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  • Category: 50’s Events

  • Cold War Drills!

    Posted by Bob on March 17, 2018March 17, 2018

    My friend from Retro Dee’s Guide to the Best Era Ever! here on WordPress recently wrote of the not so happy days of the 1950’s, about the Cold War drills the students had to take in case …

    1950's, 50's Events
  • Superman!

    Posted by Bob on March 11, 2018November 25, 2020

    The Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show was the first television series to feature Superman …

    1950's, 1950's TV, 50's Events
  • Take a Public Service Bus!

    Posted by Bob on March 6, 2018February 25, 2021

    When I was a kid we used go to Palisades Amusement Park located in Bergen County New Jersey, It had lots to do there in the summer months and easy to get to by car …

    1950's, 50's Events
  • 1950’s Events

    Posted by Bob on February 7, 2017February 27, 2018

    1950’s Events Part 1 This is part one of two lists of events that happened in the 1950s. For your information from Wikipedia. 1950 – Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power, and McCarthyism (1950–1954) 1950 – …

    50's Events, 50's News
  • 1950’s Events Part 2

    Posted by Bob on February 7, 2017February 27, 2018

    These events cover the years from 1956 to 1959 1956 – President Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway Act, which will construct 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 20-year period …

    50's Events, 50's News
  • Satellite in the Sky!

    Posted by Bob on January 23, 2017February 27, 2018

    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 …

    1950's, 50's Events
  • New Years Bonfire!

    Posted by Bob on January 17, 2017December 29, 2018

    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 …

    1950's, 50's Events, 50's Winter, Christmas, New Years, What's New
  • Grab the shovels!

    Posted by Bob on January 27, 2015January 31, 2021

    Back in the 1958 we had a good snowstorm and we would go around asking people if they needed their sidewalk shoveled, and make a little money that went far for a kid in those days! …

    50's Events, 50's Winter, 50s Winter, Snow
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