20 Things From The 1960s, Kids Today Will Never Understand!
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Published 2024-03-08
Take a trip down memory lane with our video, "20 Things From The 1960s, Kids Today Will Never Understand!" Explore the charming and amusing aspects of 1960s America that are sure to bring a smile to your face. From classic toys to iconic TV shows, join us as we reminisce about a simpler time that kids today may find puzzling yet endearing.
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All Comments (21)
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Last year, in a small town, I happened into an old-fashioned small grocery store that did not have a bar code scanner. My ten-year-old grandson stood wide-eyed watching the elderly clerk hand-input the prices on an old-fashioned '60's cash register with lightning fingers. "She's not even looking at what she's doing!"
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I mostly remember TV wasn't the center of our lives. Saturday mornings were great for us kids, but other than some family shows we watched together (Wild Kingdom or The Wonderful World of Disney), entertainment was outside. Little things meant a lot, like getting a dime in a letter from my grandparents so I could walk to the corner store and get a candy bar.
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I'm 71 years old, and this was a very fun blast from the past! Thanks for sharing!
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I remember walking to the little local grocery store about ten blocks from home. With just a note from Mom, I could walk to the store and buy Mom a few packs of Winstons by showing the cashier the note . . .it was late 60's - early 70's, and I wasn't even 10 yet.
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I remember my mother got me a Po Go stick with S&H Green Stamps. Let me tell ya, I wore that Po Go stick out !!! Good Times!
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Maybe those public service announcements during cartoons were, in fact, the key to civility!
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My dad could go from coast to coast with his memory of how the interstate went from north to south or east to west. On Sundays, we would always stop at A&W and get a quart of rootbeer to go as a special treat. I remember so many of these, sad but bittersweet.
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There were also certain giveaways, I remember Mom got water glasses in boxes of laundry detergent. Also other products had cups, bowls and such. And sometimes gas stations would give toy oil company trucks of their brand for a fill-up and a wash, great for the kiddoes! 😊
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Remember photographic slides, slide projectors and slideshow presentations?
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It's more than losing childhood memories. It's like losing pieces of ourselves.
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I still use folding maps. Because those things don't go down when you have no bars.
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... and to be honest, the kids of the 60's. 70's and 80's (and before that) were far healthier because they were outside in the sunshine and fresh air playing on their pogo sticks, bicycles, and roller skates, playing back yard football or kick-the-can. "Playing" in those days was good exercise and we didn't even know that's what it was ... not to mention we learned how to behave in a group ... "social skills". We learned the difference between what was acceptable and what would get you a black eye.
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Got my first transistor radio with Grandma's S&H Green stamps back in the 60's... still have it!
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I remember watching TV and every night at 10pm an announcement came on - It's 10 PM, Do you know where your children are?
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I remember going for a Sunday afternoon drive. And we would stop at a place called Stuckies.. ( spelling may not be correct) But they were restaurant's off the Highway's or Interstate.. Kinda like a Truck stop, they sold everything.. But they had the best ice cream and shakes on the planet. Being a kid growing up in late 60's and 70's was a great time to be a kid.👍
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A comment about the pull tabs on soft drink cans; before the pull tabs, everyone had a can opening tool. It was a lever tool that cut a triangle opening in the top of the can. Even the coke machines of the day had a device that punched a triangle shaped hole in the top of the can mounted on the front of the machine. No tabs to dispose of. The first pull tabs did away with the requirement of the can opening tool, but as you pointed out, caused another problem of pull tab pollution.
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They should bring back drive-in theatres. It would have been fun during the pandemic.
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I am 81 years old. Just recently, I had to explain to my 55 years old son the meaning of 'CC', on his emails to me. Then I had to explain what carbon paper was, and how it was used.
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I have great respect for those women who typed 75-100 wpm on a manual typewriter!
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Paper maps still easier to read and more accurate than google.
