It’s hard to argue that the 50s and 60s weren’t a special time to be a kid. Where kids could be kids and adventure was to be had. Have a look at our list below to see which factoid brings back the best memories.
Make sure to let us know any that didn’t make the list in the comments below.
- Everybody got together in front of the TV on Sunday nights.
- Tried to twitch your nose like Elizabeth Montgomery from Bewitched.
- Fake smoking with candy cigarettes..
- You rode your bike everywhere…without a helmet!
- You’d buy dress patterns to sew your own dresses.
- You played with spirographs.
- You used Perkins Paste at school.
- You remember paper money.
- You loved Redskins, Milkos and Choo Choo bars.
- Glo-mesh purses were so cool!
- You challenged your friend to go around the world or to walk the dog… with a yo-yo
- Your soft drink can had a ring pull, until it was replaced by the push tab.
- What’s a computer game?
- You begged your mum for go-go boots.
- Flower Power was everywhere.
- You snuck into a drive-in movie!
- You saw when TV went from black and white to colour!
- You always wondered how the Gilligan’s Island group made so many gadgets on the island but never a boat?!
- You know how to work a manual typewriter.
- Twiggy was the face of all things Mod.
- You watched the moon landing on TV.
- You called people on rotary phones.
- You chanted England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales while playing elastics.
- You got splinters from a wooden sea-saw.
- Flower seats and baskets were normal bike accessories for girls.
- You can still sing along to the closing tune on Young Talent Time.
- You had to go to the chemist to get your film developed and waited weeks to get them back.
- The milkman delivered milk bottles to your front door.
- Your mum used olive oil to clean out your ears.
- You had a bowl haircut and so did everyone else.
- Big bubbles were no trouble with Hubba Bubba!
- You remember the retro Tupperware.
- Your mum cooked meat and three veg every night.
- All of the cool places had Space Invaders.
- You spent hours clicking through your View-Master.
- You styled Barbie’s hair and did her makeup.
- Most of your t-shirts were tie-dyed.
- You posed like a Charlie’s Angel in every photo.
- You wished John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were a real couple.
- Mork was your favourite alien.
- Twister was the preferred party game.
- You put playing cards in the spokes of your bike.
- You thought The Monkees were a real band, and Davy Jones was dreamy.
- You bought singles on 45 rpm vinyl records
- You had mustard or orange everything in your house.
- Your mum had a Bex and a lie-down.
- You rode in the station waggon without a seatbelt.
Are there any we missed? Let us know in the comment section below.