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  • Category: 50’s Summer

  • What was I Thinking?

    Posted by Bob on September 1, 2020December 11, 2020

    Back in 1957 my two sisters were working in Woolworths department store on the avenue, and one day my friend who lived upstairs from me had a english racer bike they were selling for $7.00 …

    1950's, 50's Life, 50's Summer
  • Non-Stop Summer day ’58

    Posted by Bob on May 1, 2020October 15, 2020

    This story starts out on a hot summer day in 1958 it began as a simple day with a few kids coming out early to hang out and meet up to come up with whatever …

    1950's, 50's Events, 50's Life, 50's Summer
  • Waiting For Dad!

    Posted by Bob on February 14, 2020February 24, 2021

    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 …

    1950's, 50's Summer
  • Saving up for our first car!

    Posted by Bob on January 17, 2020February 25, 2021

    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, …

    1950's, 50's Events, 50's Summer
  • The Fruitman!

    Posted by Bob on August 19, 2019February 25, 2021

    Back in the summers of the 50’s there was a time when the fruit man would come around with his push cart then at times with his pickup truck with lots of delicious fruit on …

    1950's, 50's Events, 50's Summer
  • Happy 4Th Of July!

    Posted by Bob on July 4, 2019November 7, 2019

    Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4Th of July this year in celebrating America’s Birthday! View the post from 2018 for tmy 4Th Of July memories from the 1950s on the link below.. https://thepastisback.blog/2018/07/03/1950s-4th-of-july/ Photo …

    50's Events, 50's Summer
  • Mary’s Luncheonette!

    Posted by Bob on June 19, 2019February 24, 2021

    Back in the summer days of the 50’s I used to go from time to time to the store around the block named Mary’s luncheonette also know as the “Nest” by the older kids mostly …

    1950's, 50's Events, 50's Summer
  • A Good and Plenty Day!

    Posted by Bob on June 4, 2019December 16, 2019

    Back in 1957 I wrote about being a paperboy in the 1950s and although i wasn’t on the job long, I do remember the day while playing with my friends in the Monerstary Grounds when …

    1950's, 50's Events, 50's Summer
  • What’s a little rain?

    Posted by Bob on May 12, 2019December 9, 2019

    Today It’s raining hard on the east coast and at times especially in the summers of the 1950’s when it was a rainy day, I would go out on the front porch and just watch …

    1950's, 50's Events, 50's Summer
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