On July 13, 2012, my two daughters surprised me with a big box of wrapped gifts, informing me it was exactly 80 days until my 80th birthday and I would be able to unwrap one gift a day. The gift items would commemorate a year in my life in some way. This is what I received this week.
1961 – A 1961 edition of a television schedule that was included with our newspaper. It’s so much fun to read because of the ads for local businesses. And wasn’t Andy Williams young and handsome?
1962 – A copy of Life magazine featuring one of my favorites from the early days of television – Sid Caesar.
1963 – My youngest daughter knitted this for me from a vintage pattern – everyone had to have a fancy toilet tissue cover in 1963, right?
1964 – A tiny tray with salt and pepper shakers from the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
1965 – A copy of Strange but True Baseball Stories. Anything relating to baseball has been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember.
1966 – A token from Cincinnati’s Potter’s Shoes celebrating 100 years in business – from 1866 to 1966. On the reverse side is a memorial to our Suspension Bridge which was also built in 1866.
1967 – A small plate commemorating Salzburg and The Sound of Music. My oldest daughter included a note reminiscing about how the two of us saw the movie in a neighborhood theater in the fall of 1967. She writes, “The theater was packed with kids, who cheered loudly when Maria and the Captain did their “Something Good” number, then again when Maria appeared in her wedding gown. I always think of The Sound of Music in October and imagine the hills of Cincinnati are the hills above Salzburg.” In 1990, we were able to go to Austria and visit Salzburg.
All of my posts on this wonderful celebration are listed in Family – My 80th Birthday in my index on the right hand side of the page.
A nice collection of memorabilia from the sixties,. I remember them well. Your daughters must have all have a good eye for spotting items from those years.
Such a wonderful trip down memory lane… I remember it well!
That was a wonderful trip down memory lane for me, too! I only took my parents to the movies once – or they only agreed to go once – and that was the movie we saw! I still love Julie Andrews. It’s amusing to me that toilet tissue covers are coming back lately!
Oh boy! I love the toilet roll cover! Mom and my Nana both had them, but nothing as fancy as THIS one. I’m enjoying every single year – please thank your daughters for me. They are doing a wonderful job!
How lucky to visit Austria – The Sound of Music was one of my favorite annual tv movies – it was a family tradition.
Ah yes, Sid Caesar, such a funny guy. Last week I had fun thinking about the TV Guide memories, and today the newspaper television guide brought back more. You would think that one guide would be enough, but just as you pointed out…I used to like to see the advertisements in the newspaper one.
Lovely gifts!
Maureen
This time you had my birth year among your gifts….1964. I love the handmade gifts using a pattern from that year.
Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi