I love this, brings back so many memories. Milk shakes tasted so much better, sodas at the drug store, 😋 hamburgers on white bread, 😋 I remember my mom wearing dresses everyday but really dressing up for Sunday. Women had weekly appointments at the beauty salon. Family dinner at 6, kids played outside and got dirty, we played cowboys and indians with toys guns. It was a much simpler time and I miss it.
i wasnt old enough to remember the 50s but was old enough to remember the early 60s and most of that stuff carried over into the 60s. i especially loved the looks of the all chrome diners.
Up until about 67/68 America still had that 50's type society. Then leftists started their takeover via infiltration and subversion. McCarthy was right. That is why he is so vilified.
Our big family night out was going to the Golden Dragon . Excellent chinese food! It was pretty uptown to go there! My sister and I got our hair done at the beauty shop, nice clothes. You were expected to behave like a lady!! It was a rare occasion !! 😊😊good times!!
You mean you’re not impressed with today’s slobs who wear pajama bottoms, tee shirts and backwards-ball caps in public??…._____________________________|
I wasn't born in the fifties era but I like to dress up even going to the grocery store lol. I've been this way my whole life. It is a rarity to see in daily life.
In those times, nobody made fun of people who worked in dinners. They took pride in their job and did it well. Everything was made from scratch and didn't need to worry about chemicals. You could eat well for a few dollars. It was a better time, I think, before we got to big for our britches.
@@elevangelioenred2475 I think so much of what made us who we were has been allowed to just fade away like melting snow. We've lost values and principles we should have held on to.
@@Vinylvine22 racism and segregation were mostly in dem states, south catholic mainly. A true protestant cannot be racist because Bible refuses racism. Lincoln said there was no civil war unless jesuit conspiration against America. Popes hate protestantism so jesuitism was created to annihilate protestants. They will do everything to destroy protestantism because they want to carry the world on to Middle Ages again. Every evil thing you see in your country is part of a centuried plan to achieve their only one goal. If you don't see that and wake up, you are done.
I remember Woolworth's in downtown Chicago when I was about 5 years old in 1956. I could see all this chewing gum stuck on the bottom of the counter so I just pulled some off and chewed it!!
@G.W.McLintock A black person doing that wouldn't be spouting off they're mouth!, The ones they discriminated against were pretty good folks!. Not like the troublemaking ones today.
I am an 80's baby and I wish I had been born during this time. While I can appreciate the benefit of modern advancements, I would have loved to live during this time more than any other. I recognize it had its own set of issues, but hearing my mom and aunts talk about their childhoods and their stories, my undying love for the music, the style, the traditionality of it all, always brings me back to wishing I could have lived it. Too bad things are so much uglier and more complicated now.
This was before fast food, frozen pre-made food, cell phones, color tv, computers, internet....and the list goes on!! In 1950 I was 10 years old, played outside till dark, ate what ever my mom served and built tree houses. We made many of our on 'toys' knew and played with the neighborhood kids, played cowboys and indians and rode home made stick horses. There were no school or work place shootings, no kids that I grew up with knew anything about drugs because there wasn't any of it in our neighborhoods. But, this like our dinners is gone forever.
I’m willing to bet 10 cents for a burger that the food was really good and nowhere near as processed and full of seed oils and other garbage too. The customers in there looked like they had a healthy weight despite eating there.
My God. Such little said in that statement, and yet, so profound. I could not have said that any better because it is SO TRUE. As a country, we have chosen the wrong future for ourselves and our children. And we have allowed others to chose it for us in many ways. And that is the real calamity of the hell this once proud nation is suffering through now. God didn't put us through this. WE as human beings, Americans, not us per say, but as a nation have put a self burdened cross on our backs because of the way we neglected to hold on to our past, our principles that made us so much more than just a country. But real brothers and sisters who helped and looked out for each other. It is always painful to see what we lost because I was born at the beginning of the 1960s. And morbid way society is now was makes back then look like a dream. so sad.
@@genesis1177 The reasons why this happened? Cultural Marxism, postmodernism, critical theory, political correctness, Globalism, and multiculturalism crept in over the last 70 years while we weren't looking.
@@genesis1177 We may have come a long way since 50s ect but ive really yet to see anyone feeling good about themselves or life as it is. Including myself 😀❤😀
How I miss thoughs days. Life was slow pace, no electronics to bother with. You actually talked to your date. Enjoyed a ice cream sunday, or soda and talked about current events, school, friends, work, you get the picture.
I'm with you, regarding a young guy and girl on a date ... I saw a teen boy and teen girl, sitting at a table, food in front of them, both staring down at their phones. In an earlier era, that boy would be staring longingly into his girl's eyes ... Progress? not so sure.
@@jjg9919 Just to be fair, though, one could drink from the optional BLACKS ONLY WATER FOUNTAIN, too ... but in those days they didn't use the term "Blacks." Having said that, yes, those were the days, my friend. Ahh, to go back and live it all again; if only in my mind.
Can’t count in my head how many open faced hot Turkey sandwich’s I ate in Diners in my life. They along with burger n fries, pancakes were my favorite meals.
People would be surprised if they knew how much of the diner food they love had its roots in classic French quisine. Macaroni and cheese, hot beef sandwich and chicken fried steak, just to name of few. And of course, French fries, although those aren't really French. LOL
@@auapplemac1976 You could ask for extra. They would give it to you. A lot of people didn't eat it and it wound up getting thrown away. They always included it though as it was part of the meal. I guess they should have just asked people if they wanted it or not, but that's back when people ordered from a menu and didn't feel the need to make special requests.
Went on a choir trip to Italy when I was a sophomore in high school we weren’t allowed to bring any electronics best 2 weeks of my life, everyone was talking to each other, making jokes, playing card games and all in all just having a good time. From that trip on I made it a priority that whenever I go out or hang out with my friends my phone stays in my car or back pocket in order for me to enjoy life more. Although I do agree technology has helped us tremendously, apps like Snapchat/Twitter/Instagram have made it so that instant gratification is now not something we want but it’s something we expect. So I urge anyone reading this don’t take your phone out at your next party mabey not take pictures of Fourth of July fireworks, just enjoy it I’ve been living this way for 3 ish years and it’s been amazing
Takes me back to a time before fast food joints. People weren't rushed then and had more time to talk to each other. The diner was important as a social event as well as a place to get food.
Those cone shape paper liners in the metal cups for cold water! Cream for coffee in ceramic small cups. Real glass containers for milkshakes and sundaes.
I loved diners!! I can remember growing up that on my parent's payday every week we would go to a local diner called Downeys diner and Wow what a treat that was! I just wish we could bring life back to the way it was in the 60s and 70s!
@@sharoncrawford3042 in today’s politically correct America, I thought the only place you’d hear that kind of language is on Army or Marine posts, private clubs like the VFW or American Legion, or real scummy bars. Sorry to hear that!
@@WAL_DC-6B my grandma breathed in secondhand-smoke from her husband for decades that died of an aneurism at 75. She’s now 102 and hasn’t yet died from it, thank God!
Drive ins, Diners and Dives. A show on the Food Channel. The host of the show actually opened a Go Fund Me account to help the small restaurants that were affected by the Covid lockdown.
All this is carefully staged just like a leave it to beaver episode… Noticed there isn’t a single person of color in any of these pictures either. Gee I wonder why!
@@20alphabet Did I hurt your poor feelings because I told you the truth? Newsflash for you… America has had a huge problem with racism, especially back in the 40s and 50s. But keep dismissing it and calling people like me names for bringing it up. I bet you’re a staunch make America great again guy aren’t you? In your tiny narrow minded view that means getting rid of anybody that isn’t white.
