Today is Day 23 of the March Slice of Life – the daily writing challenge hosted at “Two Writing Teachers”.
As part of a study of picture books that I have been participating in this month (visit here), I read “Once Upon a Memory” by Nina laden and illustrated by Renata Liwska yesterday.
It was written as a series of questions and focused on what do we remember. It was the the last page though that captured me the most. Both the author and illustrator listed some of their favourite things to remember.
So many of the slicers have used lists in many different ways and I have done as well. I decided to look back and create a list poem of thins I remember from my early years – many of the things that we do not use or even have now.
I remember
Saddle shoes
Tunics
Penny loafers
I remember
Desks with ink wells
The strap
Walking over a mile to school, 4 times a day
I remember
Roll call
Singing “God Save the Queen”
Saying the Lord’s Prayer
I remember
Typewriters
Slide rules
Floppy disks
I remember
Monopoly marathons
Hoola hoops
Hopscotch
I remember
Party lines
Rotary dial phones
Unlocked doors
I remember
The Friendly Giant
Captain Kangaroo
Mr. Ed
I remember
Ed Sullivan
Elvis Presley
James Dean
I remember
8 Track
Beta
VHS
I remember
Transistor radios
Cassettes
Slide projectors
Do you???
Beverley A Baird 
I loved reading your slice. There were so many things that triggered memories of my own. I will definitely have to try this! Thank you for inspiring me!
Thanks Jen. It makes me feel old though! lol
Yes!!! Most of them…no tunics or straps…”America” instead of God Save the Queen”…only walked one year, and it was much shorter…how about 45’s and LP’s (records)/
forgot about the 45s! I used to get one a week for a while.
I enjoyed this post! I do remember many of the things on your list! I had an 8-track stereo that looked like a jukebox and had colored disco lights that lit up along with the beat. How could I forget that? Thanks for reminding me.
Once I started they list just kept growing.
Sad to admit, but I remember many of those same items. Wonder if kids today will have cell phones and iPads on their I Remember list. I remember playing outside from morning to evening, coming in only for meals.
I remember playing outside all day as well Elsie. as well. My kids are in their 30s now and I remember calling them at supper and they’d been out all day. Kids now adays don’t experience that for many reasons.
This is a wonderful slice! Loving the “power of three” you used! Some of your list left me to think and wonder…those are sometimes the best kinds!! You could take any of these ideas and write other slices so it is also a great strategy for students! Thank you!
Dana
Thanks Dana. The older we get the longer the list of “What on earth is that?”
Loved your post and the trip down memory lane. I, too, remember most of these things! Thanks for sharing a great idea for a slice.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
So many of your “I remember”s are mine, too – such fun to read.
Once I started the ideas kept coming. Rally makes me feel old – but also glad that I experienced most of them.
Love this post…The categories of threes are great idea! You have marked you stretch on the timeline of history. The “strap” has me asking..Is that a “razor strap” (That is what my mamma threatened to use) The “unlocked doors caught my attention too.
The strap was used in schools – I never got it but the threat was always there! We didn’t need to keep our doors looked until we moved to Toronto. Now I always do!
I remember most of those things too. What a difference compared to today!
That’s for sure. Sad in a way that our children look at those things and scratch their head and think us old!