I'm so old I remember... (Orlando, Detroit, cost, to buy)

[motormaker]

Originally Posted by Steve Bagu

In 52 here was a BOB'S BIG BOY in Glendale Ca and one also on Colorado Blvd, Pasadena that we would go to after the football game. Cars were lined up in the street to get in as it was so crowded. I was equipment mgr for the football team at PCC city college. This where I met my wife who was a CARHOP at the same time. Now were talking OLD. Steve

For all of you So CA posters that remember BOBS, do you remember The Clock Drive In's? Great cruising and if you were in a car club you had a aluminum plaque you could mount on the package shelf.

[Steve Bagu]

Don't remember the name as it could have been in LA. I was from Arcadia Ca and went to PCC on the GI Bill. Bunch of us (former National Guard members from 40th Div) started a club called the "Rickshaws" from spending so much time in JAPAN before going to North Korea. Our plaque was a RICKSHAW with the name (same) inscribed on top of the plaque. We used to hang it below our rear bumper in those days, like so many other car clubs. Had the plague for many years and my kids were playing with it and all of a sudden its gone. Oh well, the memory is still there. Steve (circa 52-54)

[nitram]

Originally Posted by motormaker

For all of you So CA posters that remember BOBS, do you remember The Clock Drive In's? Great cruising and if you were in a car club you had a aluminum plaque you could mount on the package shelf.

Yes, the Clock Drive In's. Man that was the place to show off your custom car or rod, cruise around the neighborhood. And then there was the car clubs with their 'poker runs'.
Remember the Barris customs cars from Hollywood and featured in the car mags. I had a chopped 28 T-bucket with a big Olds V-8, and also a Barris customized 50 Ford. The girls loved those cars.
I remember seeing the Platters in person at a stage performance in LA just as they were becomming popular.
Aahh the good ol days. People today do not know what they missed.

[Katiana]

Our stockings were cotton...usually brown. They were held up with a belt with hanging down fasteners that closed on each side of the top of the stockings. ( I can't remember what they were called.)

Garter belts. I briefly used them, too, before pantyhose came along.

[Towhee]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Garter belts. I briefly used them, too, before pantyhose came along.

Thanks Katiana,for me that was a very long time ago!
Before panty hose they held up nylon and rayon stockings.

[RDSLOTS]

That truly was a lovely post, Marianinark. Wonderful fodder for a children's book, you know?

[mollysmiles]

I agree! Marian I enjoyed that very much, thank you!

[puffle]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Garter belts. I briefly used them, too, before pantyhose came along.

Yeah, before they were considered sexy lingerie...just a necessity to keep your hose from falling. Didn't have pantyhose when I was in Junior High...I've just depressed myself.

[Visvaldis]

I'm so old I remember that on TV shows whenever something fell apart, someone would say, "Made in Japan"", followed by laughter.
How things have changed! Nowadays, Made in Japan usually indicates quality.
I also remember that many TV sets (Motorola, Philco, General Electric) were made in the USA, and that photo cameras were made in West Germany. Apparently, Japan has cornered those markets as well.
Anyone remember seeing their first Japanese car in America? Those little weird looking Toyotas and Hondas?

[Azkadellia]

I remember when the television broadcasting day began and ended with the National Anthem....

I remember dropping a nickel in a machine, and opening a door, and pulling out a frosty cold GLASS BOTTLE of Coca Cola.....

I remember when a penny really DID buy a lot of candy at the corner store....

I remember kiddie matinees, when my dad would take all of us kids, each with $2.00 in hand, to the shows, we'd pay for our ticket, have popcorn, candies, and sodas, and come home with CHANGE!!