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Ed "Kookie Byrnes of "77 Sunset Strip" has died

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 11 Jan 20

Ed Kookie Byrnes of 77 Sunset Strip has died.He was 87 years old.He also played Vince Fontaine on the movie "Grease" in 1978. The cause was a stroke,says his son Logan Byrnes, who is a news anchor in san Diego.

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A Marklin Railway from the 1950s

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 20 Jan 19

After reading the post by @MALUSE about Marklin electric railway sets I emailed my younger sister and asked her if she remembered the Marklin railway set we had in our home in the 1950s. "Of course I do", she said. "I have a...

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Murderous Tuesday: The Boy In The Box

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 15 Jan 19

In 1957 a boy's body was found inside a box in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The boy was severely beaten and malnourished. His age was estimated to be between 4 and 6 years of age. Police tried to trace the killer by locating...

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If I Could Turn Back Time

Amber @AmbiePam (120742) • United States 19 Nov 18

I'm grateful to have been born when I was (1981). I have heat intolerance, so I don't know that I would have lived a good life without air conditioning. Considering I live in Oklahoma where the temp is routinely over 100 degrees F...

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Getting About Town: Bus Transport from the Past

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 26 Nov 17

One 1960s memory I have is going to the movies on a Saturday afternoon. We lived close enough to walk into town to the theatre, but often caught a bus home later in the afternoon. Although this postcard image was probably...

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What Were You Doing in the 1950's?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 25 May 17

What Were You Doing In The 1950s? Some of you weren’t even born way back then. But, for those of you who were teenagers in the 1950s you might really enjoy this link. https://biggeekdad.com/2013/01/the-best-of-times/ I was a...

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rock and roll

jitterbug

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Vintage Diversions II

Chloe Flanagan @puddleglum (1380) • United States 28 Jul 16

This year marks the 65th anniversary of my favorite television show, I Love Lucy. The first episode aired on October 15, 1951. Cast members Lucille Ball, husband Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley have delighted fans of...

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Cheap Motels, Road Trip and Lots Of Laughs

PaintsOnSlate @PainsOnSlate (21845) • Canada 8 Apr 16

My parents were very thrifty and loved to travel. They weren't wealthy when they were young with young kids but they had a huge wander lust. I wrote a story titled 50 Foot Tides. About one of our experiences on this trip with my...

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A Childhood Christmas Photo

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 21 Nov 15

In my previous post I mentioned how we were going to be planning our Christmas seafood platter today, as getting the order in early means we'll get what we want. Then, when I came on to the main computer, I found this photo taken...

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I Love Lucy!

djordan @djordan (37) • United States 25 Oct 11

Not sure how many I Love Lucy fans there are on here...but I have to tell yoi Love Lucy!! I usually would catch it on TV Land and would laugh so hard, finally I bought the complete series and I have not laughed this hard at...

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1950s sports car racing

aimeesnyder @aimeesnyder (57) • United States 27 May 08

Who knows what kind of information I can find here, but... I am the granddaughter of 1950s race car driver Ernie McAfee (no relation to Jack McAfee). I know the basics of course, but I was wondering if anyone had any...

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Christmas in childhood

CelticSoulSister @CelticSoulSister (1640) • Southend-On-Sea, England 23 May 08

How did you and your family spend Christmas as a child? I have wonderful memories of Christmases in my very early childhood, when my family was still in one piece, and this was in the late 1950s. There seemed to be a much...

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For The Old Folks Here - And Young Ones Too

terilee79720 @terilee79720 (3621) • United States 26 Mar 08

Do you remember any of these: Window fans, Kick the Can, roller skates with keys, coonskin caps, hula hoops, 45 records, cherry cokes, juke boxes, pony tails, bobbi sox, penny loafers, sideburns, Breck & Halo Shampoo, drive...

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Who remembers Jack LaLanne?

my52cents @my52cents (569) • United States 15 Mar 08

I do! I remember watching him when I was just a little girl and it's so neat to see him recently on the Target commercials. I did a bit of reading about Jack LaLanne and even made a Squidoo lens about him (see my website link if...

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What has been your favorite decade so far?

raychill @raychill (6525) • United States 16 Sep 07

I've lived through most of the 1980's, 1990's and the current decade. My favorite decade hands-down has been the 1980's. This discussion was inspired by a few discussions I've seen talking claiming that things from the 1980's...

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Does anyone want to sell their old baseball cards?

yankeehater626 @yankeehater626 (5) • United States 23 Aug 07

My son has taken an interest in pre 70s baseball cards and unfortunatly, I no longer have mine. Please let me know if you have some to sell or if you know where I can get some inexpensively.

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Harvey Comics!!!

JUNGLE @JUNGLE (1157) • South Africa 23 Jul 07

Besides myself,are there any other Harvey comics fans out there? Please show yourselves!!!!!lol

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harvey

reading comics

Can you be the first to answer these questions?

jbrooks0127 @jbrooks0127 (2324) • United States 7 Jul 07

Can you fill in the blanks to the following questions? First to get all correct gets best response. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01. After the Lone Ranger saved the...

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Good "Old Fashioned" Family Values

jollyjeangiant @jollyjeangiant (219) • United States 31 Mar 07

What exactly are they? I get that "returning" to them would apparently be a good thing, but what time period are we talking about here? Are we talking about the 1950s, home of Peyton Place and segregation? Are we talking about...

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The OLD cartoons and characters - 1950s and 60s only! Remember them?

Bee1955 @Bee1955 (3882) • United States 1 Mar 07

Yogi & Boo-Boo, The Jetsons, Snagglepuss, Quickdraw McGraw, Mighty Mouse, Underdog, Road Runner Show with Wylie Coyote and Sam the guarddog, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny Hour, Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Daisy Henn, Porky Pig and Petunia,...

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daffy duck

not political correct

old cartoons

road runner

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