You Are a 50s Kid if ...

Well that would be my grandma  

One thing that I do remember seeing even into the early 1960s is old cars from the 1920s ( such as Model A Fords ) still being driven in everyday use. However by the mid 60s they were fading fast. 

One of my sister's  boyfriends drove one of these, or similar, cant reember the exact model, but an old Citroen complete with running boards and sparewheel on the boot :)

Must have been late 60's, she was born in 1950, must have been 18 or 19 at the time. There were still quite a few of these around then.

Thanks for the nice photo Rooperi. Yes any French films that took place in the 40s and 50s Needed aTraction Avant roaring across the screen. However I remember the little Citroen 2CVs instead( Yes the " Tin Snail " ) from my childhood in the Black Forest.

Re question 9, some throw away trivia:

Malanie's huge 60's hit Brand New Key refers exactly to that key.

I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key...

Now tell me yu're not going to have that tune in your head all day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02DgHeGdyI          

Ah, Chevrolet ads, we even ha them in South Africa.

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Geez, posting Videos has changed, I have to figure out how to do them now.

The tune (I think pirated from a USA commercial) Braaivleis, Rugby, Sunny Skies and Chevrolet....

Braaivleis is what Americans call a barnbecue (except, of course better!)

We never saw this ad on TV, only in movie ads, we only got TV in 1976.

Nope, I respectfully disagree. Barbecue is correct.

I think it was easier for the aepartheid government's misinformation policy without TV.

The whole white population pretty much had its head in the sand, we were raise on a culture of Fear, Swart Gevaar and a communist behind every bush.

From WIKI, pretty accurate IMO:

Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd compared television with atomic bombs and poison gas, claiming that "they are modern things, but that does not mean they are desirable. The government has to watch for any dangers to the people, both spiritual and physical." ^[2]

Dr. Albert Hertzog, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs at the time, said that TV would come to South Africa "over [his] dead body,"^[3] denouncing it as "a miniature bioscope [cinema] over which parents would have no control."^[4] He also argued that "South Africa would have to import films showing race mixing; and advertising would make [non-white] Africans dissatisfied with their lot."^[5] The new medium was then regarded as the "devil's own box, for disseminating communism and immorality".^[6]

Oh, and my issue was the cue vs que at the end. :)

http://bbq.about.com/od/opinion-pieces/a/How-To-Spell-Barbecue.htm

        I think those date from the 60's, actually.

American author James Michener wrote an novel about South Africa, The Covenant. If you're into historical novels, it gives some insights to the Afrikaner psyche.

If you know what belongs in a "you're a 50s kid if" thread but not what belongs in a "you're a 40s kid if" thread.

              I remember playing with those brown logs,(log cabin). Matchbox cars, Viewmaster--very educational. I remember having to run 1 or 2 blocks, to pull a fire alarm. ( not for fun ). They had them every few blocks. I remember putting baseball cards on the spokes of my bike with clothes pins. I remember every body had black & white TV with rabbit ears. The 1st color TV on the block--WOW. THEY were RICH. I remember lawn mowers that YOU had to push with round blades. I remember incinorators where you could burn your trash every week.  I remember the testing of air raid sirens every Friday at noon.  And Drug stores where you could test tubes from your TV to see which one was burnt out. I remember more public outdoor ice skating rinks.  Your a 50's kid if, you could eat the Holoween candy without checking it first. Your a 50's kid if you had 2 air conditioners, and neither one worked; if the family had 2 cars, and neither one worked; 2 lawn mowers, and neither one worked; and if you had 2 older sisters, and neither one worked, but both parents worked 2 jobs.

I remember some of those things too. As well as horse drawn carts selling coal door to door in Johannesburg, and the "bottle bag", a person calling door to door to collect empty bottles. And buses with signs in them saying "Do not expectorate". I think South African kids were the only 10 year olds on earth who knew what 'expectorate' meant :)

            There was only 3 horse drawn carts in my city.  One was a vegatable guy on Fri, one was a popcorn guy, and ??