Remember When? Rehoboth in the 70's..just for fun! Rehoboth Massachusetts Real Estate
Remembering memories of Childhood and Teens. Things were so different and change is constant:
When gasoline was under a buck a gallon
Levi's jeans and coudory's were the bomb
When my first car I had to pay for myself. a 1972 Toyota corolla- banana yellow $150.00
My first job, Almacs supermarket cashier
Jack in a box- favorite fast food
Drive in movies in Raynham
Cheapskates Roller rink- Friday night must and couldn't text my friends, we made the plans at least a day in advance
no cell phones- mom used to say make sure you have money for a pay phone and if you get stuck somewhere, lock your doors and stay in your car
anyone could smoke anywhere
Sunday church mandatory! no exceptions.
Sunday paper was huge!
No retail on Sunday, all stores closed, except I think Cumberland farms
The computer at the high school occupied an entire room and you had to be a calculus genius to use it
Typing words per minutes- mistakes were included, no white out.
Televison- 4 channels, no cable
Letter writing- very big, no email, no instant messages stamps were 4-6 cents
Hersheys candy bars 15 cents
Silk material shirts, rugby shirts,
DR-Seekonk Thanksgiving games
Spirit week too- fun
Kids could be reprimanded, suspended etc, by school teachers and parents wouldn't run to their child's defense
Neighbors were my parents informants. ( I didn't know this until later, I thought my parents had telepathy or something)
I could ride my bike ANYWHERE and feel safe. We used to ride for miles and miles, to the new Swansea mall from Rehoboth, Norton Library, friends houses
and Parents weren't all that eager to drive us places .. "you have a bike, get pedalling" was the answer if asked for a ride
Chores, we all had. Saturday mornings weren't cartoon mornings until all household chores were done and done right
and parents were really into everyone having a job when they were old enough to work... I had 3 jobs one summer..lol!
Life was slower. We were creative, no video games, not too much television, no tech stuff at all.
I think most parents in my day were not as lenient as the parents of today.. that is just a generalization and I may just be speaking for myself.
remember when my brother got a perm..sorry Corey.. it seemed that the boys were trying this stuff out..lol
Remember Danforth Pond
Realtors who have been in the business for 20 plus years or so tell me about the MLS books once a week. Can you imagine trying to look for a house without the aids of mapquest, realtor.com, google maps?
So many things have changed! It's nice to remember the days.. let me know if I left something out or share more here.
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Good Morning Lori. I grew up in Needham with the same memories. I especially remember riding the T anywhere and everywhere, Fanueil Hall, North Shore, Downtown Crossing, if the T went there, so did I.
While a little bit of fear is a good thing, it's a shame that because of today's society, we can't (or don't) allow our kids to wander and explore like we did. Those were great memories our children are are missing out on.