Reminiscing the Good Old Days

Reminiscing the Good Old Days can be lots of fun. If you're anything like me, though, you're probably wondering how the years could have passed by so quickly! Those Good Old Days don't seem all that old anymore.

"I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine," says Mr. Hardcastle in Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer. Hardcastle speaks for many of us, and I'm sure he loved old dessert recipes too.

Reminiscing the Good Old Days

I can recall growing up in the 1950s. The older girls at public school wore black and white saddle shoes, and the boys wore Ivy League pants with thin black and grey stripes. And I can also remember...

• When milk came in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers with a layer of cream on top of the milk.
  
• When powdered laundry detergent came with free towels, dishes, or glasses hid inside the box.
  
• When calories were never counted in desserts, and cream and butter were considered healthy ingredients.
  
• Tinkertoys®, hectograph copies, ringer washing machines, peashooters, Sunday drives with the family, and soft drink cartons.
  
• When you got an Orange Crush® in a brown-glass bottle out of a large cooler filled with water and floating blocks of ice.
  
• When a family picnic meant spreading a blanket at the side of a country road and enjoying homemade sandwiches, icicle pickles, and thick slices of fresh-baked apple pie.
  
• When you could buy double-scoop ice cream cones for 10 cents with real cream and three flavors to choose from: vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate.
  
• And who could ever forget the classic toy commercials? Sit back, watch the YouTube video below, and enjoy some timeless memories.
  

I especially remember watching the Slinky commercial. My best friend David had one, and I could hardly wait to get my own and make it walk down the stairs. Afterwards, Mom and Dad were sorry that they gave it to me. Such a racket!

Reminiscing the Good Old Days

Enjoy reminiscing the good old days when times seemed simpler and more fun. Whether it's the 70s, 60s, 50s, or earlier still, you'll find lots of nostalgia here.

Be sure to read "When the Circus Came to Town" (below), and the wonderful comments by Victoria B. Cristiani Rossi (seen above) whose family owned and performed in the world-famous Cristiani Circus.

Watch and marvel at the equestrian skill and daring displayed by the Cristiani Circus family members in the short YouTube video below.