POCO MOCO Reunion  August 3-4, 2002

1950's Memories…

Please note: Some items from 1960 were included for the guests attending from that year.

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Scans of Moody High School pins supplied by Marylyn Wingrove (nee Olds) grad of 1959.

Fads & Toys:

hula hoops • dolls • doll houses • paper dolls • metal gas stations • cardboard punch-out buildings • pedal cars • toy record players • coloring books • cowboy & cowgirl outfits • comic books • Dr. Suess books • space toys • Monopoly • Parcheesi • Mechano • Lincoln Logs • cupie dolls • panda bears • pennants • jacks • marbles • pick-up sticks • sling shots • paddle balls • Tiddlywinks • View Master • Magic Lantern • Yo-Yos • Scrabble • Matchbox cars • trains • anti anti I over • kick the can • go go go stop • hopscotch • pin the tail on the donkey • blind man's bluff • friendship rings • autograph books • checkers • Snakes & Ladders •  Teen Town • Pro-rec exercises •

Lifestyle:

bowling • roller skating • dancing • Jiving • Jitterbugging • Twisting • the Stroll • basketball • baseball • party lines • milkman • fish man • ice man • ice cream man • advent of  TV • church • cruising • going steady • sock-hops • junior and senior proms • getting pinned • rock and roll music • malt shops • movies • drive-in restaurants • Brylcreem • home perms • bobby pins • lipstick • 78's and 45's • magnetic tape machines • portable radios • electric clocks • fin tail cars • convertibles • crank phones • Woodwards • Sweet Sixteen shops • Sally shops • gravel roads • no home mail delivery  • baseball cards • Double Bubble gum • jaw breakers • honeycomb decorations • crepe paper • Bendix washing machines • CKNW radio • walking • bicycling • swimming in the inlet • Pleasantside store • horseback riding • smoking • pinball machines • pop-up toaster • electric kettles • electric coffee pots •

Food:

Jell-O • TV dinners • Ovaltine • frozen vegetables • pop in bottles • milk in bottles • sweetened condensed  milk • white margarine • instant pudding • evaporated milk • boxed cake mixes • homegrown vegetables • donuts • Coke • Orange Crush • 7-Up • Hires root beer • Canada Dry Ginger Ale • cold cereal • hamburgers • chips • floats •

Out & About:

Five-and-dime stores • shoe repair stores • candy stores • drug stores • Super Value • downtown shopping • window shopping • Woodwards • Woolworths • Kresgies • Army & Navy • Eatons • Hudson's Bay Co. • Simpsons • street cars • beauty parlors • roller rinks  • bowling alley • barber shops • beer parlors • drive-in restaurants • drive-in theatres • White Spot • Empire Stadium • the Forum • Stanley Park • Swan's Point • boat cruise to Bowen Island • Belcarra Park • White Rock • Crescent Beach • Boundary Bay • Cultus Lake • Queen's Park • camping • day trips • PNE • Nat Bailey Stadium • Harry's Night Spot • The Cave • cars trips • train trips • circus • The Prom • Pop's Cafe •

News:

Korean War • Polio vaccine works  • Sputnik • US gains two new states • James Dean dies • Elvis • Barbie • Frisbee • drive-ins • hula hoops • Rosa Parks • Cold War • death of King George the VI • Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II • DNA structure discovered • first computer chip patented • baby boom •



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