Aunt Bea
Master Chef
The Wonderful World of Disney was another must watch.
There must have been a terrible furniture shortage during the 50s and 60s.
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There must have been a terrible furniture shortage during the 50s and 60s.
I know that cowboy! Who was it! I watched them all! That flat-topped hat and vest!
pictonguy
Sous Chef
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and Disneyland preceded Ed Sullivan and Bonanza. We only had 3 channels back then in the wilds of Canada, lol.The Wonderful World of Disney was another must watch.
There must have been a terrible furniture shortage during the 50s and 60s.
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Wild Kingdom didn't last after it was discovered they had "staged" the fight between the tiger and python - with the tiger losing. Big Uproar and Big Scandal!
I know there is a London in Ontario, so I figured there might be one in the US too. There are a number of them. One of those is in Ohio, which is one of the regions The Modern Milkman website lists
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Kathleen
Cupcake
I had a friend from California who could not wrap her mind around walking to the backdoor and coming on in.
GinnyPNW
Master Chef
Odd...where in California? I grew up in California....I had a friend from California who could not wrap her mind around walking to the backdoor and coming on in.
What part of Los Angeles? That's an awful lot of area with some extremely different neighbourhoods. I grew up in a suburb of L.A., which is technically part of L.A. Kids did some sort of hybrid of front door, back door. It depended on the situation. It could be either. Well, we had neighbours with an in ground pool. No going to their back door. We neighbours who had trained guard dogs. No going to the back door at their houses either.
Kathleen
Cupcake
I have no idea what the area was called. It bordered Long Beach or was near to it. I lived in Long Beach and her parents were roughly 30 minutes away. The neighborhood did not have a suburb-like feel to it.
No trained guard dogs, but my grandparents had a German Shepard who guarded their property and persons well....unless bribed with a fig newton cookie. However, do not run out of the cookies prior to getting into the house!
No trained guard dogs, but my grandparents had a German Shepard who guarded their property and persons well....unless bribed with a fig newton cookie. However, do not run out of the cookies prior to getting into the house!
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And Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.The Wonderful World of Disney was another must watch.
There must have been a terrible furniture shortage during the 50s and 60s.
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Kathleen
Cupcake
I loved Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. "I'm going to sit in the jeep and enjoy these mai tais while Jim brings out the Tasmanian Devil." Camera pans from Marlin who looks down at the animal stoically, and then pans over to Jim rumpled, dusty, and out of breath." 
GinnyPNW
Master Chef
I was born in Santa Monica and grew up in Mar Vista and Venice. Long Beach was a freeway drive away...once we got the FIRST freeway in L.A....
Hmm, I don't actually remember when there weren't freeways in L.A. and I'm older than dirt. So, I had to look it up. The oldest freeway in Los Angeles is the Arroyo Seco Parkway, also known as the Pasadena Freeway, opened in 1940, though a section less than a mile long opened in 1938. The Hollywood Freeway also opened in 1940.I was born in Santa Monica and grew up in Mar Vista and Venice. Long Beach was a freeway drive away...once we got the FIRST freeway in L.A....
So, are you saying that you remember when there weren't any freeways in L.A.?
GinnyPNW
Master Chef
I don't remember any freeways before the 405 Freeway. I'm not sure when the part nearest my house was completed...sometime in the 60's...but I have a vague memory of Dad taking us to Long Beach and The Pike amusement park. Back then, we called it the Long Beach Freeway and it was a big deal! I'm betting I remember it more because of where we went.
We didn't travel a lot. We had only 1 car. If Mom needed to go somewhere, she/we walked or we took a bus.
GinnyPNW
Master Chef
P.S. The world was a lot bigger, back then.
mseaglecook
Senior Cook
Ya'll keep them coming. I am loving this post.
the whole theory and execution of "freeways" aka "limited access highways" is all post WW2.
in reality, automobile traffic pre-WW2 was not a big thing - even "divided highways" were unknown.
1959 - road trip to Florida - took three days down, and three days back.
no interstate, nothing but two lane roads wandering through every town and stop light between PA and FL....
it was DDE aka "Ike" aka President Eisenhower that put the interstate idea into motion - based on what he saw/experienced from the German "Autobahn"
in reality, automobile traffic pre-WW2 was not a big thing - even "divided highways" were unknown.
1959 - road trip to Florida - took three days down, and three days back.
no interstate, nothing but two lane roads wandering through every town and stop light between PA and FL....
it was DDE aka "Ike" aka President Eisenhower that put the interstate idea into motion - based on what he saw/experienced from the German "Autobahn"
