lukin

we mock the things we are to be.

Cavallo

that's where i have been getting my horlicks malted from.. i will look at the site more to see what else i have been missing. thanks.

Flag Flyer box toe shoes ( zip their open-snap their shut...ten cent movies...Pez dispensers...Yankee and Confederate caps and hats... motorcycle jackets with at least 7 zippers...MaryJane candy ( not to be confused with the smokable MaryJane )...but the best was all the songs of the 50s, some of the best makeout songs ever written. JonR

Davey Crockett hats. X

drink a 40 of colt45 than play spin the bottle...

Hey X-Man! I've been trying to explain fizzies and flavrstraws to folks here on the East Coast and they look at Me like I'm nuts. ( Well, maybe.) Must be a West Coast thing. They still have Bubble-Up out there?

I was raised in Baltimore and we had Fizzies and Flav-Stix-Straws and Bubble-Up. Try talking to chicks your own age, you lech. lol

THL... being an old boy from Dundalk myself. I remember flaverstraws fizzies Geotezs carmel creams and nik-a-liks, The White Jug and Rices bakery 5 loafs for a dollar, Read's drug store and H.L.Greens

Anyone remember Frostie's Root beer and Upper 10 soda?

sigh...

A&W root beer stands
Heydeys
Tres Flores
metal wheel skates
banana seats
black;white stripe "track shoes"
dingo boots

Yo jd1: Mi-b a dingo ate chur boots. JonR

LOL! ...had to cut and edge three yards, do the flower beds and move some bricks to get those boots! LOL! but maaaan was I stylin in the 5th grade!

In today's world this may be taken differently:

"Gas Wars"

and my favorite as a kid:

"Hamburger Wars"

remember two places competing, highest was 12 for a dollar.

CulleyJC52

white castle?

Rick,

drool

Call me Homer

I'm not sure which, but I'm pretty sure one of those guys is my Dad. Ex: milkman, good humor man, etc.

Pepsi Cola hits the spot.
12 Full Ounces, That's a lot!
Twice as much for a nickle, too.
Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you!

the 3 big stores in town were:
Woolworths, Grants, and Newberry's

I remember sitting at the lunch counter at Newberry's. They had the best sodas. mmmmmmm chocolate cokes

Pepsi Cola hits the spot.
12 Full Ounces, That's a lot!
Twice as much for a nickle, too.
Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you!

My dads favorite jingle, used to sing it all the time