Things We Carried Around…Before Phones
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The days of carrying useful objects with us on a daily basis has certainly changed over the years. Our pockets and hands once held things that all of us needed to make life a little easier. So, let’s take a look back at a simpler time when we carried many things that did not include a cell phone.
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You forgot people used to carry around a checkbook.
Quarter for the pay phone? In the 70s, it was a dime.
Yup... was thinking the same thing!
I was thinking the same
It was 5 cents when I was growing up in the 60's.
Depends on where you were. In Dallas in the 70’s it was a quarter.
Or you would just call collect and game the system
We carried functioning brains.
You forgot the carrying of a pocket comb. That was back when people cared about what they look like.
Back pocket
😂
Yep, hate to think how many combs I lost over the years.
guys still do this ("switch blade" comb, short comb, hair pick, small brushes) we call em pretty boys
Okay boomer, have you seen instagram? Instagram not telegram, I know you’re familiar with those when you received the news of mama perishing on the Titanic.
Still carry keys, a knife, wear a watch, carry change & cash & gum. I'm old, but still savvy enough to watch Recollection Road on youtube.
I've carried the same pocket knife for over 30 yrs..Im 66..go to goodwill just to look at the stuff we used..
That's really cool. I remember when I was a little girl we went to The old farmhouse my great-grandparents (this was in the mid-90s) and they how to hold Barber style shaving kit in there for my uncle it was really cool. And of course my grandfather had something similar to it and he had a whole bunch of things like old pocket knives and I believe some old watches and stuff like that the stuff from the 50s and 60s and lots of model planes.
That's why I love watching pawn Stars in American pickers. But I would say my love for past Americana comes from watching iron Giant when I was a kid.
It was such an unusual Lee good movie and it took place when my parents were growing up. I wouldn't want to live back then but I can really appreciate it learning about the history
Is it an analog watch? That's cool if it is.😀
Same. I was brought up as a gentleman and no gentleman would be caught in public without these items.
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We carried real conversations with others.
I didn't know people DON'T carry keys anymore! I still have my house key, car key, mail key, and a couple more keys on a chain that I have with me at all times
My house was built in 1941, so I always carry keys to the house and our detached garage. I had no idea that people do not carry keys either!
I’m younger, but I’ve recently started carrying around a notebook/pencil because I believe it’s more functional than getting distracted with my phone all the time! :-)
That's awesome!
Better on the eyes too.
Amen to that!!
I actually read a note I write as opposed to another thing added to "the cloud"
Alot easier to keep track of that way IMO. Phones are good for reminders but for specific information like shopping lists etc the old fashioned way is still best.
I'm sure people still carry keys
I'm one of those said people
Yes, we definitely still carry keys.
Don’t be so certain …
I don’t have any…biometrics here
I do for sure! Carry mine everywhere!
To be fair, the title doesn't say people stopped carrying any of these things when cellphones came out.
I remember when cig machines gave out a pack of matches with the purchase. Mom's purse was like a survival kit, if you needed it, she had it! lol
Mine's still like that!
My grandmother’s purse was like that…it was fascinating to see what was inside.
@@brettany_renee_blatchley Mine too. Always prepared! :)
This granny still has that purse. Tylenol? Advil? Kleenex? Gum? Cough drops? Safety pin? Check check check check check and check 😂
I still have a wrist watch. It’s much easier to look at than a phone.
me too
Same, and my wrist watches all have hands instead of a digital face. Digital watches are a pain to deal with.
Me, too!!
I forgot to add my wristwatch. If someone asks for the time I look at my wrist.
@@tonycollazorappoI wish I could find a disposable watch with hands.
I still carry a lot of keys, a pocketknife, a handkerchief, still use notebooks.
But now you have to present them to the security guard when you enter a public building.
So u carry your snot and mucus in your pocket that s nasty
@@glennso47 ONLY sheep boys like YOU, bow down, to the Un-American, Communist tyrants, Baaa Baa
@@allen-gt5ng Not as nasty as you!
@@glennso47 I'm retired and live in rural Illinois... don't enter to many public buildings wit Security guards any more. 😉
One of my allowance chores were ironing me Da’s handkerchiefs…a money maker for me at a young age
Safety pins were always carried. You never knew when you would have a hem fall or button pop.
You forgot about a comb back when having hair was in style
There was actually a time when the majority of adults smoked. A slight majority back when even a doctor's waiting room had an ashtray. Lol.
My Grandma's Doctor smoked right in his office
I remember doctors on TV in the 1950s recommending certain brands of cigarettes because they gave you energy and were good for you!