Back in the early sixties I ate at mama's Soul Shack best Black Diner in the hood .I'm not a race traitor, I will never eat at the white establishments !!!! Boycott white business ! spin Black dollars in the hood! I don't need your white gentrification in my Hood !
In the movie “Guess whose coming to dinner” SpencerTracy and Katherine Hepburn went to a drive-in in the Excelsior district in San Francisco. It was Mel’s off of Geneva and Mission Streets. I grew up a short walk from Mel’s. Many memories of good times at Mel’s. That was long time ago. C22bene1
I really miss diners. Some great food could be found there. [ most of the time ] but still SO much better than the dog food being served up by the corporate fast food chains of today.
Very true. It was real treat to eat at these coffee shops. Our favorite burger was a simple one patty burger with grilled onions, green relish and ketchup. 25 cents. With a chocolate milk shake (35 cents) and real french fries (15 cents) , we were in seventh heaven.
We just ate what tasted good. None of this Low Salt, Low Fat - No Taste Cuisine. Even in England where the other half of our family lives much of what I got to eat was cooked in “LARD.” The wrapper it came in said so. I’m 69 and doing just fine. Diner Food here in San Rafael, California where I’ve lived since the Sixties. Not bad. But nothing like San Francisco diner food in the Fifties. I’d kill for a Zim’s Burger right now🍔
In ours we had about 10 different flavorings that they'd put in a soda so we'd always order a cherry coke in a big glass. It was a nickel. Maybe once a year somebody would take you out and buy you a banana split. When I became a teenager I cooked at several diners and dated several waitresses. Fond memories.
@@justafellowsamaritan7845 I was 17 in 1956 and had an after school job at Werntz Hardware in South Bend indiana. The drug store across the street had a fountain (what we called a place with stools that served ice cream treats). My biggest decision when I went there was whether to get a chocolate Sunday for .20c or splurge and get the better hot fudge sundae at .25c. I ain't kiddin either!
I'll bet this fosters some sweet memories for a few of you. I caught the tail end as a little kid. My mom had a pink and white T-bird. Yeah, I remember; and I want to go back !
A neighbor of ours had a rose colored 56 Studebaker President. Really sharp two tone. Another neighbor drove a 53 Kaiser that was an off yellow orange. My dad worked at Acker Chevrolet/ Allis Chalmers. They sold and serviced Chevy cars and trucks and Allis Chalmers farm equipment. I could often go to where he worked after school and watch him fix cars and look at the tractors 🚜 The OSHA brown shirts weren’t around back then so no one cared about my being there and watching.
@@jjg9919 Slavery is still prevalent in Africa, as it has been for millennia. Slavery has been prevalent on every continent, by every culture. The United States of America was one of the first to legally abolish slavery, following the American Civil War, and the ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865. All slavery in the United States is illegal except as punishment for a crime. It has been this way since 1865. There are still slave markets in Africa. You need to learn what it is you are talking about before you make such bold claims of defamation. Brazil still had slavery AFTER the United States of America abolished slavery within U.S. borders. When talking about Brazil do you seek to constantly bring up slavery? I doubt it. The 1950's were a prosperous and joyous time for many, many people. Most people from that era formed many good memories back then. It was the golden age of American exceptionalism.
I don't bring my cell phone every where I go I shut my cell phone before I go to bed so nobody wakes me up I've had friends say why do you shut your phone off I was trying to call you I said I don't like my sleep interrupted if you can't understand that that's not my problem people used to respect each other not wake people up with their cell phone I am not available 24 7 for anyone it's like oh well so what you can't reach me 24 hours a day with my cell phone I'm not available all the time for you or anyone else get a life crestons wife speaking
@@howellwong11 Take your racial 💩 someplace else This is about our good memories....Not the nightmare that happened to America in 1965 when we were sold out!😡
Yes just WONDERFUL.......Quality whitewashed videos showing life for the privileged white person in the 1950's....MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Where is the link to DJT twitter account???????? 😜😜😜😜
@@northalabama2264 Privileged? Tough times for all back then. Get the chip off your shoulder and treat your group better.... Lot of room for improvement there.
Yes! Freedom! No cell phones no texting life without the internet. The better days of social interaction. This is the life I truly want again. People surviving without cell phones glued to their hands and ears. I can't be around certain people anymore because their always on the phone all the time.
To fall in love with such a beautiful aesthetic but also understanding the very real depiction that I would’ve never been allowed to eat there is so heartbreaking.
There was a rail car conforted to a diner in a town near where I used to live.. I was 4 maybe 5 I remember loved going there with my parents and I always got curly fries.
Merchants and restaurants were something to be admired and focused on when I was a kid and we got to go out with our mother every so often..Everything looked so different back then and it was like everyone knew everybody and the greeting sand service you got was special..miss those days.
I miss these places! The food was FRESH, good, and cheap. Drug stores and 5&dimes also had lunch counters. They made the food to order (it hadn't been sitting around for who-knows-how-long). You could order stuff that today's youngsters don't know existed like chocolate cokes (a squirt of chocolate syrup in a glass of coke), ice cream sodas, or cherry cokes. It was great!
That material is still made, and on the designs popular back in the fifties. There's a retro diner in Middleboro Massachusetts called "Dave's" that has it, along with plenty of chrome, bright red trimmings and retro advertising. Really good food, too.
I really liked the in-the-booth jukebox page-turning songlists and 10-cents, and 3-for-a-quarter 45's we played. Coffee was great, and each booth had a large clear glass sugar container, clear glass salt & pepper shakers, and a clear glass ashtray. The stools were for a quick stop & sip.
Going out or anything wasn't taken for granted- My visit to the ice cream parlor on a daily basis getting off the train after school was a daily routine & big deal for me ! ♡♡♡
There are still plenty of real diners around. Rt 17 near Ho Hocus NJ has a great one. Their menu is gigantic and the food is fresh. Whenever we visit family up there we stop at least once.
When the Southcenter mall in Seattle was first opened there were 3 department stores (JC Penney, Bon Marche (became Macys), and Frederick & Nelson (became Sears). There was a diner (counter with round swivel stools) on the 2nd floor of Frederick & Nelson. My GF in 1974 took me there to get a Frango shake. Best shake I ever had. And best GF too!!!
No smart phones then but "Pay Phones" were everywhere. You had to carry "change" if you had to make a lot of calls . There were also plenty of Post Office mail boxes everywhere if you had to "mail a letter" i.e. "snail mail". Memories of a pre-Internet world gone forever...
Hi Recollection Road, thank you for the memories, thank you for this slideshow of Americana... Thank you for bringing many of us (Veterans) back of a time of peace, innocence and serenity. May be it will remind an ungrateful generation that our country is/was worth fighting for. Peace be with you, Ciao, L
The thing is - to them at that time - this was just normal, every day life. Now we watch it today and wish we could travel back in time to experience it.
In the early to mid 50's our pharmacy had a soda fountain counter. In the early 60' I ate many a lunch at Woolworth's lunch counter. I had all but forgotten those wonderful times and early experiences in my life!
Born in the early 60s. My Mom worked at a diner in Etobicoke, Ontario when I was 5. Arbritete counters, swivels stools covered in red nagahide, shake machine, Coke machine, pie fridge . . . The whole 9 yards. It was in a plaza right across the road from where we lived and my kindergarten school was behind it. I went from school to the diner and home with Mom for dinner with Dad & my brother. I still have 4 or 5 of ice cream cups from that diner and guard them with my life. Everytime i use one, i picture that diner.
My mom used to take me to a diner for a grilled hamburger back in the late 50's. They don't have hamburgers like that anymore. You could smell them cooking on the grill a half a block away.
