Forgotten Items In 1980s Homes!

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
  • The 1980s had numerous items that could be found in homes. These were things that we loved at the time, but eventually, the trends changed and we discarded those items. In this video we will have a look back some forgotten items in 1980s homes
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  • @MStargazer-sl2ru
    @MStargazer-sl2ru Před 3 měsíci +1125

    Anyone else feel it was a privilege being a kid in the 80s and a teen/young adult in the 90s? 😊

  • @my6732
    @my6732 Před 3 měsíci +440

    I miss those days. I want to go back

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +5

      Thank you for watching my6732!

    • @nathanday2595
      @nathanday2595 Před 3 měsíci +22

      "I wanna go back...and do it all over, but I can't go back, I know."- Eddie Money

    • @hsuehhs1
      @hsuehhs1 Před 3 měsíci +3

      But you do go you have erase all the memories from now to the 80’s or it wouldn’t work because if you go back in time to the 80’s knowing what would in the future you might have hard time enjoying the past.

    • @YOUARESOFT.
      @YOUARESOFT. Před 3 měsíci

      thats why nostalgia is so important@@nathanday2595

    • @user-pn9db8sm5w
      @user-pn9db8sm5w Před 3 měsíci +9

      I'll go with you, I miss so many things.

  • @jayalexander3356
    @jayalexander3356 Před 3 měsíci +353

    Remember the separate VHS rewinder so you didn't have to wear out your player?

    • @thelittlegreenball6813
      @thelittlegreenball6813 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Yes!!

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I just saw one of those in a thrift shop

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Absolutely! Thank you for watching jayalexander3356!

    • @muzerhythm2242
      @muzerhythm2242 Před 3 měsíci +16

      Still have my Sony 4 head VCR and rewinder.😮 Also remember the rewinders shaped like cars, ect.😊

    • @42ayla
      @42ayla Před 3 měsíci +4

      And the yellow pencil for the cassettes so you could do that while playing a different one.

  • @Melancholy1966
    @Melancholy1966 Před 3 měsíci +171

    My grandma gave me an electric typewriter for a graduation present in 1984. I miss the old times and the many family members who have gone since then!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories Melancholy1966!

    • @Wolf-qh2lk
      @Wolf-qh2lk Před 3 měsíci +5

      LOL. I rec'd a waterbed as a gift for my 8th grade graduation which was in 1984!

    • @ast-og-losta
      @ast-og-losta Před 3 měsíci +5

      lol,,,I remember how heavy and bulky those typewriters were.

    • @42ayla
      @42ayla Před 3 měsíci +3

      I learned to type on an old Underwood and when my mom treated herself to a new electric typewriter I kept hitting the keys too hard and wound up with extra letters. I actually dug out the old one from storage to use for an essay because I couldn't adjust enough before it was due.

    • @Maxine1630
      @Maxine1630 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I still use mine!!

  • @kojikicklighter371
    @kojikicklighter371 Před 3 měsíci +137

    Macrame plant hangers with pothos, heavy glass ashtrays and candy dishes on coffee tables, encyclopedias displayed in cabinets, electric popcorn makers with butter drip tops, Holly Hobby shadow boxes, miniature novelty license plates with your name, sewing machines, electric trains...

    • @loishunt2347
      @loishunt2347 Před 3 měsíci +9

      Yes!! And macrame Owls!

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Yes! I inherited some macrame plant hangers recently and hung them in front of the windows in our homeschool room. I have an old candy dish (or 10 lol) from my BFFs gramma. We have a set of encyclopedias I found at a rummage. It's missing a couple but oh well.

    • @JohnPotts-kq7kk
      @JohnPotts-kq7kk Před 3 měsíci +7

      My set of world book encyclopedias is 96 years old, published 1928 in fantastic condition & complete! Yes, I do often use them to find historical information. Also, still use macrame hangers for plants on porch in summer time.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Thank you for watching and sharing some other items kojikicklighter371!

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Wow macrame, I remember in elementary school they showed us how to make those plant hangers. And my Mom went to the store around the corner they sold all the items needed for that. It was big in the 70s as well.

  • @3Storms
    @3Storms Před 3 měsíci +158

    I remember copper jello molds no one ever used hanging in every kitchen in the 80s. And my mom still has a ton of old cookbooks with family recipes, some came from my grandparents.

    • @maryrothfuchs9404
      @maryrothfuchs9404 Před 3 měsíci +8

      I had those molds from my grandma, a fish shaped one and a ring mold. I think I gave them to someone because I don't have them anymore. I still have a copper plate depicting a cabin in the woods on my wall.

    • @Sarika38
      @Sarika38 Před 3 měsíci +6

      I still have a copper cat Jello mold that my Paternal Grandmother gave me in 1981!😁

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +3

      I remember those as well. Thank you for watching and sharing another item 3Storms!

    • @hfled
      @hfled Před 3 měsíci +4

      I used them…as a spaceship for my GI Joes! 😂

    • @Maxine1630
      @Maxine1630 Před 3 měsíci +4

      What about the giant spoon and fork hanging on the kitchen or dining room walls?😂

  • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
    @EGSBiographies-om1wb Před 3 měsíci +200

    I miss the 80s.

    • @ls4965
      @ls4965 Před 3 měsíci +6

      I am sure a lot of us posting on here miss the greatest decade as well.

    • @nonplayercharacter6478
      @nonplayercharacter6478 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@ls4965 Viewing it from the lens of history, we were sooo lucky. I actually thought it would stay like that, with better toys.

    • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
      @EGSBiographies-om1wb Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@ls4965 LOL ! Amen to that !

    • @michaelle8384
      @michaelle8384 Před 3 měsíci

      You still can you can found 80 stuff at the flea market

    • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
      @EGSBiographies-om1wb Před 3 měsíci

      @@michaelle8384 For the last 10 plus years Ive been going into used record shops and pawn shops to get 80s C.D.s for the 18 wheeler.

  • @frankrizzo4460
    @frankrizzo4460 Před 3 měsíci +95

    Also I remember that air freshener called Stickups and the commercial, this is a good place for a stick up. Don't forget the plastic covers on all the furniture in the living rooms that we're never taken off. Memories of my youth.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci +5

      My Nan would leave the plastic on lamp shades

    • @censorshipsucks9493
      @censorshipsucks9493 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Big odors lurk in small places.