Back in the late 50’s and 60’s our family doctor smoked all through the visits with my mom, brother and me. He died of tongue cancer. 😢 He had his office in his own home and it was beautiful. Glass filled cases of drugs. He would prescribe and send you home with the medicine in a little paper pouch.
The doctor smoked, too.
I remember that well! I’m a boomer…😂
My grandfather always wore a suit, tie, and a fedora.
I still try to wear a bow tie and coat to work, but then people tell me to lose them. :(
@@tonycollazorappo Hi Tony: I say if you look sharp and look like a clean cut man then don't worry about the notions and motions of some politically correct millennials. In my last job I was given cheek for reading the newspaper, carrying cash, driving an old car, being an old man (53), and even for being born in Canada. These haters will always find some outlet to trash you. It's best just to ignore them.
In the 70's my father would come home from work and probably lost 5 pounds emptying his pockets on the fireplace mantle: Wallet, *tons* of change, keys, pocketknife, embossed handkerchief, cigarettes, lighter, Dentyne, 2-3 pens, comb, reading glasses, etc, etc.
I still carry and use keys, I couldn't get in the house or drive my car without them. In my pocketbook I have a pocket knife, cigarettes and lighter, chewing gum and of course a little notebook. I wear a watch. I still have a bank account with a checkbook and I carry cash. Today, even though I carry all the necessities one of those items is my cell phone.
Future COPD victim. Have two brothers dying of it now so you know what's in store...
@@starmnsixty1209 I'm so sorry to hear about your brother's. It's so hard watching family suffer. My thoughts are with you.
I remember laying on the floor reading the comics. I still carry hankies- I have about a dozen, I also wear aprons. We would always check the phones booths to see if someone forgot their change. I remember all those different brands of gum. oh and the essential wrist watch, I still don't have a smart phone, just don't need it.
Wish I had an apron. I've ruined many a shirt cooking.
Yea, I thought I was the last person on earth to not have a smart phone! I am retired and still have my landline and a laptop. Don't need one either!
Most t-shirts don’t have pockets anymore, because most people don’t smoke. But the clothing industry never gave a thought to where we’re supposed to put our reading glasses when not in use. I guess in our pants pocket, so we can snap them in half when we sit down.
Yep, been there done that! My dad will only buy el cheapo sunglasses because he breaks them, steps on them, or forgets them somewhere.
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I want to know his age though. He misses a lot of things, not just the female stuff.
My Dad taught me at a very young age "Always have a watch, pen, and pocket knife with you". If you work for someone and are paid an hourly wage, you need to carry a watch. That way, you know when start/ stop time is and you can keep track of how much time you've put in and you don't cheat your employer OR yourself out of time/pay. You also needed a Pen to fill out your time card/sheet or to make notes of what you needed to do for the day. And pocket knives were used for many things.
I still carry all of those things to this day and I'm 67. I've worked with hundreds of people (both old and young) who were never taught this and are constantly asking to borrow a pen, or knife, or what the time is. (even though my 2 Sons were taught this, they never carry any of those items, LOL).
I still carry those I just need to.find a goog watch ⌚️ Wal-Mart is a liability.
I carried most of these things at one time or another. Still carry keys,wallet and a handkerchief anytime I leave the house. Notepad and an ink pen were a staple in my 36 years at work! I must be getting old....I remember when a phone call was a dime!
I'm 78 and used to be a tour guide at a Living History Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. I wore period clothing and had a pocket watch in my vest pocket, I got more question from school kids about that watch than any of the 29 historical buildings and their contents that my tour covered!!
El Mirage, Arizona
Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.
One of my dad’s favorite sayings. 😊
That little rhyme has saved me quite a few times.
I've been saying that for YEARS and my sister would always laugh asking where I came up with that. It came from my Papa.
@@michaelfolino8414 Never heard it before...I thought the OP just made it up.
I heard it as....Watch, Testicles, Keys, Spectacles.😂.
Heck, I still carry most of those every day!
I still wear a wristwatch, have since I was an early teenager. I'm now 51. I rarely take it off, very convenient to keep an eye on the time.
I got my first watch when I was about 9 or 10. I don't even know where it is, but I still wear wrist watches with hands, don't like digital watches. I'm 63.
I have numerous watches. Never take it off and would hate to be without one. I am 61.
Covid shortages had me switch to handkerchiefs and floor sack towels. I haven't gone back. Toilet has a bidet. I still have a pocket knife and I was wearing my alpine hat today. I may be uncool but I'm happy.
