20 Things from the 1960s, Kids Today Will Never Understand!

I was born in 1953 and remember all these. We are the last generation that made the transition from manual to technology. What a ride

I was born in 1965. I recall the rotary phone, milk man and the T.V. test pattern. I also recall when the broadcast day ended with the Star Spangled Banner. On all 6 channels!

This is groovy, I was born in 1961. I have so many wonderful memories of my childhood in those times. Best times for kids to grow up in, the music was the best and the movies were just a good. I still listen to 50s and 60s music and watch b/w movies as well from the same eras. No computers and we played outside all day still the streetlights went out. I would go back in time if I could.

Im 70 and the 60s were a great time to grow up. I met the girl I would eventually marry in 7th grade in 1965. I remember the Cuban crisis and where I was when I found out President Kennedy was shot dead. I remember watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and my Dad laughing at them. My neighbor was a Marine that got killed in Vietnam in 1967. I remember getting my license in 1969. I also watched the moon landing on TV when it happened.A friend of mine tried to talk me into going to Woodstock as it was only a couple hour drive. My wife and I remember drive ins ❤️ . She is sitting next to me now.

'64 baby here and I remember some things, especially into the early 70's. I still stand by the fact that life was so much easier then. If today's kids would just unplug and listen to stories of the wiser generations, they might be surprised. Thank you! A great Saturday morning it has been thus far!

I remember going to the drive in with older kids who could drive. We drove in the exit with one or two in the trunk and never got caught. Then there were some who in their haste to leave at the end of the movie, forgot to take the speaker out and hang it on the pedestal. I remember all the things we did as kids that no one does anymore. It was an exciting life in 1950 in a little town.

There will never again be a decade like the 1960's. The first full decade I lived through.

The 1950's and 1960's were a wonderful time to be a child. We played outside for hours doing pool time in the summer and riding our Schwinn bikes all over the neighborhood. We got dirty, sweaty, and we got chigger bites. But I got to tell you younger people it was paradise back then to be a child. Now all the kids do is stay inside playing those awful computer games where people are shot, stabbed or run over by cars. If the brats do come outside and go up to stop signs and whack them with sticks!!!! There is no pretending or going into characters like being a cowboy or a pirate. They just come out and start schreeking like animals. It sad watching the undoing of childhood.

Yes, it was great! Never had a party lined phone. We were able to talk for hours and never got tired. Bikes were a necessity, as was fast food, Drive-Ins, transistor radios, and plenty of talk shows to listen in on. Our freedom was unlimited and we enjoyed every minute of it. Yes, the sixties were great times!

In was born in 1950 so I grew up in the 60's. I went from 5th grade to college. I remember our kiddie matinee at the local theater on Saturday afternoons. We saw a double feature, cartoons, either a 3 Stooges or Laurel & Hardy short and coming attractions for 25 cents. When I got my drivers license in 1966 gas was 25 cents a gallon and they even washed your window, checked the oil & water and tire pressure FOR FREE!! At least for us here in Los Angeles County the drop & cover policy pretty much ended in the late 50's, but the air raid sirens went off on every 4th Friday on the month at 9:00 AM for 5 minutes to make sure they were working. It was nerve racking. I never could understand how hiding under your desk was going to save you from being vaporized. In SoCal we had 7 TV stations (CBS, NBC, ABC plus 4 local stations). I remember the Cuban Missile Cries, the first men into space (Shepard & Glenn), The Kennedy Assassination, MLK and Robert Kennedy assassinations and the first men on the Moon. A lot happened. No mater how bad it all sounded it was a lot better growing back then now.

Digital age children shall never know the sheer pleasure - in a fit of raging fury - of slamming the receiver down on a rotary-dial telephone.

I was born in 1985 We had rotary phones and I still own it and it still works. The color is green just like in the video We had Drive ins We had duck and cover and had the second cold war We used type writers and used white out We didn't have a milkman but TV still showed it often We had portable radios and even made DIY radios with copper wire in high school in 2002. The please stand by on TV would be shown on nick at night. My first tv as a child was black and white We had film cameras. The encyclopedia was pitched to me growing up on tv and salesman. We even used it in High School in 2001. I use it currently to hold up my brake calipers while working on my car. The vinyl disk we had that in 1980's and I still have my parents record player. We don't have full service gas station The soda fountain while we didn't have that it was known and became more of gmick to bring people into the store and we still have 1 location today. Gogo boots and mini skirts. We had that. Penny candy. We had that. Manual windows. I had that in my 1981, 1990, and even 2020 Nissan Versa had manual windows.

I had go-go boots and short skirts. Wore 'em, too. Thought I was the cat's meow

I was born in 1960 and I totally remember how I didn't want it to change to 1970. The sixties was all I knew since I was born in the sixties and the fact that I was reminded every time I had to date my work at school. The 1970s seemed odd. The sixties really was a special time.

I learned to spell ENCYCLOPEDIA by watching the Mickey Mouse Club tv show. Jimeny Cricket hosted the segment on Mickey Mouse

I remember the neighbors got the first color tv in the mid 60s.Not all shows were broadcast in full living color.

Car engines did not hum in drive-in theaters. Cars were parked with their engines turned off beside poles to which speakers were attached. The driver would take the spaker off the pole and hang it on the car window, rolling up the window to hold it in place inside the car. That's how viewers heard the movies; the theater didn't have to blare the soundtrack at everyone. And they did have concession stands, so no one had to sneak in food unless they thought the theater prices were too high.

My boyfriend(soon to be husband) had a record player in his '60 bug eyed Sprite. It played 45s. We went to the drive-in every Wed. night when the pictures changed. You got two movies plus cartoons for $1.50 per car.😅

"The world to me seems so much colder, all the children seem much older than they did yesterday They learn so fast, they learn so hard, too soon they're gone from the backyard before they've had time to play I miss yesterday"

I grew up in the D.C. area in the 50's and 60's. In addition to Thompson's Honor dairy delivering we had Rice's bakery deliver baked goods. Home delivered doughnuts! Also had a party line with a friend of ours.