Things you remember but that most young folks never heard of. Pre 1980

[CoyoteMagic]

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Is it interesting that we could (out of all the kids in the neighborhood) know our Mom's yell or Dad's whistle. Everybody would stop and listen,then one would leave. I swear you could be blocks away from home and still hear them. Was it just because there was less "noise" in the world or did my Mom have that big of a mouth?!

 

[artsyrobin]

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we still have sinclair in Oklahoma...

did anyone do those neighborhood fairs for MDA?

trick or treat with no fear....
Capt Kangaroo
Cecil and Beanie
fizzies
clackers
the picture guy coming around so you could get a picture on his pony!

 

[EweSheep]

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How true...

Yes it did make me wonder how in the heck we survived it!

Fried bologna sandwiches or as Mom puts it, sweet onion sandwiches!

 

[MagsC]

I LOVE this thread, it brought back so very many memories.

I remember playing "ghost in the graveyard" with my siblings and cousins after dark and not having to worry.(Of course we lived out in the country.)

 

[ChickenWaterer]

Vinyl records
And also that yellow plastic adapter that went into the center of 45 RPM records so that it could fit on the spindle of that other contraption....
Oh, yes now I remember the phonograph.

 

[Cold Canadian]

Popeye ,my favorite cartoon when i was young ,and I still remember when the first color tv was bought in our small town ! we all wanted to be friends with the little girl so we could come in at her house and see it ourselves .Fortrel ( most likly spelt wrong ....fabric ) pants .YUCK ! and those ugly suits that everyone wore made of the same material .The smell of a day on the farm when it came to fall slaughter time and there was the smell of sausage in the smoke house ,man I miss that smell ! As was mentioned ........rideing in a car with out being tied down ! .........a lot of memories

 

[PaulaSB12]

A few things I don't think you may know about so will put youtube clips in to explain
Captain Pugwash

Dangermouse

Bagpuss

The Clangers

Camblwick Green

 

[1Teacherchick]

We were in a store where there was a smoke shop section in the back. The sign said, "To enter, you must be old enough to know who shot J.R." The clerk said a kid asked him once, "How am I supposed to know who shot Junior?"

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

We were in a store where there was a smoke shop section in the back. The sign said, "To enter, you must be old enough to know who shot J.R." The clerk said a kid asked him once, "How am I supposed to know who shot Junior?"

Wait a dang minute..... No one knows but the cast an crew....

 

[1Teacherchick]

Wikipedia says:
"Ultimately, the person who pulled the trigger was revealed to be Kristin Shepard (played by Mary Crosby) in the "Who Done It?" episode which aired on November 21, 1980. Kristin was J. R.'s scheming sister-in-law and mistress, who shot him in a fit of anger. J. R. did not press charges, as Kristin claimed she was pregnant with his child as a result of their affair"

also

During the 1980 United States presidential election, the Republicans distributed campaign buttons that claimed "A Democrat shot J. R."