The Buckets by Greg Cravens for December 08, 2018

“Yes she was, but that’s neither here nor there.”

one day, you will learn that thing CHANGE!

Son, let’s google “1965 television images” and have a little look.

Some people still do villages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3wj3M9DfPQ

We had one, but over the years and six toddlers …

The TV’s when the grandparents were younger were console TV’s. They were a large piece of furniture on which many things could be displayed. I miss those old sets. The last one we had lasted 27 years even though some of the tubes would need replacing once in a while. That was never a problem since my own father owned a TV repair shop.

Both Momma and Gram had all sorts of different things that they put on top of the consoles depending on the season. Including the above village with the skaters on a mirror. Along with Santa, reindeer and a sleigh that sat on top of the piano.

There was a whole industry around making ceramic lamps to set on top of console TVs.

See – http://www.tvlamps.net/haeger_2horses_big.jpg … http://www.tvlamps.net/haeger_cowboy_big.jpg

And…http://www.tvlamps.net/haeger_ladyhead3_big.jpg

e still have one you can put stuff on top of it….one in the bedroom and one in the living room

aint complete without a train, a steam loco too.

I still have a console TV in my family room. My current Plasma TV rests on top of it.