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Originally Posted by manaboutown
I remember the Duncan "yoyo man" coming to a lot across from the store where they sold them. He would demonstrate his incredible yoyo skills, hold contests and pass out patches and even sweaters to the winners (sometimes yours truly). I remember buying penny candy, Cracker Jacks, riding a one speed bike with a coaster brake and balloon tires, playing marbles, flying kites we built ourselves as well as purchased, building flying model balsa and paper airplanes from kits, red and blue plastic mills (fractions of pennies, buying stamps and sticking them in books for that purpose to accumulate enough to purchase war bonds...
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People would say when we were very little; "by by, buy bonds". And my Duncan yoyo was pink and had a jewel in it. Never could get the danged thing to "walk the dog".
Also Jacks? and marbles? I had a collection of beautiful marbles and trading cards.(playing cards with beautiful pictures on them saved for the pictures)
Later trading stamp books bought us some nice stuff for our honeymoon home.