Aug 29, 2022
My first day of kindergarten in 1949 was all new to me. I had no conception of how to go to grade school. The other kids were strangers, who acted strangely in some cases. One girl poked me in the ribs with her elbow when she thought I was not observing the rules...as she understood them. The urinals in the boys room...
Jul 18, 2022
As kids in the 1950s, we were allowed to roam freely through the neighborhoods of our village without the close parental supervision that today's children endure. We created our own things to do, which frequently entailed a certain element of risk that routinely put us in harm's way. Left to our own devices, however, we...
Jun 29, 2022
Local community events were the highest form of entertainment imaginable for us kids in 1950s Adams Center, New York. In this episode, listen to my stories of about donkey basketball and a carnival game where you could win a live duck to take home with you.
Jun 9, 2022
Entertainment was not easy to come by in my small town of Adams Center, New York in the 1950s. But simple things like radio shows, passing military convoys, playing in the snow, and stage performances like the now extinct minstrel show provided all the diversion we needed to keep ourselves amused.