I started school at 6, in 1966, I wore leg braces back then, I have dyslexia so no cool points for me. About 3 weeks into the school year, I got my leg braces off, for good!, but still had to go to a rehab center for P.T. and help with dyslexia. My times changed, so instead of ridding the bus home, I now would have my mom pick me up three days a week, an hour before school let out. My mother's, "mom car" was not a station wagon, it was a silver, 1964, split back Corvette Sting Ray! The first day she came to get me, she "growled" her engine, pulling up. All the kids looked out the windows. "That's my mom, I need to go." I told my teacher. "Thats your mom?" my desk mate asked. I just smiled and left. She so peeled out as we left! My mom was really a great, and careful driver, she was just getting me some cool points. My mom rocked!

@annapaulikonis2433

5 жыл бұрын

God Bless your mother.

@55mmartin

5 жыл бұрын

I had a young uncle who drove a red Triumph convertible. He used to pick me and my sister up from after school care sometimes. This was around 1960 also. We thought we were hot stuff riding in that car!

@rafaucett

5 жыл бұрын

Karoleigh Armstrong : Cool story! I was in 8th grade (Jr High) in 68-69. My mom would drive me to school and pick me up in the afternoon. One day, she pulled up in her new car to pick me up after school. It was a new 1968 Dodge Charger R/T with the 440 Magnum engine! She told me that dad thought she needed a new car and that she had picked out the Charger. Just a little something to go to the grocery store, the beauty parlor, her art class, and to take me to and from school. LOL

@jimmyc2895

5 жыл бұрын

My mom drove A 68 Mustang Convertible. Rode around with her often listing to 8 tracks and songs like Burning love by Elvis.good times

@dannmarceau

4 жыл бұрын

I started in '65 @five, too early, should've waited a year.

Greetings Fred - I continue to be surprised how similar our existence was, despite the fact that I lived in Toronto Canada Thank you so much for your dedication to this channel. It is a gem, and your loyal fans are blessed. Cheers.

@keysersoze3987

6 жыл бұрын

I'm 62 and I lived the same life in New Jersey. How about that!

Your "A Day In The Life" videos are the best! Although I didn't start first grade until 1963, this brings back great memories!

This may be your greatest piece, Fred, because it touches a primal memory in all of us.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear that, Cowboy.

@Cowboy1959

6 жыл бұрын

I was so moved by your film that I decided not to make any of the several "Dick and Jane" jokes I thought of while watching it.

@hankaustin7091

6 жыл бұрын

Cowboy 1959, you sure said right about the primal memory!

@Barbarra63297

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's great to have the shared memories from this era, when we are gone, that's it, sad.

@philkirby175

5 жыл бұрын

@@FredFlix thanks so much for the memories. The tears were flowing 😭.

"The Time Machine" still one of my all time favorite movies.....wish i had one !🤗

@hankaustin7091

6 жыл бұрын

Time machine - you and me both! I travel back and NEVER return to this wretched time we call life now!

@greg33770

6 жыл бұрын

Amen Hank ! 👍

@curtc2194

4 жыл бұрын

The Morlocks were terrifying as a kid...those glowing eyes!

I was 4 and man I wish I could go back to my childhood. No responsibility and ALL fun. I miss the fun and energy most of all, Overflowing energy with an immature brain. Doing idiotic stuff and surviving. Growing up and old sucks. Take me home country dirt roads, creeks, climbing trees and giggly girls! Oh to do it again

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@onefatstratcat

6 жыл бұрын

ah yes.. it was a good pure brain back then :)

@byronroland3038

6 жыл бұрын

Southern Folks And Dogs. I totally agree.......I would do it again if I could..

@crabbyappleton4384

6 жыл бұрын

I would join you in a heartbeat. I miss those days.

@gregggoss2210

6 жыл бұрын

Southern Folks And Dogs , amen brother.

I was 3 in 1960, your videos strike a fond chord with those who lived back then. Nowadays, kids have to worry everyday they go to school. Fred, I'd never trade places with the kids of today even with all the technology.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, Gary.

Thanks for this. I remember those Dick and Jane books so well. Pressure tho to perform in those reading groups. However they did help. You made me laugh about Dad mowing the lawn at 7:30. Lol! My Hall way in elementary looked similiar to yours. I always loved the smell of the morning baked bread in the cafeteria in the basement along with the ice cream. Either I had a better nose then, or the food was real and fresh. I believe the latter. Anyway I will say Cartoons were the best in those days!!! Thanks again.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Nice comment, Crabby Thanks.