I remember going in to Newberry's or Woolworth's department stores and seeing boxes and boxes of handkerchiefs and how excited I was to have an excuse to buy gloves. Oh, my! But they had long gloves and short ones, some with buttons and so many different colors. Sometimes Momma would give us a cin-cin to freshen our breath.
Oh, yes! I still have the handkerchiefs from Woolworths i collected as a child. I forgot all sbout the sen- sens! Little tasty bits!
Loved the look of a pocket watch and a fedora on a Man as it always looked classy 😊
Cigarettes, transistor radios, flask to carry for liquid refreshments, news papers and ladies or gentleman usually wore hats. And of course newspapers or magazines.
And comic 📚
In the early 80s a boot flask was the ideal way to smuggle booze into our college football games. My boyfriend had one in his cowboy boots, lol. Bourbon and Coke was our staple drink while we yelled our heads off for our team. Fun times. 🍻
Still carry keys, a Leatherman Wave and handkerchief. Before I retired, I also had a pocket protector, pen, pencil and Post-Its...
I have a Leatherman as well.
People still wear wrist watches, carry keys and chewing gum! You forgot to mention people used to carry pocket radios and pocket cameras like the 110 film camera that I would take when traveling!
Thankyou,love your videos so much,I'm a child of the 70s,great time to grow up! God bless!
Even being a millennial, as a kid, I always used to and still carry a notepad, a pen, a stick of gum, and change. As I am getting older, I still carry around a flask, a pocket knife, and a hankerchief. I used to smoke, too, so a Zippo and a pack of cigarettes were on my person, as well.
I chewed Beeman's gum all the time in the 60s and 70s. When I find it on rare occasions at specialty candy stores, I usually pick up a dozen packs or so.
When I took the commuter train to work I had a tote bag that had a kitchen sink full of everything.
I can’t tell you how many tissues I handed to people that noses’ were “running” That constant sniffing! I was the old lady that always had facial tissues. I was 32 years old and had three children. Mothers always had tissues
So very Grateful to be a Baby Boomer 😊 Best of times b4 Social Media. I feel like I dodged a Cultural Bullet
Amen
Yeah
He came to me with his hat in his hand. This usually told you that the person needed something.
I haven't worn a wristwatch in years since I started using Cell Phones in the 90s. There are times I miss wearing one it would be more convenient than pulling my phone out on a time check.
That one line "plastic credit cards had us believing we had more money than we actually did" sums up why we our a trillion $ in debt today. Debt = loss of freedom. Exactly what the govt wants.
When my dad past in 2002, all four kids found something of dad's they wanted to save as a memento. For me, it was his pocket knife, and handkerchiefs. While I never found the need to carry around a pocket knife, I did decide that maybe handkerchiefs would be handy. Today, I always have one in my pocket. What an incredibly useful thing to have on you. I use them everyday for a sneeze, a cough, or to wipe my glasses. Thanks dad!
I must be living in a time warp because I still carry around most of these things in my pocketbook! A little notebook with a pen, pack of gum, magnifying glass and small collapsible scissor, a lighter, checkbook with a ledger because I refuse to do online banking, I always carry cash and change in a wallet and little change purse,and I still have two sets of keys, one for my apartment and one for my old car! And I have a flip phone with no Internet access so yeah, I have to write down things to remember! 😂😂
I like it that way! 👍🏼😊
Deck of playing cards were very common and lots of people didn't leave home without it.
What if you and a friend or even meeting new people wanna play crazy 8 or go fish or any other card game to pass the time.
My daughter is about to graduate high school and she keeps a deck of cards and Uno cards in her backpack. She and her friends play at lunch time. They've been doing that since middle school. 😊
THE UNIFORM of a kid in the early 1960's.....thick scratchy denim jeans with the cuffs rolled up....denim repair patches ironed on the knees, a pull-over shirt with horizontal stripes, "Keds" brand high top sneakers, a white rabbits foot on a small chain hooked to the belt loop of your jeans, HAIRCUT: very short with the front left longer so you had some hair to comb back and....rubbing that cinnamon smelling waxy stick on your hair to keep the front part in place. INSIDE POCKETS: Usually not more than 25 cents , a boy scout pocket knife, possibly a few rocks that look cool and maybe a fire ball or a stick of gum.
Fun fact: Wrigley's started out as a soap company and included gum as a premium in their products. You could go out on a limb and say the gum took over haha.
