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[Lucky Charm]

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@WORKING GAL wrote:

@Stray- I grew up in So. Jersey until we moved to Caifornia when I was 12 (1959).  My grandparents would rent one floor of a house in Atlantic City for the summer and I would spend a week a few times during the summer.  I loved Million Dollar Pier where my cousin and I would walk the boardwalk and go on all the rides at the Pier.  Steel Pier was great also where the lady on the diving horse would be and all the concerts.  In those days all the young artists from Philly would play there.  Such fond memories of those years.  Thanks for reminding me.

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We used to go to AC long before the casinos.  My great grandmother used to treat us to a week at Phylis's place which was a two or three story brick home.  Everyone had a little shingle hanging outside their house.  NO A/C!  How we fell asleep is beyond me, but we did!  I remember Mr. Peanut, the Marlboro Blenheim hotel, oooh la la, and a restaurant called Capt. Starns.

I live a few towns below AC now and we can see it from our bridge.  Rarely go unless visitors beg us to take them to see Hard Rock or Ocean Casino when it first opened.

[Puggywuggy]

@SandySparkles What a great thread! I remember going with Papa & Grandma to Thrifty's to get a rockyroad ice cream cone.

I remember 5 cent stamps and helping Mom put BlueChip or S&H Green stamps in the books and going to their stores when she chose something for the house.

I remember so many things from those seemingly innocent and simpler times. Thank you for this enjoyable post! ❤️

[dollgal]

I used to order at McDonalds " hamburger, French fries and a coke". I didn't have to specify what type of burger or sizes because their menu was simple. And I paid $1.00, I can't remember how much change I got back. 

[PinkyPetunia]

I used to go out for lunch with my friends to a pizzeria.  I was 12 or so.  A slice was 15 cents, coke was 10 cents.  Mom didn't always give me that quarter.  She was very frugal and told me to make a bologna or peanut butter sandwich.  

I grew up in Queens NY and I remember the bus fare was 15 cents and the driver made change if needed.  Fare was 20 cents in high school.  Newspaper was 7 cents, then a dime.  

[riley1]

I love when I go back to NJ and they pump my gas for me! It's the little things that make my day.

[qvcaddition]

I found a dollar bill in the grass while playing. Went and bought candy. Came out of the little Mom and Pop strore with a bag full.  1946..

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@KKJ 

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@KKJ wrote:

I remember going to corner store and getting a candy bar for a nickel.  Not a good thing, but I also remember when young my dad sending me to same corner store to get him a pack of cigarettes!

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I was in high school and cigs were .27 a pack. Early 50's?

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@J Town Girl 

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@J Town Girl wrote:

I remember walking to school throughout all of my twelve grades.  We had no school buses.  It was always fun to meet up with your friends and socialize while going to and from school.

We all gathered togethet on the corner and walked about 3 miles to grade school.  This was om San Francisco in a neighborhood you would not be able to walk in today with so much crime.

No school buses and families didn't have cars. 

Right after and during WW11.

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[Carmie]

If we ran out of cereal, 1961-1962, my mother would send me to the neighborhood small mom and pop store to buy a box.

It was always more expensive there, but she would give me a quarter.  The "best" cereal, IMO, cost twenty seven cents.  No matter how much I begged, she wouldn't give me two more cents.

She would say 25 cents is highway robbery for a box of cereal.

[SandySparkles]

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@mrshckynut wrote:

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@SandySparkles wrote:

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@mrshckynut wrote:

my parents teaching me these things about shopping

mrshckynut 

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@mrshckynut Welcome!🥰 I remember feeling SO grown up and excited when I was first shown how to shop! There was something special about handing over money to the cashier.😊 We actually had to WALK around the stores then; now we teach them to shop stores AND online!😁

THANK you SO much for caring to share!🤗

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

@SandySparkles    bye bye for now and thank you for being gracious enough to welcome a long time member and obviously being a beatles fan

mrshckynut 

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@mrshckynut You are MOST welcome!🥰

~~~All we need is LOVE💖