My mom could take me RIGHT BY a diner and I could smell the grilled hamburgers in the 50's too, BUT we couldn't go past the WHITE ONLY sign........so I could keep smelling them a block away as we walked.....happy memories
@@northalabama2264 omg cry me a river. Ur prob not even black are u? Some bored snowflake coming to piss on everyone else’s parade bc ur empty and bankrupt inside
In Canada in 1958 there was a drive in take- out place called the Burger Baron in Calgary, Alberta, where I grew up. They were open Sundays and the hamburgers and cheeseburgers were so tasty that people would line up in their cars for 2 blocks down the street ( a major road). I remember the owner found a way to somehow blow the aroma of their grilled food out of the restaurant and the smell was like heaven. I still remember it! I was 8 years old. It drove people right out of their minds, and then of course A and W and MacDonalds came to town 10 years later and it all changed. The Nostalgia makes me feel sad and longing for a slower time when a person could revel in their lives the way the alluring aroma of the burgers was all you really needed to feel happy. For us children of the fifties we were privy to a great time and place to watch our lives unfold.
what a great short. You did a wonderful job. I'd really love to see you take this to another level and actually have someone talking about the diners instead of just a slideshow and title cards. As a powerpoint presentation its awesome, but it could also be made into a wonderful short documentary.
I miss the old fashion counters we had them thru the 1970’s but then the drug store counters disappeared. My mother worked at a Woolworth counter. I remember the old fountains, the old paper Dixie cups that were held in metal holders. Things were so much better back then.
Nice pictures of the 1950's Diner's. My childhood was the 1970's so this obviously was before my time. But my parent's could relate to these scenes ! Thank you for upload. :)
There are still diners especially in the mid Atlantic and NE states. I know of several in the Philly, NJ area. Some have expanded, but they serve the same kind of food.
Back when I was around 14 years old in 1974 there was this place in my hometown called the Hilltop Cafe. Small town northern Minnesota. The place was run by this mom & daughter combo, and they had the absolute best cheeseburger, fries & malted milkshake that I've never experienced again. Sadly, they went out of business a few years later, but many fond memories. I think the place was in an old railcar, but I seem to recall something more like a refurbished Silver-Stream RV. At least from the outside. Inside was a counter with stools.
I ate lunch daily at the cafe counter in Woolworth's at 5th and B in San Digo for seven years. In the 60's. Never had a bad meal Good food, great service always clean too.
Back in the 50's and 60's my dad had a drug store right on main street. It had a 'lunch' counter not unlike Woolworths at the time. I remember it being always busy and the menu being basic but all home cooked with prices that reflected value....good food, large portions, a low price. He was very successful. God bless you dad!
@@northalabama2264 Well, I live in Canada, so there were not many blacks where I lived and certainly no Mexicans. But being Canadian, it wouldn’t have bothered me if there were. I can’t whether your being racist or just stupid.
Why did the US go from dinner to fast food? I LOVED dinners! Sad, I wasn't around in the 50s. My experiences were late 60s and 70s. I live just south of Chattanooga. There was a dinner on the TN/GA line. Roy's, but it closed a few years ago. There are few restaurants and many fast food. When I was young (around 18) I wanted to work at a dinner, but where I lived there was none. So I worked for Pizza Hut (through the 80s) Back then I learned a lot about the inner workings and understand WHY Pizza Hut died down.
I enjoy your videos more with your light touch of narration…still enjoyable. Keep up the great content! Do love the subtle ocean waves in background…soothing.
That was a neat time in history. Those diners looked like a great experience. The women were gorgeous. NO TATTOOS! I was born in the 1980s... But there is one thing I remember too that would have been in the diners that is not so nice. Smoking. No smoking in restaurants is a big step forward despites all the seemingly giant leaps backwards nowadays.
I once saw a "funny" greeting card about tattoos. Two old men are sitting on a park bench looking at the tattoos on each other's arms. One observer of this says to another observer, "They're trying to guess what each other's tattoos are." The idea being that when you get old and wrinkly, the tattoo gets distorted and ugly. Something to think about before you get that tattoo I guess.
Smoking would have eventually gone away without embracing all of the crap we have now. Smoking was just something people had been doing forever and when they found out about the health risks it was already a huge part of their life so they couldn’t quit. Sadly smoking is making a comeback in younger populations, so we didn’t even get rid of that.
@@dutchmayer6725 I just heard that they're going to open cannibus lounges in New York, I guess the wacko libs find that second hand pot is healthy but any other second hand smoke will kill you, show how twisted their minds barely function, sick power hungry idiots
Much Appreciation for these 'windows' into a Far More calm, ROL, stable & attractive world. Was born in the 50's; am now deeply appreciating all that I was a part of..then. A relatively calm, optimistic zeitgeist. Thank you.🌹
I remember the way that the drugstores smelled,remember those rotating displays of Cashews&other nut they were heated,you could weigh yourself for a penney,get a Chocolate Soda from the fountain,but my face was a Cherry soda mmmm...
@@packingten I too remember the smells...that was ALL I remember about some of the drugstores and diners since I was black and we were not allowed to sit in them in 1950's and early 1960's....BUT, they sure SMELLED good!
@NorthAlabama....My voice was Loud and clear back then..Still will voice out Against hate.... Racism. Many of us tried our very best . We must always love one another. Stronger Together....Love and Peace to all...Always.💞✌️🥰
@@northalabama2264 Hey, and now you can have those places closed by even imagining someone was "racist" towards you; Way to go; your race card comes with many benefits.
Nice. Those diners were like the coffee places today. Very social pass time places that just make people happy. People sure dressed nicely and took pride in the way they looked. We seemed to have lost that completely.
Great site, keep the content coming. I remember Diners well. Miss the great conversations. Three things stand out, no phones, ( so the conversation), the way folks dressed, and ( I’ll be the jerk here), weight.
What strikes me is how neatly dressed the young women and men were. Today many young people are covered in tattoos, have rings on their noses or mouths, and wear ripped clothing.
Back in the day "youth" was a short period of time and "adolescence" had not been invented yet. If you survived your childhood you became an adult and was expected to look , dress and act like one as soon as possible. Life was short. Nowadays, with extended life spans, at least in the "developed world", people want to be and be seen as "youthful" for as long as possible.
Eagle Drug Store, Prescott, AZ, Mike's Diner, Glendale, AZ, Mohawk Diner, Mohawk, NY...I worked at all of these and loved every minute of it. Those were the days!
Yes...those wonderful segregated, misogynistic, homophobic glorious fun filled days....for straight white people all over America....MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 😢😢😢😢
Yes, why didn't that "back to Africa" or "America: love it or leave it" campaign work???? WELL maybe the MAGA will work out after all and this country will be BETTER again! 😜😜
There isn't a black person in sight! Why would anyone scream racism? THIS is how white people WANT this period to be portrayed, try living it as a black person.....I DID and I was born in 1954. Got spat on at a cute little Woolworth's lunch counter in 1963 in Birmingham Alabama.....I TOO remember a lot about these "ways of life"
@@northalabama2264 I sorry for what happened to you by ignorance, but the video here is to see the beautiful of the dining at that period of time in USA, was a great time for the country, even that these kind of issues happened in parts of the South, the live was way better them than now, where everything is about hate and division, the video was great, if you don’t like it, go to a different channel, where they talk about racism the 100% of their videos
@@Fugazinome You're both Romanticizing each others country. The truth is both are grieving the loss of joy in Western society due to globalism generally.
@@Fugazinome not if you are in Victoria I’m afraid. Total disaster here atm on so many levels, would leave if we could, but have carer responsibilities.😩
I remember our Sears store had a diner at the rear of the store. My mom would buy us burgers and then we'd go visit my grandmother who lived a couple blocks away. Emotional memories here.
I was not around in the 50's, but seemed like such simpler times before the world got in a big hurry. In the 80's though in my hometown we had a few mom and pop type restaurants and diners they were great places for good food and meeting up with friends.
