That is the 1940s. As a kid growing up in the 40s and early 50s, there was no money for entertainment as such. What we did was played a lot of games and ran around with the kids of the neighborhood. There were no fences, so houses were merely obstacles to run around. The yards had grass as such on them, but no scenic displays, so no one worried about who was running through their yard. Our yard at 22 East Oregon seemed to be sterile as it was mostly just dirt. Many yards had crab grass as a bumper crop.
We played a lot of cowboys and Indians, although I am having trouble remembering how we chose up. But I do remember it was a lot of chasing and running around which gave us exercise and wore us out. Hide and seek was a big game played mostly just before dark to help in being unseen. However, the upscale hide and seek game of kick the can was our favorite. The hours and days we played ot bring back many fond memories.
Just a block and a half from our house was the neighborhood theater, the Woodlawn. It carried all the second run movies. Westerns were a big item. However, the admission price was twelve cents. This was way beyond any of us living in that neighborhood. But we did have a way of an occasional treat of seeing a real movie. Soda pop bottles required a deposit. Pop bottles were redeemable at two cents apiece. Running through the park and the neighborhood if we came across a discarded pop bottle, we would store it in our garage. When we had collected six of them, we could cash them at the A&P store for twelve cents and have the price to see Gene Autry or Roy Rogers at the Woodlawn Theater.
Just one of my million memories.
