| Being 59 years old I've lived through all of them and more...lol...I was born in 1947 and from what I know of the 40's I would like to have experienced that decade. I listen to some of the music from that time now and enjoy it. I also liked the womens fashions of that era also. I love looking at old pictures of my mom and her family when they were younger, although to me they looked older then than they do now. When the 50's came about I was still young but starting to become a teenager and I remember my first favorite song was "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price. I wore dresses that were called sacks and are basically called shifts today. When I was High School at one time suspenders with skirts was the big thing and I cringe now thinking of it!
Then during the late 60's everything seemed to go crazy in my little teenage world. JFK was shot and I remember that day like it was yesterday. We were let out of school early and told to walk "quietly" home. No reason was given to us, just go home. When I got home my Mom was in front of the tv crying. Being a teenager and not having any idea about politics I was just happy to have a day off from school and went out to find my friends. I... |
