Do You Remember #2

A Huge Thank You

To Everyone Who Visited

And Shared Last Week
As We Traveled Down Memory Lane!

I hope you had fun, I know I did!

Thanks for sharing your own memories.

Many of you remembered cheap, cheap gas prices. I just hope we don't look back at the present price and think it was cheap!!

  Debbie from Words on Wheels recalled that her Mom had twins in 1961 and because they were twins, one was free. 

   NanaDiana remembers 21¢ gas and autos as large as tanks
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   Francie from The Scented Cottage Studio had the best bargain, First Child. In her words, "A whopping $5.00".

   Dottie from It's Just Dottie remembers watching Roy Rogers and high school sock hops. Yes, I think we must be the same age. I looooved sock hops! The reason they were called sock hops? The dance was held in the gym and you couldn't wear shoes on the basketball court.

   Melissa at Kensington Cottage remembers her Grandmother operating a switchboard and fielding calls from celebrities.

   Tracie from Three Dogs At Home had two difficult pregnancies that cost gazillions. Thank the Lord there was good medical care and everything turned out great.

   Jane at The Cottage At The Crossroads...You naughty girl! What's with putting Prince Albert in that can? Jane,  I will bet a lot of us are guilty of that one also. Loved being reminded.

   Barbara at Two Birdies and a B got spanked and had to do chores. Me too, Barbara, we both turned out fantastic. Clarification for you younger ladies, we were spanked, not abused!

   Cindy at Creations By Cindy remembers Papa taking her to the store for "real" penny candy.

   Suzy at Worthing Court remembers hanging tinsel icicles on the Christmas Tree, one at a time. She was a dedicated designer way back then.

Debbie at reFresh reStyle had a great party line. Mrs. White had a "potty mouth". Oh, I wish Mrs. White had been on my party Line!

Babs at Upstairs Downstairs remembers a neighbor killing a hog in the front yard. I really love my bacon Babs but I sure hope you lived in the country. I know it has to be really cold weather as well.

I had a hard time stopping, I so enjoyed all the memories

but I wanted to share some new memories as well.

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   Do You Remember?

1.  Tiny wax cola bottles with colored syrup inside?

My those little things were such a treat. Bite off the top, drink that treasured sweet syrup and chew the wax like gum.

2.  Do you remember...

 Princess Summerfallwinterspring? Who was she?

I always wanted to be Princes Summerfallwinterspring.

Besides, I just liked pronouncing the name. 

3.  Do you remember John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever"? Did you Disco? I did... last dance I learned.

4.  Do you remember 10¢ Krystals?

Man, I could eat a dozen of those things. I also remember my first Burger King whopper. It was 25¢.
I didn't have to hide in a closet to eat it either! Where was the first Krystal restaurant opened and when?

5. Do you remember who recorded "One Bad Apple".

It made the top of Billboard's Hot 100  in February 1971 and stayed there for five weeks.

6.  How about this car! It was the most desirable auto in its' day. This was the car every young man wanted to own and the one in which every young girl wanted to be seen. Of course Bob had one. He was a red blooded American, right? His was a little more mauve that this one. 

 Do you have memories of days gone by?  I would love it if you would share YOUR memories! What do you remember?


Thanks for traveling down that lane of memories with me. I would love to hear from you!

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Do You Remember?

Without going into a lot of detail,

I have been a little "Under the Weather"

the last couple of days.

When I lie in bed for any time I start

to reminisce.

I was also thinking about this post!

I had been wanting to do this for sometime.

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DO YOU REMEMBER?

1.  Do you remember... how much did your first child's delivery cost?

Robby, my first child was born in the spring of 1958. There were many mores at that time that I disliked but that would take an entire post. I was under the care of  Dr. Weinberg who was a well respected OBGYN in Atlanta. For the seven months of great care and the delivery of my first born he charged a whopping $150.00

We were very excited that our firstborn was a beautiful and healthy boy. However, as a boy  the expectation was, to have him circumcised. For that torture we were billed an additional $15.00. I was glad that Dr. Greenberg was Jewish and probably had lots of experience.

The customary four day in the hospital was an additional $150.00

I think we got a bargain. 
Grand Total
$315.00

 bouncing baby boy

8 lb 2 oz

19 inches long

2.  Do you remember...June bugs                  and Lightning Bugs?

I know, now days, I would be subject to investigation by the EPA, FBI, CIA, KGB. A Special Prosecutor will surely be appointed after this post.

We tormented poor insects both day and night.

During the day, we looked for the largest and most perfect June Bug we could find. The stronger and more perfect he was, the longer he would hold up.

We would get a length of heavy string from mama and tie the string to one hind leg of the big bug. What fun we had twirling that length of twine round and round our head. We were rewarded with the neatest humming sound. When that hind leg would break, we would tie it to the other and continue our childish dance. 

Come nightfall the torture moved on to those wonderful and mysterious lightning bugs. First you get the jar. It would have to be from a "store bought" item. Mama's wouldn't give us a canning jar. After the holes were put in the top, mama did the hole punching, we were out our respective doors. We ran, we chased, we fell down, we got up and caught the awesome creatures, in flight, placing them in our jars. We felt like we had captured the moon. 


We were just children having fun as we knew.

I would use my jar of magic as a night light. I always expected the magic to still be there at dawn. Alas, the magic had dies and I wondered why. I, now, know one cannot hold magic captive.

3.  Do you remember telephone "Party Lines"?

I remember our first telephone. It was one of those black bakelite telephones that everyone is gaga over now. We were gaga over it then. 

You could have a four party-line or a two party-line. We had a two party-line. You would be assigned a ring tone. Not like todays musical menagerie. You would had a long ☎☎☎☎☎ ring or a short ☎.. ☎ .. ☎ ring. It was easy to distinguish the difference. 

Party lines were fun! Being an only child, I had to create fun and games. I can remember the fun I had, easing up the receiver as quietly as I could. You had to be careful and not breath into the microphone. That wasn't a problem, after all you were listening not talking. 

Yes, it was fun! Until mama caught you! I remember her taking the phone, she put it on the cradle too hard. Now they would definitely know someone was listening. I would get a swat on the backside. I never felt a thing through the dress and petticoat (yes I wore dresses with dreadful sashes). 

Then I would hear "Ginger, that's not ladylike, and besides Mrs. XXXX will think that was me". I thought, "Well now she will, you put the receiver down too hard". 

Funny, I never heard any neighborhood gossip, nor anything racy or even interesting. I think it was mostly the intrigue of the technology and the fact that I could hear strangers talking to one another, in another location on a machine.
And yes, they usually knew someone else was on the phone!


4.  Do you remember the first time your noticed the price of gasoline and how much it was?

I remember my daddy pumping gas at a little station with two pumps, a tiny building and a narrow gravel drive. It was in Atlanta at the intersection of Gordon Road and Hightower Road. I don't know if those roads even exist now. The price was 15¢ per gallon. Yes, I said 15¢ per gallon.

I don't know why I remembered that. I have related that memory to my children several times. I do know, I never had an inkling that on this day I would pay $3.79 per gallon at Sam's and think I got a bargain.

I hope my journey down memory lane was interesting. I fear, I let you know more about me than I should. Yep! I was an only child, spoiled, precocious, inquisitive. As we would say in the day, a "Smarty Pants".

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Please leave a comment. Share something you remember from the past.  I plan to do this again next week and I would like to feature some of your memories. No Linky, just sharing your memories.


Have fun!


Blessings, Ginger

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