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@samanthab1923 Wow so did mine.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci

      @@frankrizzo4460 It’s a look 😉👋

    • @matchstickdesignco
      @matchstickdesignco Před 3 měsíci +7

      I remember Stick Ups being literally EVERYWHERE in our house. On the inside of every cabinet door, the lid of the trash can, inside every drawer, every closet, on the side of the toilet tank, my mom even put them on the dashboard in the car. I also remember just how much "fun" it was when it came time to replace one. Those sticky pads were not designed to come off of whatever you put it on.

  • @dottiegillespie8067
    @dottiegillespie8067 Před 3 měsíci +53

    I was 15 in 1980. How lucky we were to grow up in that decade. Thank you for the great memories. So glad to know so many others are nostalgic for them also!

    • @Veganerd_
      @Veganerd_ Před 3 měsíci +2

      I was born in 1980, but still have decent memory of the 80s. And I got to experience all of those early eras of video games, which were the best!

  • @DK-gy7ll
    @DK-gy7ll Před 3 měsíci +43

    Don't forget the digital clock/radios we all used to wake up to early in the morning so we could get to school or work on time.

    • @ellenmckee4157
      @ellenmckee4157 Před 3 měsíci

      Yes! Woke me up every morning!

    • @susieqds7351
      @susieqds7351 Před 3 měsíci

      Yes, then we were late if there was a power outage!

    • @FoxRivers778
      @FoxRivers778 Před 2 měsíci

      I still have one of those. I don't use it to wake up but it is one of several clocks I have in my bedroom including an analog one on the wall.

    • @TLR1219
      @TLR1219 Před měsícem

      Still have mine

    • @jeannemarie3704
      @jeannemarie3704 Před 23 dny

      I still have mine from 1985!!. It works!

  • @watchdog8058
    @watchdog8058 Před 3 měsíci +121

    great times! i could ride my bike outside with my friends and didn’t go home until the street lights came on! we never wanted to be inside! i still eat sugary cereal sometimes! don’t tell anyone though!😂

    • @thelittlegreenball6813
      @thelittlegreenball6813 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Right on! ❤

    • @ashextraordinaire
      @ashextraordinaire Před 3 měsíci +7

      I mainly eat Cheerios when I have cereal, but I always keep one "fun" cereal around for nostalgia's sake. Nothing like a bowl of Trix or Cinnamon Toast Crunch to make you feel like a kid again!

    • @watchdog8058
      @watchdog8058 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@ashextraordinaire yes!!😁

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Thank you for watching and sharing your memories watchdog8058!

    • @karnerblue7658
      @karnerblue7658 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I still eat kids’ cereals and I’ll be 40 this summer! 😁

  • @ashextraordinaire
    @ashextraordinaire Před 3 měsíci +39

    Oh, the geese. My grandmother redecorated her kitchen in the early 80s, and those white geese and blue ribbons were everywhere. She was just so tickled with those geese! She passed away in 1994, and I now have the goose-print glass canisters and serving platters she cherished.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Thank you for watching and sharing some of what your grandmother had. Those geese were everywhere!

  • @mcorleonep
    @mcorleonep Před 3 měsíci +187

    The hell with Keurig. I still have an old skool coffee maker…

    • @user-zf2ru4eq4w
      @user-zf2ru4eq4w Před 3 měsíci +6

      Oddly enough some stores still sell coffee makers. I bought a new one from my local Target the other day.

    • @BlankBrain
      @BlankBrain Před 3 měsíci +12

      I just refurbished my 1980 Bunn coffee maker. It's stainless steel and aluminum, and has a tank that keeps water at 200° for faster brewing. I remember that it cost $110, which was a lot back then. I take my coffee seriously!

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 Před 3 měsíci +14

      Many people still have traditional coffee makers. I don't even drink coffee and I've got one! Why? Because my MIL drinks coffee so if she ever wants some when she's here, I've got her covered. Plus, coffee grounds are awesome for the garden.

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@user-zf2ru4eq4w It's not odd at all, really.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you have mcorleonep!

  • @janedee6488
    @janedee6488 Před 3 měsíci +96

    The IBM Selectric was the best typewriter ever. I still have that orange Betty Crocker cookbook. Thanks for the memories.

    • @watchdog8058
      @watchdog8058 Před 3 měsíci +4

      yes it was! my mom used hers all the time!

    • @deborahasher176
      @deborahasher176 Před 3 měsíci +7

      I had that same cookbook. It saved my marriage, lol!

    • @glennso47
      @glennso47 Před 3 měsíci +4

      I have a BC cookbook

    • @sheubahi
      @sheubahi Před 3 měsíci +2

      Yes, I still have my typewriter, too. Gosh, how many decades ago was that...? Ah, memories...

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're welcome and thank you for watching Jane!

  • @lindaward3156
    @lindaward3156 Před 3 měsíci +74

    I'd have to argue with the crochet doll covering the top an '80s thing. I remember them in my '60s childhood everywhere.

    • @russbear31
      @russbear31 Před 3 měsíci +8

      My grandma (God rest her soul) used to crochet those toilet paper cozies. 😅😅😅

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci +9

      How about the seat covers! Ugh

    • @nexus_plexus
      @nexus_plexus Před 3 měsíci +4

      They were probably around in the 50s as well. I think his point is they were still seen around in the 80s, and then fell out of fashion, like so much of the other stuff.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +4

      They were definitely around for decades. Thank you for watching!

    • @beverlym6742
      @beverlym6742 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Me too, and even then they usually in older peoples houses 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @kirkmorrison6131
    @kirkmorrison6131 Před 3 měsíci +139

    I still have my recipe box, slide projector , my big coffee maker and my C64

    • @kirkmorrison6131
      @kirkmorrison6131 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Oh I forgot I still use them

    • @TammieR-B
      @TammieR-B Před 3 měsíci +6

      I still use a coffee pot every morning. I really want to get the old fashioned perk kettle that sits on the stove!!

    • @catsaregovernmentspies
      @catsaregovernmentspies Před 3 měsíci +5

      My dad had a VIC-20 when I was little. I wish he had kept it.

    • @AsmodeusMictian
      @AsmodeusMictian Před 3 měsíci +4

      Still have my parent's slide projector from the late 60's along with their electric typewriter from the same era. First TV in my room was in fact B&W! Still have a coffee maker (just not one from the 80's) and I miss my C64 so much it hurts.
      I DID manage to restore my Atari 2600 to working condition though, although because I don't have the adapter it's like playing on a billboard :D

    • @WinterInTheForest
      @WinterInTheForest Před 3 měsíci +3

      1980s forever. Have yourself buried with them like an Egyptian Pharaoh.

