In the mid 1950s my Father was working about 3 blockes away from my house and in the summer months of one year I would go and sit on the stoop of what was then …
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Waiting For Dad!
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Saving up for our first car!
In the summer of 1957 my friend buddy and I had a plan and that was to go down to the Acme supermarket just two blocks down from our house Buddy lived upstairs from me, …
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Go Get The Tree!
Back when I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s my father would send me and my Brother out for Christmas tree but it was always on Christmas eve! Because he knew the man on …
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The Lone Ranger Show
One of my favorite tv shows as a kid was “The Lone Ranger” in the 1950s I used to sit in front of our small dumont tv on saturday mornings and loved every minute of …
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School Dentist
Back in the 1950’s the city I lived in had a dentist that worked with the city and he would go to each school at different days and times to give kids a check up. …
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Yesterdays Recalled!
Back in the 50s and most of the 60s most of my family and relatives all lived in the same city! My Grandmother, my Aunts, Uncles, and my cousins only my one Aunt, Uncle, and …
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Buddy Holly!
I remember seeing Buddy Holly on the Ed Sullivan show and his music on the radio in the 1950s as well as the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, I really liked”Peggy Sue” One of his …
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kindergarten 52′
With a new school year upcoming, it brings back memories of 1952, the year I began Kindergarten. I don’t remember too much other than the crying and holding on to my Mothers leg! No please …
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The Fruitman!
Back in the summers of the1950s there was a time when the fruitman would come around with his push cart then at times with his pickup truck with lots of delicious fruit on the back …
