'70's.....

Spring was the time to catch tadpoles. We kids went out back to the pond behind my grandmother's house and catch tadpoles in jars. When they grew too big for the jars, we let them go back into the pond.

Bubble Umbrella (circa I had this exact umbrella in grade school.

Vintage Spirograph game 1968 No 401 Canadian by PourToujours - OMG I loved Spirograph when I was a kid - I spent hours and hours using it.

Push pencils and crayons

coat I loved my coat w/fake fur from Montgomery Ward. i had the red maxi coat w/ black fur. i LOVED that coat.

made lots of love beads with Grandma Nyhoff

Vintage Tupperware Pastel Dessert Cereal Bowls Set - Grandma smith had these and the super cool cups

The pic looks like jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! lol Pogo sticks were so much fun.until you missed and hit your chin on the metal bar. Dunno, never could do it for very long.

platform shoes, yep I had a pair, but they were just plain ole brown!

Black Jacks - loved em, turned your tongue black

These dainty gold ball stud earrings for children shine pretty in yellow gold. These gold stud kids earrings in the gold bead size to bead sizes are perfect for her first pair. Cute and classy, gold jewelry for children makes an id

Black canvas plimsolls with elastic on the top. I can remember the rubbery smell, mixed in with school dinner smells.

Barrett Sherbet Fountain - loved dipping the liquorice stick in the sherbet.

The Bump. This dance fad lasted minutes, it seemed. I remember this dance well & thinking I looked so good when I dance it!

Miners strike = not enough coal for the electricity power stations = 3 day working week to save the power = reduced income. Those long dark evenings playing cards by candlelight. Then, the bin men went on strike, then the gravediggers.

hairstyles for women {Feathered Hair}