I was born 20 years too late, but my folks grew up this decade. People seem so much more respectful and classy as a whole back then. I grew up in the 80’s, and I could tell things were starting to get weird. The teachers I had in high school grew up in this era, and they were solid as a rock. Iconic generation of people in my view. They were tough as railroad spikes , yet so classy compared to the average person today. High 5 to these people.
@@jgringo5516 Today,people conflate class with money. People conflate someone who strives to be a gentleman or a lady, as being pretentious or worse, "privileged." The left, which hates class distinctions, or distinctions of any kind,pushes for this deductive approach towards bringing down everyone, and everything down To the lowest common denominator. Which is why even people who are affluent and wealthy, dress like ditch diggers, and talk like merchant marines. Back in the 50s, even a soda jerk had more class then what you see out there now.
@@luissantiago8446 True...today there are STILL some who conflate class with money....look at Donald Trump!.....no, scratch that, nobody could be THAT stupid! WELL???? 😜😜
You can't help but notice how THIN everybody is in this video. Now people don't want to wait more than one or two minutes to get their food... HMMMMM 🤔 These places have the best food.
I missed the 50s but I remember the waitresses in Woolworth’s. Always impeccably dressed in their waitress uniform with a little hanky in their pocket. The food was always good!
In the town where I was born and raised, Mount Carroll, Illinois, there was a diner called the "Y-Knot" They also had a filling station. They had a sign over the place that said "EAT OIL GAS" Used to make my dad laugh thinking about "eating oil and gas" :-0 It was also a truck stop.
Lovin' the music! Very Vince Guaraldi. Sounds great! Putting me in a good mood. Like no school cause it's Thanksgiving or Christmas. Wonderful Slideshow!
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I love this, brings back so many memories. Milk shakes tasted so much better, sodas at the drug store, 😋 hamburgers on white bread, 😋 I remember my mom wearing dresses everyday but really dressing up for Sunday. Women had weekly appointments at the beauty salon. Family dinner at 6, kids played outside and got dirty, we played cowboys and indians with toys guns. It was a much simpler time and I miss it.
And life was good...I miss it too!
I miss it, cause I missed it😢
i wasnt old enough to remember the 50s but was old enough to remember the early 60s and most of that stuff carried over into the 60s. i especially loved the looks of the all chrome diners.
Up until about 67/68 America still had that 50's type society. Then leftists started their takeover via infiltration and subversion. McCarthy was right. That is why he is so vilified.
@@Cryo837 You are 100% right Sr
@@Cryo837:👍
Early 60s till 1966/67 had the 50s style and vibe
@@Cryo837 He knew something was up in Hollywood.
When going out was a big deal, and the way you dressed showed it.
Our big family night out was going to the Golden Dragon . Excellent chinese food! It was pretty uptown to go there! My sister and I got our hair done at the beauty shop, nice clothes. You were expected to behave like a lady!! It was a rare occasion !! 😊😊good times!!
😉 Yes!! We also had to look nice and decent when we would go to the grocery store.🥰
You mean you’re not impressed with today’s slobs who wear pajama bottoms, tee shirts and backwards-ball caps in public??…._____________________________|
I wasn't born in the fifties era but I like to dress up even going to the grocery store lol. I've been this way my whole life. It is a rarity to see in daily life.
@Buster Scruggs Yes so true.
In those times, nobody made fun of people who worked in dinners. They took pride in their job and did it well. Everything was made from scratch and didn't need to worry about chemicals. You could eat well for a few dollars. It was a better time, I think, before we got to big for our britches.
That was the protestant ethics America has forgotten.
@@elevangelioenred2475 I think so much of what made us who we were has been allowed to just fade away like melting snow. We've lost values and principles we should have held on to.
agreeded but some of them pictures aint from the 50s
@@Vinylvine22 of course some dick head brings racism up 💀
@@Vinylvine22 racism and segregation were mostly in dem states, south catholic mainly. A true protestant cannot be racist because Bible refuses racism.
Lincoln said there was no civil war unless jesuit conspiration against America.
Popes hate protestantism so jesuitism was created to annihilate protestants.
They will do everything to destroy protestantism because they want to carry the world on to Middle Ages again.
Every evil thing you see in your country is part of a centuried plan to achieve their only one goal.
If you don't see that and wake up, you are done.
The Woolworth's lunch counter in the 60's is my memory.
Yup! Me too!!😎😀💚
Mine too...just LOVED being spat upon because I sit down at one while being BLACK!
I remember Woolworth's in downtown Chicago when I was about 5 years old in 1956. I could see all this chewing gum stuck on the bottom of the counter so I just pulled some off and chewed it!!
@@northalabama2264 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!, But given what you are I'm not surprised.
@G.W.McLintock A black person doing that wouldn't be spouting off they're mouth!, The ones they discriminated against were pretty good folks!. Not like the troublemaking ones today.
We never appreciate what we had until we don't have it anymore.
Very true
That old saying.....Ya never know what ya got.....until it's gone
I am an 80's baby and I wish I had been born during this time. While I can appreciate the benefit of modern advancements, I would have loved to live during this time more than any other. I recognize it had its own set of issues, but hearing my mom and aunts talk about their childhoods and their stories, my undying love for the music, the style, the traditionality of it all, always brings me back to wishing I could have lived it. Too bad things are so much uglier and more complicated now.
Now we have retro diners w/o the retro price.
This was before fast food, frozen pre-made food, cell phones, color tv, computers, internet....and the list goes on!! In 1950 I was 10 years old, played outside till dark, ate what ever my mom served and built tree houses. We made many of our on 'toys' knew and played with the neighborhood kids, played cowboys and indians and rode home made stick horses. There were no school or work place shootings, no kids that I grew up with knew anything about drugs because there wasn't any of it in our neighborhoods. But, this like our dinners is gone forever.
I’m sooooo jealous of ur childhood. What a great world is must have been ❤
I’m lucky to have experienced those great times , it would be so nice if those days could be brought back so people today could enjoy them !
I’m willing to bet 10 cents for a burger that the food was really good and nowhere near as processed and full of seed oils and other garbage too. The customers in there looked like they had a healthy weight despite eating there.
"We have chosen the wrong future" --- Peter Hitchens
My God. Such little said in that statement, and yet, so profound. I could not have said that any better because it is SO TRUE. As a country, we have chosen the wrong future for ourselves and our children. And we have allowed others to chose it for us in many ways. And that is the real calamity of the hell this once proud nation is suffering through now. God didn't put us through this. WE as human beings, Americans, not us per say, but as a nation have put a self burdened cross on our backs because of the way we neglected to hold on to our past, our principles that made us so much more than just a country. But real brothers and sisters who helped and looked out for each other. It is always painful to see what we lost because I was born at the beginning of the 1960s. And morbid way society is now was makes back then look like a dream. so sad.
@@genesis1177 The reasons why this happened? Cultural Marxism, postmodernism, critical theory, political correctness, Globalism, and multiculturalism crept in over the last 70 years while we weren't looking.
@@genesis1177 exactly
I agree were did we go.
@@genesis1177 We may have come a long way since 50s ect but ive really yet to see anyone feeling good about themselves or life as it is. Including myself 😀❤😀
How I miss thoughs days. Life was slow pace, no electronics to bother with.
You actually talked to your date.
Enjoyed a ice cream sunday, or soda and talked about current events, school, friends, work, you get the picture.
I'm with you, regarding a young guy and girl on a date ...
I saw a teen boy and teen girl, sitting at a table, food in front of them, both staring down at their phones. In an earlier era, that boy would be staring longingly into his girl's eyes ...
Progress? not so sure.
Yes... Go for a stroll... Have a laugh... Drink from the WHITES ONLY WATER FOUNTAIN.... Those were the days 🙂
Technology isn’t all bad but gas replaced so much of being present, not checking your phone. Look at me I have the TV on while on my phone.