  • @BlUAbUElA
    @BlUAbUElA Před 3 měsíci +40

    I was a kid in the 60's
    Married in the 70's.. mama in 70's, 80's, 90's and grandkids throughout the 2000's
    My kids say.. my home is a museum and is like a time machine to them and my grandchildren.. I've got everything shown in this video and then some.
    I've got the black rotary dial phone from the 1950's when I was born and the pink princess rotary dial phone from when I was a child. My grandchildren have never, nor will they ever experience the greatness of those bygone years..Until they come to grandma's and the stories I'm able to share with each item from the past, that becomes new again thru their eyes of wonder and excitement!!
    Thank you for this channel, I absolutely adore and appreciate it ❤️

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 Před 3 měsíci

      Oh wow I love that!

    • @DanniTheMagicJunkDrawer
      @DanniTheMagicJunkDrawer Před 3 měsíci

      I love this! ❤

    • @dannycarlow8204
      @dannycarlow8204 Před 2 měsíci

      Did they say museum or brothel? It sounds like you were getting down and dirty for decades over there. You little minx you. Lol. You know those doll toilet paper covers, did people buy those or did Grandmas just make them? I always assumed old ladies made those when I was a kid because I always saw them at old people's houses. I haven't seen one of those for years but remember them vividly.

    • @gdholmfirth
      @gdholmfirth Před měsícem +1

      And you had good music, starting with the Beatles.

    • @carch7243
      @carch7243 Před měsícem

      Those phones are loud! They had to be, because many households only had one. We didn't live our lives on the phone then.

  • @joewelsh8979
    @joewelsh8979 Před 3 měsíci +67

    I still have my mom's Betty Crocker cookbook!

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 Před 3 měsíci +4

      I found the version of the Betty Crocker Cookybook my mother had at a used bookstore but passed it up. I know I'll find it again but I regret not just grabbing it that day.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you still have Joe!

    • @morsecode4036
      @morsecode4036 Před 3 měsíci

      I have our telephone that was on my parent's nightstand. It still works! Such a comfortable handset against the ear.

    • @IrishAnnie
      @IrishAnnie Před 2 měsíci

      Classic!!

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před 13 dny

      See James Illeks. He had a book on that, plus Interior Desecrations:Hideous Homes of the Horrible 70s.

  • @MrMegaFredZeppelin
    @MrMegaFredZeppelin Před 3 měsíci +114

    I miss those days😫Good times back then😃ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 Před 3 měsíci +6

      Yeah same here, somebody invent a time machine I'm all in on going back 🚀

    • @WinterInTheForest
      @WinterInTheForest Před 3 měsíci +6

      Not even nostalgia, that world was a million times better.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you for watching MrMegaFredZeppelin!

  • @lindah6954
    @lindah6954 Před 3 měsíci +28

    I switched back to the 12 cup coffee maker and put away my Keurig. It's cheaper and better for the environment. The coffee tastes better and the coffee grounds can be composted.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you like Linda!

  • @vinnieboombatzmd3508
    @vinnieboombatzmd3508 Před 3 měsíci +52

    In the collectables category, I remember men's cologne bottles were big. My Dad had a collection of them shaped like cars, animals, etc. Cheap obnoxious smelling cologne in a displayable bottle was a big Fathers Day - birthday - or Christmas gift for Dads and Uncles.

    • @russbear31
      @russbear31 Před 3 měsíci +9

      Those were Avon bottles. Housewives during the 70s and 80s always had a side gig, hosting Avon parties to sell the obnoxious perfumes and colognes to their friends. 😀

    • @angelinaduganNy
      @angelinaduganNy Před 3 měsíci +5

      I remember that Avon had a lot of those colognes in the 80's. My mother and Aunt had some of the perfumes.

    • @seameology
      @seameology Před 3 měsíci +5

      Avon ladies perfume bottles as well.

    • @JohnPotts-kq7kk
      @JohnPotts-kq7kk Před 3 měsíci +2

      Sounds like avon, bottles were once highly collectible, some very expensive. There was even an avon bottle price guide book. Avon bottles are now almost worthless!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Avon definitely had quite a collection of different ones. Thank you for watching vinnieboombatzmd3508!

  • @trevorpye9094
    @trevorpye9094 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Anyone remember the Souvenir Tea Spoon Displays? Go on holiday, buy the spoon, and display it proudly in the wood display box.

  • @killrmillr
    @killrmillr Před 3 měsíci +37

    Thinking about clocks from around that time, I remember the "digital" clocks that had numbers on the little square plastic flaps that would flip down as the wheel inside turned.

    • @loishunt2347
      @loishunt2347 Před 3 měsíci +9

      Yep and when you were in bed at night trying to fall asleep you could literally hear "time passing away"!!!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Those were really popular on alarm clocks. I never had one but I do remember some of my family having them and I was fascinated by them. Thank you for watching killrmillr!

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@RhettyforHistoryI had one but was glad when I got a digital clock radio to wake up to music with. Regular alarms used to scare the s**t out of me when they went off! 🫨

  • @Monikavasq
    @Monikavasq Před 3 měsíci +12

    80's rocked, I grew up in the 80's and I loved it. I wish I could go back in time.

  • @JulieCaptivatedinFl
    @JulieCaptivatedinFl Před 3 měsíci +49

    I miss my grandma's oil rain lamp. They had cherubs in the middle and drops of oil dripped down. Loved this video.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +5

      Those were really cool lamps and I could stare at them for hours. Thank you for watching Julie!

    • @wandasays5438
      @wandasays5438 Před 3 měsíci +3

      My husband and I found one of those lamps piled in someone's trash. And it worked! We ended up selling it for $50, big regret selling it.

    • @JulieCaptivatedinFl
      @JulieCaptivatedinFl Před 3 měsíci

      @@wandasays5438 That is so cool that it worked! They are expensive bc you can only get the old ones. Hope you come across another one day!

    • @autumnfeldpausch5539
      @autumnfeldpausch5539 Před 2 měsíci +2

      My parents got one as a wedding present and it was some goddess with luscious long hair wrapped around her curves and the plastic greenery inside with her, it had lighting on the strings the oil slid down. I use to stare at it as dad would rock my asleep. I liked it, still do. If I could buy one I’d do it. Mom hated it cuz of the dust collection against the oil strands.

