did you collect the stickers at the ends of wonder bread loaves? I
remember they had various stickers, but can't remember if by collecting
them we got a prize or what.

dave

Dave Fleming wrote:

Railway Express Agency

Teaberry Gum

Walker Gordon Certified Raw Milk

Little Loaves of Wonder Bread handed ( free ) out at lunch time in
school

Nickle rides on the Staten Island Ferry. The well known 'Submarine
Races' if ya folla? :-)))))))

The Blizzard of 1949 in NYC.

Magnavox Solid Mahogony Console Radio with built in turntable to play
78s and 33 RPM records before 45s came on the scene
( wood topic )

Dennis James and the Friday night wrestling matches from Madison
Square Garden on the 9 inch Dumont TV with the big hunk of magnifying
glass/plastic in front of the screen so more than one person could
watch it.

TV on only from 3 PM to 12 AM and just 2 or 3 stations

50 Cartoons and 2 Features at the local 'itch' aka movie house over
Christmas and Easter breaks for 15 cents and 5 cents for a jumbo bag
of popcorn all purchased with soda pop bottle return deposits.

4 Wheel Roller Skates with steel ballbearing replaceable wheels and
hold on clips that didn't work with PF Flyer Sneakers only leather or
'Biltrite' soled shoes.

Coal trucks with high hoppers to allow the delivery man to place a big
wooden barrel under the chute to roll it across the driveway to the
house's coal chute. Chain driven trucks.

Schmoos

Hopalong Cassidy White ten gallon hats

The Great Guildersleeve/Fred Allan/ I Love A Mystery

Air Raid Nights when the big liners like the Queen Mary were leaving
NY Harbor loaded with troops for the Great Crusade aka WW II. The Belt
Parkway closed to traffic because of the wake waves being about 8 feet
high and flooding the Parkway along the Hudson River Narrows. The ship
was already coming up to speed as it passed through the submarine nets
across the entrance to NY harbor.

Butcher shops that gave the kids a hunk of bologna when shopping with
Mom. Or "would Mrs. Fleming like a nice brisket to take home tonight?'
Briskets were free with an order in Irish neighborhoods and went
immediately into the brine barrel in the cellar actually a couple of
barrels the small pickel size.
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