@luislaplume8261

2 жыл бұрын

Check out my comment above in the comments section about that! I had a book that my late mother bought in the bookstore that made Dick and Jane obsolete like a 707 jet plane made a 1935 DC 3 propeller airplane look ancient. I lived in NYC withe 3 airports nearby Kennedy, La Guardia, and Newark airports. This is why I remember those planes during the Mad Men era in NYC.

I was 7 years old. Ran home from school every lunch period and watched Captain Satellite, then back to school.

In first grade my teacher was Mrs. Howard. On my first "report card" she said I was a "walker and a talker." I just could not stay in my seat!

@LeslieGMN

4 жыл бұрын

@Bardolino Michele My kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Means, wrote (nicely) that I “had no business being in kindergarten.” My parents wouldn’t skip me, so I was bored for 12 more years.

Our weatherman had the same kind of glass thing too. I loved the weather report for some reason. I got to meet our Channel Nine out of Charlotte NC news anchor named Bill Walker in a restaurant at the age of twelve. It excited me so mush I stool up, and picked up my plate and was gong to take it to the kitchen sink like I did at home.

@mrgreenjeans8155

3 жыл бұрын

I can totally relate with all of the things in this video as with many others you have done. We had a kid in our class named Herbert, coke bottle black frame glasses, but he was cool we all liked him and he wanted to be a weatherman. He would get up in front of the class every day and give the forecast just like the weathermen of the time. Such wonderful memories, thanks for what you do sir we all appreciate it 😃

Fred, I think your "Day in the Life" videos are your best work. The details of the experiences may vary from person to person but in a general way, we can all identify with the experiences you share with us. When you mentioned meeting your local weatherman, it reminded me of how they used to draw on paper before blue screen. We had a guy on KING TV, (the NBC affiliate in Seattle), named Bob Cram. He was a cartoonist and would draw caricatures of weather like a sun with a smiling face or a cloud with a face blowing out to indicate high winds. The weather report was more entertaining back then.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

It sure was, especially when David Letterman did it. (He started as a weatherman).

@LynxSouth

4 жыл бұрын

Were they taught that kind of drawing at weatherman school? I remember at least one weatherman who did that, and I've never even been to Seattle. You mentioning it made me remember that I missed it when the news station changed to a magnetic board or something stick-on like that. I missed seeing the guy draw the images, although it was funny to watch and see how often the storm cloud wouldn't stick in the "sky".

What a sweet video. I started K in 1966 and this shows how we all went through the exact same emotions. Even at age 5 we don't like having our routines messed with!

I remember my first day of school. I was in a half day Kindergarten the year before. The first day of first grade, my mom woke me up singing "School days school days, Dear old golden rule days!" The school I attended was torn down back in the 1990s.My classmates and I had the large non rolling crayons, they came in a huge box too. We had paste and got to paint with the stuff you added water to because it was a powder. I was good at reading but sucked in math. And we got these things called lunch tickets and milk was only 4 cents then. We had no air conditioning either, I was a walker because my grandparents lived right down the road. I had a three-year-old sister Bonnie and I don't remember if we had a dog then, maybe we didn't because I'm good at remembering names. My teacher was Mrs. Nancy Hanks. My dad told me he had her when he was in first grade. I remember before we went to lunch that first day of a full day of school, my teacher put on some lipstick and after lunch, we laid our heads on our desks and she turned on a record of music without singing and opened up a thermos and had a cup of coffee.

@LynxSouth

4 жыл бұрын

Nancy Hanks was the maiden name of Abraham Lincoln's mother. I read a kiddie biography of her when I was in third grade. It was the first biography of a girl that I read, so it has stuck in my mind.

Wow, when I was younger, I went to school in September. Now school starts earlier and earlier. It's become a standard nowadays. In my opinion, school should start in September, not August. Love your video.

I lost my retainer in first grade. I was terrified to go home without it. I had the janitor digging in the dumpster. We never found it and I never got another one. My parents could not afford one. They didn't get too upset. They remembered I was only 5 years old.

That totally describes the feel of doom school put on us!

