Looking Back At 1955 When Grandpa and Grandma Were 10 Years Old~

`That’s only 58 years ago - Grandpa and Grandma were 10 years old at that time~ 
These were wonderful days filled with lots of outdoor and indoor fun. We didn't have the technology of this day so we just enjoyed being outdoors when the weather was good. We enjoyed playing games and sports outdoors. In the summer we played outdoors as soon as we finished chores in the morning until evening when we were called into dinner with the family. We walked and rode our bikes to get where we wanted to go.
Grandma spent her days in the summer on her Dad's farm studying Ants and playing cowboys and Indians with her homemade bow and arrows. She spent time at home too playing with the neighborhood girls her age. She loved to make dolls out of flowers and toothpicks. She loved playing with paperdolls. We would also make up plays and put them on for other children nearby. Grandma loved to play dress up with her Mom's old dresses and heels. Her mother kept a drawer full of dress-up clothes. Grandma also played with the neighborhood boys. She was kind of a Tom Boy. She loved playing sports. She loved to climb trees and play Tarzen and Jane with her cousin.
Grandpa spent his time playing with the neighborhood children and also worked in a large family garden. He also went around the neighborhood selling donuts and salt and pepper shakers his Dad had invented. Life was simple then with not as many places to go and events to attend. Grandpa did enjoy playing Little League baseball and later on football.
Grandma didn't have a TV in her home until she was 11 years old. It was a small TV and there were not remotes to change the channels; you had to walk over to the TV and do it. Grandpa had a TV when he was about 10 years old. Some of the neighborhood children had TVs before then so he would escape to their homes to watch afternoon cartoons. Just a side note on TVs; they were in black and white and not color. This was just some fun things we did about 58 years ago.

Comments made in the year 1955!

‘I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going to be impossible to buy a week’s groceries for $10.00. ‘

‘Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long before $1, 000.00 will only buy a used one.’

‘Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging 7 cents just to mail a letter.’

‘If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.’

‘When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 25 cents a gallon. Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.’

‘I’m afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying DAMN in ‘GONE WITH THE WIND’, it seems every new movie has either HELL or DAMN in it.’

‘I read the other day where some scientist thinks it’s possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call ast ron auts preparing for it down in Texas .’

‘Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $50,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn’t surprise me if someday they’ll be making more than the President. ‘

‘I never thought I’d see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now. ‘

‘It’s too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet. ‘

‘It won’t be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work.’

‘I’m afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.’

‘Thank goodness I won’t live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to government.’

‘The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.’

‘There is no sense going on short trips anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay in a hotel.’

‘No one can afford to be sick anymore. At $15.00 a day in the hospital, it’s too rich for my blood.’

‘If they think I’ll pay 30 cents for a haircut, forget it.’

I hope you enjoyed learning about what it was like when we were 10 years old.

Love and hugs!

Grandma