What ‘Back in the Day’ Stories Will I Tell My Grandchildren?

I remember my grandparents telling me stories of what life was like many years ago.

My maternal grandfather fought in WWII. And my paternal grandfather was in vaudeville. Stories of the great depression and bread lines, world war, rationing and technology at that time, few people could afford an automobile, people stood in bread lines for food because there were no jobs.

My parents told me stories about life without television or electronic appliances; they sat around and listen to the radio.

So what tales of days gone by will we tell our grandchildren?

Growing up in the late 60’s early 70’s, we had black and white television to go along with our 3 channels. No recorders to tape a program, we watched programs live. My mother would invite the neighbor kids to come watch the Wizard of Oz when it made its yearly appointment to television, she would pop popcorn and make Kool-Aid and we would gather in front of the TV to watch (we finally got a color television by then)

We played outside and used our imagination, sometimes a stick for a gun (playing cops and robbers) Freeze tag, hide and go seek.

We didn’t have cell phones or even answering machines and if you were on the phone and someone called you they got a busy signal and had to try back later because there was no call waiting or caller ID to tell us who had tried to call.

Going to the record store, when I hear a song from my childhood I can actually see the record with the label Buddah, ABC Downhill, Columbia, RSQ..ahh memories

There were many things that defined my childhood and I think telling stores to our kids and grand kids of what it was like back then bring back those times and the good memories that surround them.

Here’s to our good times! I wouldn’t trade them for anything.