Fred I'm gonna take a guess that you were born around 54 or 55 i watch your videos and have flashbacks damn good memories 👍

Love it fred thanks brings back great memories today's world is missing what it's really all about

1960 back in the day I was 5 years old going to school I wish I could go back there. For a bit I find old friends

I entered first grade in September of 1968. I had attended kindergarten the previous year even though my Mother felt I didn't need it. My teacher was tough but fair and the school principal was basically a mean SOB. He drove a silver Corvair with a ladder attached to a roof rack! O watched a local TV weather guy here in Calgary named Gary Givnee who used a greased pencil to draw graphs and numbers on a glass .map of western Canada. Thanks again Fred for sharing your memory of the first day of school. It reminded all of us who commented below about ours as well.

@FredFlix

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing yours, Classicrocker6119.

I began first grade the same day, and I'm also a Fred.

I was 8 in Sept 1960 and about to start 3rd grade on Long Island, NY. Loved riding my bike around the neighborhood until the sun went down during the summer. Day trips to Jones Beach. A safer and simpler time. Still miss it.

May God bless you FredFlix! Thank you for all these classic shows that you shared with the YT community. Many times, you brought me back to a time of innocence, peace and freedom... before the war. I found comfort even under your watchful "Galaxy Being" eye - and yes, I remember that pilot episode. I would hide behind my parents' bar in the basement playroom which was as far as I could get from the TV until the Outer Limits' creature would show... Your slideshow of your 5-yo experience at school is very touching - thank you for sharing. Its is people like you that give me faith in our country after all these violent years. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, Ciao from Maine, L (Veteran).

@FredFlix

4 жыл бұрын

Your comment made me feel good, lancelot. I really appreciate it.

@lancelot1953

4 жыл бұрын

@@FredFlix Hi FredFlix, that is the least I can do and your video selection bring peace not only to me but to many other Veterans (which is how I found out about your site), Thank you again, FredFlix, Peace be with you, Ciao, L

@FredFlix

4 жыл бұрын

@@lancelot1953 It's good to hear my videos are reaching veterans. We owe you guys (and gals) a lot.

Great one FRED!!!😊 It was so awesome to have your evening planned out ahead of time!! The days where you could count on television programing...ah yes the days of T.V. GUIDE 😁

@FredFlix

4 жыл бұрын

You said it, Tammy!

Did your first school have a mimeograph M/C? Ours did. The smell was my strongest memory of grade school. Touching video Fred. You’re great at this stuff. xilFderF

Hits the nail right on the head only I was two years later in September 62 in Dallas and we didn’t get AC till my junior year in HS September 72 10 years later. Be so cool to travel back. The 1960s were quite a special place and time in America.

@dwightpowell6673

2 жыл бұрын

Really...a special time in America? Not for black Americans,!!!!!

Wow, Fred. We started school on the same day! I was 5 too, but I turned 6 by October 1, which was the rule back then. No kindergarten either, just a full day of school like the big kids, and I rode the bus with them. No weathermen around. I had older siblings, so I knew about homework and wanted to be like the big kids.

This is so great and spot on. I was 5 yrs. old in 1960 as well. Man I hated school, except for the occasional exceptional teacher who you could not wait to learn from. Thanks for the blast from the past.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Robert.

Whew, Fred that was tense there, I’m glad you made it home safe to mutt. Your little brother and I are just a few months apart. Straight to 1st grade with no kindergarten must have been daunting. I was seasoned, kindergarten and Sunday school. 🤣 Enjoy your work, thanks

I love the “ A Day in the Life of..”!!!

@FredFlix

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, El Law.

I was a year behind you. I started kindergarten on September 7, 1960. I grew up in Michigan. Back then, my school year started two days after Labor Day to let families get back from camping, spending the weekend at a lake (any one of 11,000!) or the family vacation "Up North" with a full day to get organized before school started. I could walk to school, so no bus for me. We usually didn't need AC in September, which was good because we didn't have any, either. I remember a few days here and there about kindergarten, but not my first day. I have clearer memories of what I wore for Halloween, though. I "met" Dick and Jane in first grade just like you.

@FredFlix

3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your comment, gogreen.

WOW Fred ! . . You do such a wonderful job with these videos . Accurate crayons and all ! I loved my new box of crayons and loved the smell of them . But shame on me , I rarely shared them , the other kids wore the point down (I knew how to rotate mine to keep the point) and they tore the paper cover off crooked ! Hated that ! Thanks Fred your videos have brought me lots of joy AND laughter as well . You have a great sense of humor , you give the old t.v. show "THE WONDER YEARS" a run for their money . Can't wait for more of your magical time traveling ! . . .📞 . Remember these ? Your ear used to get sweaty and the mouth piece used to smell if mom forgot to clean it ! THANKS AGAIN ! ! A FAN ! . . 🙋

@FredFlix

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment, Sharon. And thanks a lot for your encouraging words.