    • @jeannemarie3704
      @jeannemarie3704 Před 23 dny

      😂 yes!!

  • @Team_Little_Mates
    @Team_Little_Mates Před 3 měsíci +44

    About 3 years ago, I found a complete in box Breville/Melitta coffee maker in a goodwill shop which was the top of the line model with green LED clock and automatic timer. The original receipt was still in the box dated 1983 and it also had a free box of coffee filters that came with it. I use it every time I make coffee because it's awesome and there's nothing better than drip coffee!

    • @ashextraordinaire
      @ashextraordinaire Před 3 měsíci +7

      What a find! Drives me nuts that everyone uses pods now -- even my boomer dad. I'll stick with my drip coffee!

    • @Team_Little_Mates
      @Team_Little_Mates Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@ashextraordinaireThank you!

    • @watchdog8058
      @watchdog8058 Před 3 měsíci +1

      wow! i am so jealous!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +3

      You made an awesome find there! Thank you for watching and sharing what you have.

    • @Team_Little_Mates
      @Team_Little_Mates Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@RhettyforHistoryThank you for the awesome videos. ❤

  • @GenXfrom75
    @GenXfrom75 Před 3 měsíci +17

    Born in ‘75! Childhood in the 80s was feral and EPIC! ❤

    • @NikB331
      @NikB331 Před 2 měsíci

      YES!!! I was born March 31, 1975...I believe we lived through the BEST decades...80s, and 90s....

  • @wendygore2709
    @wendygore2709 Před 3 měsíci +76

    These videos always make me, both happy 😄 and sad 😢 at the same time. I want to go back 😭❤️

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Thank you for watching wendygore2709!

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Same here, I'm happy that we were able to experience those days growing up but sad they are gone. Some of my best memories of my life were from those times. Miss them now more than ever before.

    • @IrishAnnie
      @IrishAnnie Před 2 měsíci +2

      Same here…..

  • @matchstickdesignco
    @matchstickdesignco Před 3 měsíci +25

    Who remembers those hideous wall sconces and giant picture frame clocks from Home Interiors? My mom hosted those parties at least once a month.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing a couple other items matchstickdesignco!

    • @merrilynnbristol4514
      @merrilynnbristol4514 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I remember those parties! Lol

    • @Kinikia95
      @Kinikia95 Před 3 měsíci +1

      They had some cute stuff.

    • @mattwuxx3888
      @mattwuxx3888 Před 3 měsíci

      _Store-bought_ wall sconces? WTH?! You were supposed to make those hideous things in Jr. high woodshop, then give them to your parents as gifts so they would feel obligated to hang them up visible in the house like everybody else, lol. I made about 3 of them throughout the 80's. Two of them had that cheap, too much stain soaked into cheap pine grains-look that made the scone look just that much hideous. But they had candle holder glass slots in them so that made up for it. The last one I made in '88 I actually bought decent stain for instead of the cheap stuff they had laying around the woodshop storage, took my time staining it and finished it off with a nice mirror and routed in our family name in it(which ended up looking like it was scarred in with a woodburner haha). Yeah so, boo on store-bought ugly wall sconces.

  • @jonhall3151
    @jonhall3151 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Looking back, I'm so glad we didn't have the internet and streaming back then. I would've missed out on a lot of great classic television and many books as well.

  • @brianperrine8099
    @brianperrine8099 Před 3 měsíci +74

    I remember those tiny figurines that came in the tea bag box, I think it was Lipton. I always got excited when my grandma would open a new box to make sun tea and I got to see which animal was in there 😊

    • @ginib6350
      @ginib6350 Před 3 měsíci +22

      Not too long ago Red Rose tea had them also!

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci +6

      Wade of England

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Thank you for watching and sharing something else with us Brian!

    • @42ayla
      @42ayla Před 3 měsíci +4

      I still have the Red Rose collection my mom did. I should dig them out and set them up again for chuckles.

    • @brianperrine8099
      @brianperrine8099 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@42ayla THAT was the brand I was trying to think of! Thanks for replying cause that reminder made my day!

  • @kerrid.979
    @kerrid.979 Před 3 měsíci +43

    I kind of remember the colored toilet paper, but I remember Kleenex tissues coming in different colors, too. We had the cassette and VHS storage drawers that were in the pictures. We had plenty of things with geese on them because my grandma was really into crafting. We still use the coat rack.
    I know several people who have regular coffee makers, our house included. I don't think those are a thing of the past. Walk down the coffee aisle. It's not all k-cups.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Certainly remember the tissues coming in different shades

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah, coffee makers like that are still quite common. Far more economical than the alternatives, that's for sure!
      My BFF had a kitchen full of geese/ducks. It was various shades of buttercup/lemonade yellow with blue and white accents, plus the geese/ducks.
      We had the cassette holder doohickeys, too. Never used them, though. They were full but we just...never listened to the tapes.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're right about the facial tissues coming in different colors too. Thank you for watching and sharing what you have had.

  • @jimroscovius
    @jimroscovius Před 3 měsíci +17

    I was a kid in the '60s and loved it. I was in high school in the '70s.

    • @RexHill-yn6os
      @RexHill-yn6os Před 2 měsíci +1

      I graduated in 76. At a school in Marsing,Idaho..my first job was in the United States Army 🪖🇺🇲👍

    • @carch7243
      @carch7243 Před měsícem

      Me too

  • @bearforce187
    @bearforce187 Před 3 měsíci +14

    Oh how I miss the 80's.

  • @sidboraus6151
    @sidboraus6151 Před 3 měsíci +40

    Yes the doll toilet roll cover.never understood it either but it brings back memories😊

    • @jhask64
      @jhask64 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I’d guess it was to hide your spare roll of TP. We never had those!!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching sidboraus6151!

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci

      Seemed like everyone's grandparents had them back then.

  • @raidenmk4473
    @raidenmk4473 Před 3 měsíci +18

    The spring riding rocking horse was one of my favorites back in the 80's when i was a kid.

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I had one of those too! My mother found it at a rummage lol

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Those were a lot of fun. Thank you for watching raidenmk4473!

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci +1

      I had one in the 60s. Loved it! ❤

  • @cj57
    @cj57 Před 3 měsíci +37

    Thanks for more memories 😊

  • @ultraredd
    @ultraredd Před 3 měsíci +194

    My toilet paper doesn't match my shower curtain and I'm so embarrassed 😂

    • @Jen0714
      @Jen0714 Před 3 měsíci +10

      9 AM and you just made my day! 🤣🤣

    • @ultraredd
      @ultraredd Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@Jen0714 I hope you have a great day! 🙂

    • @Jen0714
      @Jen0714 Před 3 měsíci +5

      My gosh! I haven't laughed this hard in a while!

