Re: 1965

Its Me LuLuBelle2 · ‎10-12-2016

@SilleeMee wrote:
What is that convertible blue car in the background?? It's bugging me, I can't figure it out. thought it might be a Corvair but then maybe not.

ETA - It's a 1962 Buick Special

@SilleeMee, I'm thinkin' that cute blue number is a 1965 Ford Falcon Convertible.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@Its Me LuLuBelle2 wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
What is that convertible blue car in the background?? It's bugging me, I can't figure it out. thought it might be a Corvair but then maybe not.

ETA - It's a 1962 Buick Special
@SilleeMee, I'm thinkin' that cute blue number is a 1965 Ford Falcon Convertible.

It's a Buick! @Its Me LuLuBelle2 I found a picture of it on-line. Took me a while to find it but I found it. What threw me off was the three 'port holes' on the side of the car in the pic posted above is blocked by the woman. The three port holes is a detail unique to Buick cars. This one is the hard-top version of a Buick Special. See the three port holes on the side of the front fender:

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

Great picture. I would have been in jr high. Girls had to wear dresses or skirts.

Lisa Y · ‎09-07-2014

@goldensrbest wrote:
In 1965 ,i was in the 8th grade.

@goldensrbest I was born in '65. 😁

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

I was 10 and waiting for Summer Camp

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I was 10 in 1965 and my dad was going off to war in VN for his first of three tours over there. I loved the music of that era but I hated what was going on in the world.

golding76 · ‎05-19-2012

Cakers,

I remember garter belts, too! Pantyhose were the answer to prayers back then.

However, I guess the garter belts were very alluring.

Nataliesgramma · ‎03-28-2015

I hated wering a garter belt!!!

spiderw · ‎06-14-2010

I attended a high school in a city. We had a dress code at the time and it was strict. Girls couldn't wear pants , only dresses and skirts. The boys had to wear suits. This was a public school with almost 3000 pupils . I graduated in 1963, went off to college and a few years after college began my career in the school system. I was assigned to my alma mater around 1972. To say things had changed since I graduated would be an understatement. The dress code was gone among many other strict rules and the pupils could wear just about anything! I won't even go into some of the outfits but jeans, shorts when the hot weather came were the thing for both sexes and whatever tops they threw on. In a nutshell many students wore inappropriate attire.

Fast forward many years after, the Superintendent decided that every pupil had to wear a uniform, choice of color pants, two colors and shirts with the school's emblem on them. At first I thought this terrible, public schools wearing uniforms! But the urban population abused the dress code and the parents obviously didn't know what their children left the house in or didn't care.

When the uniform were introduced I was completely for it! The pupils looked so neat, no fashion competition, It didn't cost a lot for clothes since many families were financially struggling and the kids didn't seem to mind. It was definitely a step in the right direction and became the norm thereafter . Most importantly it gave the youngsters pride in themselves, self respect and some dignity.