Founder of Trips Down Memory Lane
Steve Jones
Steve was born in 1950 and grew up in Southern Ohio, where he delivered the Dayton Daily News and spent his sixth year “driving” a rusted-out sedan up on blocks in a nearby junkyard. He was a student at Kent State in 1970. He started Trips Down Memory Lane because, as he puts it, the things that hold our fondest memories are from long, long ago. Today he runs the site with his son, Cory.
Stories by Steve
If You Were a Child in the ’60s, You’ll Remember These Books
From Dick and Jane and 25-cent Little Golden Books to Green Eggs and Ham, The Snowy Day and…
12 Gift Ideas for People Obsessed With the 1980s
From a Rubik’s Cube to a Pac-Man cabinet for the den, here are 12 gifts you can still…
12 Toys Every ’70s Kid Begged For
Big Wheels, Lite-Brite, Simon, Speak & Spell, Stretch Armstrong and the empty-box Star Wars Christmas of 1977: 12…
10 Childhood Toys From the 1960s Worth a Small Fortune Today
From the No. 1 Barbie to a Godzilla model kit that reached only a few stores, these are…
How Many of These 1960s Homewares Do You Remember?
Jewel-colored aluminum tumblers, Butterprint Pyrex, Blue Cornflower CorningWare, a pink Princess phone and a sunburst clock on the…
12 Things You’d Notice in a ’50s Home That Feel Unusual Today
Milk in glass bottles, an ice-cube tray that fought back, a percolator gurgling on the stove and razor…
13 Retro Coloring Book Memories, From the 64 Box to Paint With Water
The 64 box with the built-in sharpener, cowboys and TV stars on the cover, wet-a-brush pages and the…
You Grew Up in the ’50s and ’60s If You Remember These Saturday Morning Cartoons
From Crusader Rabbit in 1950 to George of the Jungle in 1967, here are 14 cartoons that filled…
12 Things Tucked Inside an ’80s Mom’s Purse
Checkbooks, coupons, school pictures, tissues, lipstick, gum, and the just-in-case supplies an ’80s mom carried for everybody.
1970s Movie Night Ideas: 13 Picks for a Night In, From Jiffy Pop to Jaws
How to host a 1970s movie night at home: set up a living-room drive-in, shake the Jiffy Pop,…