12 Things Gone FOREVER - 1960s - Life in America

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[joettamcqueen]

Dick Clark always looked very young, and throughout his life, he was known as America's oldest teenager. I was born in 1954. I don't remember Patio Cola at all, but everything else is very familiar. It was all a part of my childhood. No seat belts. Candy cigarettes. And somehow, we survived. Great memories.

[edschultheis]

I was born in 1964. On Sundays I had a dime to spend on candy at the local store (which served as the local US Post Office, soda fountain, candy store, and a little bit of general food and merchandise... in a very small town). I could get a small paper bag full of ten, one-penny hard candies. There were lots of candies available for 2 cents and 5 cents each.

[fredfarrellproductions]

youngster, i was born in 1961 and i remember all of that stuff. A five and dime was a cheaper store than most. Yes we got mercurachrome on our injuries, and yes it did burn. Back then, if you had two tv's it meant you had one with sound and one with picture. Tubes would blow out like light bulbs do, and you either took the tv to a repair shop, or you would pull the tube you thought was bad and had it tested to see if it was the right one. Then you would replace it. Those cabinets were heavy as heck. The cabinets were very sturdy. My brother and i had one of those bikes. I miss those high handle bars. You actually sat more upright with them.

[christiroseify]

Don't remember the Patio soda, but being a kid in the 50's & 60's was AWESOME... You could leave the house on a Saturday morning and not be back until dinner time and mom never once worried about having to call the police. We climbed trees, tied rope swings over creeks, we took the chance of salt rock and raided neighbor's gardens for afternoon snacks. Kids never had it so good... I could go on and on about the difference in life then and now...

[stevedahlberg]

I was a little kid in the 60s and a kid and a teen in the 70s, all of this rings so true. And you're right, that was an extremely expensive console, my family never had anything like that. Although I know a lot of people that did including in my extended family.

[nardopolo]

yes those are speakers on each side of the tv record stereo thing

[ilonadever]

I remember it like Yesterday - which was a great Beatles song!

[elizabethcanright]

I was born in 1963 and I remember these except a couple of them I had never heard of. There was a store that was called Motts ( five and dime ) 5 and 10 . I loved that store, they had penny candy, toys, etc. My grandmother and mom used micruechrome on me and my sister. We would ride up in the back window of the car which was fun.There was a lot of great things that wasn't mentioned in here. Oh what memories. I was born in the right era !! Love your reaction to these things that were normal for us. I wish things were still like today. Much happier times that was.

[AngelaGoodwin-fhfw]

I was born in 1958. In the 60s, Woolworth was a five and dime store which also featured a lunch counter that served delicious food. I remember watching The Beatles first U.S. performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and every Saturday afternoon, after enjoying a morning of cartoons, it was time for American Bandstand. Dick Clark, the host of the show, was called "America's oldest teen-ager" because of his youthful looks and his popularity with the younger generation. Another event this video doesn't address was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I was 5 years old when that happened on Nov. 22, 1963. I'll never forget it.

[IggyStardust]

Born in 1967, here. IIRC, Fizzies lasted into the early 70s, as I have a vague recollection of them.
Mercurochrome WAS the infection prevention ALL us kids got in the 70s. You come in with a scraped up knee, or elbow, or whatever... you'd get that slopped on you and sent right back out into the wild. If you were lucky, a band-aid would be placed over the wound.
There was a Pharmacy right up at the end of my street. When I would get my $1 allowance, I would walk up there, buy 3 comic books, a freshly mixed soda, a candy bar, and still come home with coins in my pocket. The price of comics jumped to $.25 per around '76 (IIRC), so that one dollar didn't buy as much. But it was still a thrill to make that weekly walk.
I love Recollection Road's channels, as well as Rhetty For History. They often do videos like this that take me back to my childhood.

[PJAC]

I was born in 1964!! I do remember many of these things!! I do not think we had the MEd with mercury, thank goodness!!
My bike had a banana seat and those tall handle bars!!
Those entertainment consoles were expensive and actually sounded really great, if you bought stereo sound, not mono, which many record player/ radios were back then!!
This was a very fun video!
Thank you for the memories!!

[davecollins]

Australian and born in 1968, I remember Mercurochrome as staple in the medicine cabinet.
We also had lolly’s (I believe you call it candy in the USA) cigarettes and cigars.
Those bikes in Australia were called a “Drag Star”, that would have a whole different meaning today 😊
My father purchased 3, 6 inch vinal records of the lunar landing, I still have mine, but no way of playing it.

[The_Dudester]

4:39 "Who is this man?"
That is Dick Clark (1929-2012), who hosted American Bandstand from 1952 to 1989. A LOT of rock groups owe their early exposure to American Bandstand.
5:24 I'm in my 60's. My first banana seat bike was a thank you gift from an elderly couple. I was walking home from school and saw that their garage was on fire. I woke them from their mid afternoon nap, then tried to fight the fire with a garden hose while they called the fire department. Their neighbor was arrested for setting the fire.

[jyesucevitz]

Give Recollection Road some love. I've watched several of his videos on the "growing up" topic and they're really well done and researched. Growing up we had console tv's. Much like the one in the thumbnail. Only no radio. Just the tv. They were very versatile too. Once the picture tube eventually blew out it became a nice stand
for the 17" b&w set you put on top because you couldn't afford to have the tv repairman come out
to fix it.

[nf]

i remember early/mid band stand followed by soul train. also remember my parents getting their last console tv...-1986 made by zenith

[MLFProp]

I was born in 1953 and I remember all of these except the Patio Cola. I've never heard of that. A lot of these may seem strange today, but we knew no better. The science wasn't there yet on some of these. And yes, Mercurcrome was in every medicine cabinet.

[spazimdam]

I grew up in the 60s and 70s and I remember all this shit. Doctors used to smoke on TV all the time. I had several bikes with banana seats and hi-rise handlebars. And I remember penny candy at the 5 and dime store. Great time to grow up it was, yes.

[OlliGarch]

2:57 I had an ant farm. Never could get it to work. Lol

[rhondawasson]

Born in ‘59. My grandparents had a huge tv console with one side being a radio and the other side being a “record player” (not called a turn table yet) and it was a color tv which was a statement of more wealth than your neighbors. Seeing old photos shows the distinct difference between male and female of all ages. I think that’s gone forever too.

[marycozzensauldridge]

Born in 1954, fizzies were great, until one day when I sneaked one at the grocery store and put the tablet in my mouth, it stuck to the roof of my mouth and was foaming like crazy. I ran to the water fountain and the foaming got worse, it was shooting out my nose! Gasping and sputtering, finally it came loose and I spit it out.
Dick Clark was called oldest teenager because he seemed to never age and the show he hosted was for teens