OT: Once Upon A Time or Do You Remember When?

[donalddoowop]

Gil batting cleanup followed by the Duke. Roy behind the plate and PeeWee at Short. Carl in right and Jackie at second. And every one of them in the HOF. That's not even mentioning Don Drysdale, Preacher or a young lefthander nicknamed Sandy. If these guys were the team today Gates,Bezos or Buffet coudn't afford them.

They had a fair big, right hander named Don Newcomb. Really tough.

 

[donalddoowop]

That's all they had in Pittsburgh, Jordy. My Uncle was a streetcar conductor. He would stop by our house in his uniform. I was about sever or eight and I thought it was the coolest job in the world.

That's not all they had in Pittsburgh. They also had the immortal Skyliners, one of the greatest of all time.

 

[Big Shoulders]

Disneyland actually had E tickets.....The fun rides.

 

[JordyG]

Those "dish's" are what we now call depression glass and some of them, especially the Westmoreland glassware, are worth a small fortune. I started collecting them years ago and gave them to our daughter. She put them in a glass case. All I think of when I look at them are two westerns, six cartoons, and a newsreel.

I remember dishes inside of detergent boxes. I think it was at least Tide detergent.

 

[JordyG]

That's not all they had in Pittsburgh. They also had the immortal Skyliners, one of the greatest of all time.

Everyone knows the big hit, but I always liked this one too.

 

[donalddoowop]

Everyone knows the big hit, but I always liked this one too.

Incomparable! One of the finest lead singers of all time and one of the prettiest melodies of all the Doo Wop songs. I remember when I first heard it. The first Doo Wop song I had heard using strings. (The Clovers were the first group to use strings around 1951) I could tell they were white but most people could not, not even the fans at the Apollo, until they walked out on stage. At first the audience laughed, but quickly turned their laughter to wild applause once they started singing. I remember when. This I Swear may have been the bigger hit if it had been released first. One of my favorites and I loved singing it with my group.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

When I was younger in the Bronx, NY I had every baseball card set from 1958 to 1965 the year I left for William Jewell College in MO. I kept them in my desk drawers in my room.
When I graduated College in Jan. 1970 I signed to teach History and coach Wrestling in Polo, MO and I had my Mom, ship my bed, dresser, and desk, to my new apartment in MO. a week later my stuff arrived and they put it in my bedroom. The movers left and later on I was putting things away and thought my Mom took everything out of my desk but when I talked to her to tell her I got the furniture I asked her where she put all my baseball cards and she said she left them in the desk! The movers had stolen all my baseball cards! By that time it was too late to do anything about it! Now they're worth a small fortune!
I was crushed!

 

[Beemer]

So they existed and aren't a false memory!

There were always balls for all sports to be had although I don't remember anyone getting new ones - certainly not me. My elementary school was across the street from where I lived and had s baseball field and s b'ball court of sorts. The school was two stories and the roof caught a fair number of balls. The janitor would occasionally give us balls he collected. If our ball ended up on the roof we could climb up a big chunky copper downspout to retrieve it and any others up there.

Since I'm in the house for the day I'll continue. Behind the school was a 25 yard wide lawn, bordered by a sidewalk and then the ball field (covered in fine black cinder installed by sadistic or clueless adults). At the far end of the lawn was another walk, then 20 yards of grass, then a 6 foot retaining wall on the top of which was a narrow grassy strip and then a chain link fence. A game we often played with three people had a batter stand at one end of the school and hit a ball toward the walk/grass/wall and fence. Any caught fly ball was an out. A grounder caught in front of the sidewalk was an out. A muffed grounder or one caught in back of the walk was a single. Hitting the retaining wall on one bounce a double, and hitting the wall on the fly a triple. Over the wall a home run. Over the fence meant run as that often involved hitting a parked car.

Yes they existed all right. I had to be careful practicing- my mother's car was always parked in the same spot. If I threw too far to the left the ball would hit the rear side panel and roll under the porch. Then I had to beg my mother to bring me to the 5 & 10 store to buy another one. I'll bet there are at least 50 of those balls under there if they haven't deteriorated over time lol

 

[veryolddog]

I wonder if some of you guys remember these automobiles: Nash, Hudson, Packard, Studebaker, and Wyllis. You remember "hydromatic drive", and "fluid drive".

