Do you remember?
Soda that came in glass bottles. These glass bottles were returnable and you got a few pennies for each bottle that you turned in. That bottle refund paid for many picture shows for me.
Do you remember when you could go to the movies on Saturday, and sit through a host of cartoons, Buck Rogers, and various other short features for two bits or less?
Do you remember when the neighborhood doctor made house calls at all hours of the night and day? Do you remember when the local druggist knew you by name and could prescribe a cure for most anything to save a doctor's visit.
Do you remember going to the neighborhood drug store, sitting on a high stool that swiveled, and you got a root beer float or a shake? Your friends came in and you could spend a lovely evening just sitting there and talking.
Do you remember neighborhood dances? The teens in the neighborhood would gather at the local church and dance/visit the night away.
Do you remember jumping rope to the tunes of Simon, Simon, I've been thinking; Johnny on the ocean, Johnny on the sea, Johnny broke a window and blamed on me. The rope would get faster as you jumped.
Do you remember those street skates? They had a key and large wheels. If someone did not have a pair, you shared a skate, and used one like a skateboard.
Things are different now, but in those days, fun was different. There was no 64 channels of TV, and who had a TV anyway. Cars were a luxury; Dads got to drive them, not kids. No, this wasn't the early 1900's - this was the 1950 generation.
We did have fun.
