![]() One of my most cherished memories is standing under the street light in the long summer nights just chatting with friends for hours or until we were called in by our parents. We played for hours outside, the sun always seemed to shine longer back then we had games like Kick-the-Can and follow the arrow and you can't cross the red river and chap door run fast and boagge racing and cowboys n Indians. The 1950's were indeed a great time to be growing up, I had 6 brothers and 5 sisters yeah really! and it hold many fond memories like making do with what you had, most people were in the same boat and helped each other. I do remember the coal man I must have been about 5 at the time and my mum would not let him walk through the house to deliver the coal because of the mess and used to make him walk all the way round the back to the coal bunker carrying the bags of coal on his back, he must have been fit add your comment 1950s great time to be growing up in the UK Black as night & covered in coal dust, he would have a big earthen sackĪcross his shoulder & back on which to heave the coal sack. The other horse & cart vendor was theĬoalman. To the sound of the milkman's click, theīlinkered horse would go along to each house and stand with one foot bent until ![]() Metal & he would give us a balloon or a goldfish!Īlso the milkman with his horse & cart. Street vendors.I remember the rag & bone man with his horse &Ĭart, shouting any old rags'n bones. We had test patterns in england at about that time if i remember it was a girl inside a circle, so long ago I am not completly sure thoughĪdd your comment Street Vendors in the 50s It was 10 years later that we got the first color TV with 3 channells to choose from which spent more time broken down than working but when it worked it was cool. We'd get up early saturdays and watch the test patterns, and I think we had 2 channells to choose from and they closed down with the star spangled banner. It was a realy big deal and my parents were more protective of the TV than anything else in the house, It was very heavy and whenever you stood near it you could feel the heat it generated, it was a solid wooden cabinett and pretty sure it had valves inside.Īll the TV stations would close down about midnight and return at five or six in the morning. It was about 1955 or so and a 12" screen black and white Majestic. Memory Posted By: Frank Today I went and bought my new plasma TV and because it was so big and SO LIGHT it reminded me of the first TV my parents bought. When we look back in time small things or words can jog our own memories TV's in The 1950's U.S.A. Next Page of 50s Memories 1950s Memories From Our Visitors
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