 

[Rixxx]

The Nash was barely bigger than a roller skate. Lol

 

[boontonbomber]

Gil batting cleanup followed by the Duke. Roy behind the plate and PeeWee at Short. Carl in right and Jackie at second. And every one of them in the HOF. That's not even mentioning Don Drysdale, Preacher or a young lefthander nicknamed Sandy. If these guys were the team today Gates,Bezos or Buffet coudn't afford them.

Quite the lineup! except for Billy Cox at third, whoever in left( Shotgun Shuba, Sandy Amoros, others that I don't remember), and the pitcher's spot( except when Newcomb was pitching), they had hitters in every position.

 

[McFly]

The Nash was barely bigger than a roller skate. Lol

That would be the Nash Metropolitan. Other models, such as the Ambassador were considerably larger.
One friend's father was a Hudson man, another drove Frazers. I also remember Kaiser and Henry J, and even saw a Tucker once. But the first car to really impress me was a Jaguar XK120, especially when I was told that the 120 referred to its top speed.

 

[Steelerone]

Quite the lineup! except for Billy Cox at third, whoever in left( Shotgun Shuba, Sandy Amoros, others that I don't remember), and the pitcher's spot( except when Newcomb was pitching), they had hitters in every position.

 

[Steelerone]

I checked some of my old cards. Preacher Roe, Johnny Podres, Russ Meyer, Erv Palica, Joe Black, Ralph Branca, Carl Erskine, Clem Labine and Billy Loes. I saw Furillo make a throw from right field, near the fence. He hit Campanella on one bounce and Roy was standing on the plate.

 

[donalddoowop]

I wonder if some of you guys remember these automobiles: Nash, Hudson, Packard, Studebaker, and Wyllis. You remember "hydromatic drive", and "fluid drive".

I had a Nash Rambler station wagon. My father owned an auto body shop and I used to help work on some of those cars.

 

[Steelerone]

* Jack Paar, the original host of the Tonight Show
* Dog's and Sud's where you could a frosted mug of root beer and tenderloin sandwich for $1.50 delivered to your car by female car hops on roller skates
* NFL football on Sundays with only ONE announcer who talked for maybe 15 minutes during the whole game.
* Howdy Doody on NBC
* The Lone Ranger
* Gunsmoke
Sigh, how I wish for the simpler things in life.

MS, did you ever listen to the radio? The guy who played Matt Dillon on radio was in a detective show on tv but I cannot recall his name. When the show moved to tv they wanted John Wayne but he wouldn't do tv shows. He recommended a young actor who he admired because he was wounded in the Normandy landing. James Arness, who's first starring role was as the "thing" in The Thing movie. Not sure but as I recall on the Howdy Doody show they had a segment where they showed old western films. Was that Captain Video?

 

[bantamlaker]

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How many of you still have some your old baseball cards? I still have a few of mine. I don't care how many times I clean out the garage, THEY STAY!!! They have no value to anyone but me. My wife would throw them out if I let her.

These cards are part of my “winnings” from 1959. That year i was voted card tosser of the year for the PS 180 schoolyard in Brooklyn. I believe my record for “leaners” still stands. Fortunately, I turned my collection over to my younger brother who even as a young kid was well organized and has nicely preserved the collection.

 

[veryolddog]

MS, did you ever listen to the radio? The guy who played Matt Dillon on radio was in a detective show on tv but I cannot recall his name. When the show moved to tv they wanted John Wayne but he wouldn't do tv shows. He recommended a young actor who he admired because he was wounded in the Normandy landing. James Arness, who's first starring role was as the "thing" in The Thing movie. Not sure but as I recall on the Howdy Doody show they had a segment where they showed old western films. Was that Captain Video?

That was William Conrad.

 

[zymurg]

I was in the Hartford Circus fire. Lifelong Connecticut resident until I retired to the Cape. I remember rock'n'roll shows at the State Theater in Hartford. The Five Satins from New Haven and Gene Pitney from Rockville. I remember going to the New England High School Basketball Championships at Boston Garden. We took our SAT's at the old HPHS. The building had portions over 100 years old. HPHS was the second oldest public high school in the US. Itfirst opened in 1636. They taught Russian and Chinese there in the 1960's.

