20 Nostalgic Pictures ![]() Cars Were Colorful!. Most cars these days look fairly bland, but in the 50's, our cars were big, bright, and fun! ![]() We Got Dressed Up for Birthday Parties. And sometimes there was even a pony there! ![]() We Played in the Streets. We didn't have to text our friends back in the day - we'd all just come outside and get to playing! ![]() Gas Was Very Cheap. On some days, it was only $0.20 a gallon, and beyond that, the people at the station could also fix just about anything! ![]() Ben Franklin 5-10 Was Everything. We loved going to these stores. They had just about anything and everything you could think of. ![]() If it Wasn't the Ben Franklin, it Was the A&P! ![]() Our Skates Got "Locked" with a Key. They were also made almost entirely of metal and very hard to skate on! ![]() The Drive-In Was The Place to Be. This 1950's photo from South Bend, Indiana shows how popular they were! ![]() Car Seats Were More Like Couches. That’s right - they were big, long, and you could slide all the way across! ![]() The Freezer Actually Had to be DEFROSTED! Every now and then you'd have to manually defrost the freezer - sometimes took all day with a lot of scraping! ![]() Grandma Let Us Do Everything. Well, maybe that hasn't changed so much, but we LOVED eating off the beaters! ![]() Sometimes Your Food Came On Roller Skates! That's right - certain restaurants had "roller girls" who would zoom your food out to you! ![]() We got DOWN at the Sock Hop! ![]() Sunday Drives Were A Thing: That's right - on Sunday, many of us would load up the family car and just go cruising over to the neighbors or just around town! ![]() There Was One TV. And, surprise, we didn't argue all night about who should get to watch their favorite show. Most of the time, we all liked the same shows! ![]() The Playgrounds were VERY Different: At recess, we'd swing from the monkey bars with wild abandon and often even stand on the swings and go as high as possible. And still, we survived! ![]() TV Had "Sign Off" Messages. Remember these? TV would go off at midnight and sometimes even go as far as playing the National Anthem all night. ![]() Just One Hula Hoop Wasn't Enough: Some of us could do multiple at a time! ![]() We didn't Text, But We Did Pass Notes! And we were experts at not getting caught! ![]() We Had Xylophones That We Kept on a Pull String. That's right - there was nothing like the Pull a Tune! |
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