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Posted By: Peter Thomas

As some of you know I started buying 48 Leafs, which I loved probably because they were comic book like in appearance. I don't even remenmber 48 Bowmans. In 49 I still bought the Leafs and some
Bowmans, which I did not much care for, although I like them now. In 50 and 51 I bought Bowmans, but will little enthusium. The 52 Topps blew me away and I was scrambling for pop bottles to get them like I was in 48 for the Leafs - don't think I bought many Bowmans. In 53 The Bowman color cards also blew me away and I collected them although I don't remember the Black and White cards. In 54 I collected both Bowmans and Topps, but was leaning back to Topps. During the summer of 55 we moved and Cashman's store on the Boston/Worchester Pike (Route 9) in Natick was out of my reach, but until my move I was collecting Topps and Cashmans was selling so few of the ugly 55 Bowmans that they stopped carring them.