If there was any western shows I liked as a kid in the 1950s it would be the Roy Rodgers show and Saturday was the day for those great westerns! And of course The Lone …
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The Roy Rodgers Show
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Happy Birthday to Rick Nelson!
Today is Ricky Nelson’s 79th Birthday He was born on May 8th 1940, and as a member of the” Here come the Nelsons” TV show with his Brother David, and Mother and Father. 1957 he …
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Easter Memorys
With Easter almost here it brings back good memories of when my Grandparents would come for a visit on the saturday before and give each kid a box of those marshmellow eggs that come in …
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The Fast Runner!
In the mid-50’s we would go over to the Monastery across the street from our homes, where we played stick ball, baseball, and 2 hand touch football. When we weren’t doing any ball playing sometimes …
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Batter Up!
Back in the mid-1950s the P.A.L. in my town would hold try outs for the little league teams and depending on your age, a kid could go to the stadium about 4 blocks away the …
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Yanks around the Corner!
Here’s one for the books! I think it was the summer of 1957/58 when word got around that there were two New York Yankees showing up at the restaurant around the block from my house, …
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Memories of Kevin!
This is a true story that’s bitter-sweet for me from the 1950’s through the 1960’s It’s about a childhood friend who passed away in 1966 in an auto accident, he was only 19 when it …
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Lucky Me!
I was thinking the other day of how aromas can bring you back to a certain time in the past like, the smell of the street after it rains on a hot summer’s day, or …
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Hey Bobby!
There was a time where a kid could travel around without a worry this short story reminds me of how I did that from time to from Mom Bruno who owned the candy store around …
