Wax Lips memories... In the hot summer of 1957, my cousin & I asked to
walk to the corner store to buy some penny candies & wax lips, and
were granted permission from our Moms. We did not stop to put on
shoes, and proceeded to walk up the shady street's sidewalk toward the
corner.
At
the corner of the street was a gas station and just around the corner
was the store. We began to cross the gas station's concrete, which was
no longer in the shade of the trees that lined the street. All at
once, our poor little bare feet began to burn! Well being all of 6
years old, we did not know what to do. My cousin sat down and lifted
her feet in the air, so I followed her lead. We sat there, waving our
feet in the air while our buns began to burn; so we did what any dumb
6 year old would do -- we screamed!!
We screamed so loudly that our
mothers heard us a half a block away and came running like mad to see
what was wrong. After they stopped laughing, they picked us up and
carried us the rest of the way to the store so we could buy our wax
lips -- good thing we didn't get them before our feet started to burn,
or I fear we would have had a bag filled with melted lips -- that
concrete was really HOT!! But those were the hardest earned wax lips
we ever had! ~ Sally from Ohio
The Old Time Candy Company brought back memories of when I was in the fourth grade! There was a small market behind the elementary school grounds where I went to Fourth Grade. It had the best selection of penny candy anywhere. At lunch time I would jump the school fence and go to the store to buy "WAX LIPS"! I'd go back to school, put on the lips, chase the girls and try to get them to KISS ME. Sometimes I'd get the kiss, but if I didn't , I always enjoyed chewing those WAX LIPS!!
At age 52 I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the WAX LIPS at the OLD TIME CANDY COMPANY web site. Thanks to my daughter Stacey for introducing me to your candy store!! I think I'll order some 'WAX LIPS" and " GO BACK TO THE FOURTH GRADE"
Thanks for the memories! ~ Bill from Ohio
My grandfather had a confectionary store and around the late forties and early fifties on Mondays I
always went with him to the bank and then we went to the movies. Of course I took my treats with me out of the store. My wax lips always
included.
My grandfather always went to the cowboy movies. Why, I never knew, because not long after the movie
started he was fast asleep. When he dozed off I left. I would run all over the theater, usually ending up in the balcony. Segregation was
still going on, but the African-Americans sitting there never seemed to mind I was there.
When I returned to my seat with grandpa, who was still sleeping, out came my wax lips and I would put
them on and start kissing him with them. He would get so mad that I woke him, but it was usually time to go anyway. He never knew till I
grew up that I wasn't sitting there with him the whole time. ~ Diane from West Virginia
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