Remember when....candybars were a nickel! Movies were a quarter!?

Question

We had iceboxes instead of refrigerators! My brothers made gocarts out of milk crates and wheels off of scooters! The Iceman came around and had these huge tongs to put a block of ice in the icebox. The radio show called"The Shadow Knows" What do you remember?

Answer 1

I remember when stamps were I believe a dime, payphones were a dime and then a quarter. I remember one time I called the help number that used to be listed on the payphone because it was busted. The operator sent me a check for $0.25. I remember when you walked into an establishment, people would greet you with a smile and say "hello" and then when you leave they'd say "thank you..." I remember when a man would give up a seat for a woman, especially if she was pregnant. I remember penny candies and mom and pop shops. I remember a little ice cream shop in Greenpoint, NY (Brooklyn) that used to sell the best banana splits. I remember when you used to be able to ask the supermarkets for their crates and now, it's illegal to sit on one. I remember when you were tired you could sit down, now they are giving fines to pregnant women who are tired and sit on the stairwell of the subway. (She must have been tired to, even think about, sitting on that nasty, grime crusted step!) I remember when all men used to open doors for ladies and children and now I find women and children opening the doors and healthy grown men walking by and my husband being on of those rare ones that still do those nice things (I am blessed to have him). Things have become a little to convenient sometimes to the point where we have become lazy, forgetful and ill-mannered. Sure, lots of things have improved but those things that we didn't need improving on...simply disappear or is slowly doing so. That's why we end up "remembering" these old moments...because we secretly long for a time or thing that reminds us all of our childhood.

Answer 2

And the Edsel was the first major flop for a major auto maker; everyone was looking to the night sky hoping that thing called Sputnik wasn't really some kind of death ray; Buck Rogers really had a death ray; Orson Welles still had the entire country thinking Martians had invaded a town in New Jersey; the New York Yankees just signed some farm boy named Mickey Mantle; the name Ike meant our president, not Ike and Tina Turner; and the federal government was creating some kind of new-fangled cross-country road system where cars could go from California to New York at the unheard of speed of 50 mph. They were going to call it an interstate highway.

Answer 3

I don't remember quite that far back but I do remember the milkman coming every morning, gasoline costing 37 cents a gallon and drive in theaters. The legal drinking age was 18 and nobody worried about catching an std or aids. There was nothing out there sexually that couldn't be cured with a shot of penicillin. I remember that President's actually cared about what happened to our country and listened to the people who elected them. I remember cigarettes costing 25 cents a pack and you could smoke anywhere you liked. I remember coke in a bottle for a dime in those old school machines with the slots that the bottles sat in. I remember my 65 Chevy and the good times in the back seat.I remember actually knowing most of my neighbors and almost every family in town. I remember small town stores that knew your name. I fondly remember soda fountains. I remember the opening of a local McDonalds and it was the most awesome place in the world. You could get two burgers, fries and coke and still get change from your dollar. Ah the good old days!

Answer 4

I remember comic books for 15 cents. We could swim at the local reservoir all day for a quarter, then go to the drugstore for a rootbeer in a copper mug for a dime. There were no fast food joints in our small town, but the burgers from the local drive in were the best. In the summer, we worked on hay crews 12 hour days. There were no computers , of course, so we actually had to go to the library and read books, for research, I mentioned this to my neighbor's son the other day and he was terrified.

Answer 5

and gas was 19.9 cents a gallon, and rawhide was on the tube. you could go to the store with a nickel and git a bag full of candy. you could buy a bottle of coca-cola for a nickel. the picture show was only a nickel. my grandmother and i would go to town and buy groceries and the bill was never over 10.00. boy those were the days, huh. but time moves on. a fact we can't stop. wouldn't want to. live to love and love to live. remember that one. make love not war. Vietnam. disco. and then inflation hit. blessed be

Answer 6

We had a guy that came around ringing a bell who would sharpen your knives for you.... I could get those bazooka bubble gum at the store... 5 for .01 cent.... those banana shaped and flavoured marshmallow type candies... you could fill a bag for a nickle... a bag of chips was .05 or .10 cents... I could ONLY get my coke in a bottle.. the pop machines had bottle cap removers because there were no twist off caps... those were the days!

Answer 7

What EVIL lurks in the hearts of man!! And gas was 5 gal. for a dollar !! Cig's $.25 a pack Soda pop was $.10

Answer 8

I remember when gas was 87 Cents, oh wait that was just about the time that Bush started the office...

Answer 9

essey i too remember the ice box and the basin that went beneathe to catch the melting ice.
we played stoop ball .. and kick the can , and redlight ,greenlight.
in the summer our "pool" was the open fire hydrant and we loved it. i remember the cisco kid and hopalong cassidy on tv.
the penny licorice.

who knew it was the happiest of days

Answer 10

I tell my grandsons about walking a mile to school in the coldest weather and it was uphill both ways. They scoff.
If I got in trouble at school , I had trouble from my dad. He always took the teacher's side.
We kids didn't know we were poor because no one told us.