How about the $64, 000 Question. Even more memorable 20 Questions and the great scandal; they made a good movie out of it. I actually was on TV as a contestant on College Bowl. I attended the GrandOle Opry at Ryman Memorial Auditorium. I went to the Country Music Awards wearing a nametag which identified me as Governor Jimmy Davis (You Are My Sunshine).

Where were you when JFK was assassinated? I was in Sri Lanka.

Does anyone else remember Scrooge MCDuck comics. We used to play baseball and football in a nearby vacant lot we called dog mess stadium in a tribute to the dogs who made it great. I remember Sputnik in High school.
I answered a question on College Bowl about the three mice (Moe, Sally, and Amy) who traveled into space.

My audition piece for Sock and Buskin (comedy and tragedy) MHS's drama group was Cyrano's speech about his nose. We did "Harvey" without mentioning alcohol. Jimmy Stewart starred in a very good movie of this Broadway play.

I was a pall bearer for a close friend who died of cancer when I was in sixth grade.

 

[donalddoowop]

These cards are part of my “winnings” from 1959. That year i was voted card tosser of the year for the PS 180 schoolyard in Brooklyn. I believe my record for “leaners” still stands. Fortunately, I turned my collection over to my younger brother who even as a young kid was well organized and has nicely preserved the collection.
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I had those cards also. Here in St. Louis we had a hard time finding Stan Musial cards. They were coveted. My favorite was Richie Ashburn. I also had another one of him swinging a bat. I was a Phillies fan.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

That would be the Nash Metropolitan. Other models, such as the Ambassador were considerably larger.
One friend's father was a Hudson man, another drove Frazers. I also remember Kaiser and Henry J, and even saw a Tucker once. But the first car to really impress me was a Jaguar XK120, especially when I was told that the 120 referred to its top speed.

good family friend, long gone, was ol bucky fuller's 'right hand man.' you remember bucky, dontcha? maybe you remember bucky's ride, the dymaxion, made in Bridgeport.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Dymaxion_Corporation_at_Bridgeport_Connecticut.jpg

(lol. 'that' Bridgeport guy, again. and oh, some of us still use a garage there … for around a 100 years. a real 100 years. man, I got car stories. there was the time one of us, comin' off the farm in Easton around ww1, and because he was driving at around age 13, normal for then, tried to start the new fangled automobile. the crank whipped back, and broke his arm...)
and speaking of oldie but goodies, to this day, i still believe that the then ubiquitous 'charcoal tablets' can still be a useful product today. i mean, i hear that ol relative 'the shoemakers' daily habit of brushing with wood ash has some new fans today, too. not me, but they tell me that its popular with some in the 'back to the earth' crowd. i buy pepsodent. its inexpensive, and they've been making it for more than month, so im told.

 

[Txhoopsalot]

Anyone remember "pettipants"(sp)? The 60s equivalent of a chastity belt.

Oh, yes. And the trouble with those hose held up by garters as dresses got shorter and shorter! Finally, the invention of pantyhose!

 

[Steelerone]

That was William Conrad.

Yep Thanks VOD

 

[Steelerone]

These cards are part of my “winnings” from 1959. That year i was voted card tosser of the year for the PS 180 schoolyard in Brooklyn. I believe my record for “leaners” still stands. Fortunately, I turned my collection over to my younger brother who even as a young kid was well organized and has nicely preserved the collection.
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I had a cedar chest almost completely full with 52 and 53 cards. When I got home from boot camp I found my mother had thrown them all out. I asked her why and she said, "Oh, I didn't think you wanted those anymore Honey." I went to games with all the players above at either Forbes Field or the old Shib Park in Cleveland. Saw a double header with the Yankees and Indians. The pitchers as I recall were Vic Rachi and Allie Reynolds vs Early Wynn and Mike Garcia.

 

[Steelerone]

That's not all they had in Pittsburgh. They also had the immortal Skyliners, one of the greatest of all time.

They played at the Syria Mosque.