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Sancho

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8. In 62-62, we built a bomb shelter in our back yard!!! Really, concrete and everything.

Reply to Crabby Appleton (Original post)

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 09:21 AM

Feb 2013

All I wanted to do was go to school and play with my beagle (which was more fun than playing with my brother). I remember the family drills in case of an attack. I think it was 68 when I registered for the draft. Very scary...

Growing up in Charleston, SC I didn't notice how racist everything was until I got out of the South. Wow.

I won't be around, but 50 years from today we're going to appear just as stupid: the war in Iraq, destroying the planet, denying health care. Someone will say, "What were they thinking?!"

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50 Years Ago: The World in 1963 [View all] Crabby Appleton Feb 2013 OP

Wow! Ten cent coffee! FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #1

And 30 cents for a gallon of gas pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #3

That does SO not belong there! krispos42 Feb 2013 #2

"No Coke, Pepsi" Gorp Feb 2013 #39

So many of those photos from my home town. K&R trof Feb 2013 #4

I've visited the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #13

The picture has NOTHING to do with the price of coffee, soda, or pie DainBramaged Feb 2013 #5

Yes, the intent of the series of photos is quite clear FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #9

So... 1963 was kind of a sucky year, huh? RevStPatrick Feb 2013 #6

If you had a clue about history DainBramaged Feb 2013 #10

If I had a clue about history??? RevStPatrick Feb 2013 #12

Instead of attacking another DU poster, try doing a little reading on your own.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #17

What was the "word"? MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #22

On November 22nd 1963, I was playing softball in the school yard DainBramaged Feb 2013 #23

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #36

So sad DainBramaged Feb 2013 #41

What a heart wrenching trip down memory lane... annabanana Feb 2013 #7

In 62-62, we built a bomb shelter in our back yard!!! Really, concrete and everything. Sancho Feb 2013 #8

Wow just WOW. What a trip down memory lane. That little TV in the 6th picture? Autumn Feb 2013 #11

Can you imagine how terrifying that must have been for her? Squinch Feb 2013 #14

The Sixties were a perfect storm of events historically focusing on the US. Divernan Feb 2013 #15

Yep, I remember those times so well living in the DC area. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #16

What a bittersweet year... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #18

OK, those made me cry. I remember all of them. The Civil Rights movement, Nam, and the sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #19

Barbaric. And in my freakin' lifetime!! Ishoutandscream2 Feb 2013 #20

What the hell happened to Clint Howard? sadbear Feb 2013 #21

He's still around LeftInTX Feb 2013 #30

That's exactly what I'm talking about. sadbear Feb 2013 #33

Amazing to think that all of history that happened in 1963, the year I was born! Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #24

the year I got married at age 18 and moved to Alabama. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #37

German Chocolate Cake? brooklynite Feb 2013 #25

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #26

Thank you for the reminder life long demo Feb 2013 #27

Nice find, Crabby Appleton. A wonderful, wonderful collection of photographs. n/t pampango Feb 2013 #28

1963 is considered Dpm12 Feb 2013 #29

Excellent!!! LeftInTX Feb 2013 #31

Closets thing to a time machine we have now uponit7771 Feb 2013 #32

You have captured many moments, but not really what each meant specifically. U-girl Feb 2013 #34

People were a *lot* better dressed back then. reformist2 Feb 2013 #35

The year of my birth B2G Feb 2013 #38

We were both a little young back then. Gorp Feb 2013 #40

Photos #32 & #33 DemoTex Feb 2013 #42