Those were the days (Page 4): Here in UK the knife sharpener had a bicycle. He parked it on a folding stand and sat on the saddle, then peddled and the sharpening stone revolved in...

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Here in UK the knife sharpener had a bicycle. He parked it on a folding stand and sat on the saddle, then peddled and the sharpening stone revolved in front of him. There were also onion sellers on bicycles - who came over from Belgium. Strings of onions hanging over the handlebars as they cycled through the streets of London. Always wore a beret.

melismus Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country

...an upstart named Pepsi offered twice as much for a nickel...

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Terkat

Good morning "nimbus",

At 73 years of age I remember all of these absolutely perfectly !! Another one similar to the baseball card in the spokes was to use as tough a balloon you could find and fit that in to the spokes. We always thought this produced a sound much more like that of a Harley-Davidson.

All the very best to you and yours,

Terry

DIRTY HARRY Loc: Hartland, Michigan

RoswellAlien wrote:

Yep. Wonderful but there were trade offs. Don’t forget the absolute terror of Polio - especially when the girl down street was diagnosed. I was one of the first to get a Salk shot.
But yes, I miss the innocence of it all.

I remember visiting several of my class mates who were confined to an iron lung and two who died from the ilness.
The ONLY guns I remember seeing was either on a policeman or in the back window of someone's pick-up truck.

Dannj

Terkat wrote:

Good morning "nimbus",

At 73 years of age I remember all of these absolutely perfectly !! Another one similar to the baseball card in the spokes was to use as tough a balloon you could find and fit that in to the spokes. We always thought this produced a sound much more like that of a Harley-Davidson.

All the very best to you and yours,

Terry

I forgot about the balloon thing!! Thanks for the reminder👍😊

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Delderby wrote:

Here in UK the knife sharpener had a bicycle. He parked it on a folding stand and sat on the saddle, then peddled and the sharpening stone revolved in front of him. There were also onion sellers on bicycles - who came over from Belgium. Strings of onions hanging over the handlebars as they cycled through the streets of London. Always wore a beret.

Very cool!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

melismus wrote:

...an upstart named Pepsi offered twice as much for a nickel...

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

raymondh wrote:

Thanks

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Terkat wrote:

Good morning "nimbus",

At 73 years of age I remember all of these absolutely perfectly !! Another one similar to the baseball card in the spokes was to use as tough a balloon you could find and fit that in to the spokes. We always thought this produced a sound much more like that of a Harley-Davidson.

All the very best to you and yours,

Terry

Thanks Terry!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

DIRTY HARRY wrote:

I remember visiting several of my class mates who were confined to an iron lung and two who died from the ilness.
The ONLY guns I remember seeing was either on a policeman or in the back window of someone's pick-up truck.

Dannj

Re: Polio shot
I was in the second grade when we lined up to get our shots. I was near the end of the line, watching and waiting as my classmates got their shots and the nerves were building. When I finally reached the front of the line I watched the needle puncture my arm and promptly fainted. I came to quickly and spent what was left of the school day I n the nurse’s office.
This happened on a Friday and the kids were all surprised to see me in school on Monday. Over the weekend the rumor had spread that I had contracted polio from the shot😳

FiddleMaker Loc: Merrimac, MA

nimbushopper wrote:

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I am closing in on 80 yrs. old and so I do remember most of these. I recall liking the smell of the mimeograph purple copies just after they came off the machine. Buttermilk slips my feeble mind. Was it Dale Rogers horse's name ??

Dannj

FiddleMaker wrote:

I am closing in on 80 yrs. old and so I do remember most of these. I recall liking the smell of the mimeograph purple copies just after they came off the machine. Buttermilk slips my feeble mind. Was it Dale Rogers horse's name ??

Yup! Buttermilk took second billing to Trigger. I wonder how often Dale was referred to as Mrs. Rogers?😳

Xanadu Loc: Clay County FL

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