The best I can recall was gas wars between 19-22 cents a gallon.
Yes, a dollar a week allowance meant a movie (. 50) a coke, and popcorn and a bit of change left over. I went to a little store that sold 45s from juke boxes for 49 cents. I still have some AND the little plastic thingy that went in the center. When they broke, I'd stick my finger in the center and try to even it up as it went round and round. (We ALL stuck money in a musical beer stine to save up for a record player.)First album-Berl Ives.
I had Chatty Cathy, Tiny Tears and Terry Lee with her trunk.
Pickup Stix, marbles, and rainy afternoons of Crazy Eight, Slap Jack or reading Nancy Drew.
I wore my hair in TIGHT braids and couldn't eat breakfast till after Communion. No air-conditioning in the classrooms and almost falling asleep to the hum of the fans. Bomb drills.
Nuns who used a ruler on your hands and memorization, memorization, memorization! One kid in my class had flunked 3 years up to 5th grade.
Living in the country-
Making mud pies and getting REALLY dirty. We had to be creative because we had ONE CHANNEL that came in clear and shut down after the news. We didn't have a dial on our phone, just a red bar-the operator would connect us...and of course party lines.
Being chased by a bunch of CHICKENS and butted by a goat!
Introduced to propagation by a stallion with the biggest *thing* I had ever seen in my LIFE!
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