Yeah there’s nothing like getting your first car! It was 1964 and I studied hard and got my driver’s license, the first step in getting a first car. My wish then was to pick up …
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My First Car!
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Looking Back
Having my morning coffee I think back to those days of the 50’s and 60’s. I can’t help thinking how much better things were, no problems in schools like today. Kids were out doing things …
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Satellite in the Sky!
On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile launched Sputnik (Russian for “traveler”), the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made object to be placed into the Earth’s orbit.. I remember my …
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New Years Bonfire!
I remember back in the 50’s we would gather up all the tree in the neighborhood and place them in a small garage on the block we lived and save them for year years eve! Then …
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Burger, Fries, and Coke!
These booths were common back in thee 1950’s! I remember the high school kids always sitting there after school and on weekends! There was luncheonette right around the corner from my house and we used to …
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Saturday TV in the Fifties
What fun it was watching those tv shows on Saturdays! The lone Ranger, Roy Rodgers, Hop along Cassidy and more. I loved them all what was your favorite one? The Lone Ranger Showwas one of …
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Fond memories!
I remember back in the 50’s whenever we had a good snowstorm the city would gather up the snow in dump trucks and make mountains of it in the monastery grounds right across the street from …
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Signs of the 50’s
The Past Is Back 