew they'd have to shoot the neighbors who tried to get inside after the bomb dropped.
Was it better then than now? Of course it was - and it was worse, too.

Answer 4

Dwight D. Eisenhower was President when I was born. I remember watching Howdy Doody, black and white Flintstones cartoons before Pebbles was born, dancing in the living room with my big brothers and their girlfriends to "American Bandstand", penny candy that actually costed a penny, leaving the front door UNlocked, a blue '57 Chevy sitting in the driveway, my mother spending her days AT HOME taking care of us, letting the dog out alone to take his own walk in the neighborhood, movies that cost 25 cents and a bus ride that cost a dime.

It was pretty great ... you shoulda been there! :)

p.s. I hear ya Golferwhoworks :)

Answer 5

People had more respect for the President back then even if they belonged to a different party.

Answer 6

Conservative and boring but the milkshakes were much better. Then again I'm white. It wasn't great if you were any other color at least in the U.S. of A.

Answer 7

I was only a couple years old, but from what I can remember things were more simple and more safe