    • @cynthiacronin2794
      @cynthiacronin2794 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Lol😅 I just remember white.

    • @aariley2
      @aariley2 Před 3 měsíci +11

      😂😂😂 The craziest thing I ever saw in house hunting was a 100% purple bathroom! Curtains, floor, lights, tp, even the TOILET! Hilarious!!!!!😂😂😂

  • @Jen0714
    @Jen0714 Před 3 měsíci +24

    Thank God my Dad always purchased white TP! I mean he raised me my entire life but we never had colored TP. I was just getting up there - in highschool - but still remember a lot of these things in other people's homes. Some carried over from the 70s in our house, like those roosters you hung on the kitchen walls. And, I'm blessed enough to have my Dad's mantle clocks...the ones you have to wind up with a one pound key! Priceless to me! I love these Saturday morning strolls down memory lane! Thank you so much!✌️👍❤️

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci +3

      We had a Seth Thomas wall clock in the kitchen. What I loved were the grandfather clocks in friends homes

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're welcome Jen0714! Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories!

  • @TheComicRelief9001
    @TheComicRelief9001 Před 3 měsíci +27

    The white geese with ribbons! My grandma had those EXACT glasses!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Thank you for watching and sharing what she had TheComicRelief9001!

    • @JulieCaptivatedinFl
      @JulieCaptivatedinFl Před 3 měsíci +2

      Remember collectible glasses sets from McDonalds, etc. A new one for each week. They were nice glasses too!

    • @canislatrans8285
      @canislatrans8285 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I remember goose items, but then at the time we had pet geese. Early 90s. I got a bunch of those wood blank geese and painted them to look like each of our pet geese. My mom was the one who wanted geese, wonder if the goose trend played a role? They were all nice geese unless there was a gosling around. They did breed.

    • @canislatrans8285
      @canislatrans8285 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@JulieCaptivatedinFlI remember the burger King glasses for star wars.

    • @JulieCaptivatedinFl
      @JulieCaptivatedinFl Před 3 měsíci

      @@canislatrans8285 Yes! Those were the best ones!

  • @dawngallagher9662
    @dawngallagher9662 Před 3 měsíci +16

    My mom always bought light blue toilet paper in the 80s because it matched the rug in front of the shower and toilet 😄

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you mom had dawngallagher9662!

    • @LE-wc1dr
      @LE-wc1dr Před 3 měsíci

      Yes, I loved blue toilet paper in my blue bathroom. There were blue beads hanging over the bathroom window.

  • @hamamotodesigns
    @hamamotodesigns Před 3 měsíci +4

    I remember those cd/cassettes/video holders. I had a huge collection. Thank you BMG and Columbia House 🤣

  • @matthewpaul6904
    @matthewpaul6904 Před 3 měsíci +10

    Yes! I had that exact VHS drawer for my cassette tapes. Good times.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you had matthewpaul6904!

  • @williamwright9079
    @williamwright9079 Před 3 měsíci +8

    My favourite decade! I remember fold out dinner trays covered in flowery patterns and sun loungers that used to collapse on you.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you for watching and sharing some more items for us to remember William!

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci +1

      Oh and God help you if you ever got pinched by the hinges on those lounge chairs! Annoying that you had to fold them completely back to the center position to change the angle again. 😂

  • @silentwalk1768
    @silentwalk1768 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Coffee machines are still popular popular😂 I make a fresh pot every morning an drink it timer as well

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      We still use ours but there are a whole lot of coffee shops popping up with no shortage of lines. A lot of the younger coffee drinkers love the K-Cups too. Thank you for watching!

    • @gregwilson7818
      @gregwilson7818 Před 3 měsíci

      I refuse to use a Keurig - I have two Mr. Coffee type coffee maskers (Autodrip) and I have two percolators (electric) that I use. Remember at the grocery store, you had to choose the right coffee? The cans of Maxwell House said Autodrip or Percolator on the top.

  • @jimkuna8687
    @jimkuna8687 Před 3 měsíci +20

    Still have the box and my mom's Recipes displayed in my kitchen and use and always will. Makes the kitchen more home...

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you still have jimkuna8687!

  • @p4277
    @p4277 Před 3 měsíci +9

    I’ve still got clocks in every room, cookbooks, Mr. Coffee, console TVs, and lots of other stuff from the 80’s and before.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      That's awesome! I wish I still had a working console TV. Thank you for watching p4277!

  • @Horm999
    @Horm999 Před 3 měsíci +12

    I remember doing a project in high school around ‘86 taking all the pictures with slide film to do a presentation, what a pain to load all the slides in the correct order! Still loved the ‘80’s what an amazing time it was.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us Horm999!

  • @astridlove2327
    @astridlove2327 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Awww rainbow brite!! I LOVED rainbow brite!! Wish I would have saved my doll !!

  • @SteveBueche1027
    @SteveBueche1027 Před 3 měsíci +12

    As for clocks, it was the black cat whose tail would wag.

    • @abstract1dea
      @abstract1dea Před 3 měsíci +5

      And the eyes would swing too.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Those were iconic for the decade and even more so after appearing in Back to the Future. Thank you for watching!

    • @Gottaknow
      @Gottaknow Před 3 měsíci

      I want one of those!!!

    • @carch7243
      @carch7243 Před měsícem

      @@Gottaknow You can still find them, the originals are costly though

  • @user-hb6vn9ym6e
    @user-hb6vn9ym6e Před 3 měsíci +24

    Best decade ever 80s love it !!!!

    • @eagletalons5333
      @eagletalons5333 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Of the six decades I've been on this planet, the 80's were by far the best, with the 70's (minus the disco of course/he-he) would be second best.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you for watching user-hb6vn9ym6e!

    • @user-hb6vn9ym6e
      @user-hb6vn9ym6e Před 3 měsíci

      @@RhettyforHistory your welcome I enjoy your videos Thankyou for posting them

  • @BreannaMae
    @BreannaMae Před 3 měsíci +20

    I remember participating in the public library's summer reading program in the town I grew up in. If the kids in the program read enough books, the library would reward us by giving us medals, then closing down for a couple of hours on a specific day, blocking out the windows and showing a movie via a film projector and projection screen. This was at a time when VCRs were still new and not many people could afford them (especially libraries). So they had the guy who ran the projector at the local movie theater come in to show one of the kid-friendly films out at the time. For bookworms and film nerds like me, this was something we looked forward to every summer!

