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If anyone likes those pictures, come join me, I'm sitting at the luncheon counter nibbling on a plate of french fries and sipping a vanilla milkshake! I'm at the very end in the counter, so you can't see me in the picture.
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The only thing I don't remember, is if the seats used to have backs on them or not??? I somehow seem to remember they were stools rather than seats... And, I seem to remember each seat being a different colour, or, an alternating (red/pale green) seat colour, or (red/pale blue). As in, one seat red, the next one pale green (or cream), the next one red, and so on. And how us kids used to stare with delight at the churning and spinning, chilled fountain drink tanks! See the funky/retro lights above the chalk-menu boards? My favourite is the white telephone looking thing (behind the 50¢ sign). That's the milkshake mixer!
I remember the seats didn't have backs. They were the swivel kind and always in dark green or red fake-leather (naugahide) with aluminum around the base. As a kid I remember swivelling around and around and around - drove my poor Mom crazy!
Yes, Bingo! You just made me remember, Spartana. Mom was forever telling us kids to stop spinning around!!! :) I think you're right, candy-apple red vinyl-padded seats straight across.
To wet the appetite a little more check out this site. Too bad for the banner in the way, but it sure is fun going through all the things. I know I'm old, because I remember just about every single thing!
Geeze, Mrs-M, I think I ate at the first diner picture you posted last summer! I must have just missed you ;). Here's a link to a photo -not mine, BTW- of our summer diner dining spot.
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I remember just about everything mentioned so far, but of course we lived in the boonies and were very much behind the times, lol. When my friends had color TV, we were just getting a TV that generally worked. My friends had princess phones and private lines (for the whole family, not individually!!) and we had a black wall phone and a 10 party line. When we got a phone with a long, long cord, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Fun thread!
Thanks for the link Mrs-M! What a walk down memory lane.........
Mrs-M, that photo brings back memories! The signs on the wall are so familiar. I always had french fries, but when I was older I graduated to a corn muffin. I remember all the pie and cake slices in the glass display on the counter. Oh, and the dishes--I think they were off-white with a beige border. The seats in the booths were sort of a turquoise color, I think. It was such a big treat to eat there.
Oh, I always had a glass of milk, with a straw, that I would blow bubbles with.
Early Morning. So bummed I am over missing each other at the diner! :) The diner-car eatery is fantastic! Reminds me of the old commercial, "rice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat"! Re: telephones, in our old house we had a wall-mounted telephone, a cream-coloured one, and I used to stretch that poor old cord for all it's worth! :laff:
You are most welcome, Libby! :)
Pony Mom. Yes, I too, remember the glass-display cases with pies in them! And even now, after all these years, I still remember the familiar greasy, fast-food smell that emitted from the diner! Did your mom used to get cross with you too, when you'd blow bubbles in your milk? :laff:
You know, I was giving thought to what it was like to be a waitress behind the counter of a department store diner back then, and how you were on display for the entirety of your shift. Countless watchful eyes critiquing your every move, non-stop waves of people coming and going, and the steady dull noise of multiple conversations going on from one end of the diner counter to the other.
Great pics, Mrs-M!
Leslieann, I definitely remember W.T.Grant's!! I had forgotton all about it. But, yes, we had a Grants in the mall in my town where we always got french fries and coke. One time, my friend and I were with our mothers and our MOTHERS got into a fit of the giggles (my friend and I were 14 at the time), and the waiter threatened to get the manager. My friend and I were so embarrassed. But I have that image in my head of the two 60s moms, with their curled blonde hair and their eyeliner with the little cats eyes, just in one of those gut-busting fits of laughter.
I think women had better, closer friendships back then. I know I don't have time for that kind of friendship now--too busy with work. Sad. (As much as I love you guys, a lot of "ROFLMYOs" in place of the real thing just doesn't cut it)