What it was REALLY like GROWING UP in the SUMMER 1970s

I was born in Canada 1967 British Columbia up in the sticks, no running water or electrical and no gas ... we lived off the land ,my dad hunted for our food, and I was the youngest of 6 kids. We eventually moved down the mountain and got closer to civilization by the time I was 4 years old. It was a culture shock and my oldest sister never really handled the change well, she eventually married a farmer and she hoped that that would bring her back to how she remembered and loved life, but he wasn't from the sticks, he was just a dirt farmer and not that good of a man either.
I on the other hand always felt I was born a century to late, I used to lo g to go back to the mountains and build a cabin by a stream and live off the land,I spent my childhood dreaming about it. But my family moved to central Canada when I was 4 and life in a large city was duff for me to adjust,and I never really did. But I loved watching old westerns and always wanted to be a sheriff. So when I got older I started working in construction and became shell of a man. Yeah memories 😐 I still think I was born 100 years too late. But I know God doesn't make mistakes, so one of these days I might understand why I'm here,in this time slot . Don't kind me ,ibe been dealing with a mild to severe depression for the last 20 years or so. 🙄

It was the most beautiful time in my life... the world was a very different place. My problem is...i really want to go back and it's gone.

For the most part growing up in the 1970's were good!

Wonderful episode! I love the way you tell a story! It does bring back memories, mostly of my beloved parents, who are long gone but sorely missed.

I grew up in 70’s , teenager in 80’s , such great memories , yes even the injuries because they came from having carefree fun

I remember ALWAYS riding my bike everywhere as a kid of the 70s/80s. Evel Knievel was a childhood hero of mine and my friends. We used to build ramps and try jumping ditches, curbs and such. I remember bleeding a lot too. ; ). No seatbelts...I remember riding in the back of my dad's truck bed with my brother, going 55 mph on the highway. Those were the days.

I got my groovy lime green, metal fleck stingray with a flower power banana seat and a pretty white basket with flowers! That was my 8th birthday in 1969! That bike meant freedom!

I'm 66 years old now, I experience the 60's, 70's and the 80's. Everything you mentioned in this video brought memories back. I had the best godly parents, brothers and sisters. Thank you God for giving me life at a time where things were so simple.

Those were the good old days I grew up in the 1970s had alout of fun riding horses. My parents had gone roller skating every weekend, made mud pies, and rode my bike to my friends house rode horses with her she had one had a lot of fun back in the day growing up in the country 8 miles from town life was simpler and no worries riding your bike lived by the corner store always had candy I wouldn't change anything about it at all these are my childhood memories I cherish.

BOMBPOP

My favorite was the Good Humor Chocolate fudge cake.

Push Pop

I remember catching fire flies and putting them into a mason jar with tin foil on the top with holes punched

I miss this freedom

The real difference is in the parents who have become so conditioned by media scare stories that they never want their children out of sight.

We weren’t invulnerable, but we could deal with things. I had a bike accident from a storm sewer grate, and mashed my thumb against the curb. I rode myself home and my mom took me to the pediatrician for stitches. No drama that I remember, and I learned the dangers of that grate design.

I used to ride my bike to school by myself in second grade, but my ex-wife would wait with our teenage kids at the bus stop every day. Who learned how to take small risks and developed self-confidence? My kids didn’t have a chance.

I do remember I was born in 1966

I would bound out of the bed as soon as the sun shown into my room. I'd get dressed and run outside and jump on my bike. I'd spend hours riding my bike and then would switch to putting on my roller skates! Back then, they were these heavy, metal skates you put over your shoes, and they even had metal wheels! Talk about a horrible sound on the driveway! But it sure was fun and as a kid, and I didn't care. I just turned 56, and my only form of transportation is a bicycle, and I started roller skating again this year! At least now I have a cool pair of skates with quieter wheels for skating on the asphalt. I loved my outdoor activities so much in the 70's, that I'm enjoying them again now in 2023!

I was 10 years old in 1975 what a great time

I was born in 1970 and remember how fun that decade was!

Nothing greater than the 70’s. I was a teen and standing in a line to see Star Wars. I was never the same after the movie.

When the ice cream man came by I always wanted a missile. Don't know if anyone remembers them but I haven't been able to find one in over 50 years!!

