Fond Memories of the 1950s
Sit back, relax and take a stroll down memory lane with us to the 1950s. Did you have any fond memories of these? Please let us know in the comment section below and remember to share the video and sign up for our free newsletter!
February 19, 2021 @ 3:00 pm
Telephone operator at 18; saddle shoes ; learned to see on a Singer, memories are grand especially when they are ones own!!! BLESSED BE GOD!!!
February 19, 2021 @ 11:44 am
TOOOOOOO BAD THAT THESE DAYS ARE GONE FOR EVER. WE HAD THE BEST, IN TUNES AND NO IPHONES OR IPADS SO WE KNEW WHO OUR FRIENDS WERE BY CALLING ON A LAND LINE OR TALKING TO THEM AFTER CLASS AND WEEKENDS.
February 19, 2021 @ 12:39 am
The Platters sang SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES and TWILIGHT TIME ——-1958
February 28, 2021 @ 3:18 pm
my father was in the Fire Dept during the war and that song was their theme song
February 18, 2021 @ 12:38 pm
Love the oldies, but goodies!
Great memories!!
February 18, 2021 @ 11:44 am
GREAT, I LOVED THIS TIME IN MY LIFE
February 18, 2021 @ 11:30 am
Love this, made my day!!
February 17, 2021 @ 2:10 pm
Obvious by its omission: not one picture of a Black or other person of color. Yet, if you take a look at the juke box labels and listen to some of the songs on the 50s video lots of songs by black artists.
Sorry for raining on your parade, but one must call it as it really is/was.
February 19, 2021 @ 9:30 pm
No offense, but it was pretty much a white world back then. Blacks were making strides in sports and the music industry, but it took MLK, sit-ins, marches to help implement the Civil Rights Act of 1964, I think. Probably some pictures of black athletes like Jackie Robinson and some rock singers like the Platters should have been included.
February 25, 2021 @ 12:54 pm
Hi Rob,
Yes, pictures of black athletes, singers and so many more, like just regular black children playing in the snow, standing at a blackboard chalking an answer to the teacher’s question and photos of peaceful marches for justice, a black professor teaching at Harvard law school. The list goes on. How about “Tent City” in 1969? I was there, It was called the “Poor Peoples’ Campaign” led by Mrs. King after her husband, the great MLK, was mortally wounded. And so on. Our country is certainly less white now, e.g. Barack Obama, VP Kamala Harris and so many more. “We shall overcome…” Life here will continue to be better for African-American people, all people of color, gay people, etc.
I’m an old lady, Rob. I’m counting on you and so many thoughtful people like you to keep the ball rolling. Be patient, but not too patient. My best wishes to you. Oh by the way, I’m an old white lady…Geri
March 5, 2021 @ 7:21 pm
As a white child, it had not occurred to me how a black child might feel, until I read an article in McCalls Magazine from a black mother who said her child felt out of things due to never seeing a black person in the ads. That hurt me to the core and I at last empathized with her. I have watched our country improve greatly along those lines.
February 17, 2021 @ 9:52 am
When I went to my 50th high school reunion, several persons commented on the fact that “we lived in the best of times.” In the town that I grew up in, you could tell where someone went to school by the way they wore their bobby socks and hair. There was the year that we all wore our collars up like James Dean. What a loss. At the beach in the summer, everyone had a radio and it was turned to rock and roll. You could hear the same song up and down the beach. Then there were the outdoor theaters, really great in my case, we had a Rambler. Something that I bet is NOT done today, we had Christmas assembly in high school. It was the same every year. We sang the real songs of Christmas: “Joy to the World, Away in a Manger, O Little Town of Bethlehem,” etc. Those songs aren’t even on the radio any more. Then there were the stars’ Christmas shows, Andy Williams was always good. Teachers weren’t called by their first name, ever! Neither were most of the adult neighbors. There was a sense of respect that is totally gone today. We knew our place but still had a lot of freedom. Todays kids don’t know what they are missing. Will rap be their golden oldies?
February 16, 2021 @ 6:21 pm
THESE WERE WONDERFUL TIMES. I ALMOST CRIED WATCHING THIS
February 16, 2021 @ 2:47 pm
1950’s was all good. 52 got married, 54 baby girl, 56 baby boy, 58 another baby boy. My pretty wife told me if i wanted more children I would have to
have them—-she was finished with that part of her life!! Still had both parents and a sister, all my aunts, uncles and cousins, Oh yeah, forgot—–U.S.N.
1951–1954. America was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 22, 2021 @ 11:51 am
Thanks for the memories thank you for your service?and the memories?