Without telling your age, what is something from your childhood that kids today wouldn't know about?

[Forevermarypoppins]

Romper Room. When she called out the names she could see in the Magic Mirror at the end and she called my name it was so exciting!

I am certain my name was never, ever said!

 

[FigmentSpark]

Clackers
I almost took out a cousin of mine during a camping trip. All of us cousins had them. I might consider them a weapon now, LOL!

About 5 years ago, there was a roadshow of toys in the mall and they had clackers. The guy was promoting them by just gently banging them. I asked to try and showed them what they were supposed to do with them... make them bang, both above and below the hand. And then, I showed them why they fell out of fashion, when they crashed into my knuckles, lol.

 

[sasywtch]

Playing outside sun up to sun down, drinking from the hose, Friday night skating rink, hot fudge sundaes at Farrell's...

You didn't eat the zoo?

 

[4Mickeys]

Playing outside sun up to sun down, drinking from the hose, Friday night skating rink, hot fudge sundaes at Farrell's...

you stole my answer except the Farrell’s part - I’m in Australia - but riding to local takeout for an ice cream. They don’t know what they are missing

 

[skittles67]

Calling a number for the current time. We called it "The Time Man"

Time & Temp!
We'd get the time and temperature, lol.

 

[skittles67]

Romper Room. When she called out the names she could see in the Magic Mirror at the end and she called my name it was so exciting!

I always wanted her to call my name but I have an uncommon name so I never heard mine

 

[barb969]

Penny candy You could go in with a nickel and come out with a bag of candy.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Kate Smith

 

[BlueStarryHat]

The Electric Company. With Morgan Freeman playing Easy Reader. "HEY YOU GUUUUUUUUU-UUUUYS!!!"

 

[PaulaSB12]

waiting for the testcard to go before morning tv for kids on Saturday started

 

[shh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1314344669032087554

or what about these - my mom ALWAYS had a pack in her purse:

 

[bobbiwoz]

Spin and Marty on the Mickey Mouse Club

Marshmallow Marsh in Fort Wilderness

 

[shh]

Vertical and horizontal hold knobs on the tv.

lol....constantly having to adjust the darn things to get a picture and avoid snow or that annoying jumping black bar.

 

[suzimar57]

Woolworth 5 & 10
Shenanigans TV show & board game
Chocks vitamins
Mickey Mouse Club on TV in B&W
1964 New York World's Fair
Arrow Book Club (thru Scholastic Books)
Tang instant breakfast drink

 

[disneyseniors]

Bermuda bags. The purses with changeable covers.

Monogram circle pins.

Monogram sweaters.

Fair Isle sweaters

Do you remember what it meant wearing the circle pin on the right side or the left side???? I remember, LOL. and I was always afraid I put it on the "wrong" side

 

[monica9]

Cable going off at 10pm

 

[Breezy_Carol]

Do you remember what it meant wearing the circle pin on the right side or the left side???? I remember, LOL. and I was always afraid I put it on the "wrong" side

I don't remember that at all. Do tell? Message me if you need to.

 

[monica9]

When the only three resorts were on the monorail

 

[disneyseniors]

I've got a couple more:

plastic pop beads. I found some at a yard sale recently and couldn't believe it!

In high school: The girls wore skirts or dresses. If your skirt didn't hit the floor when kneeling down on the floor, you had to go home and change into a longer one.
The boys did not wear blue jeans!!! Hard to believe. They wore black dress pants and ban-lon knit shirts or plaid cotton short sleeved shirts.

 

[disneyseniors]

I don't remember that at all. Do tell? Message me if you need to.

LOL, here goes: If you wore the circle pin on the right side , you "didn't do IT". If you wore it on the left side, that meant you were loose or "easy". No kidding, and I don't know who thought that up.