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Hi all,
I grew up in the Metropolitan
and suburban Milwaukee WI area in the 50s and 60s. Living in a large city
( yea, well, Milwaukee was big to me)environment with lots of people and
traffic, left me with lots of memories of hot cars, loud side pipes,
windhield visors, fins, spinners, baby moons, custom rods, hide-away antennae,
chopped tops and louvered hoods, car clubs, club jackets, Betty Boop,
poodle skirts, bobby socks, Wow...the list can go on and
on.
I like the posters and
pics, real photos or an artists version of those days long gone.
Just because some guy puts neon stars and a 57 Fury on a poster, isn't a reason
to doubt how life was in the fifties...nor was Leave it to Beaver the way it was
across America! I can't remember my mother cooking dinner for our family
in a cocktail dress and a full line of jewelry tying her
down. Believe it or not, not everyone in
mid-America got a new car with each new TV season!
Here in our little burg in
central WI we call home, there is an A&W that I can remember from my
childhood days when we vacationed in this neck of the woods. On the walls
they have old photos of the original little A&W and some 50s cars being
served by the car hops. I can remember the 50's, and some from the
60's and on through to todays larger more modern facilities. I like these
the best out of all memorabilia from the past, because it shows a true picture
of what I can remember of the past. (of course there were days I don't
want to recall...I didn't just get the leave it to Beaver...go to your room
discipline, the stuff I got stung a bit)
Anyhow, those of us from the
past and still of sound mind (personal opinion) to remember how it really
was..."when and where we grew up"... can enjoy a newer version of 57 Heaven
posters, old car pics, memories of past girl friends...(maybe,)
our old cars, local police, and even presidential races...it doesn't make
anyones preference right or wrong.
One picture I wish I had, was
the one of a 58 4 dr.Chevy after it fell sideways off the car hauler when the
ramps tipped over in front of Cosgrove Chevrolet in West Allis
WI. I used to watch them unload the new cars there as a kid and I saw that
happen! I always wonder if that guy lost his job!
John in WI
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