Survived the 30's - 70's...?

[Bunny of wind 2]

I grew up in the 70's but i never broke anything nor did we have those big bells,i remember every sunday every store was closed,and you could walk to the corner store an the weekdays and get candy for a penny a piece.  

[the lovely ma-sa]

I was born in the 60s  

[MustangDragon]

I was born in '44, so grew up in the late 40's and 50's, grad from h.s. in 1962. Things sure changed throughout that time. I remember when we got our first television set, and when the cars started to be about 50 feet long with fins (LOL).

I was a sophomore and junior in h.s. in Roanoke, Va., when they first integrated the schools. I will never forget the faces of the black kids... they were scared to death. And for good reason... white boys would go out at night trying to find black kids to beat up. It was awful. Because of that, I was a big fan of Martin Luther King, and his death affected me more than JFK's or Bobby's.

There's a lot more I went through, long, long trip it's been.  

[kurridevilwing]

I was born in 85, but I grew up in a small north carolina town.....most of the things on that list, were my childhood. Execpt the video games part, but damnit, I bought my own nintendo...with saved change that I spent hours rolling.  

[Saphyre Supernova]

I'm an 85 Baby and things were like that for me as well. I remember once being out past dark and losing my shoes in a big patch of mud and got covered in it while trying to find them. My Mom hosed me off with the garden hose and beat my butt good LOL.

Those were the days  

[melaniecat]

Kids are too soft now days. We would play outside until way after dark. Remember when you got hurt all you wanted was a band-aid and to get back out, even if your arm was hanging off and you needed stitches? I remember cutting my foot really bad and I should have went and had stitches, no way, my granny bound my ankle/foot up and that was that. I still have the scar and everytime I look at it, I think "I should of had stitches, no way, stitches are for wimps, I was happy to go back out and play."  

[ChyaneLlree]

I miss the Thundercats.....  

[Conan The Barbie Doll]

otakujack

i was born in 1980. *feels inadeqate* crying

Me too. gonk (Born in '85)  

[Faerie KatrinaZ]

*singing* Here he come's to save the day! It's Mighty Mouse! ... He's my hero! blaugh  

[Tanuki Rei]

I was born in 80 as well. Apparently I don't have a "generation." sweatdrop  

[Faerie KatrinaZ]

reibainokami

I was born in 80 as well. Apparently I don't have a "generation." sweatdrop

*pats reibainokami on the back* Yes you do! biggrin I searched Generations in Wikipedia and this is what I found:

1964-1980

* Generation X is the generation born between approximately 1964 to 1980, and connected to the pop culture of the 1980s and 1990s they grew up in. Other names used interchangeably with Generation X are 13th Generation and Baby Busters. Most of this generation are children of The Baby Boomers and The Silent Generation. Those born before 1973 spent most of their teen years in the 1980s.

reibainokami, you belong to Generation X's overlapping subgroupings of the "Baby Busters" and/or the "MTV Generation" !!! xd  

[Filia_Nox_Noctis]

1985 cry but for the first ten years it was home when the street lights came on then we moved to the country and had no sidewalks or streetlights but we had the ditch. i still go and grab me some crayfish when it rains (then i boil them yay cajuns)  

[Dancing Wheels]

I remember when I could freely play in the front yard without a care in the world.  

[Faerie KatrinaZ]

Dancing Wheels

I remember when I could freely play in the front yard without a care in the world.

Yeah, I remember those days. Quite different nowadays, isn't it?