I was 5 yrs old in 1960, went to Kindergarten. I remember my first day. A lot of the other kids were crying because they didn't want to leave their parents. I couldn't wait to go. Went to First Grade in 1961, learned how to read, which was the greatest event of my life at that time. Opened up a whole new world. I remember the Dick, Jane and Spot books. Couldn't wait for each new book.

My first day at school, I got pushed down the stairs by some bullies, and that was just the beginning. We;re the same age, I'm enjoying watching your videos. My life was nothing like yours, but the times were the same.

That was so wonderful. I had similar memories in California. Very deep experience for me too. I really appreciate your work on this. Never discussed my feelings about my early school with too many people but you did well. It was kind of other worldly. You got it right.

@FredFlix

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated, Dap Dne.

Fred, I loved Woody, also! I also remember those 7:30 bedtimes, then it was 8 in 4th grade, 9 by junior high (7th grade), 10 by sophomore year, and 11 senior year. Finally, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WENT TO SCHOOL WITH CHARLIE HALL'S KID!!!!!!!! A Charleston legend!

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

We had a bathroom in the class and one day I took a dump and didn't flush. Connie Hall ratted me out!

@dwightpowell6673

2 жыл бұрын

Adults are doing the same thing in the bathroom at work...they clog up the toilets with whole rolls of paper towels and toilet paper.

First day of school for me was also September but 1962. Remember those Big Chief writing tablets and Rat Fink rings? We also had to carry a satchel. Everybody and I mean everybody was going on about PT 109. Oh yeah, Troll Dolls were the bomb. Great job again Fred.

I feel ya Fred. I went to 1/2 day kindergarten in a suburb of Chicago. My mom somehow snuck me in even though I wasn't 5 yet. I blame her to this day! lol

@vickinoeske1711

6 жыл бұрын

Fumble Bunny Oh, I am older than dirt! lol Born in 1956 & as far as I know kindergarten was required.

@FoxFanable

6 жыл бұрын

They did stuff like that then..heck, my mom had just remarried and they changed my name to his on all my records...without PROOF! Went all through school and jobs using his name...Didn’t know I wasn’t officially adopted until I went in the Army in ‘72...

@FoxFanable

6 жыл бұрын

Vicki Noeske got ya by a year or so! I’m older than dirt!!! 😀

@mickeyscv67

4 жыл бұрын

That’s when a parent could white out your birth certificate and change a number to get you in school early!! I graduated HS at 17

@frdjr2529

4 жыл бұрын

@@mickeyscv67 I was born in Brooklyn in Feb 52. The deadline for school enrollment was 4/30. In 1954, NYC changed the date to 12/31. As far as my mom was concerned, I lost a year. I was 18 when I graduated HS, which made me one of the oldest in my class.

Yeah,1960 I entered the 1st. grade also but, I had a year of scholastic training via kindergarten. Teacher was Mildred Maginity but, no one could pronounce her last name so she was Miss Mildred. I'm 6, I just wanted to be outside. So I spent the entire day, dreaming and looking out those HUGE rope and anchor windows. Reading lessons meant standing at your wooden desk and reading from a book about Ted and Sally and their dog Boots. Couldn't pronounce my R"s or L's sounded like Elmer Fudd. Which was hilarious to my classmates. BRUTAL. So explains my love for lunch breaks, (which was provided by old ladies from the neighborhood who would start their home cooked meals everyday around 9 in the morning and the aroma would drift thru the entire building.) we ate well. Fire drills, and recess. Writing lessons meant holding giant black pencils and scribbling whatever on greenish paper that I swear had wood chips within. School was built in the 20's heated by coal in the winter and cooled by opened windows and industrial fans by summer. And most of us WALKED HOME from school at the end of the day. The days of penny loafers and corduroy pants that never seemed to fit are long gone.But I wouldn't trade those days in for anything. Be Well People.

Very nice Fred. I wasn't quite fully done in the oven yet in September. Had a few months left to burst out on the scene. I can still remember a little of my first day of kindergarten. I remember some kids crying for their mommy. We did not get bussed because our schools, for most of us, we're with in a mile or less.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

I always wished I had lived within walking distance of school.