@@jjg9919 Just to be fair, though, one could drink from the optional BLACKS ONLY WATER FOUNTAIN, too ... but in those days they didn't use the term "Blacks." Having said that, yes, those were the days, my friend. Ahh, to go back and live it all again; if only in my mind.
Can’t count in my head how many open faced hot Turkey sandwich’s I ate in Diners in my life. They along with burger n fries, pancakes were my favorite meals.
Agreed! What I wouldn't give for a hot open turkey right now!
People would be surprised if they knew how much of the diner food they love had its roots in classic French quisine. Macaroni and cheese, hot beef sandwich and chicken fried steak, just to name of few. And of course, French fries, although those aren't really French. LOL
And they never gave you enough cranberry sauce. Just a little smidge in a teeny paper cup.
@@auapplemac1976 You could ask for extra. They would give it to you. A lot of people didn't eat it and it wound up getting thrown away. They always included it though as it was part of the meal. I guess they should have just asked people if they wanted it or not, but that's back when people ordered from a menu and didn't feel the need to make special requests.
And hot roast beef sandwiches with mashed potatoes and gravy. Mmmmmm
... When all the dimes, quarters, and half-dollars.. were real silver ! ! !
Instead of collecting stamps, I should have been collecting coins!
Thank the Kenyan flash for coins that RUST😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡,He tried taking down our country ANY WAY HE COULD!.
@@packingten ... BHO is STILL trying... via Joe Biden!
1964 was the last year for 90% silver coins
@@packingten The coins don't feel real.
Went on a choir trip to Italy when I was a sophomore in high school we weren’t allowed to bring any electronics best 2 weeks of my life, everyone was talking to each other, making jokes, playing card games and all in all just having a good time. From that trip on I made it a priority that whenever I go out or hang out with my friends my phone stays in my car or back pocket in order for me to enjoy life more. Although I do agree technology has helped us tremendously, apps like Snapchat/Twitter/Instagram have made it so that instant gratification is now not something we want but it’s something we expect.
So I urge anyone reading this don’t take your phone out at your next party mabey not take pictures of Fourth of July fireworks, just enjoy it
I’ve been living this way for 3 ish years and it’s been amazing
FYI, due to the pandemic Mel's Drive In (3:50) on Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood has returned to Car Hop service, complete with Roller Skates!
I might check that out.
How happy we were, how exciting life was, and there were pretty people everywhere.
Takes me back to a time before fast food joints. People weren't rushed then and had more time to talk to each other. The diner was important as a social event as well as a place to get food.
Those cone shape paper liners in the metal cups for cold water! Cream for coffee in ceramic small cups. Real glass containers for milkshakes and sundaes.
...And those cone-shaped KKK Klan-Hoods....
Yes, that brought back a forgotten memory
I loved diners!! I can remember growing up that on my parent's payday every week we would go to a local diner called Downeys diner and Wow what a treat that was! I just wish we could bring life back to the way it was in the 60s and 70s!
Can’t go back. Just fond memories.
When life was clean and simple. Now the world is totally different in a bad way. Very sad.☹🥺 The sweetness of yesterday. 😥
Yes, but you also looked like a young adult in high school, middle-aged by 30, and by the time you were 50, you were grey and in a rocking chair.
@@jondstewart At a time when about 50% of the country were smoking cigarettes and the other 50% were smoking 2nd hand whether they wanted to or not.
I remember when you could go out in public and not hear cussing. Now you hear it everywhere. Filthy language. I hate it.
@@sharoncrawford3042 in today’s politically correct America, I thought the only place you’d hear that kind of language is on Army or Marine posts, private clubs like the VFW or American Legion, or real scummy bars. Sorry to hear that!
@@WAL_DC-6B my grandma breathed in secondhand-smoke from her husband for decades that died of an aneurism at 75. She’s now 102 and hasn’t yet died from it, thank God!
I still love to visit a diner when I stumble upon one, the food is always great 👍🏼
I used to go to a wonderful diner up on the back road above Scranton, Pa. ....... good people, good times, good food
Drive ins, Diners and Dives. A show on the Food Channel. The host of the show actually opened a Go Fund Me account to help the small restaurants that were affected by the Covid lockdown.
Upstate New York still has a few left. I always loved the food and the warm welcome by the locals.
@@50pinkies67 I used to go to one in NewYork right off of I-80 heading west toward NJ AND PA
New Jersey has a lot of diners, no wonder why it’s called the Diner Capital of the World.
CLEAN BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND NO CELL PHONES LIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL BACK IN THOSE DAYS❤️💞🙏💯
But plenty of cigarettes being smoked. Phones are the new cigarette addiction.
Anyone can Assemble photos to be complementary or otherwise. There were probably a lot of 'Karen's' there, too!
All this is carefully staged just like a leave it to beaver episode… Noticed there isn’t a single person of color in any of these pictures either. Gee I wonder why!
@@20alphabet Did I hurt your poor feelings because I told you the truth? Newsflash for you… America has had a huge problem with racism, especially back in the 40s and 50s. But keep dismissing it and calling people like me names for bringing it up. I bet you’re a staunch make America great again guy aren’t you? In your tiny narrow minded view that means getting rid of anybody that isn’t white.
💕 Love this in all its 😊😁 smiling glory . Will never forget.
🥰 Me too!! 💖😊💖
What a country, what a culture .......👌
Back in the early sixties I ate at mama's Soul Shack best Black Diner in the hood .I'm not a race traitor, I will never eat at the white establishments !!!! Boycott white business ! spin Black dollars in the hood! I don't need your white gentrification in my Hood !
Used to be
Ah! those were the years. Thanks for the trip back in time to my happy boyhood. I just love, love your soft peace music. It is so relaxing.
Reminders also of the clothing and hairs styles of the 50's. GREAT
In the movie “Guess whose coming to dinner” SpencerTracy and Katherine Hepburn went to a drive-in in the Excelsior district in San Francisco. It was Mel’s off of Geneva and Mission Streets. I grew up a short walk from Mel’s. Many memories of good times at Mel’s. That was long time ago.
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I especially like the car-hop girl with the plume on her head.
@@lawrencemargetich9740 Didn't the malt shop that was in "Happy Days" was named Mel's?
I really miss diners.
Some great food could be found there. [ most of the time ] but still SO much better than the dog food being served up by the corporate fast food chains of today.
Come to New Jersey; home of the diners. There are at least 10 great diners near my Jersey town.
@@v-town1980 Can't remember the name, but there was a great one on the way from Philly to AC. It was either on the White or Black Horse Pike.
Very true. It was real treat to eat at these coffee shops. Our favorite burger was a simple one patty burger with grilled onions, green relish and ketchup. 25 cents. With a chocolate milk shake (35 cents) and real french fries (15 cents) , we were in seventh heaven.
I miss days like that in the 60s and 70s Jon Duggan
We just ate what tasted good. None of this Low Salt, Low Fat - No Taste Cuisine. Even in England where the other half of our family lives much of what I got to eat was cooked in “LARD.” The wrapper it came in said so.
I’m 69 and doing just fine. Diner Food here in San Rafael, California where I’ve lived since the Sixties. Not bad. But nothing like San Francisco diner food in the Fifties.
I’d kill for a Zim’s Burger right now🍔
How strange to get nostalgic for an era I never grew up in...but the culture was a part of my upbringing and I treasure that.
They dressed before they went out.
No Pajamas and track pants. Not one baseball hat on sideways.
Yes.
And underwear stayed inside one's pants!
In ours we had about 10 different flavorings that they'd put in a soda so we'd always order a cherry coke in a big glass. It was a nickel. Maybe once a year somebody would take you out and buy you a banana split. When I became a teenager I cooked at several diners and dated several waitresses. Fond memories.
