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!
My earliest memories always involve my older brother. He was my best friend. We fought like cats and dogs, but we were thick as thieves. Then one day, my mother and I walked him to school. He got to stay and I didn’t. I was devastated! I always thought of myself as the smarter one; I knew my ABCs, my address, my phone number (both ways, too—Commodore 4-0241 and CO-4-0241). I don’t remember what I did without him. Then he joined Boy Scouts, and of course they wouldn’t let me in. No fair! But I sure got a kick out of reading his Boys’ Life magazines. I wanted so badly to attend one of those faraway summer camps listed in the back. Well, believe it or not, one of our…
COMMUNITY COOKING Bake sales, fish fries, pancake breakfasts, spaghetti dinners. Do you remember the big church gatherings? Picnics? Potlucks? Did you cook, prep or clean up? Share your tale with us. Label your story “Community Cooking.” PRIZED COLLECTIONS What starts as a single purchase can evolve quickly into a roomful of tchotchkes. Collections are a true passion. Tell us about yours. Label your story “Prized Collections.” GIRL SCOUT COOKIES The Girl Scouts have been selling cookies to foster the entrepreneurial spirit in youngsters for 100 years. We can’t decide which was better: buying or selling them. What do you think? And did you have a favorite flavor? Thin Mints? Do-si-dos? Label your story “Girl Scout Cookies.” HEROES AT HOME What makes a hero? Maybe it’s a military vet who lives…
As NASA got closer to sending a man to the moon, Vietnam rumbled in Asia. American families escaped to television, watching new comedies such as Bewitched, The Addams Family and Gilligan’s Island. (For those who wanted military lite, there was Gomer Pyle: USMC—the Marine Corps-theme show that never mentioned Vietnam.) The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits and other U.K. acts took America by storm. And companies brought Diet Pepsi, Sharpie markers, G.I. Joe action figures and eight-track tapes to the marketplace. JAN. 1 Time Magazine recognizes President Lyndon B. Johnson as its Man of the Year. JAN. 11 The Surgeon General reports for the first time that smoking cigarettes may be hazardous to health. JAN. 20 Sports Illustrated releases its first swimsuit edition featuring model Babette March on the…
The “British Invasion,” a musical charge led by the Beatles, brought a boatload of English artists to America—19 musicians found fame here in 1964 alone. Yet most American fans fail to recognize Texan Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holly’s influence on the scene. As Liverpool teenagers, Paul McCartney and John Lennon spent afternoons dissecting Holly’s songs, strumming guitars and rearranging his chord structures while swapping his trademark hiccups. From those sessions emerged dozens of tunes. “At least the first 40 songs we wrote were Buddy Holly-influenced,” says McCartney. Starting as the Quarrymen in 1957, they became the Beatles in 1960, their insect-inspired name a twist on Holly’s band, the Crickets. Holly’s influence extended to other English groups as well. The Rolling Stones’ first American hit, “Not Fade Away,” was a cover of…
BEST PICTURE OSCAR Tom Jones TOP TV DRAMA EMMY The Defenders, CBS TOP TV COMEDY EMMY The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS SONG OF THE YEAR GRAMMY “Days of Wine and Roses,” Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER, FICTION The Centaur by John Updike CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Harper) BEST-SELLING ALBUM Hello, Dolly! (Original Broadway Cast) TOP FICTION BEST-SELLER The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré MOST POPULAR TOY G.I. Joe, $4, by Hasbro…
For music fans, 1964 stands out as the year the Beatles landed on American soil and opened the door to an influx of rock and pop acts from across the pond in the phenomenon known as the British Invasion. How many of these U.K. bands and their chart-topping songs from 1964’s Billboard Hot 100 do you recall? 1 Written by Paul McCartney, the poignant song “A World Without Love” became a No. 1 hit for this British duo on June 27. 2 They laughed all the way to the bank when “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” reached No. 4 on July 4. 3 The Animals were said to have recorded this venerable tune (which hit No. 1 on Sept. 5) in one take. Some say the song is…