@gregggoss2210

6 жыл бұрын

FredFlix , the first school I went to was from kindergarten to 3rd grade, about a 10 minute walk. The second one was 4th grade to 6th grade, about a 20 minute walk. The final school was from 7th grade to 12th, about a 10 minute walk. I was a lucky lad. I hated school but my family life was great. Miss my parents and miss my best friend, who I lost one year ago next month. Lost my dad 5years ago and lost my mom 9 years ago. Sorry Fred, don't mean to be a downer, just reminiscing a little and I'm a little drunk too.

These are awesome! The middle school I attended in 1982 in Shreveport didn’t have a/c so we were dismissed early at the beginning of the school year. South Carolina was leaps and bounds ahead of Louisiana but so was Mexico.

Another great vid Fred! Thanks for the flashback to a much simpler time.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Happy to do it, Russ.

These are my favorite. I'm a little younger and don't remember some things, but the reminiscing is awesome. I have no idea how you remember all that you do. Great job.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that, Joe.

I can easily relate to this one, my man. Like you, I didn't attend kindergarten and started with 1st grade. We also had a half day on the first day of school. However I lived in a city in New England (Brockton MA), not a southern town. But like you must have, we had people from other parts of the country telling us we "talked funny." (The dirty rotten...). And you're about 6 years older than me as I was born 6 months before your tale took place. Keep making them man, we'll be ready and waiting patiently for the next one!

@FredFlix

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting, elc1960.

September 1960....... I was 11 months old. I do however remember the same things....Woody, Huckleberry, Yogi. Great memories...don't forget no bike helmets and penny candy...... super job Fred.......🤤 👍👍👍👍👍

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Byron. I covered no helmets and penny candy in my other Day In The Life videos.

@byronroland3038

6 жыл бұрын

FredFlix. I'll look for that....must have missed it.....love your stuff. 👍

@TurtleFrack

5 жыл бұрын

Anyone remember Fireball XL5 ?

I remember watching the Saturday cartoon, Mighty Mouse, Donald Duck, And my favorite, Beenie and Cecil. I sat on the floor eating a bowl of corn flakes while taking it all in. I sure do miss those innocent and wonderful days.

we had Kindergarten up here in Toronto, since my birthday is in late Oct,that was 1956, for me so had waite until fall 1957, to enter the sytem, allso had major speech problem

I'm the same age as your week old brother back then. born in Sept 60. I find your channel to be a great reminder of things in my past too. thanks for sharing.

I was two months old then 5th of six children. I got alot of handme downs. Lived in Bellerose Terrace N.Y on Long Island. My dad delivered milk. Fred your like an older brother.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, George. Don't cross the street until I tell you.

@annapaulikonis2433

5 жыл бұрын

I 👂 hear ya.Been there, done that.

@dwightpowell6673

2 жыл бұрын

Your dad delivered milk.... interesting....never saw a black milk delivery man....Ask your dad why?

Keep em coming Fred! When I started kindergarten in 1958 I had just barely turned 5. It was the worst day of my life, and I never forgave my mom for leaving me there and ending my carefree.childhood. I was barely able to keep up for the next 13 years but at least my place at the bottom of the class raised all the other overachieving kids grades.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

We all help others in our own ways, bas1010.

Another glorious ride in Fred's Wayback machine. Thanks Fred.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, 5argeTech/\

I started first grade in 1964. Like you, I started cold (no kindergarten), but, I started school in a new city after just having moved from Texas to Montana. The thing I remember about my first day is that I wore a little fedora-type hat with a feather. I'm sure I was dapper (at least, I didn't get beat up). One comfort was that my teacher, Mrs. Knudsen, looked like my sweet Mammaw.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Nice comment, V White.

I was born in 1957 so I just stood by the window and waved at Fred as he went to school. lol

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Lucky you.

Fun!! We didn't start being taught how to read until 1st marking period of 1st grade (Sept 1962). Our 1st couple of Dick & Jane books only had pictures. By the last marking period we had our "Carden Books" for spelling, reading and grammar. And our "Weekly Reader."

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jeff.

13 days before i was born. School was always unpleasant for me. I was prime meat for all the bullies.

Love all your vids! We moved to Germantown Oh after my dad left military and that was small town America! Bijo movie house skating rink and a drugstore with a soda fountain where cokes were $.05! So simple life. All boys carried a pocket knife, don’t recall anyone getting cut. And HSduring hunting season a lot of us had shotguns or .22s in our cars to go hunting after school! Don’t recall anyone getting shot either! I show your vids to my adult children to see how good life was. Thanks again.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Randy. Good comment.