    • @ashextraordinaire
      @ashextraordinaire Před 3 měsíci +2

      I loved summer reading! My mom was a librarian in our town too, so when I was old enough, I volunteered to run the projector for the kids' weekend movies during the summer. Great times!

    • @BreannaMae
      @BreannaMae Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@ashextraordinaire Oh how fun! It was such a blast back in those days! In the early 90s a new library director was brought on and she took the summer reading program way beyond what it was. She added in a summer theatre program, talent shows, medallion hunt for the town's annual summer festival, movies in the park, block parties with live music, etc. I mean don't me wrong, it was incredibly fun, but the simplicity of the summer reading program during the 80s felt more special. It was smaller, less chaotic and was based more on reading. I did participate in the extreme version of the reading program, but yeah just not the same. The librarian who was there in the 80s is still around and I run into her ever-so-often. She always gives me the biggest hug and we have lovely conversations. Love her!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +2

      That sounds like a great incentive to get kids to read. We didn't have anything like that. Only thing we had was the Pizza Hut reading program. Thank you for watching and sharing some memories with us.

    • @BreannaMae
      @BreannaMae Před 3 měsíci

      @@RhettyforHistory Oh we had that, too! It's just that the public library where I grew up wasn't like other libraries back in those days. For instance you weren't required to be quiet. The librarian never once shushed you. She did kick you out if you were being overly obnoxious or bullying people, though. Actually it was quite the popular place to hang out all year round and for all ages. They had an amazing children's section with a creative arts area. So if you were an artistic person, like I was, you could spend the day in that section painting and drawing on top of reading. It was so much fun! The house I grew up in was literally right next to the library, so as you can imagine, I was there every single day lol.

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Thank you for sharing your amazing story and great memories of that time. I miss them now more than ever before.

  • @markvolpe2305
    @markvolpe2305 Před 3 měsíci +16

    Another popular style dish were the old Corelle dishes with either brown patterned butterflies or dark blue leaves and flowers along with other patterns of that time period.

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Oh, the nostalgia! The brown butterfly pattern was called Butterfly Gold and debuted in 1970. My gramma had the entire set. My mother had the blue flower pattern, called Morning Blue, and it came out in the early 80s.
      I inherited Abundance (90s) from my BFFs mom a few years ago, including the matching Corningware baking dishes, gravy boat, S&P shakers, placemats, etc. I also have (inherited from my mother) several pieces from the Corningware Spice of Life (70s) baking dish set.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      We definitely had one style of corelle in the brown and then the neighbors had a slightly different style. Thank you for watching and sharing another item.

    • @markvolpe2305
      @markvolpe2305 Před 3 měsíci

      @katie7748 my grandparents used to have the gold butterfly and now my aunt and uncle has that set, we used to have the dark blue set and then later bought the light blue flowers set, now we have a square set.

    • @mikebadolato6572
      @mikebadolato6572 Před 3 měsíci

      I still have mine!

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před 13 dny

      LOTS of those old things, including Pyrex, Tupperware, and Corelle, plus Fisher Price and any glassware from FF places, is SERIOUSLY loaded with lead, cadmium, and arsenic. I mean, off the charts high.
      If 90 is the safe threshold, some of those items might have HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of ppm, I think they measure it in.
      Kids, especially, shouldn't be handling this stuff, much less EATING from it.

  • @yuvgotubekidding
    @yuvgotubekidding Před 3 měsíci +18

    Good stuff. A friend of mine still has a console color television and it works fine. 👍

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I was just watching a channel that goes to estate sales in NJ. That exact TV was in the living room of this house 😆

    • @watchdog8058
      @watchdog8058 Před 3 měsíci +1

      my mom still has one of her console tv’s. it has a record player and 8 track tape player when you lift the top!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +2

      That is really impressive that it is still working! Thank you for watching yuvgotubekidding!

  • @Paulie1232
    @Paulie1232 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I loved the 80's a nice time to be alive...😊

  • @billmadison2032
    @billmadison2032 Před 3 měsíci +27

    Does anybody remember the glass swans that you filled with colored water you bought them up at the shell factory in North Fort Myers Florida

    • @cattastroficka196
      @cattastroficka196 Před 3 měsíci +1

      No! But I remember we had a giraffe that would drink water. Its head would come down, drink water then go back up all on its own and it would do this over and over. LOL

    • @jayalexander3356
      @jayalexander3356 Před 3 měsíci

      Yes! We had one. Also, the clear glass ball that had colored water and artificial flowers.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Speaking of FLA. How about all the shell stuff. Big glass ginger jars filled with shells turned into lamps. Picture frames, mirrors, jewelry boxes. All made with shells

    • @billmadison2032
      @billmadison2032 Před 3 měsíci

      @@samanthab1923 had hot plates and napkin holders too

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      I don't think I ever saw them but they sound interesting. Thank you for watching billmadison2032!

  • @JAT922
    @JAT922 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Who remembers the typewriters with the ball?

  • @raffinataonline
    @raffinataonline Před 3 měsíci +14

    I wish I still had a Selectric...

  • @ericesquivel5485
    @ericesquivel5485 Před 3 měsíci +16

    I love taking these trips every Saturday❤❤❤❤love ya Rhetty 😊

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you for watching ericesquivel5485 and I'm glad you are enjoying the videos.

  • @jasonbryant1552
    @jasonbryant1552 Před 3 měsíci +14

    I was waiting for you to mention those gold lamps that turn on by touch. My mom had two or three of those

    • @jayalexander3356
      @jayalexander3356 Před 3 měsíci +3

      My Dad still has 2 of those.

    • @abstract1dea
      @abstract1dea Před 3 měsíci +2

      Our cats loved them.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Those were fun. My in-laws had one and one of our daughters got it when they passed. Thank you for watching Jason!

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci

      I wish I had one right now. Much easier than reaching up on the nightstand to find the lamp switch thingie in the pitch dark. 😅

    • @jcbulldog533
      @jcbulldog533 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I loved my golf lamps,had them in my living room & Yes just tapping them @ the base was so convenient for turning them off

  • @paulstan9828
    @paulstan9828 Před 3 měsíci +25

    Always fun to watch, brings back a lot of memories. My grandmother would make those toilet paper covers by the dozen. Ha!!
    Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺🐶

    • @swansfan6944
      @swansfan6944 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Hi Paul. 👋😁🇺🇸 🏍️ 🛻

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      That's cool that your grandmother made them. My grandmother got them from someone that made them. Thank you for watching Paul!

