Relax, Laugh and Remember with Reminisce Magazine. Each issue is a "time capsule" of life from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's filled with reader-written stories, pictures from the past, embarrassing moments, ads from the Old Days and much more!
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I could never have done what my mom did. There, I said it. She raised seven kids in a tiny Cape Cod on Chicago’s South Side while my dad worked and often went on weeks-long business trips. My mom’s influence held us together through thick and thin. So much of what she taught me helped me raise my two sons. In fact, I often found myself repeating words I knew I’d heard somewhere before. Check out our Mother’s Day story on page 36, complete with some memorable musings from one pretty matter-of-fact mom. While raising children, you often get to see the world through their eyes. My older son played baseball and so felt compelled to teach me to properly throw a ball. Our collection of stories in “Play Ball”…
BEST TV DAD Was your dad as fun, witty and wise as Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show? Maybe he was more even-keeled, like Howard Cunningham (far left) on Happy Days or Leave It to Beaver’s Ward Cleaver. Tell us who your favorite TV dad was and why. Label your story “Best TV Dad.” SUMMER CAMP Crafts, canoes, campfires, letters home—what reminds you most of summer camp? Did you go to camp? What kind? Were you homesick or was it the time of your life? Give us a glimpse. Label your story “Summer Camp.” FOURTH OF JULY We want to hear from vets who served, here or abroad, on the Fourth of July. Let us know how you celebrated your patriotism. Share those moments with us. Label your story…
Summer of Love, Age of Aquarius—whatever you call it, 1967 was marked by turmoil and change. The U.S. was embroiled in the Vietnam War, with our troops in the region totaling more than 500,000. Anti-war demonstrations erupted coast to coast. The Supreme Court decreed mixed-race marriages constitutional; DNA was created in a test tube. Television pitched comedy, variety and intrigue, while music rocked us with the British Invasion, Sonny and Cher—one of music’s first power duos—and Billboard’s top female vocalist, Aretha Franklin. More highlights included: JAN. 7 Reality show The Newlywed Game premieres on ABC. JAN. 27 A fire during testing of the Apollo I Command Module kills its crew: Roger Chaffee, Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Edward White. FEB. 22 U.S. launches Operation Junction City in Vietnam; C-130s and some…
As hippies came of age in the Summer of Love, their music reflected the creativity and experimentation that went along with social upheaval. Rock lovers look back on ’67 as a banner year, when fresh voices and veteran musicians exploded expectations with brave new sounds. Do you know these now-iconic LPs and their artists? The debut album by the son 1 of a protest singer of the ’30s and ’40s featured an 18-minute title track about a diner. 2 The debut by an unparalleled American guitarist included a hit penned, mostly in haste, backstage at a London nightclub. 3 Another debut, this self-titled album had a beloved anthem about, in part, a girl’s complexion. 4 This album by a British blues band, above, had a power hit punctuated by massive…
November 1966 found the Beatles in London’s Abbey Road Studios starting work on an album about their Liverpool childhoods. However, in February of 1967 producer George Martin unexpectedly released their first two tracks—“Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever”—as the band’s next single. So much for the project! Martin soon realized that the situation now offered an opportunity for the Beatles to create a glorious stew of experimental music. What followed were 700 studio hours of unrestrained productivity, boundary-busting and often drug-fueled, with Martin pioneering several recording techniques on his then state-of-the-art four-track tape deck. Five months later, the question arose: How to tie together all this groundbreaking but rather disparate music? Paul McCartney suggested that they dress in old-time marching band uniforms and play hip psychedelia. They would become the…
