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lillypaddle

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5. Well, that was the 1950s

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 09:27 AM

Nov 2016

Maybe it wasn't just about razor blades, but my mother didn't trust what people "made," because who knows how clean they were or what they put in them. She was German, btw, and had some weird ideas - believed in lots of old wives tales. I'm remembering specifically when we were in Germany and living on base. People moved a lot, and we didn't necessarily know our neighbors that well.

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Do you remember Lunch Bars? I used to get a lot of them on [View all] sinkingfeeling Oct 2016 OP

Back in the day, those candy bars were the size of a toddler's arm! MADem Oct 2016 #1

I sure do! I would love a popcorn ball right about now. nt Tess49 Nov 2016 #2

My parents always threw away lillypaddle Nov 2016 #3

Talking 1950's. There were no razor blades in candy and people knew who sinkingfeeling Nov 2016 #4

Well, that was the 1950s lillypaddle Nov 2016 #5

We always got pennies mainstreetonce Nov 2016 #6

I've never heard of Lunch Bars. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 #7

Think they were all over the country. I was raised in rural Ohio sinkingfeeling Nov 2016 #8

Thanks for the link, but I also never saw or heard of the other two candies PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 #9

Me neither. trof Nov 2016 #10