><)))):> SIMPLE DAYS GONE BY GROWING UP,,WAS GREAT BACK THEN <:))))><

[Old Mud]

 

[CELLFISH]

 

[JackPrintMD]

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I remember those being the newer models, they actually refurbished and equipped those alarms with new electronics in the 70’s

 

[WhatKnot]

I remember them as having a lever mechanism; I think.

 

[JackPrintMD]

I remember them as having a lever mechanism; I think.

Yes Single lever.

What is shown is one to pull for police and the other for Fire Rescue.

 

[WhatKnot]

Stoop Ball, if you nailed the edge of the step, the ball would fly. Simple and fun times.

 

[JackPrintMD]

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Stoop Ball, if you nailed the edge of the step, the ball would fly. Simple and fun times.

Loved it.

Stoop ball, Scully , stick and slap ball was my fav.

I did also enjoy the roller Hockey games we played in competition against other streets , all organized by ourselves.

 

[WhatKnot]

Loved it.

Stoop ball, Scully , stick and slap ball was my fav.

I did also enjoy the roller Hockey games we played in competition against other streets , all organized by ourselves.

Maybe it taught us something that is now lost. Simple basic stuff that you can take forward.

 

[CELLFISH]

Maybe it taught us something that is now lost. Simple basic stuff that you can take forward.

I remember stoop ball, we played for points; thanks forda memories... cellie...

 

[CELLFISH]

 

[CELLFISH]

Northeast blackout of 1965

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[CELLFISH]

my section of Bensonhurst had power 65 blackout, the tv wasn’t working and my mom was blaming us for breaking the tv, “Wait till ya father gets home”... haha...cellie...

 

[PropellerJohnII]

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Stoop Ball, if you nailed the edge of the step, the ball would fly. Simple and fun times.

Catching pointers were worth extra points. the best

 

[hartattack]

Spaldeens and Pennsy Pinkys . . .

 

[JackPrintMD]

I wish I knew how many of those I bought or was given as a kid

 

[WhatKnot]

Chips on the ball.

 

[WhatKnot]

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Vertical and Horizontal Hold were a real PITA.

 

[Chevy1]

I hear now of the high school class trips to far away places. The wife & I were in the same high school class, graduated in 1965, & the class trip was we took the #7 train from Main Street Flushing to the Worlds Fair.
John

You graduated the same year I was born

 

[live bait]

You graduated the same year I was born

two reasons to celebrate
John

 

[CELLFISH]