48 Bowman Set [Probstein]

[tedzan]

Hi Frank

Great to hear from you.

In 1948 there were three of us avid BB dudes (ages 8 - 9). Joe, Johnny, and me with our Schwinn bikes. We rode
them all over our area. Our 1st adventurous trip was to the Newark Bears (International Lge.) Stadium to catch a
game. That trip was a 24-mile round-trip hike.

A couple of years later, the 3 of us upgraded our "wheels" to 3-speed English Racers. With these bikes we became
more adventurous, like peddling our buts to Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. This trip entailed a boat ride across the Hud-
son River on the Staten Island ferry over to Brooklyn. Our round-trip that day was 60 miles. We were smart not to
tell our parents, otherwise we would have been "grounded" for a week (or two).

We were quite fortunate to live in NJ (near NYC) back then (1947 - 1956). Needless to say, there's where most of
the exciting BB was happening.

Incidentally, in our neighborhood, Coke, Pepsi bottles returned got us 2-cents. Large soda bottles were 5-cents.


TED Z
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[Leon]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Frank

Great to hear from you.

In 1948 there were three of us avid BB dudes (ages 8 - 9). Joe, Johnny, and me with our Schwinn bikes. We rode
them all over our area. Our 1st adventurous trip was to the Newark Bears (International Lge.) Stadium to catch a
game. That trip was a 24-mile round-trip hike.

A couple of years later, the 3 of us upgraded our "wheels" to 3-speed English Racers. With these bikes we became
more adventurous, like peddling our buts to Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. This trip entailed a boat ride across the Hud-
son River on the Staten Island ferry over to Brooklyn. Our round-trip that day was 60 miles. We were smart not to
tell our parents, otherwise we would have been "grounded" for a week (or two).

We were quite fortunate to live in NJ (near NYC) back then (1947 - 1956). Needless to say, there's where most of
the exciting BB was happening.

Incidentally, in our neighborhood, Coke, Pepsi bottles returned got us 2-cents. Large soda bottles were 5-cents.


TED Z
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Nice story, Ted. Thanks for sharing.

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