John remember how the drug stores smelled??..
Mmmmmm
@@packingten how much was a banana split back then!
@@justafellowsamaritan7845 $1.25
@@justafellowsamaritan7845 I was 17 in 1956 and had an after school job at Werntz Hardware in South Bend indiana. The drug store across the street had a fountain (what we called a place with stools that served ice cream treats). My biggest decision when I went there was whether to get a chocolate Sunday for .20c or splurge and get the better hot fudge sundae at .25c. I ain't kiddin either!
@@justafellowsamaritan7845 I never considered the banana split. I knew it was out of my price range. Probably. 35c. Maybe even .40c.
I'll bet this fosters some sweet memories for a few of you.
I caught the tail end as a little kid.
My mom had a pink and white T-bird.
Yeah, I remember; and I want to go back !
Many of us would love to go back, such good and simple times.
It was God, country, family!! Where did that go?😢😢
@@tangledshoelace4726 It's still here.
I agree; and it is 'not' because I dislike
change. I guess for me it's a life that people had that I'm afraid we'll never have again.
A neighbor of ours had a rose colored 56 Studebaker President. Really sharp two tone. Another neighbor drove a 53 Kaiser that was an off yellow orange. My dad worked at Acker Chevrolet/ Allis Chalmers. They sold and serviced Chevy cars and trucks and Allis Chalmers farm equipment. I could often go to where he worked after school and watch him fix cars and look at the tractors 🚜 The OSHA brown shirts weren’t around back then so no one cared about my being there and watching.
The music is just perfect and so fitting with these videos! Great job!
This was my parents Era..people were genuine & cared about each other & these diners were nice places to meet & eat with friends & family
When America was number 1 in the world, what a great classic era.
100% agree and im not even American.
Yes, Number One in SLAVERY WORLD WIDE 🙂
@@jjg9919 Slavery is still prevalent in Africa, as it has been for millennia. Slavery has been prevalent on every continent, by every culture. The United States of America was one of the first to legally abolish slavery, following the American Civil War, and the ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865. All slavery in the United States is illegal except as punishment for a crime. It has been this way since 1865. There are still slave markets in Africa.
You need to learn what it is you are talking about before you make such bold claims of defamation. Brazil still had slavery AFTER the United States of America abolished slavery within U.S. borders. When talking about Brazil do you seek to constantly bring up slavery? I doubt it.
The 1950's were a prosperous and joyous time for many, many people. Most people from that era formed many good memories back then. It was the golden age of American exceptionalism.
America is the name of a continent that is composed of 30 countries.
@Dans Engines now it has become the great satan.
Oh how I miss those days. No cell phones or interruptions unless you had a mouthful of food when the waitress would ask "How's your food?"
I think they would do it intentionally. Watch for you to take a mouthful and come by to ask "the question."
I don't bring my cell phone every where I go I shut my cell phone before I go to bed so nobody wakes me up I've had friends say why do you shut your phone off I was trying to call you I said I don't like my sleep interrupted if you can't understand that that's not my problem people used to respect each other not wake people up with their cell phone I am not available 24 7 for anyone it's like oh well so what you can't reach me 24 hours a day with my cell phone I'm not available all the time for you or anyone else get a life crestons wife speaking
lol
They also had food and drink counters at drug stores, which we call soda fountains.
I remember those.
I bet that they weren't segregated like those in the Deep South.
@Da Big Kahuna Catfish I remember Woolworths and Grants 5&10.
@Da Big Kahuna Catfish A lunch counter at a Woolworths played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement in the South back then.
@@howellwong11 Take your racial 💩 someplace else This is about our good memories....Not the nightmare that happened to America in 1965 when we were sold out!😡
Wonderful offerings you are showing in all these quality videos...
Yes, these are great. Subscribe!
Yes just WONDERFUL.......Quality whitewashed videos showing life for the privileged white person in the 1950's....MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Where is the link to DJT twitter account???????? 😜😜😜😜
@@northalabama2264 Privileged? Tough times for all back then. Get the chip off your shoulder and treat your group better.... Lot of room for improvement there.
WOW...PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY EATING AND TALKING WITHOUT THIER CELL PHONES...
Yeah, think about that.
I know amazing We need that back
Even a diner in 2005 would show people talking to each other. You couldn't stare at your flip phone.
@@rubygreta1 What about a diner in 2011?
You don't have to go back to the 50's. Watch the coffee bar scenes in Friends from the 1990's. A totally different world.
Yes! Freedom! No cell phones no texting life without the internet. The better days of social interaction. This is the life I truly want again. People surviving without cell phones glued to their hands and ears. I can't be around certain people anymore because their always on the phone all the time.
To fall in love with such a beautiful aesthetic but also understanding the very real depiction that I would’ve never been allowed to eat there is so heartbreaking.
Yes. The ugly underbelly. Yet, the sit in’s non violent while massively effective.
We had one in Chandler, Arizona called "The Nip and Sip." It was a few doors from the laundry mat called 'Duds in Suds."
Catchy. Were they owned by the same proprietor?
Wasn't that a topless bar?
Love these photos! I wish I could go back in time, life seemed simpler then
People looked so civil!
And they were more civil on the great whole.
There was a rail car conforted to a diner in a town near where I used to live.. I was 4 maybe 5 I remember loved going there with my parents and I always got curly fries.
Merchants and restaurants were something to be admired and focused on when I was a kid and we got to go out with our mother every so often..Everything looked so different back then and it was like everyone knew everybody and the greeting sand service you got was special..miss those days.
I miss these places! The food was FRESH, good, and cheap. Drug stores and 5&dimes also had lunch counters. They made the food to order (it hadn't been sitting around for who-knows-how-long). You could order stuff that today's youngsters don't know existed like chocolate cokes (a squirt of chocolate syrup in a glass of coke), ice cream sodas, or cherry cokes. It was great!
Formica tables i like them (if i'm correct thats what the shining easy to clean hard coatings were on many tables in50s 60s)
Growing up in a Levitt house we had those Formica counters.
That material is still made, and on the designs popular back in the fifties. There's a retro diner in Middleboro Massachusetts called "Dave's" that has it, along with plenty of chrome, bright red trimmings and retro advertising. Really good food, too.
@@samanthab1923 Nothing they've invented since works better.
and Formaldehyde, don't leave that off.......easy to clean and easy to poison....wasn't it GREAT??????????????? 😜😜😜
I really liked the in-the-booth jukebox page-turning songlists and 10-cents, and 3-for-a-quarter 45's we played. Coffee was great, and each booth had a large clear glass sugar container, clear glass salt & pepper shakers, and a clear glass ashtray. The stools were for a quick stop & sip.
Going out or anything wasn't taken for granted-
My visit to the ice cream parlor on a daily basis getting off the train after school was a daily routine & big deal for me ! ♡♡♡
Mel's Drive In on Sunset Blvd (3:46) has reverted to Car hops on roller skates during Covid!
There are still plenty of real diners around. Rt 17 near Ho Hocus NJ has a great one. Their menu is gigantic and the food is fresh. Whenever we visit family up there we stop at least once.
When the Southcenter mall in Seattle was first opened there were 3 department stores (JC Penney, Bon Marche (became Macys), and Frederick & Nelson (became Sears). There was a diner (counter with round swivel stools) on the 2nd floor of Frederick & Nelson. My GF in 1974 took me there to get a Frango shake. Best shake I ever had. And best GF too!!!
Hey Hubbs, there were no cell phones then. Communicating was straight forward and fun.
No smart phones then but "Pay Phones" were everywhere. You had to carry "change" if you had to make a lot of calls . There were also plenty of Post Office mail boxes everywhere if you had to "mail a letter" i.e. "snail mail". Memories of a pre-Internet world gone forever...