@dwightpowell6673

2 жыл бұрын

Any Black people in your small town?

Rolled up jeans, a new Schwinn bike, a Daisy BB-gun, bobbing for apples, the world was ours.Life is unfair but thankfully short.You do a great job, Fred, digging up these videos but they sometimes hit a real painful nostalgic nerve. Thx

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

I guess we couldn't he pleasure without knowing what pain is, theo danas.

Wow. That was just...wow. Great yarn-spinning, Fred!

Man, this really sends me down memory lane. I was a boy born in 1954 but born in Minnesota. Thanks for the memories.

Very cool, Fred. Glad to read someone who shared my age group's experiences! My school in San Jose, Calif. in 1960 started us in kindergarten. I was often really nervous in class. I loved to watch Yogi and H. Hound, my mother restricted my viewing of The Three Stooges because I tried Moe's hand tricks on my little sister. In kindergarten we took naps on a small rug we had to bring. We used thick pencils, crayons (had to roll the paper off if they broke) and had to bring a nickel for milk and graham crackers. I really liked my school and when I was in the 5th grade we moved, I lost all of my friends and never liked the new school and neighborhood as much.

@FredFlix

3 жыл бұрын

Nice comment, H Smith.

Hey Fred, I was born in San Francisco in 1956. My parents were immigrants from China but we lived in a fairly diverse middle class neighborhood. All’s to say is that I imagine your background was pretty different from mine, but the memories are remarkably similar! Thanks for bringing people together with shared memories. We need it now more than ever to build bridges for people of all backgrounds

@FredFlix

4 жыл бұрын

Well said, Winston. My son is one-half Chinese.

@dwightpowell6673

2 жыл бұрын

Was there in black people living in That middle class neighborhood?

yep, growing up back in those days it seemed like every family had a dog. nobody had fences around their houses. we knew the names of every family in the neighborhood. my dog a springer spaniel named queenie followed me to school a few times and even went inside the building. the first time it happened they were not too upset about it. the next time it happened they were a little upset.

I was 5 in 73 but can only remember just pieces of that year mostly outside riding my Big Wheel.

my first 2 weeks of school in 1961, i was so scared and petrified i didn't talk to anyone, even the teacher, for the first 2 weeks. no kindergarten for me then either. i could read well when i started and knew my numbers, 1 thru 10 so i was ahead in that manner. i broke my silence 2 weeks later by ratting out another boy in the class to the teacher. to her, it was a miracle that i spoke. after that i talked too much.i was the oldest of 3 kids and didn't have a sibling to guide me that had been there and done that back then.

No A/C made us tougher than today’s generation I don’t have central air in my farmhouse in 2022. Time machine, great movie.

Every few years I can catch the smell of my elementary school cafeteria. It is very powerful....not the aroma, its effect on me.

@bas1010

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! Glad to hear it's not just me...

@draculimpaler4507

6 жыл бұрын

You ever catch that weird combo of pencil shavings and orange peel smell and have a flashback....hoping like hell it isn't a brain tumor or something?

@ChristopherUSSmith

6 жыл бұрын

How much do they actually cook in it? They're all pretty much reheat and serve now, especially with frozen pizza.

@johnsears8881

6 жыл бұрын

My experience was from 1959 - 1965. They had a full crew of ladies preparing and serving. I imagine they did more than reheat - no pizza served back then either.

@ChristopherUSSmith

6 жыл бұрын

John Vapes That's good. My eyes were opened in the mid-70s, when I saw, in my elementary school cafeteria, a stack of frozen pizza boxes with the unmistakable "Tony's" logo... The same Minnesota company that had recently entered the frozen foods section of local grocers with a multi-million ad campaign to boot.

Too cute Fred, I can just imagine you first day at school, hair neatly styled with Brylecreem, rosy cheeks, shorts and t-shirt and sox with runners maybe a little toy tucked inside your school case. Such a delightful peek into your world once again, what a privilege, thank you sweetie :)

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, Miss Melly...you remember me better than me!

your channel is like a refuge area to people form the 60s and 50s and 40s

@freeguy77

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely so, and well said! The '50s (after the Korean War ended in June '53) were terrific, as were the very early '60s, until that awful Friday in Nov. 1963 changed everything, leading to the disaster in Vietnam and beyond.

