Hey, pennant guys

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Good eye! That picture “has it all.” Back when kids could go to a World Series game on their own if they, or their parents, had a couple of bucks. And, if you went on your own, you could smoke.

Well into the 1960s, most kids were "free-range" from an amazingly early age, no helicoptering back then. You could go to a playground packed with hundreds of kids without a single parent in sight. And virtually all adults smoked, but not many kids as young as this one looks. But I'm not sure there were any restrictions on buying cigarettes other than maybe a store's policy.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Well into the 1960s, most kids were "free-range" from an amazingly early age, no helicoptering back then. You could go to a playground packed with hundreds of kids without a single parent in sight. And virtually all adults smoked, but not many kids as young as this one looks. But I'm not sure there were any restrictions on buying cigarettes other than maybe a store's policy.

Hell, yes. I used to leave the house on my bike or mini bike and return eight hours later. We roamed near and far.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Hell, yes. I used to leave the house on my bike or mini bike and return eight hours later. We roamed near and far.

Go home when the street lights came on!

[ooo-ribay]

Luv the Luv Ya Blue! Bum and Earl Campbell. Just checked Earl’s stats. Damn, he only played 7 years. Poor guy can barely walk these days.

[bocca001]

Last I saw of Campbell, he was doing much better. I think he had some issues with pain meds and that had him in a wheelchair looking pretty bad.