Where'd you buy those packs as a kid?

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Posted By: martindl

Great topic.

1965. We lived on a large hill, about half way up, so had two stores to chose from - the top shops or the bottom shops. Both were newsagents and sold papers , sweets (candy) and the like. My Dad got paid from the factory on a Thursday, so at dinner he'd hand over the whole thing to my Mom who would empty it onto the table. She'd put money aside for the bills, give my Dad a few notes and my sister and I got our pocket money - I was older so i'd get 6 pennies (half a shilling) and she'd get two.

First thing Saturday morning i'd ride up to the top shops to see what wonders they had for me that week. I usually bought a comic and if it was football (soccer) season would buy packs of cards. One time they had American cards - you had a choice of Civil War Bank Notes or Baseball cards each at a penny a pack. I only bought a couple of the Baseball card packs because I was sure that the Civil War notes were real money and one day I'd come to America and spend them. The baseball cards were 1963 Topps. I saved the Clemente cause I thought it was the handsomest card i'd ever seen.

Well, I made it to America but the notes and the Clemente were long gone at that point.