@Spike-pp5hx

5 жыл бұрын

I Act like I was born in the 50s even though I was not

In Old NYC in Old America school began on the first weekday of September and lated except for holidays ended on the last weekday of June! I am a New Yorker who grew up in NYC during the Mad Men era of the 1960s. Though I wasn't born there but in a foreign country and my first language was English not my late parents language.

Hi Fred! Thank you for all your videos. They are wonderful and bring back good memories.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying that, Russ.

My first day was Sept. 1959.. The beginning of it all!!! I remember Kindergarten quite well, and I loved it! 💗 And I remember quite well, learning how to properly read with the Dick & Jane Books. I kind of enjoyed reading. 📖 And I remember the milk bottles. Ahhhhhh, those were the days. By the tie I got to the 6th grade, I became a Milk boy. Me another boy would deliver milk to each of the class rooms. By then, they did a way with bottles. Now milk came in small cartons. I think its was made by Bordon's '❓🥛

SC in 1960...no integration back then I’m guessing!! I was born in December of 1960...born on a Army base in Georgia....we were integrated from the start for activities and school!! Only color was Army Green and AF Blue....love you’re videos...never have seen half of the tv shows you have on. I lived in Europe until I was 12

TOO COOL! I'm the same age so I have really been enjoying all the videos! Even the sad ending one.....had to be the pain from the accident I'm gussin'. Thanks for posting...sure brings back memories!

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Ken.

@dbkyhere9229

6 жыл бұрын

Me too, same age, but a girl! Thanks for your series of memories, even if there from a boy’s perspective! I had 3 brothers though!🤨😁

I started in 1961 and had just turned 6. The cutoff was October 31. If you were still 5 on November 1 then you were held back a year. No kindergarten for me either. My sister taught me my letters and numbers. I also had a problem with my first school lunch. My siblings decided to play a trick on me and told me I couldn't leave the cafeteria until I had eaten every bite. Mrs. Allen, my 1st grade teacher, rescued me from that nasty pimento cheese sandwich I was choking down.

1st day of school was terrifying...exciting...and an adventure all rolled up together!!!😁 What great memories!! Thank you Fred!!!😀

"You mean when I leave school it ain't over?". 😂😂

In elementary school in the early sixties I had to ride the school bus. It was a long bus route and I could not believe that it would go to my house. One of the stops was way on the other side of town, near my grandmother's house. I got off there instead of staying on to my stop. After a couple of days of taking me home, she told me, in no uncertain terms to stay on the bus until I got to my stop. Lol

I remember when learning to write in the first grade (61') we had off white paper with blue lines and chunks of wood! And the thick white hard paste we thought was made out out of dead horses.

I was 11 yrs. old in 1960. That spring our landlord raised our rent by $10 (a 10% increase!). My dad was outraged and moved us to a new apartment, about 1/4 mile away. Unfortunately, this short move put us in a different zone. I was forced to leave all my friends behind and start over in a new school. Although older, I also experienced those fears of the unknown you felt that first day. My stomach didn't settle down until Halloween. The only good thing about that year was meeting the little girl who would eventually become my wife!

@FredFlix

4 жыл бұрын

Nice!

Yeah, I remember being called in at 8pm for bed. I lived in Maryland that year, still light out, hotter then heck so of course the windows were open and I could still my friends out playing!

Awww How nostalgic! I love this! I should try to do one for myself when I began school in 1975. The emotions were real back then! Thanks for sharing!

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

If you make it I'll watch it, oovoo javer.

Fred, are you sure you started the school year BEFORE Labor Day? I distinctly remember only starting a new school year the day after that Monday for most of my K-12 years, and I'm slightly older than you. But not so in college, starting in late August. So for 1960, it would be Tue Sep. 6. Besides that, I love that you gave the statistics for the average yearly income ($5,300) and the average car was $2,750. The average house was probably no more than $9,000 with interest rates between 2.5% to 4%, so people could buy a new car or house far more cheaply and quicker than at today's (Dec. 2018) prices, with incomes not proportionately rising as fast. That is typically the case under a fiat (irredeemable) paper money system, instead of the original 'dollar' which was merely a name for a currency unit of silver or gold, measured by its weight in those precious metals.

