luv my dayton
4 posts
May 24, 2012
12:33 PM
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Remember as a kid we had supper then off in the car to take a ride and see Dayton. Anyone remember the billboard that I think was just over the bridge on Main St. where there was an animated teeter totter with a girl and boy? Further out there was Frankies Amusement Park where Forest Park Plaza ended up. On the West Side was Lakeside Park which also had rides and a large dance pavilion. Last but not least the NCR pool and park for watching movies, miniture golf, fishing and many more activities. It was great being a kid back then.
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PaulH
100 posts
May 28, 2012
1:09 PM
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We listened to the radio. They still had the plays(sitcoms today).
Shows like : The Shadow; Fibber McGee and Molley; the Bickersons
(?). There were more, but I don't remember the names.
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Wayfarer
2 posts
Jun 04, 2012
7:07 PM
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To PaulH
There was also Fred Allen, Lum and Abner, The Hermit's Cave,Amos and Andy, a bit later came Dinah Shore and the Lux Radio Theater. I'm sure there were still more.
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old4d
77 posts
Jul 25, 2012
3:16 PM
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And Gangbusters, Gunsmoke, and as my Gran said, "The Stories" in the daytime like Secret Storm, Love of Life, and all those.
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PaulH
110 posts
Jul 25, 2012
6:24 PM
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We also used to run around outside at night playing tag, or kick the can, or some other game. At east until our parents started yelling for us to come inside.
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old4d
78 posts
Jul 27, 2012
8:08 AM
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You're so right, Paul. Tag, and hide-and-seek when the sun went down. I seemed to ALWAYS get found right away, lol. I remember lying on a blanket late at night with my grandmother. She would show me the constellations and I learned about the night sky from her. It always intrigued me to see the light from an airplane way up high, I thought they were navigating between the stars. I think I was about 6 or 7 at the time.
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AllenN71
369 posts
Jul 27, 2012
8:46 AM
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I wasn't exactly "pre-TV" but I remember that everything shut down at midnight with a reading of the poem "High Flight" and the National Anthem played loud as a b****** to wake people up and remind them to turn off the TV.
But mostly in the summer we never wanted to watch the same old re-runs we'd already seen. I remember how we would rip and tear all over the neighborhood, and how I always wanted to keep running since the second I stopped the rush of air would stop cooling me and I would immediately flush and feel like I was roasting! (Boy, I wish i had such energy today!)
I remember wondering how the moon could keep up with us all the way to Indianapolis, and the clouds of fireflies lighting up the woods and fields. I used to think those old-fasioned canonball shaped kerosene flares at the construction sites were so cool.
And of course the "Burma Shave" signs, with their funny little messages in segments along the highway. My favorite:
"He lit
a match
to check
his (gas) tank
That's why
they call him
"Skinless Frank"
BURNA SHAVE.
The country was so close to the city. I remember when Dayton (and Indianapolis and Columbus) could be seen from fifteen miles away, sticking up out of the cornfields.
I am so glad we didn't have "video games" back then. We'd be different folks if we'd spent our summers fiddling with a joy stick in front of the boob tube.
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cilla46
105 posts
Aug 05, 2012
5:10 AM
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I grew up in the east end where the street was filled with mostly double houses on our block.In the summer evenings you could find almost every front porch filled with families just sitting and actually talking to each other!
All up and down our street the neighbors called out greetings to each other while the kids ran back and forth between houses and yards.It was the America of the 1950's and a most wonderful place to grow up.
There were games of "kick the can" and "hide and seek"among the neighborhood kids almost every evening.
When the street lights came on it was big bowls of popcorn and Kool-Aid on our front porch!
Most kids of the present day have no concept of the total peace and security of those times.I wish they did!
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Syxpack
3 posts
Aug 23, 2012
10:41 AM
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Cilla46, did you see the message I posted on the site about your grandfather? My brother lived next door to you. You are of my children's generation, but we played the same games and did the same things as a child, way before the advent of TV, computers, video games, or texting. We all went outside (even the pets) in the summer-time after dinner to cool off and talk to the neighbors passing by. No air conditioning, but we got to catch up on our neighbors lives. Now when you go outside, it is like a deserted street and city.
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cilla46
111 posts
Aug 23, 2012
4:54 PM
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Syxpack~I did see your post.I agree that the world seems deserted these days!I'm sure there are neighborhoods like I remember somewhere!It's just not the norm these days.
I can name every family that lived on our block,both sides of the street,and many families that came and went over the years.Now it is unusual to know the names of people who live close by.I hesitate to use the word "neighbor"!
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luv my dayton
114 posts
Aug 28, 2012
4:45 PM
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There really was safety and security back in those days. Only thing you had to do was 'be home before dark'. Parents didn't have to worry much about your safety and in our neighborhood no matter what age you were you had many kids to play with. People did know one another and even those who had no children would keep an eye out for yours. I have lived here since 1991 and know my next door neighbor and a few stragglers. Its sad to see the changes over the years. So many empty shops, houses, businesses, just in my neighborhood. And the disappearance of downtown which was at one time a major attraction.Kind of miss also the quiet we had and can close my eyes and still hear the clicking of the old push mower.
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KenC3
41 posts
Dec 06, 2012
1:57 AM
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We used to catch the lightning bugs in a jar and try to make a lantern.
I finally got a battery radion It had the antenna in the lid and was made of metal. Took A, B and C batteries. I walked around listening to it until that got old.
I also remember listening to the radio and he was talking about broadcasting in multiplex. I had to call the station and ask what that was.
Same thing years later. I was out of the country and thyey brought in area codes. I had to call the operator and ask how to use the telephone.
Ken
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