I'm a walker and kept a small nice leather fanny pack I found at a thrift store and hide under my old school camp style shirts when out walking. Hands free is nice. I'm retired, get outdoors and walk daily. I add or subtract cards, some cash and whatever to this fanny pack. I absolutely HATE carrying my dumbed-down android cell phone but put it in my jeans pocket. Oh, and I carry a clean hankie and wear a watch.
It often depends on where I'm going, but 90% of the time I still carry keys, pocket knife, wear a watch, have a billfold with some cash, change in my pocket, carry a handkerchief, lighter and cigarettes, a pen and notebook, wear a hat, and carry mints instead of gum. I do have a cell phone, but seldom carry it and as of this moment, I'm not even sure where it is. After all, I got by for over 60 yrs. without one.
Hey there. I am a 3rd generation handkerchief user. My grandfathers, and my father, had a stack of handkerchiefs in their chest of drawers. I have/and still use handkerchiefs to this very day, mine are in assorted colors. Where back in the day, they were strictly white linen. "You never know when you are going to need some Liquid Courage." Well, I am also a 3rd Generation man who's need for Liquid Courage spanned 24 hours and then some. Thankfully, it's been 24 years since I have taken a tipple !! There was a time, when as kids, we were mandated to go buy cigarettes for our parents at the local corner store, then grocery store, then convenience store. What's worse was when your mother asked you to go buy her feminine hygiene products !! Oh the embarrassment.
I still carry keys, a wallet, my watch and my pocket knife daily. (horse farm girl here, my pocket knife was a gift from my grandpa). I never did like carrying a purse.
Beamens Teaberry was and still is my favorite gum. Anyone remember Dentyne gum?😁
Yep I was chewing some the other day.
Address book, checkbook, street map, extra change for pay phone, comb, pen, stationery, camera, blue chip stamp books, a lighter or matches (even if you didn't smoke).
My dad always carried a cloth handkerchief. Mom always had gum in her purse for us kids.
Well since my phone personalizes ads based on its constant monitoring and record keeping of my private life, I'll probably go back to "the old way" instead of paying $1,300 for a new big brother device every few years.
I have never paid over $250 for a phone and they do everything I need to do....and more
Hear, hear!
Used to smack my Marlboro box against my palm to condense the tobacco and carry them around in my pocket tee shirt.
Did that with my Kools
The soft pack was good because you could roll it up in your sleeve like James Dean.
my dad wore a watch for nearly 40 years from learning to tell time in elementary school until he was nearly 50 years old
Wow this one really bought back vivid memories.
I still use keys though. As a GenX, I used some of these things growing up and witnessed the fast paced changes of technologies from 70s to present 2020s. In summary, most of the devices mentioned are now integrated into the 2 main technologies we use everyday: SMARTPHONE and INTERNET. Watching this Recollection clip makes me NOSTALGIC really. 😄
Uh, we had Mastercard, American Express, BankAmericard (later became VISA) and store specific charge cards way before 'portable' phones and tech came out. We also had gas charge cards. Credit cards have been around since the 1950's.
Absolutely everyone had a Sears credit card too.
Dinners Club
“What has it got in its pocketses?"
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1:59 The "mini-pocket" on a pair of jeans is a holdover from old cow puncher days when the cowboys would tuck their (on a chain) pocket watch into that mini pocket.
This video truly shows why smart phones are one of the best inventions ever.
I carry almost every one of those items every day! I don’t carry gum in my pocket but, it is in the car!
Man, I use to love Blackjack gum!
Half a roll of lifesavers always seemed to be in my pocket besides the other things already mentioned.
There were little metal matchbook holders on keyrings. I' m sure plenty of people have keys and pocket knives....I do.
In school ( 1970s), I had one of those odd plastic coin holders that you would squeeze to open....every one I remember owning had a company name on it. Freebies from the State Fair. Change for payphones, lunch money or a vending machine.
I leave the house every single day with a full set of keys for the car, house, office, post office box, safe deposit box, and etc. I carry a checkbook with some credit cards in my back pocket. I carry cash, change, lip balm, a pen, and a pocket knife in my front pocket. I always wear a watch. I'm required by my work to carry a cell phone all the time, otherwise I probably wouldn't.
I too thought about a pocket conb and also chapstick
Everything you mentioned I still carry except a lighter (use to when I smoked) and a flask. I carry change in a flat rubber lemon shaped coin purse, a pocket watch working on the ranch and a pocket notebook at work. I’ve worn a hat all my life but not a fedora. Oh ya, I carry a money clip too.
One thing I never carried around when I was younger that I won't go anywhere without now...Glasses! I like to see
Newspaper ink back then was also very useful for making Silly Putty print transfers! I don't know what kids today can still do if they have it!
