OT: Are you older than dirt?

[Scud49]

Proof that I'm older than dirt- Little Leauge, 1959. We had hand me down uni's, our benches were wood planks on top of a couple concrete blocks, but Ioved every minute of it. That's me batting.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Proof that I'm older than dirt- Little Leauge, 1959. We had hand me down uni's, our benches were wood planks on top of a couple concrete blocks, but Ioved every minute of it. That's me batting.

Me too, Beechmont Dairy, 1964-1966

 

[msf22b]

Radio shows in the 40's...
Ter--eee...and the Pirates
Of course, The Lone Ranger.
Roy Rodgers and Gene Autry
Tom Mix...another western, but only vague...memories

There was guy who used to sing the news in the morning in New York...name...name?
Phil Cook.

And when I was home sick (often) I loved to listen to Arthur Godfrey and (all the little Godfreys)

M

 

[Rixxx]

Me three, 1958, Temple PAL, sponsored by now defunct Meyers Pharmacy among others.

 

[Steelerone]

My Grandmother was the first one in the family to have a tv and on Saturday nights my five Aunts and Uncles and their kids would come down to her living room to watch Gorgeous George and Argentina Rocca wrestle.

 

[zymurg]

rock and roll shows in Hartford-the old State Theater. Another classic were the Christmas windows at G. Fox

 

[CONN78SEJ]

rock and roll shows in Hartford-the old State Theater. Another classic were the Christmas windows at G. Fox

Who remembers the Christmas Lights and tinsel strung across the Post Rd in Fairfield for a mile or two? Or Sonny Fox coming to Fairfield to turn the lights on, Lol.

 

[McFly]

One of my summer jobs during college was as the "runner" on a milk truck. We loaded up the milk,eggs,and butter at 3 AM(that huge freezer was so cold at that hour). I would load up each order in the metal hand carrier , and hoof it up to the front door. Great way to get in shape!

Did a bit of that myself in the early '50s. Saturdays when school was in session, weekdays too when it wasn't. Fortunately, I didn't have to get up early. The driver had already started his route and would pick me up at 7. There was no passenger seat. I don't remember if there was a driver's seat. I do remember him driving while standing.

Bigboote, been there too. Well, almost. At P&W, department 517 was right across the aisle from heat treat, and on 2nd. shift on a hot summer day it was miserable. It's already well over 100°, and then the door on a big roller hearth furnace opens. You can actually see the blast of heat coming.

 

[Steelerone]

Radio shows in the 40's...
Ter--eee...and the Pirates
Of course, The Lone Ranger.
Roy Rodgers and Gene Autry
Tom Mix...another western, but only vague...memories

There was guy who used to sing the news in the morning in New York...name...name?
Phil Cook.

And when I was home sick (often) I loved to listen to Arthur Godfrey and (all the little Godfreys)

M

Saturday morning Buster Brown show brought to you by Buster Brown shoes. "Tweak your magic twang, Froggy." told by Smiling Ed McConnell.

 

[Steelerone]

Radio shows in the 40's...
Ter--eee...and the Pirates
Of course, The Lone Ranger.
Roy Rodgers and Gene Autry
Tom Mix...another western, but only vague...memories

There was guy who used to sing the news in the morning in New York...name...name?
Phil Cook.

And when I was home sick (often) I loved to listen to Arthur Godfrey and (all the little Godfreys)

M

Might have been Bobby Benson and his B Bar B Riders.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Saturday morning Buster Brown show brought to you by Buster Brown shoes. "Tweak your magic twang, Froggy." told by Smiling Ed McConnell.

Cubby, Sharon, Bobby, Annette, Doreen, Jimmie, Roy, Lonnie, Cheryl

 

[Bald Husky]

Talking about little league. Right now, my grandson plays in the same town that I played in. They have tee ball, 3 levels of minors, majors, and the junior league for 13 year olds. Back in 1956 at 7 years old I made it on one of the little league teams. Back then, all they had was majors, nothing else, with only 6 teams. If you think this 7 year old wasn't a little scared going up against a 13 year old pitcher, well, I was. The town has come a long way, with a couple hundred boys and girls playing on the fields that I played on every week. So long ago.

 

[Longtime fan]

Well, this is startling…


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I don't need to test to know that I am older than dirt.

 

[Longtime fan]

13 out of 20.

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Beginning of the Le Brea tar pits

 

[Hoops66]

I've been really enjoying everyone's stories and memories from "dirt-times." Thanks. I remember that some of the roads in my town were still dirt in the 50s, and our local ball field only had a few tuffs of grass.
I highly recommend Doris Kearns Goodwin's book "Wait Until Next Year" to everyone, but particularly those who grew up in NYC in the 50s. She brings you right back to those times, as Doris always can do. I still have my copy and now I think I'm going to read it again, for the third time.

 

[Sifaka]

Trying to explain to my wife—from the other side of the Atlantic—the fear that was instilled in us in the early 1950s. Polio, iron lungs, leg braces, etc. Then I found my Polio Pioneer card. I was part of the first test group for the Salk polio vaccine. 1954.

 

[Steelerone]

Trying to explain to my wife—from the other side of the Atlantic—the fear that was instilled in us in the early 1950s. Polio, iron lungs, leg braces, etc. Then I found my Polio Pioneer card. I was part of the first test group for the Salk polio vaccine. 1954.

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I can still recall some of the times we would hitchhike to local pools only to find they were closed because of the polio scare. They would show film of people in the Iron Lungs in the newsreels at movies and we were terrified.

 

[Steelerone]

rock and roll shows in Hartford-the old State Theater. Another classic were the Christmas windows at G. Fox

Lol. I remember people used to get dressed up like it was Easter Morning to go shopping at G. Fox. I always felt Hartford could have really turned itself around economically if they would have turned it into a casino but the state was to dumb.

 

[Spaceman213J]

I remember drive-ins mainly because of the one in Southington and the one in Welfleet, MA.

 

[Skeets]

Lol. I remember people used to get dressed up like it was Easter Morning to go shopping at G. Fox. I always felt Hartford could have really turned itself around economically if they would have turned it into a casino but the state was to dumb.

On the other hand casinos did jack for Atlantic City.

 

[AidanFan20]

... Falling asleep after Carson's monologue, waking up as the national anthem and signoff by the local TV station happens.

 

[Bald Husky]

My Grandmother was the first one in the family to have a tv and on Saturday nights my five Aunts and Uncles and their kids would come down to her living room to watch Gorgeous George and Argentina Rocca wrestle.

During that era, did you watch Dick the Bruiser, Skull Murphy, the Zebra Kid, and the tag team, Fabulous Kangaroos?

 

[Bald Husky]

Cubby, Sharon, Bobby, Annette, Doreen, Jimmie, Roy, Lonnie, Cheryl

I was in love with Cheryl. LOL

 

[hookshot]

Some of you must have rushed home after school to watch the early years of Dick Clark and American Bandstand.

Hmmm, I pre-dated Dick Clark. Remember his predecessor, i.e. Bob Horn, who started bandstand. Got iun trouble for holding barn parties on the weekend. His license plate was said to be RU14, Dick Clark owes his job to Bob Horn. Catholic school girls had a lot of explaining to do to the Nun next day, when they were spotted on Bandstand

 

[Rixxx]

Hmmm, I pre-dated Dick Clark. Remember his predecessor, i.e. Bob Horn, who started bandstand. Got iun trouble for holding barn parties on the weekend. His license plate was said to be RU14, Dick Clark owes his job to Bob Horn. Catholic school girls had a lot of explaining to do to the Nun next day, when they were spotted on Bandstand

My favorite regular was Carmen.