Submitted by Helen 9/25/19
Ventures Dept Store 87th and Lafayett,
Turn Style Dept Store,
Kham and Nate’s Shoe Store 87th and Cottage Grove, Izola’s Restaurant 79th St.,
Bob’s Lounge 75th St.,
The Checker Board Lounge East on 43rd St.,
Army & Lou’s Restaurant Lounge E. 75th St.,
Marina City Bowling Alley,
Ringo’s Bar-B-Que 47th St., 
Lang’s Bar-B-Que 47th St. ,
DD & S Bar-B-Que 71st South Chicago Ave.,
The New Raven Lounge 8822 1/2 S. Stoney Island, The Bucket of Blood Tavern 69th and Wentworth, Big O’s Liquor Store E. 67th St.,
Jet Grocery Store 71st and Vincennes Ave,
The Big Fort 39th and Drexel,
R.R. Donnelly Printing Co. 22nd King Dr.,
The Hole Tavern 45th and King Dr in the basement

Submitted by Dee Evans in Las Vegas
Al Abrams Pontiac
Kenwood Theater on 47th
The SunTimes Distribution Barn which became Mohammed Ali Gym on 47th
Mohammed Ali RailCar Restaurant on State Street
Chili Mac's
Drinking Fountains in the Park Strip on South Park
Rag Man & Watermelon Man Horsedrawn wagons
on Indiana
J L Marr Funeral Home
Rexall Drugs
Peter Pan Ice Cream on 43rd & Indiana
Tropical Hut Restaurant in Hyde Park
Drugstores before they were full service such as Grady's on 47th & Ellis
Hank's Ribs on 47th & Ingleside
Hanks Delivery truck with the pig on the side praying "Lawd When I Die, Take Me To Hanks"
Harold's Chicken Car
When the Blackstone Library was on Lake Park before the street was moved
The George F. Harding Castle, 49th & Lake Park
Lincoln Loan on 47th
Big Ben Shoes
Woodmeer Hotel- 46th
Spencer Hotel - 55th
Sawdust on the meat market floor, live poultry in cages

Sid McCoy
Al Benson
Richard Stampz
Yvonne Daniels
E. Rodney Jones
Montegue, the Mountain of Soul
Big Bill Hill

Garfield Goose
Miss Frances
Howdy Doody
Sky King
Rin Tin Tin

Edge of Night
Dark Shadows

Man's Temptation - Gene Chandler
Sad Sad Girl & Boy - Impressions
Gypsy Woman - Impressions
Paradise - Temptations
Shop Around - Miracles
Two Lovers - Mary Wells
Night Owl/Kissing in the Kitchen - Gene Chandler
Guess Who I Saw Today - Nancy Wilson
Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria
Fingertips - Little Stevie Wonder

To all the people born in the
1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention the risks we took
hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank ! water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!  We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Inter! net chat
rooms ... WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them. CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. And while you are at it, show it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! 
Submitted by Elaine Johnson