💞 Keeping all my wonderful memories close in my heart...Forever. Great and Happy Times.💞🥰
And communicating could be omitted entirely with a simple "couldn't find a phone".
@@cleawox "This is urgent but "Long Distance" is so expensive. I will have to send xxx a "Telegram" by Western Union...
Yes I agree Carl Much more in person. I see my therapist IN PERSON do NOT Even do a phone call
Hi Recollection Road, thank you for the memories, thank you for this slideshow of Americana... Thank you for bringing many of us (Veterans) back of a time of peace, innocence and serenity. May be it will remind an ungrateful generation that our country is/was worth fighting for. Peace be with you, Ciao, L
Thank you for your service.
@@summerrose4286 You are welcome Summer Rose - thank you for the nice words. Ciao, L
The thing is - to them at that time - this was just normal, every day life. Now we watch it today and wish we could travel back in time to experience it.
It's/ true....travel back....
In the early to mid 50's our pharmacy had a soda fountain counter. In the early 60' I ate many a lunch at Woolworth's lunch counter. I had all but forgotten those wonderful times and early experiences in my life!
I remember how neat we were. Our hair and our cloths were always starched and ironed.
Born in the early 60s. My Mom worked at a diner in Etobicoke, Ontario when I was 5. Arbritete counters, swivels stools covered in red nagahide, shake machine, Coke machine, pie fridge . . . The whole 9 yards. It was in a plaza right across the road from where we lived and my kindergarten school was behind it. I went from school to the diner and home with Mom for dinner with Dad & my brother. I still have 4 or 5 of ice cream cups from that diner and guard them with my life. Everytime i use one, i picture that diner.
Thank you for the trip, back to a slower pace in life.
My mom used to take me to a diner for a grilled hamburger back in the late 50's. They don't have hamburgers like that anymore. You could smell them cooking on the grill a half a block away.
Near where my childhood home was, there was a drive in called the "Trickle-Inn" We could smell the burgers and french fried from 3 blocks away.
My mom could take me RIGHT BY a diner and I could smell the grilled hamburgers in the 50's too, BUT we couldn't go past the WHITE ONLY sign........so I could keep smelling them a block away as we walked.....happy memories
@@northalabama2264 omg cry me a river. Ur prob not even black are u? Some bored snowflake coming to piss on everyone else’s parade bc ur empty and bankrupt inside
In Canada in 1958 there was a drive in take- out place called the Burger Baron in Calgary, Alberta, where I grew up. They were open Sundays and the hamburgers and cheeseburgers were so tasty that people would line up in their cars for 2 blocks down the street ( a major road). I remember the owner found a way to somehow blow the aroma of their grilled food out of the restaurant and the smell was like heaven. I still remember it! I was 8 years old. It drove people right out of their minds, and then of course A and W and MacDonalds came to town 10 years later and it all changed. The Nostalgia makes me feel sad and longing for a slower time when a person could revel in their lives the way the alluring aroma of the burgers was all you really needed to feel happy. For us children of the fifties we were privy to a great time and place to watch our lives unfold.
They would grill the bun in fat from the patty .
what a great short. You did a wonderful job. I'd really love to see you take this to another level and actually have someone talking about the diners instead of just a slideshow and title cards. As a powerpoint presentation its awesome, but it could also be made into a wonderful short documentary.
YES, to show at the next NEO NAZI rally! OR a republican convention! How about CPAC? Whitewashed MAGA history at it's best!
@@northalabama2264 The Democrat Party's history includes slavery, the KKK, and Jim Crow laws.
We are all about dead from that era or we cant remember. Better hurry if you want it narrated.
Really nice pics. Thanks. I spent my first 25 years in New Jersey,where diners were pretty common.
The carhop at 4:38 is absolutely beautiful.
Tony thinks so too.
Easy! That's my Grandma!
@@randallmarsh1187 if she's still alive tell her some guy on RUclips said she was beautiful.
I miss the old fashion counters we had them thru the 1970’s but then the drug store counters disappeared. My mother worked at a Woolworth counter. I remember the old fountains, the old paper Dixie cups that were held in metal holders. Things were so much better back then.
I was a busboy at the Woolworth's lunch counter in West Covina, Ca. in 1970.
Nice pictures of the 1950's Diner's. My childhood was the 1970's so this obviously was before my time. But my parent's could relate to these scenes ! Thank you for upload. :)
There are still diners especially in the mid Atlantic and NE states. I know of several in the Philly, NJ area. Some have expanded, but they serve the same kind of food.
Back when I was around 14 years old in 1974 there was this place in my hometown called the Hilltop Cafe. Small town northern Minnesota. The place was run by this mom & daughter combo, and they had the absolute best cheeseburger, fries & malted milkshake that I've never experienced again. Sadly, they went out of business a few years later, but many fond memories. I think the place was in an old railcar, but I seem to recall something more like a refurbished Silver-Stream RV. At least from the outside. Inside was a counter with stools.
I ate lunch daily at the cafe counter in Woolworth's at 5th and B in San Digo for seven years. In the 60's. Never had a bad meal Good food, great service always clean too.
Back in the 50's and 60's my dad had a drug store right on main street. It had a 'lunch' counter not unlike Woolworths at the time. I remember it being always busy and the menu being basic but all home cooked with prices that reflected value....good food, large portions, a low price. He was very successful. God bless you dad!
Good food, good service, and a functional eating establishment. Much better than so many theme restaurants popular today.
And not a black or mexican person in sight.....those were the days!
@@northalabama2264 Well, I live in Canada, so there were not many blacks where I lived and certainly no Mexicans. But being Canadian, it wouldn’t have bothered me if there were. I can’t whether your being racist or just stupid.
@@northalabama2264 the U.S. was 90% white back in the 50s so what are the odds of seeing a black person in a diner?
I loved the fifties music that played continuously on car radios as we cruised the city Main Street. Sweet memories of a bygone day.
Why did the US go from dinner to fast food? I LOVED dinners! Sad, I wasn't around in the 50s. My experiences were late 60s and 70s.
I live just south of Chattanooga. There was a dinner on the TN/GA line. Roy's, but it closed a few years ago. There are few restaurants and many fast food.
When I was young (around 18) I wanted to work at a dinner, but where I lived there was none. So I worked for Pizza Hut (through the 80s) Back then I learned a lot about the inner workings and understand WHY Pizza Hut died down.
Ditto re. late 60's.
Fast food was cheaper. If you couldn't afford a meal at a diner you could get a cheap hamburger for 15 cents.
I enjoy your videos more with your light touch of narration…still enjoyable. Keep up the great content! Do love the subtle ocean waves in background…soothing.
That was a neat time in history. Those diners looked like a great experience. The women were gorgeous. NO TATTOOS! I was born in the 1980s... But there is one thing I remember too that would have been in the diners that is not so nice. Smoking. No smoking in restaurants is a big step forward despites all the seemingly giant leaps backwards nowadays.
I'd give anything to be in a booth with grandpa and let him smoke to his hearts content
@@optitom9033 He probably did.
I once saw a "funny" greeting card about tattoos. Two old men are sitting on a park bench looking at the tattoos on each other's arms. One observer of this says to another observer, "They're trying to guess what each other's tattoos are." The idea being that when you get old and wrinkly, the tattoo gets distorted and ugly. Something to think about before you get that tattoo I guess.
Smoking would have eventually gone away without embracing all of the crap we have now.
Smoking was just something people had been doing forever and when they found out about the health risks it was already a huge part of their life so they couldn’t quit.
Sadly smoking is making a comeback in younger populations, so we didn’t even get rid of that.
