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An edition of Back in our day (2016)

Back in our day

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This memoir is a nostalgic look at life in Erie, Pennsylvania, mostly in the late 1940s and 1950s. The author, born in 1942, relives the simpler time of dial telephones with cords to keep them from disappearing, TVs with 5 knobs and 2 stations, and a downtown shopping area. If you lived then and there, you will remember. If not, it will seem like a foreign country. One in which children actually played outside, were not afraid to walk two miles to school, and were only beginning to develop a youth culture outside the control of their parents. This is an individual's personal story seen mostly through rose-colored glasses. --Publisher's description.

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Subjects

Biography, Anecdotes, Social life and customs, Youth, Popular culture, History, Culture populaire, Histoire, Manners and customs

People

Charles F. Emmons (1942-)

Places

Erie (Pa.), Pennsylvania, Erie, United States, États-Unis

Times

20th century, 20e siècle

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Living in midcentury Erie, Pennsylvania
Playing outside: In praise of dirt and sand
Toys and games: The world is a toy; life is a game
Telephones: Number please?
Radio: A sentimental journey
Television: Doubling our pleasure
Scary things: Danger and the disappearing sun
Mom's and Dad's humor: "That's a joke, Son"
Christmas: "Look! A nut!"
Snow: Storm central
Halloween: Trick-and-treat
Vacation: School deprivation
Aunt Grace: A pity to grow up
Food: A tale of beans
Clothing: The Emmons Collection
Shopping: If you've seen one indoor shopping center, you've seen the mall.
Cars: Beep! Beep!
Doctors and dentists: "Can you lick your weight in wildcats?"
Salesmen: "Kringle Krunch, Mr. Crest?"
Why I loved school (usually): 68 years and counting
Language: Us kids with no accent
Sports: "A bloop and a blast"
Gambling: You can't lose (if you don't play)
Church: The heathen in the pew
Etiquette, manners, civility: No thank yous
Today: Welcome to the future.

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Library of Congress
F157.E6 .E66 2016

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Pagination
158 pages
Number of pages
158

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OL38231640M
Internet Archive
backinourday0000emmo
ISBN 10
1537596810
ISBN 13
9781537596815
OCLC/WorldCat
1005898844

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