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Big Brothers and Bicycles By Joyce Jamerson February 25, 2010
When we outgrew our Sunday afternoon walks in the woods with Dad and Boze, the family dog, my brother and I would take off on our bicycles to explore. Of course, when we were meeting up with friends, we girls had to have the right outfit ~ blue jeans, one of my dad’s white shirts and a sailor hat. Don’t ask me why that became the style in the ‘50’s, but it was. Completing the look were bobby socks and saddle oxfords.
It was a safer time then. We would go trick-or-treatin’ on Halloween with never a thought of being harmed; and the only trick involved was turning over an occasional garbage can. Our only restriction was Mom and Dad’s curfew. If we were so daring as to miss curfew, there would be a price to pay.
Memories of being together with my brother are precious to me. Bei...[more] 1 Comments
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