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Remembering the Sixties
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Remember how much snow we had in Memphis on Christmas Day in 1963?
Pictured from Left to Right: David, Mike, Ronnie and Teressa Webb in their
backyard at the corner of Patterson and Hendrix.
Click photo to enlarge.
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Cigarette companies advertised on TV, and feminine
hygiene companies didn't.
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Doctors, lawyers, and hospitals didn't advertise
anywhere.
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Milk was delivered, but pizzas weren't.
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The mailman sold stamps.
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There was Mr.
Cola, Double Cola and Peach Nehi.
Cokes were a dime.
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The tamale wagons (converted ice
cream push carts that had LaRosa's tamales for
five cents.
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The zoo was free as
were the concerts at the shell.
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The TV schedule was a page in the newspaper that you
had to fold down into a little booklet, then use a
letter opener to separate the pages.
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Whiteway Pharmacy (next to the
Crosstown) and Purdy- Jester's
drugstore (Cooper and Madison) had real soda
fountains.
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The Fairview drive in with
it's polar bears out front lasted 'til after the
90's.
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Memphis had a "Children's Ball"
(Cotton Carnival) with Cole Stoltz's band playing, the Children's
Ballet performing, and the
Children's Theater performing.
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The school kids got out of
school the first day of the Fair (on a Friday).
There was a fabulous parade to kick off the
opening of the Fair, and it featured the Booker
T. Washington High School Band.
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We went from
Highlights. . . |
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AutoZone was called Auto Shack.
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I-240 ended at Summer Avenue.
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People smoked indoors, in elevators, and even on
airplanes. (what were we thinking?)
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Your father's razor blades were thin, double-edged
jobs that he disposed of through a slot in the back
of the medicine cabinet.
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Soft drink bottles couldn't be opened without a
bottle opener, and the tabs from soft drink cans
came off in your hand.
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Winky Ryatt was a riot.
The Winky Ryatt comic strip was
based on the real-life Alley family---
the Commercial Appeal cartoonist at the
time. His son, the real Winky, was all
grown up and working at the CA as a
cartoonist in the
early 1980s.
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Topo Gigio
from The Ed Sullivan Show |
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The Safety Patrol at school wore white plastic
holster belts. You had to walk your bike the last
block, or the Crossing Guard lady would get cross.
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Telephones were rotary phones that
stayed attached to the wall. Your phone number was
on a little piece of paper in the middle of the
dial.
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You could get the time and
temperature from Union Planters Bank by calling
JAM-JAM-1. Well, you still can!
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We all thought videophones were right around the
corner. Now they're finally starting to arrive with
the Internet.
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Marathon Candy Bars had a measuring stick
printed on the back of the package to prove it
was a foot long.
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Scream in the Dark haunted house was located in
what used to be an old pizza place on Winchester
(the western end) next to McDonald’s (the one
that was all decorated with airplanes because of
its proximity to the airport).
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The POW FIVE game on channel 5 picked a person
to call and that person played a spaceship video
game over the phone. The game would shoot
everytime the player said “Pow”.
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Quality Stamps were given at Big Star. You
stuck them in little stamp books and redeemed
them for items at the Quality Stamp store.
1966 Brach's Ad
The exact same assortment is still for sale at your neighborhood Schnucks.
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1960s Home Page
Submitted by: Sara Williamson Garrett : 29 Jan 2008, 08:08
I saw the Highlight's magazine and it reminded me of Weekly Reader. The
elementary students in Memphis always read it on Fridays. It consisted of
current events.. If my memory serves me correct, my parents had to send 50
cents to pay for Weekly Reader..
I can also remember my Dad leaving a quarter in the same location every day
and that was for my lunch.
Submitted by: Doanne Stanford : 30 Jan 2008, 12:46
When you mentioned Cokes being a dime, I remember the first coke I ever
bought. It was from a machine at the Esso Station at the corner of Summer
and Graham,two blocks from where we lived in the 60's. I had to use a
nickel and two pennies to get the bottle Coke, but then I was given back
the two pennies if I drank the Coke on the spot and redemmed the bottle.
How funny, but such a good memory.
Submitted by: Nina J. Stone : 25 Jul 2008, 00:56
I remember the first Coke I bought at school. It was a nickle, then later
the price went up and you had to put a penny in too. We would have a
contest to try and guess where the bottle came from. Because they had where
the botteling co. was printed on the bottom of each bottle! At St. Anne
the hot plate lunches were 25 cents, if you wanted seconds the main course
was 5 cents. For dessert you could buy a 5 cent dixie cup or Fudgecicle or
an ice cream sandwich. If you wanted candy there was the usual and what
really sold was vanilla or chocolate Turkish Taffy. In cold weather you
could slap it on the pavement and it would shatter in the wrapper!
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