Share your memories about the good old days

Everyone likes to reminisce about the good old days.

Of course, we know some were better than others, but even when you hear people talking about how difficult times were during The Great Depression, you get an impression that it was a time filled with romance and cohesion, neighborliness and toughing it out.

Sure, it was rough to make ends meet, but somehow, most people squeaked through - if only by the skin of their teeth.

There are other great memories from other decades, and we want to hear all about the products from days gone by, including those mentioned in the accompanying quiz.

We would like readers to take this fun quiz, courtesy of the Mount Olive Pickle Co., Mount Olive, N.C., then call Barbara Daugherty with some remembrances of days of yore. (She promises not to laugh at you. She remembered 23 of 24.) Call her at (724) 226-4665 or toll-free at 1-877-698-2553.


Age Barometer Quiz
How many do you remember?

1. Blackjack chewing gum.

2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water.

3. Candy cigarettes.

4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles.

5. Coffee shops with table-side jukeboxes.

6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.

7. Party lines.

8. Newsreels before the movie.

9. Butch wax.

10. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Victor-4447)

11. Peashooters.

12. Howdy Doody.

13. 45 RPM records.

14. S&H Green Stamps.

15. Hi-fis.

16. Metal ice trays with levers.

17. Mimeograph paper.

18. Blue flashbulbs.

19. Beany and Cecil.

20. Roller skate keys.

21. Cork popguns.

22. Food service drive-ins.

23. Studebakers.

24. Wash tub wringers.

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