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Our Families - Our Lives. Write-Link Project
Christie W.
Life in Ypsilanti during the 1950's
June 20, 2005 Linda Randolph, 63 recently reflected on what Ypsilanti was like around
the 1950's and the noticeable changes from her time to the present.
Among the changes are the advances in technology. For example, today
most children are in the house for the majority of their time, possibly
on the computer, listening to music, watching television or even reading.
Linda reflected upon and vividly explained the times when her neighborhood
friends would create a float for the various parades in Ypsilanti but
on a child's wagon. All summer long, Linda and her friends would put
up a Koolade ® stand and had to pay her grandma the five cents that
it cost for the sugar in the Koolade ®. Linda and her friends would
also build forts, ride bikes, play with jacks, play with board games
on the front porch, and put on summer plays inviting their neighbors
while charging a small fee to watch the plays.
In highschool, basketball, rollerskating, dating, drive-in movies,
and football games were very popular. Listening to Elvis and doing math
were two of the many things that Linda also enjoyed. Linda called herself
a "late bloomer" and preferred to do many outdoor activities
such as riding her bike through a forested area called Sleepy Hollow.
Most parents would allow their children to watch Gidget movies and any
movies with Franky Avalon because those movies consisted of good clean
fun without violence or sexual references.
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