Remember when
Before everyone had a cellphone, you made a call from home using this type of telephone.
Rotary Phone
“Was blind but now I see.”
Amazing Grace
This was used to get dirty clothes from one floor to another.
Laundry Shoot
Don’t assume something will happen before it actually does.
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
This girl followed a White Rabbit and found herself in a very strange place filled with talking animals and riddles.
ALICE
Before calculators were common in classrooms, students often used this device for arithmetic.
Abacus
This is my story, this is my song
Blessed Assurance
If you wanted to make a copy of a document at home in the 1960s or 70s, you might put this underneath the paper and write firmly on top.
Carbon Paper
What you do matters more than what you say.
Actions speak louder than words.
This wooden puppet dreamed of becoming a real boy and had a cricket as his conscience.
Pinocchio
This Canadian department store was famous for its enormous Christmas catalogue, which families eagerly looked through.
Eaton's
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
What a friend we have in Jesus
This object was commonly kept near the front door and could contain a surprisingly important collection of names and numbers—long before smartphones.
Address Book
Face something difficult or unpleasant with courage.
Bite the bullet
He carried a wooden sword, wore a feather in his cap, and became famous for fighting injustice in Sherwood Forest.
Robin Hood
Before Google, students looking for information might turn to this multi-volume reference set found in many homes and classrooms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Each little flower that opens,
each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.
All things bright and beautiful.
This was commonly placed under a hot casserole or serving dish to protect the kitchen or dining-room table.
Trivet
Don’t risk everything on one plan or possibility.
“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
This orphaned boy became a member of a group of street children led by Fagin.
Oliver Twist
This office machine made copies by exposing specially treated paper to light and was once a familiar sight in schools and offices.
Mimeograph
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll
It is well, with my soul
These were often kept in the kitchen and used to preserve leftovers, but they weren't made of plastic. Housewives might have a whole collection of them in different sizes.
Pyrex dishes
Other people’s situations may seem better than your own.
The grass is always greener on the other side.
He was a detective who lived at 221B Baker Street and was famous for solving mysteries using observation and deduction.
Sherlock Holmes