    • @josephteller9715
      @josephteller9715 Před 3 měsíci +1

      My mother used to crochet them, and sold them (with the dolls) at church flea markets and school sales along with other crochet items (baby blankets etc).

  • @kaydublin5164
    @kaydublin5164 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I graduated high school in 1983, I turn 60 at the end of the year 😊 when you are a kid you can’t wait to grow up,now I’d give anything to do it all again even the terrible times.

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile Před měsícem +1

      I would of been like my friends. Did High School 🎓 easy, simple-stress free. Then take 6-8mo off, enter the US military 🪖. Spring of 1990.

  • @Sydroo1969
    @Sydroo1969 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I still have my cassettes and that same cassette holder. I have two actually. I miss the 80s. I'm getting ready to turn 55 this month.

  • @paulne1514
    @paulne1514 Před 3 měsíci +10

    It’s bad enough watching home improvement shows, where they point out “outdated” stuff, and things they hate, which I still have. Now comes along your clip, and tries to double down, trying to make me feel old. Well, atleast you left out the Lava Lamp! More than held the items you showed, I have. And still use today.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Those lava lamps seem to keep coming back every so often but they are fun to look at. Thank you for watching Paulne1514!

  • @nickmatoic9096
    @nickmatoic9096 Před 3 měsíci +6

    What about the giant wooden forks and spoons wall decorations

  • @rikkiross7691
    @rikkiross7691 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Great Memories!!..God!!..I miss the 80's!! 🥺

  • @swansfan6944
    @swansfan6944 Před 3 měsíci +14

    Oh my goodness what wonderful memories. I think just about everyone’s grandmother had those doll toilet roll covers. 😁 I miss my grandparents, my parents and those wonderful times. Thank you Rhett. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺

    • @paulstan9828
      @paulstan9828 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I miss those times and my parents and grandparents also. I still have one of those toilet paper covers. 😁👍🇦🇺🇺🇸🐶🏍️

    • @swansfan6944
      @swansfan6944 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@paulstan9828 something I never thought to keep but wish I had of. 😢

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +3

      My grandmother on my dads side had a couple in each of her bathrooms as well as some facial tissue covers she knitted. There were all sorts of knitted things in her house. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Jodie!

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci +2

      I still miss my grandparents a lot too Jodie. I have several of their things fortunately. 😊

  • @QuidVultus
    @QuidVultus Před 3 měsíci +12

    It feels as though you've raided my childhood home and that of my grandparents! Every single thing you pointed out from the colored toilet paper (totally forgot about that one), to the dinner plates with the white geese, to the fancy clock with spinning orbs, to the old black/white spare tv down in the basement. Only thing missing in this video was the He-Man/Transformers themed bed-tents. Those things were so cool, lol 😂

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you for watching and sharing another item for us to remember GripArmy!

  • @ScottRandolph-dd7dr
    @ScottRandolph-dd7dr Před 3 měsíci +12

    🎉 Totally greetings from coastal Mississippi. I remember all of this items. I still have 90% of these items. How l miss my coloured toilet paper 😂

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you still have Scott!

  • @davinp
    @davinp Před 3 měsíci +8

    Back in the '80s you couldn't do much with computers like you can today. All you could do was a few games, word processing, and spreadsheet. Windows 3.11 didn't come out until 1993

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're right about that davinp. Thank you for watching!

  • @russellburgan9023
    @russellburgan9023 Před 3 měsíci +24

    And the Avon collectibles!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yes, those were huge! Thank you for watching Russell!

  • @theresehopkins1581
    @theresehopkins1581 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I loved the 80's..... miss them soooooo much..... parents, grand parents, aunts and uncles were still around to make the get togethers so wonderful 💖❤💗😊... and I was 20 - 30 something.... oh the memories..... to be young again❤

  • @m.y.o.b.724
    @m.y.o.b.724 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I fondly remember the huge stereo systems with massive speakers. Turntable on top, radio, and cassette player.❤

    • @vmobile890
      @vmobile890 Před 3 měsíci

      My record player cassette and big speakers continue to work as good as new . Cassette player and cd player in my car works as new .

    • @carch7243
      @carch7243 Před měsícem +1

      I still have stereo components, a turntable, and a massive collection of vinyl to go with it!

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před 13 dny

      Separate components are still the way to go. You'll neved get serious sound or volume on something small.

  • @loufancelli1330
    @loufancelli1330 Před 3 měsíci +6

    I had forgotten about some of these, like the colored toilet paper, which we never had because my parents thought it was ridiculous - they were right! I remember when I got my first electric typewriter, it was an amazing technological advancement! It was a huge step up from writing college papers on a mechanical typewriter and seemed like magic!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories loufancelli1330!

  • @amyhamaker7803
    @amyhamaker7803 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I still have that exact Betty Crocker cookbook on my shelf…

  • @digitalfootballer9032
    @digitalfootballer9032 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The 80's were that magical in between time where things were changing from the way it had been for hundreds of years, but weren't quite to the modern era. It was a fun time to be alive.

  • @teejaynumber13
    @teejaynumber13 Před 3 měsíci +14

    I remember having that Transformers sheet set with that design. I also had a Teddy Ruxpin musical pillowcase.

    • @angelinaduganNy
      @angelinaduganNy Před 3 měsíci +2

      I still have my Teddy Ruxpin. I do not think that he works anymore. I keep him because it was one of my most favorite Christmas presents from my Father.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you used to have teejaynumber13!

    • @JulieCaptivatedinFl
      @JulieCaptivatedinFl Před 3 měsíci

      We had Raggedy Ann but it looked like Chucky.

    • @Mick_Ts_Chick
      @Mick_Ts_Chick Před 3 měsíci

      I remember Teddy Ruxpin but how exactly does a musical pillow case work? 🤔

    • @teejaynumber13
      @teejaynumber13 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @Mick_Ts_Chick There was a part that stuck out the top, and it had a button that would make it play music.

  • @joeheid2776
    @joeheid2776 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Haha!!! I remember the Glade scented tp roller. My mom bought one and my dad thought they were stupid. So that roller became our permanent roller well after the beads disappeared.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us Joe!

