Obsolete Things That Take You Back To Your Childhood

There are certain things about growing up that are easy to forget about. The simple, but somewhat mundane details that were all around us as we got older. See how many of these you remember, as we look back on obsolete things that should take you back to your childhood.

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[jmorgan]

I remember using paper grocery bags to cover my school books because you would be fined by the school for the wear and tear of the books, and I mean any wear on them no matter how minor

[bglk]

Good times. God, how I miss life when it was so simple. No agendas, just people living their lives, taking pleasure in the small yet important things. Sad kids today will never know how it was to really be a kid, before all the internet/social media garbage.

[iamanovercomer]

No, answering machine, cell phones, computers, a phone in the living room, stores closed on Sundays, yet we broke bread with our neighbors and had time to visit people on weekends. And we sang hymns in public schools in the north east and there was no problems like today ❗️

[terrymintle]

I remember listening to Casey Kasem, every week and doing my homework while i waited to hear my favorite songs climbing the charts.

[mewregaurdhissyfit]

I remember when credit cards became a "thing" when I was little. Credit cards were literally for "special occassions" out to eat after church on Sunday, for a birthday party, or for Christmas gifts. People still paid cash and wrote checks for everything else that were standard shopping items.

Casey Kasem may had a suave and sophisticated voice, but so do YOU!
I love to hear you speak! One of the many reasons I love your channel!

I loved Ding originals. When Hostess changed the recipe to cheaper ingredients and more chemicalized ingredients, they took away the foil wrapper and started using plastic. Dong Dongs weren't as good anymore. A few years ago, Hostess sold off a lot of their recipes to other baking companies, who, once again, changed the recipes. Ding Dongs are not the same as they were when I was young, and I refuse to waste my money on them now.

Hobby shops were big here in Big D when I was little. And almost all stores carried those cheap little bamboo planes. But they fell apart easily. I preferred the larger versions made out of styrofoam that you could put stickers on, to decorate them as a commerical airliner.

I had forgotten about the gas jockeys and the "ding ding" at the gas station.
That was always fun to be in the car when granny stopped to get gas.

Another thing thats lost to time, are Green Stamps.
Many stores, hotels, and gas stations had Green Stamps you could get for buying certain items or buying in large quantities. And then you turn the Green Stamps in at your local GS office for things like gift certificates, sets of bath towels, sets of kitchen towels, dinnerware, flatware, tools, lawmowers, and expensive toys. Sometimes you could even turn them in for discounts on travel.

I also remember when companies put "prizes" or "free gifts" in thier products. My granny loved buying the big boxes of detergent, because she collected the set of dish towels they were in each box of detergent. I remember granny got free "works of art" every time she filled up her tank with gas. They were just 8x8 printed mat paintings of famous paintings, pasted onto a stiff cardboard. I thought they were the neatest thing.

Some other things that are
Kindness, ethics, honesty, respect for your elders, manners, etiquette, self-worth, and an honest days work.

[OofusTwillip]

About 10 years ago, I saw a paper doll book that had a warning printed on it: TO AVOID INJURY, REMOVE STAPLES BEFORE GIVING THIS BOOK TO A CHILD." If your kid can't play with paper dolls without getting impaled on a staple, that kid's not long for this world.

[JWTX]

Oh my, I remember all of them. My sister played with paper dolls. My Grandfather always carried a coin purse. I had many if the balsa wood aeroplanes 😂. Remember the ding ding at the filling station. Oh all those precious memories with those that mattered most. They are are gone now😢 But I still have the memories. Oh how I miss my youth it all went by so damn fast, as has life itself. I'm 60 now and it all seems a lifetime ago and just a few days ago at the same time. Anyone else feel that way ?.... Thanks for taking me back again..

[sbmang]

The world before the internet and social media was the best time ever. Simple and a lot less stressful.

[joannamcpeak]

Casey Kasum was such a sweetheart. I loved his program.

[louisehans]

What a wonderful step back in time! Time seemed to move at a slower pace.

[josephliptak]

I remember everything mentioned in this video. I would love to go back to those days and get away from 2023 and thank goodness for music because it's the only time machine that transports me to a particular year from a particular decade.

[sferg]

As a kid, I remember getting yelled at by the gas stations guys for riding over the "bell" hose with my bicycle every time I passed by. I never realized I was doing something

[footballlvnlady]

The candy cigarettes were cool! I can still taste them. The paper bag book covers were a pain to put on. By the time I graduated high school there were new covers that just fit over the books with elastic. Kasey Kasam was great to listen to on the radio! What did he used to say “Keep your feet on the ground but reach for the stars?” Something like that. He had such a calming voice. So sad what happened to him when he was sick and incapacitated.

[michaelb]

My grandpa owned several laundromats in NE Ohio in the '80's. I visited him as a child in December one of those years and I would go with him to visit each store and collect the money and prepare the store for the next day. We stopped at Howard Johnsons to get some "to-go" food and eat it on the road. We ate the food, made our late-nite stops and on the way back Grandpa was driving his 1976 DeVille on the highway around 80+ MPH. When he was done with his cigar he pressed the power window button to throw it out and it was like one of those science fiction movies when someone accidentally opens the airlock. Stuff went flying everywhere, it was instantly -20 below in the car and the Howard Johnson bag got sucked out into space with a wwuush! It is seared in my memory to this day that the bag had big letters on it that said "HOJO TO-GO". And then it was gone.

[goodguy]

These videos make you zone in back to those times. I find myself smiling a lot.

[femalism]

What I wouldn't give to travel back in time. I lived and loved the 60s & 70s! Thank you for the stroll down memory lane.

[patrickwolf]

You missed so many things, too many to mention. Also too many to show in a YouTube video, a lifetime of memories come flooding back whenever I watch your videos. Thank you for the trips! Keep 'em coming.

[mikeywid]

Thank you Recollection Road for always bringing back such wonderful memories of our collective childhoods. Your videos always warm my heart.

[LJB]

When I was a child in the 50's and early 60's the sound of winter was cars with tire chains going down the street.

[jons.]

My brother had a paper route for several years and that meant his own money! He used to get one of those Carnation "Chocolate Malts" practically every day from the ice cream man and they were in a waxy cup with the wooden spoon! The late paper doll artist Tom Tierney revived the genre with an amazing series of books throughout the 90s and beyond with some remarkable designs and characters! Foil packaging was also used in cereal boxes - especially for the particularly sugary and sticky cereals like Sugar Crisp and Cocoa Krispies!