Sad but true story. I'm a "Labor Day" baby, born Monday, Sept. 6, '54. DAY ONE of first grade was Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1960....not a great way to celebrate my (or anyone's) 6th birthday. Still, school was fun then (Woodley Knoll Elementary, Suitland, MD), with Miss Bell as my teacher (she married during the school year and became Mrs. Caruso).

Always awesome your posts! I'm a few years younger than you, born in '62. But man those really were the days my friend!

@FredFlix

10 ай бұрын

We'll never see anything like those times again, Ken.

@kenk7451

10 ай бұрын

@@FredFlix I really feel sorry for those Gen X Gen Z Millennials, whatever. They have missed a wonderful gift that we were blessed to have had in our youth. Thanks for your contributions. Thank you.

@FredFlix

10 ай бұрын

@@kenk7451 Only too happy to oblige, Ken.

Gee, you had it tough! I started kindergarten that fall and I went in the afternoons, which was fine with me. I also could walk to school in less than 10 minutes in the fine late summer weather of Michigan. So I eased into school. No worries about reading until the next year.

Looks like we're about the same age as your video mirrors my childhood in Norfolk County, VA.....only one thing that I recall vividly from the first grade that you didn't touch on, the abacus!

@LynxSouth

4 жыл бұрын

Those were fun! I could do the arithmetic in my head faster than use one, though, so I didn't understand that they could be helpful to other students. Were yours gray with blue, yellow, and red beads? And maybe there was _one_ white bead to represent thousands off in the left corner?

@dwightpowell6673

2 жыл бұрын

Segregation in the school's

I wasn’t a twinkle for another 2 1/2 months. Oh and a continent away!

:"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" was the first song I ever remember hearing on the radio. Nantasket Beach, MA. Any wonder I'm an oldies freak? Love your videos.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, TheJonaco.

@pameladecicco6509

5 жыл бұрын

Wow. I know itbis 9 months later, but that is where I am from. Small world!

Very funny and sweet. Took me back.

I was born in 66.The way the world is today im glad i was born so long ago.Like you I have lot's of great memories

First grade was alright. My favorite shows were Speed Racer (I'd watch it with my dad before school), The Powerpuff Girls, Sailor Moon, and Hamtaro (Little Hamsters, Big Adventures). I even got my first pet: a hamster named Hamtaro. I was going through a lot because of my mom's addiction, so some days I would miss school because she couldn't take me to the bus stop. Still, my first grade teacher, Miss Cookie (I can't remember her last name, but I remember her first name lol) suggested to my dad that I skip second grade because I was so ahead of everyone. He said no because he didn't want me to be bullied.

I went to Catholic school, I was a year younger than the rest of the students, because I was able to read and pass the penguins tests of admission. I was terrified being there ! Thanks Fred 😃

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Mark.

Great video! Was born in '54 and remember some of those same feelings not knowing what to expect, school was a huge strange place to a little kid. I went to morning kindergarten it was okay, nap time, cookies and milk and lots of paper mache' lol.

I think that first week of school was my first indication that growing up was going to suck.

School Crayons were the best!

Wow, that took me back to the feeling in the pit of my stomach in Kindergarten. Hid under the tables on the first day. Funny how we can remember some things as if it just happened. We had "Dick and Jane" books also in the mid 60's. Another great one.

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Earl.

@alo6125

4 жыл бұрын

I was scared the first day of school too, and I thought I was the only one who felt that way!

As Mary Hopkins once sang, "Those were the days my friend "... Thx for the memories...

@FredFlix

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Gary.

I can really identify with this video fred. I went to catholic school and they had a kindergarten which I was petrified to go to. it would be the first time leaving the house everyday and I remember crying when my mother dropped me off on my first day, especially with the nuns who could be strict. I remember the famous Crayola crayons and after awhile I adjusted to the daily routine of attending school, but the total innocence and freedom of early childhood would be forever gone as now I had a daily routine to deal with, but it still was better than a full fledged adult! I would love to go back to that time now! thanks for this great video, rob

@FredFlix

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Rob. Good comment.

Your name is Freddie? My brother’s the same ...still goes by Freddie and he’s in his late 50’s ...you don’t see that name anymore..I don’t anyway...and then there’s mine...Lloyd...called everything from Floyd to Lord...good job, Fred...as usual...wish I could remember all that stuff from childhood....I think my mind intentionally blanks it out...though I do remember 2nd grade and I had a horrible flu(doctors today think it may have been rheumatic fever) anyway, this cute little girl brought my homework to me...always remember that...take care, Dude...keep the memories coming...