Another ride back in time......The 70's..........

[Eggs4Sale]

My sisters and I would walk to the Circle K to buy some candy when Mom wanted to get rid of us. We walked a couple of blocks, three little girls, sometimes barefoot.... with no cell phones, no Stranger Danger lessons, no care in the world.

Now when our kids are walking three houses down, we're anxiously looking out the window.

What happened?

 

[Woods_Woman]

Early John Travolta-Welcome back Carter, Saturday night Live..Frampton comes Alive 8-track. I was born in 1971 and this info always made me laugh.

YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70's IF:

1. ...you wore that rainbow shirt that was
half-sleeves, and the rainbow went up one sleeve,
across your chest, and down the other.

2. ...you made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake
Oven. You washed them down with snow cones from your
Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.

3. ...you had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a
stethoscope that actually worked. After training with
these tools you became an expert at the game
"Operation".

4. ...you owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a
basket. In the early 80's you moved onto the ever
popular 10 speed. Gosh that seat hurt.

5. ...you ever owned roller skates with metal wheels.

6. ...you thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute.
(Admit it!)

7. ...you had nightmares after watching Fantasy
Island.

8. ...you had rubber boots for rainy/snowy days. Your
shoes actually fit inside the boots (with a little
help from your Mom and some plastic bags).

9. ...you had either a "bowl cut" or a "pixie"
(not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill") because your mom
was sick of braiding your hair. How traumatic when
people thought you were a boy.

10. ...your Holly Hobby sleeping bag was your most
prized possession.
11. ...you wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.

12. ...you begged Santa for the electronic game,
Simon.

13. ...you had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those
pink and purple shredded outfits.

14. ...you spent hours out back on your metal swing
set with the trapeze.

15. ...you had homemade ribbon barrettes in every
imaginable color.

16. ...you kept losing your mittens so your mom bought
you the kind that were attached by a string.

17. ...your Hello Kitty pencil case was cuter than
anyone else's.

18. ...you wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really
bad; you wore that Little House on the
Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high
neck in at least one school picture; and you despised
Nellie Olson!

19. ...you wanted your first kiss to be at the roller
rink.

20. ...your hairstyle was described as having "wings,"
and you kept it pretty with the comb you kept in your
back pocket.

21. ...you know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well
as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.

22. ...you carried a Muppets lunch box to school.

23. ...you and your girlfriends would fight over which
of the Dukes of Hazard was your boyfriend.

24. ...every now and then "Its A Hard Knock Life" from
the movie "Annie" will pop into your brain and you
can't stop singing it the whole day.

25. ...YOU had Star Wars action figures, too.

26. ...you thought unicorns were real.

27. ...it was a big event in your household each year
when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on TV. Break out
the popcorn and sleeping bags!

28. ...you ever asked your Magic 8-Ball the question:
"Who will I marry, Shawn Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or
Rick Springfield?"

29. ...you completely wore-out your Grease, Saturday
Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack albums.

30. ...you tried to do lots of arts and crafts things,
like yarn & popsicle stick God's Eyes or those weird
potholders made on a plastic loom. Not to mention
lanyards!

31. ...you made Shrinky-dinks!

32. ...you used to tape record songs off the radio by
holding your portable tape recorder up to the speaker.
33. ...you couldn't wait to get the free animal poster
that came when you ordered books from the Weekly
Reader book club.

34. ...you learned everything you needed to know about
girl issues from Judy Blume books. (Are you there God?
It's me, Margaret.)

35. ...you thought Olivia Newton John's song,
"Physical" was about aerobics.

36. ...you wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes,
or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.

37. ...you had Colorforms

38. ...you wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.

39. ...you had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side,
and a Sit-N-Spin.

40. ...you had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat!

 

[mzrea]

Hippity-Hop.

 

[Eggs4Sale]

My childhood bedroom still has a rainbow sticker on the window.

We had t-shirts that had glittery decals like "Wet paint" with the letters dripping.

There was a store in San Diego that specialized in hearts. I ♥ ♥ ♥'ed that store.

Remember all the shoelaces that had super neat things like rainbows, ice cream cones, flamingoes, kisses, lavender sparkles..... and we laced our roller skates with them? It just made me feel GOOD to look at those lace displays. So many, so happy....

 

[baldie]

My first big girl bike...a Pink Huffy with a banana seat.

 

[desertgirl]

Quote:
With the cool streamers on the handle bars!!!

 

[Hoosiermomma]

Quote:
With the cool streamers on the handle bars!!!

Don't forget about that big flag or the straw spokes......Oh and one thing that stands out, and hopefully it hasn't been mentioned, are those coca cola bottles that were blown nd twisted so they were close to 2 ft in height versus1ft. Then they were filled with colored water......

 

[desertgirl]

Right-like you won at the fair! Wow...this thread sure does take you back....

 

[Sillystunt]

Quote:
.....Woodstock was 1969.

oh yeah, the summer of love hahaha wasnt even born then. Your totally right

 

[desertgirl]

Yeah but you know what they say about woodstock (if you remember it, you weren't there)...