Whatever Happened To...

[BettyO]

Quote:Whatever Happened To...
This is totally off the wall, but most of us have probably received quite a few emails focusing on things that were common place to us oldies back in the 1950s and 60s. From hoola hoops to milkmen, they bring back fond memories (most of the time). However, one of my best childhood memories never shows up on these lists. BOOKMOBILES!

It was such a treat to have my mother drive us two miles or so to the nearest stop for our county bookmobile every two weeks. I don't even know where the closest lending library was to our home in those days - we just depended on the library coming to us on four wheels. Do such things still exist in rural areas?

And, what ever happened to pop beads? Mary Lincoln may have had her seed pearls, but we had our pop beads. Am I really showing my age now?

Oh, Yes! The Bookmobile was the highlight of my youth as well....however, I grew up in Richmond City and I could walk or ride my bike to the bookmobile - it came every Friday afternoon and I couldn't wait to go.... We lived in a housing development on the outskirts of the city and the main library was in town. It was a treat to go there, too! I remember we also had "Library Day" every Wednesday in Elementary School - and I so used to look forward to Wednesday mornings -

Pop Beads? Oh yes, I fondly remember those as well - and those strapless little plastic high heel shoes..... how about "Color Forms" - those stick on plastic sheets? Remember those - In addition to my Barbie dolls, I also had a GI Joe. I used to also love to play Army with the boys in the neighborhood....