I had one!Anyone have a "Big Bruiser"? It was the coolest toy I owned as a 5 year old.
Remember those tiny catalogs that used to come in the mail with all kinds of junky gifts to buy? Harriet Carter, Lillian Vernon, etc. I always got a kick out of this particular ad:
You just never know when you might have a sore neck - and four different sizes!! (some women have longer necks, you know)
Jeez, did I want a pair of those!
Read back a few posts....Did anybody get the Johnson Smith catalog, as I did?
Looks very much like the GC Murphy I remember in Westminster,Maryland.A place for pics or words. Just a place for us to sit and banter with images or words on what great memories you have from your past. Maybe a pic of America as you remember it being when it was in your sweet spot. Stuff like that. It's an open mic forum, judge-free zone.
Based upon a recent thread about Howard Johnson's, I began looking and remembering. And then I came across
I grew up here and this was my store. It brought back a flood of memories from by PT/Early teen years. And though this song is not about Murphy's, it really is about ALL of these Five and Dime stores. Great memories.
http://www.flicklives.com/Mass_Back/View attachment 1040446
http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,92545,00.html
The first paragraph describes me to a T. Back then, thought I, and twp friends. were the only one who did this. Little did we know how much of an impression he would eventually make on America.
Yeah,I grew up listening to Shep too.We lived in Maryland,but WOR was a blowtorch at night.
The first paragraph describes me to a T. Back then, thought I, and twp friends. were the only one who did this. Little did we know how much of an impression he would eventually make on America.