I was 10 in '77 and our summers revolved around racing model cars down a sloped alley, hitting the private pool where we were members listening to top 40, riding my Schwinn Lemon Peeler, picking teams for baseball games at the playground, waiting for the ice cream truck, and playing Atari at my friend's house. The only requirement was that we were home when the street lights turned on.

Born in 63, didn't live much of the 60s at all, can't remember much, but you still got to live a lot of the 60s programs and movies on tv, heck, I could say I even lived the 40s a bit, as tv in New York city had mostly oldies. I think in the 60s and 70s, we in the U.S. let our hair down sort of speak, no facade like the 50s on down, or the 80s on up. To me the 80s felt like a new age, the first stage of the modern gadget age. with more arcade games and music videos. In the 70s we, as kids hung around outside most of the time, you would always see tons of kids on the block, outside of school hours. playing, tag, football, baseball, and sometimes go somewhere to play basketball. Going to the movies was always a special occasion, an excursion. At home you would either play with toys, such as toy soldiers, action figures or play boardgames with family or friends, watch TV and sometimes exercise with loose weights. Back then you were much more involve with people directly, rather than on social media or game consoles as you do now.

You missed stealing lumber from construction sites and building forts to defend in battle and then sliding down the holes for foundations of spec homes being built

what will people face in another 50 years that will make these the good old days

Summer was kick the can, sprinklers,swimming, and cartoons of course

Bomb pops..which were thicker and larger than the bomb pops of today

I was born in 1954 and you showed the early 70s.Yes color televisions were sold but we had one, but I do not think only about 20% of the homes had color television. I remember none of my friends had color but us.

If GOD were to judge the world tomorrow , the 70's and 80's are the best time the world will ever see and I hope he makes heaven based on that time !!! PLEASE ???

It was wonderful being a kid in the 60’s and a teenager in the 70’s. Without computers, we played outdoors, answered the telephone without caller ID or VM and our imaginations were filled with wonder.

Poor kids today never learned how to make their own fun. Just how to spoil it for others.😢😢

we had it sooo good back then. these days suck...

One of my favorite memories of the 70's is the tight bellbottom cords on the chicks.

I grew up back them and I have one word ! FART !

I remember school clothes were different. Teachers wore dresses not ripped up jeans. Girls wore dresses and skirts a lot of the time. 80s in college and the music was the best between the- 60s-80s...no wonder kids are angry and miserable nowadays..listen to their music! Feeling blessed -great video!

wow, now I feel old.

thats heather from the 90s

I experienced many of those things but more in the spring. In the summertime I always went to sleepaway camp which I loved.

I was born in the wrong time

I lived in a very rural area. My brothers and I on any given summer day could be any where between 5 feet or 15 miles of the house. Did mom know where we were.. Probably not and no one cared. You road your bike every where. Played backyard foot ball or picked up a game of baseball at the park. Fished the creeks and for my brothers and I that was spear fishing. We got good at tracking a fish through the water. Built a small campfire to cook up the perch or bass and we were good.

Most of us were in the scouts and knew just enough wood craft to pretend we knew what we were doing lol. And there were hay barns to explore and as we got older the local farmers would hire some of us for make work projects that needed to be done. As an older teen I learned how to fill a hay barn on my own. Not easy work, but for a teen in fairly good shape not much of a problem.

We learned to hunt and watched war movies and Saturday morning cartoons were a must. And we even managed to get a game of pong second hand. As well as a small black and white tv. Growing up then we did not worry so much about the adult world. It was just to far off to worry about.

Wait....... What? Timmy has pong? oh hell yeah Timmy is soo cool now

Born in 1971 very blessed ❤

mine was cones or ice cream sandwiches

Growing up those days was a blast the freedom was unbelievable!!!!! Low tech and great !!!

I was born in '62. Grew up in the 70's and still hate most of what happend. Terrible clothing,music,haircuts,colours,even most movies were shit. Good thing about the 1970's???? 31-12-1979.😊😊😊

How many rode their bikes in a bicentennial parade? I road mine as a 6 year old in Colo Iowa.

TV shows like The Dukes of Hazzard and All in the Family

I was a 60s/70s child you were spot on

Thankful being born in 1969 ....what a different world we knew compared to now

I hate the digital world