"...liquid courage." 😂😅
Great episode. Thank you Recollection Road!
I remember my dad had one of those small soft leather cases that held all his keys.
Mine too. Actually a good idea so your keys weren’t jabbing you in the leg.
I still carry a pen and notepad with me, and, now, a touch pen for use with touch screens.
I still carry keys, a pocketknife, a pocket watch (sentimental reasons), a coin purse. Have been considering to start carrying a handkerchief. I sure do miss the Sunday newspaper.
I still carry a pocket knife at work. We're always dealing with ropes (I'm in agriculture) and feed bags. I still carry cash. I frequent some places that are cash only, and some places give you a discount for paying in cash. Also for lottery tickets. I wear an analog watch and carry lots of things in my purse (or as my daughter's best friend says, a feminine survival kit).😂
Great episode!
Great memories. ☮️💟
Wish cellphones never were invented. They’ve harmed society.
I have a hundred year old Waltham pocket watch that keeps excellent time.
Love the way you think..you are right
Yeah &if you think about it before people start carrying the cellphone at let's for me I had alot of phone numbers in my head I have some old ones but yeah I don't know my own and others 😢
You got that right, Lieutenant.
@johnhorchler667 I'm 66 and still remember family phone numbers from the 70s..but don't remember what I did an hour ago..:)
@tomwheeler9244 is the same here in one ear 👂 and out the other 😢
You used to see people reading newspapers on the train, but not anymore. In fact, there are no longer newspaper boxes at the train station
You forgot the little black book guys carried with telephone numbers in it.
I remember in the 90s, carrying a beeper/pager. And some people had a beeper chain similar to a pocket watch chain!
RE: POCKET WATCHES: A decent quality mechanical pocket watch can run virtually forever if not dropped. All they need is a routine cleaning/oiling and possibly a new main spring periodically. My grandfathers pocket watch still runs and has only been serviced three times in about 100 years.
I'm 71. My father used to carry 4-5 dollars in change back when half dollars were still a part of our coinage (pre 1965)
I still carry keys a small notebook and pen.And not only 1 but 2 knives
Used to carry all these except cigarettes. Still carry a pocket knife in my purse. Being self-reliant, I keep-close lots of things I need to "strip" when I must fly.
Excellent video. Perhaps in the future, make a video of all the things we kept in an automobile glove compartment (e.g., road map that we got from the gas station to navigate).
OK, back then, and now too:
Keys
Knife
wallet (with money)
Fedora
Don't carry the fedora, I wear it.
I remember when Hollywood portrayed elite playboys and foreign royalty as not just having their own engraved gold or silver cigarette cases but also their own custom-blended cigarettes that resided therein. JJS
I don't do it anymore, but I still have the urge to carry a lighter with me even thought I haven't smoked in years. You never know when you might need to make fire. Then again, as a Boy Scout, I can make fire a dozen different ways without a lighter or matches.
I loved Black Jack, Clove and Beemans Chewing Gum😃I still find it in Old Town Sacramento😁ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻
I loved Teaberry but it was stopped being made. Cracker Barrel has the other three.
I have two big key rings in my pocket at all times. And my bigger key ring is about the size of a pineapple. I used to carry it in a fanny pack, but no longer. Between it and my massive trifold wallet the size of a grapefruit, when folded, and everything else I kept in there, it becoming too much.
I loved Beemans gum as a kid,they sure don't make gum like they used to.
A necklace locket with a photo of a loved one inside.
When young I carried my wallet a comb my Boy Scout knife. Now I carry my wallet , lock blade knife, chap stick, folded paper cloth towel and my firearm on right hip. Things did not get better with time.
I still carry a tape measure and Swiss Army knife on my keychain. Never know when you might need those tools, and I do use them often, probably at least weekly. The measuring tool on my smartphone is fairly accurate, but it takes longer to use than a real tape measure, other than when I need to measure something more than 3 ft long.
You did not mention the pocket coin purse. I miss those, but I am 48 & old fashion
I still have some skeleton keys 🔑
I don't have a watch anymore, but I still carry a pocket knife, a bandana and a wallet wherever I go along with my phone.
I still carry 14 keys , pocket knife , I stopped taking the news paper after my dog was house broke , I don’t carry snot rags , never wore hats , caps or visors and never cared for gum .
You forgot, combs and fingernail clippers
I still occasionally chew gum and buy a paper. I also carry a pen, comb, coins, a wallet and a handkerchief. We may be a rarity, but we’re not extinct just yet.👋