  • @ZainaDancer
    @ZainaDancer Před 3 měsíci +1

    I remember, very happily, some of those items ... I still have some of those crocheted items that my Mum made in the 80s! And I remember those frosted glass animals, but I don't remember them looking so angry! LOL!

  • @italjahcorntrashroller
    @italjahcorntrashroller Před 3 měsíci +4

    Still Have all of these things. My 80s toy collection is mind blowing.

  • @ttop64
    @ttop64 Před 3 měsíci +5

    We still have one of those old anniversary clocks and it still works. It's made and looks so much better than those battery operated quartz knock offs you see these days.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing what you still have ttop64!

  • @Shalott99
    @Shalott99 Před 3 měsíci +25

    "Aerosol poop spray" 😂

    • @jhask64
      @jhask64 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I said,…”did he say poop spray?” Yup he did.

    • @BrianMcKnight68
      @BrianMcKnight68 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I was like, “Dang, Rhetty!” LOL

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Thank you for watching and I'm glad you all enjoyed that one!

    • @TopHotDog
      @TopHotDog Před 3 měsíci

      @@RhettyforHistory did you use it on the seat or on the bowl? Now I finally know where those smears and splatter s came from .

  • @heavyd777
    @heavyd777 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I loved my Mr. Coffee spacemaker. It was the best! 😊
    Growing up we only had a percolator. Several years ago I bought another percolator. I was surprised anyone still made them. Best coffee ever especially when camping!

  • @tofueeter
    @tofueeter Před 3 měsíci +5

    I turned 20 in 1983. Oh, The memories ....

  • @Mszahnclass95
    @Mszahnclass95 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Thank you Rhetty ,for taking all us that grew up in the 80 s brings back time an memories ❤yrs the goose items an goose curtains in the kitchen in my parent's house ,that always collect dust .

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      You're welcome. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories with us mszahn1995!

  • @jasonmitchell8243
    @jasonmitchell8243 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Great video. Your channel is one of my favorites. Keep up the good work. One thing I recall worth mentioning is the hanging jute owl decorations. I miss those.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching jasonmitchell8243 and I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the content!

  • @jbfins1
    @jbfins1 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I was thinking about the colored toilet paper not to long ago!
    We really did live in a great time of life. I wish I could go back to life being simple again!
    Thank you for the memories!! ❤

  • @heathermanning5368
    @heathermanning5368 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Thanks for Sharing!!! I remember my Mom had a thing for the ducks with the blue ribbon around their neck! She even did our bathroom in that theme! Always had the matching blue toilet paper too! Lol!

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're welcome. Thank you for watching and sharing some memories as well!

    • @judithsixkiller5586
      @judithsixkiller5586 Před 3 měsíci

      I still have some small duck pattern cannisters in my kitchen right now.

  • @geraldslade2237
    @geraldslade2237 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Love your vids. Always brings back so many memories. Thank you. Keep them coming 👍. I think one of the things I don't see anymore is those folding card tables. Seems like everyone had at least one.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Those folding car tables were definitely big. All the kids would eat at them on holiday get togethers. Thank you for watching!

  • @buckeyefangirl1976
    @buckeyefangirl1976 Před 3 měsíci +1

    It was also great being a child of late 60's and 70's and young adult in 70's and 80's. I miss those days.thanks for the memories.

  • @shorty7363
    @shorty7363 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I remember in Brownies, Girl Scouts, or maybe both we made carnations out of colored tissues and green pipe cleaners. My parents still have quite a bit of the things shown in this video. Most of them are just collecting dust in the corners.☺️
    This took me back down memory lane! Thanks for the ride!💜🥰🧳🛣️

  • @theodorerelic2718
    @theodorerelic2718 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Wasn't the 80s, but I can remember my mom getting up around the time my dad got up to get ready for work around 4:30am. She would make a pot of coffee on the stove, then my dad would drink a cup and pour the rest in his Thermos to have for the rest of the day at the steel mill. However, about a few months before his death in Nov. 1974 they bought a Mr. Coffee, then she'd use that to make his coffee. She'd still get up with him to make it though, since she'd still make his breakfast as well.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories with us theodorerelic2718. Coffee really was a big deal to make for someone.

  • @kduncan8811
    @kduncan8811 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I miss my boombox!!!! Holy Cow....my mom was a blue willow fanatic

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you for watching and sharing your memories kduncan8811!

  • @Slane583
    @Slane583 Před 3 měsíci +1

    All I can say is, going to the mall was far more enjoyable when I was little growing up in the late 80's than it is now. It was an even better experience for me in the 90's when I was older as that was most of my childhood. Getting to go to the mall come Saturday was a treat for us. After getting to watch Saturday Morning Cartoons of course. :)

  • @ChayahAliyah77144
    @ChayahAliyah77144 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My family still have all those items from the cassette and VCR and the bathroom dolls rolls & those glasses and plates . Thanks for sharing all those memories I love it puts a smile on my face thanks once again !!!!❤

  • @VickiCampbell-1216
    @VickiCampbell-1216 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I burst out laughing when Rhett said "Aerosol poop spray". 😂A.K.A. "Shitrus" scented when sprayed. 😂The only thing that comes to my mind of what I saw in 80s households was MTV on television. We didn't even have a color TV until 1985. It felt like a luxury. 😊Thanks, Rhett.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're welcome and thank you for watching Vicki! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed this one!

  • @richdorak1547
    @richdorak1547 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Mr. Coffee was a game changer . Huge hit .

  • @ericthiel4053
    @ericthiel4053 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My parents still have that exact Mr. Coffee coffee maker and it still works perfectly. Its crazy how long that thing has lasted.

    • @carch7243
      @carch7243 Před měsícem

      Today everything has built in obsolescence. You buy an item and toss it when it stops working, rather than have lasting items. In the 80s everything wasn't made in China

  • @H4TTOR1_H4NZO
    @H4TTOR1_H4NZO Před 3 měsíci +1

    Rhetty videos are the best for retro content, I wish they were longer

  • @pongop
    @pongop Před 3 měsíci +4

    This past Christmas, my mom and I were going through her and my grandma's recipe boxes and cookbooks this past Christmas. Things like that are interesting, special, and a great way to spark stories and conversations. I loved the slide projector! That was a cool way to view photos. I had Care Bear sheets! Thanks for the great video and memories! And don't call me Shirley. (3:15)

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  Před 3 měsíci +1

      You're welcome and thank you for watching pongop. I appreciate you sharing your memories as well.