Re: A Memory Lane Question: Growing Up, What Was ... - Page 7

golding76 · ‎05-19-2012

I was so thrilled to receive my Toni doll. The Toni hair permanents were popular in this doll's heyday, and I could not wait to receive mine. She was blonde, like the doll pictured below.

I also loved a walking, talking doll that I received another year. Similar to the one below but a brownette.

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RainCityWoman · ‎06-16-2015

I still have my Keystone doll house with all the original furniture. I got it when I was 3 years old, and my dad had a portrait photographed of me sitting in front of that doll house. I have thought about selling it because I don't have children, but somehow I just can't let it go.

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

@shoesnbagswhat I mean by having what you need to arrive socially is. You have the appropriate clothes and shoes for school, you are able to have dental care so you make a decent appearance and don't have toothaches, you are able to go to birthday parties and join clubs because you can buy the gift and pay your dues, you don't miss school because you are sick and your parents can't afford to call a doctor,you don't have the money to pay the fee to sit for the SAT. I could go on and on. When and where I grew up in the 50's not many people had money, but some could still give their kids what they needed to be socially accepted and move ahead in the world. When you were as poor as we were if you didn't have an innate sense of self-worth you were doomed to follow in your parents footsteps, just like today with the poor. I was glad I had the means to have my son participate in life without the stigma of being poor.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

Mine were my roller skates and my dodge ball. There was a torn down building where they left a huge slab of cement floor vacant, out in the open and we used it as our skating rink. It was sooO smooth even with my metal skate wheels it was so fun to skate on. My dodge ball was my next fave. All the kids in the neighborhood would play 'til it got too dark and moms would be yelling: "Kids, time to come inside!". We loved that game.

handygal2 · ‎01-19-2015

@lovescats wrote:
@handygal2 wrote:
A Barbie doll, and then a Ken to go along with her. I would love to buy outfits for the Barbie, and my mother used to sew outfits for her as well.

My Barbie had a ponytail. I eventually cut her hair and ruined it. I asked my parents to buy me another one, but they wanted to teach me a lesson. They suggested l write a letter to the Mattel Company, explain my dilemma, and request that if l pay, they might be able to send me a new head for the doll. (They had detachable heads back then, lol).

Sure enough, the company sent back a reply to the letter. I sent them money out of my allowance, and they replaced Barbie's head. Lesson learned-- I never gave another doll a haircut ever again!
@handygal2
I remember when Barbies were $3.00 but the accessories cost so much. Do you remember how much you had to pay for the head? I had the bubble hairdo barbie put I removed her face with fingernail polish but I still had a Midge doll that I didn't ruin.

@lovescats: I think it was a couple of dollars... Long time ago, lol.

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Lostandscared · ‎02-05-2011

My favorite was a Madame Alexander doll. I got one every year from my grandma. I used to try and unwrap it a little to see which one it was. She lived with us, and the presents were put out early.

LIG1 · ‎07-22-2011

SANNA · ‎04-23-2010

I grew up in the USSR and our toys were very limited and ugly. Once my grandmas sister gave me a panda bear that she brought for me from England. I was sooo happy, I named him Vinny and that was my favorite toy.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

Hi @LIG1

So nice that you loved colorforms too!

That quote is from one of my favorite songs-"Colors of the Wind" from Disney's Pocahontas.

Now when my daughter and I are watching my daughter's little son, (my grandson) we turn on the Disney music and sing this to him and other songs too.

We are dancing around and he's looking at us, like what is happening here?! 😆

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"