TV was not invented, when it first came out a neighbor invited the neighborhood kids to her house. My first TV show was the ALL STAR BASEBALL GAME. We did not have a TV until I was 15. We loved putting on plays, and played "movie star". This was in the 1940's. The war was on but we only were aware when there was a practice air raid drill, and we would hide in the dark under the table. My mom was a warden, carrying a flash light with a red tissue cover over the light.
Movies would be shown on our side street by the local pub, and before they began, we would have an amateur hour on the stage till it was dark for the movie to start. Laurel & Hardy etc. I would sing and tap dance, up there.
When I said we were never at home, we just had so much fun playing outside. We would sled ride down our steep Pittsburgh Streets all winter, play ball on our street in the summer, jumped rope, built mud dams when it rained, played canasta, on the sidewalk Sewer top under the streetlight when it got dark, and of course played every cops and robbers game, hiding in chicken coops, and neighbors gardens.
I used to play on Cow Mt, or Kenny's Hill too. We use to play May Queen. Decorate our hair with garlands, and use curtains as Veils. We had 2 boys who were May Queens, too. We used to put on plays, that the boys wrote, and had regular shows in their garage. The best popcorn I ever tasted made in an Iron Pan by one of the mom's. Really enjoyed our childhood. We were never at home
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xpoc 2 years ago
TV was not invented, when it first came out a neighbor invited the neighborhood kids to her house. My first TV show was the ALL STAR BASEBALL GAME. We did not have a TV until I was 15. We loved putting on plays, and played "movie star". This was in the 1940's. The war was on but we only were aware when there was a practice air raid drill, and we would hide in the dark under the table. My mom was a warden, carrying a flash light with a red tissue cover over the light.
-- Aunt Annette
MaryFitzp 2 years ago
Movies would be shown on our side street by the local pub, and before they began, we would have an amateur hour on the stage till it was dark for the movie to start. Laurel & Hardy etc. I would sing and tap dance, up there.
-- Aunt Annette
MaryFitzp 2 years ago
When I said we were never at home, we just had so much fun playing outside. We would sled ride down our steep Pittsburgh Streets all winter, play ball on our street in the summer, jumped rope, built mud dams when it rained, played canasta, on the sidewalk Sewer top under the streetlight when it got dark, and of course played every cops and robbers game, hiding in chicken coops, and neighbors gardens.
-- Aunt Annette
MaryFitzp 2 years ago
I used to play on Cow Mt, or Kenny's Hill too. We use to play May Queen. Decorate our hair with garlands, and use curtains as Veils. We had 2 boys who were May Queens, too. We used to put on plays, that the boys wrote, and had regular shows in their garage. The best popcorn I ever tasted made in an Iron Pan by one of the mom's. Really enjoyed our childhood. We were never at home
-- Aunt Annette
MaryFitzp 2 years ago