@@dutchmayer6725 I just heard that they're going to open cannibus lounges in New York, I guess the wacko libs find that second hand pot is healthy but any other second hand smoke will kill you, show how twisted their minds barely function, sick power hungry idiots
Much Appreciation for these 'windows' into a Far More calm, ROL, stable & attractive world. Was born in the 50's; am now deeply appreciating all that I was a part of..then. A relatively calm, optimistic zeitgeist.
Thank you.🌹
used to be in a drug store...great shakes and burgers...life was good and simple
I remember the way that the drugstores smelled,remember those rotating displays of Cashews&other nut they were heated,you could weigh yourself for a penney,get a Chocolate Soda from the fountain,but my face was a Cherry soda mmmm...
@@packingten I too remember the smells...that was ALL I remember about some of the drugstores and diners since I was black and we were not allowed to sit in them in 1950's and early 1960's....BUT, they sure SMELLED good!
@NorthAlabama....My voice was Loud and clear back then..Still will voice out Against hate.... Racism. Many of us tried our very best . We must always love one another. Stronger Together....Love and Peace to all...Always.💞✌️🥰
@@northalabama2264 Hey, and now you can have those places closed by even imagining someone was "racist" towards you; Way to go; your race card comes with many benefits.
Nice. Those diners were like the coffee places today. Very social pass time places that just make people happy.
People sure dressed nicely and took pride in the way they looked. We seemed to have lost that completely.
Great site, keep the content coming. I remember Diners well. Miss the great conversations. Three things stand out, no phones, ( so the conversation), the way folks dressed, and ( I’ll be the jerk here), weight.
And not black or foreign person in sight....oh what precious "memories" from the fictionalized wonderful segregated time!
@@northalabama2264 You need counseling.
Every day I hope and pray for a time machine to take me back to those days!!!
Collect diner postcards. Think happy thoughts of Americana.
What strikes me is how neatly dressed the young women and men were. Today many young people are covered in tattoos, have rings on their noses or mouths, and wear ripped clothing.
You’re only seeing those in the photo, there was also another world away from the friendly camera
@@joebarbjb6668 I was away from the "friendly" camera and never saw a tat, body piercings or intentionally torn clothing.
Yes now "Women " look like Popeye the sailor!.
I agree its gross
Back in the day "youth" was a short period of time and "adolescence" had not been invented yet. If you survived your childhood you became an adult and was expected to look , dress and act like one as soon as possible. Life was short. Nowadays, with extended life spans, at least in the "developed world", people want to be and be seen as "youthful" for as long as possible.
Awesome. Back when America was still America. Still an almost unbelievable place to be from, and to live in.
My city had 2 Diners plus the absolute best Chinese restaurant I’ve ever eaten in.
Just wanted you to know that you have a great selection of images from bygone years.
Grew up in the 80’s, but I gotta say the 50’s sure had some pretty, classy ladies. “Hubba Hubba!”
Might have your Mom or Grandma, Marty - Hubba Dubba!
Eagle Drug Store, Prescott, AZ, Mike's Diner, Glendale, AZ, Mohawk Diner, Mohawk, NY...I worked at all of these and loved every minute of it. Those were the days!
I remember those times it was better by far than it is now I wonder why it all changed what a real shame
I know!! Sometimes I feel like I fell down the rabbit hole!!🤯😱😳
Yes...those wonderful segregated, misogynistic, homophobic glorious fun filled days....for straight white people all over America....MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 😢😢😢😢
@@tangledshoelace4726 And you are still there..........................
Yes, why didn't that "back to Africa" or "America: love it or leave it" campaign work???? WELL maybe the MAGA will work out after all and this country will be BETTER again! 😜😜
Drugs and flower children here in California, they grew up and are now our idiot politicians on both sides
I was a kid in the 50s and worked in diners in the early 60s. It was a simpler time. I miss it.
Those were the GOOD OLD DAYS !!!!! I remember alot of these way of life. 😀✌
There isn't a black person in sight! Why would anyone scream racism? THIS is how white people WANT this period to be portrayed, try living it as a black person.....I DID and I was born in 1954. Got spat on at a cute little Woolworth's lunch counter in 1963 in Birmingham Alabama.....I TOO remember a lot about these "ways of life"
@@northalabama2264 I sorry for what happened to you by ignorance, but the video here is to see the beautiful of the dining at that period of time in USA, was a great time for the country, even that these kind of issues happened in parts of the South, the live was way better them than now, where everything is about hate and division, the video was great, if you don’t like it, go to a different channel, where they talk about racism the 100% of their videos
Wonderful memories, awesome video.
Being in Australia, we never had anything like this, so I love looking at all these pics. If I get to the US one day, cant wait to go to a diner. 👏🇦🇺
You are better off staying where you are. Trust me, America is now in the toilet.
Get your kicks on route 66.
Those days are gone,unfortunately.Frankly,Australia is more livable these days,from what I gather.
@@Fugazinome You're both Romanticizing each others country. The truth is both are grieving the loss of joy in Western society due to globalism generally.
@@Fugazinome not if you are in Victoria I’m afraid. Total disaster here atm on so many levels, would leave if we could, but have carer responsibilities.😩
I remember our Sears store had a diner at the rear of the store. My mom would buy us burgers and then we'd go visit my grandmother who lived a couple blocks away. Emotional memories here.
I was not around in the 50's, but seemed like such simpler times before the world got in a big hurry. In the 80's though in my hometown we had a few mom and pop type restaurants and diners they were great places for good food and meeting up with friends.
Sure brings back good memories when things were good in America. Thanks
I remember that America and miss it. I make no apologies for that sentiment. You can have the lab rat experiment this country has turned into.
I was born 20 years too late, but my folks grew up this decade. People seem so much more respectful and classy as a whole back then. I grew up in the 80’s, and I could tell things were starting to get weird. The teachers I had in high school grew up in this era, and they were solid as a rock. Iconic generation of people in my view. They were tough as railroad spikes , yet so classy compared to the average person today. High 5 to these people.
@@jgringo5516 Today,people conflate class with money. People conflate someone who strives to be a gentleman or a lady, as being pretentious or worse, "privileged." The left, which hates class distinctions, or distinctions of any kind,pushes for this deductive approach towards bringing down everyone, and everything down
To the lowest common denominator. Which is why even people who are affluent and wealthy, dress like ditch diggers, and talk like merchant marines. Back in the 50s, even a soda jerk had more class then what you see out there now.
Yes......for WHITE ONLY diners.
@@luissantiago8446 True...today there are STILL some who conflate class with money....look at Donald Trump!.....no, scratch that, nobody could be THAT stupid! WELL???? 😜😜
I remember the little mini juke boxes on your booth table.
You can't help but notice how THIN everybody is in this video.
Now people don't want to wait more than one or two minutes to get their food... HMMMMM 🤔
These places have the best food.
I remember car hops on roller skates. Just can't remember the drive-in.
Beautiful and crisp photography.
Yes, these were indeed, good, fun times. A different era.
I remember these diners ! There are a few left in the US and Csnada . Good times!
You can still buy fully furnished diners like this brand new. I was shocked when I found that out. I'm surprised more people don't buy those..
I missed the 50s but I remember the waitresses in Woolworth’s. Always impeccably dressed in their waitress uniform with a little hanky in their pocket. The food was always good!
THANK YOU for these wonderful videos!
In the town where I was born and raised, Mount Carroll, Illinois, there was a diner called the "Y-Knot" They also had a filling station. They had a sign over the place that said "EAT OIL GAS" Used to make my dad laugh thinking about "eating oil and gas" :-0 It was also a truck stop.
I know where Mt Carroll, is ! I lived in ILLINOIS. Not so great now.
Lovin' the music! Very Vince Guaraldi. Sounds great! Putting me in a good mood. Like no school cause it's Thanksgiving or Christmas. Wonderful Slideshow!