A child's greatest period of growth is the month
after you've purchased new school clothes.
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A child's greatest period of growth is the month
after you've purchased new school clothes.
Especially the feet of boys!
This was back in the mid 1950s. My father told me that since I had a paper route I should buy my own Easter suit. We were living in Brooklyn, New York at the time. To buy a suit it would be necessary to get on a street car (Trolley) and go down town to one of the department stores. Or another option was to go to the tailor at the end of the block. I chose the latter.
After a couple of weeks and a few fittings, my suit was ready to pick up the Saturday before Palm Sunday. I did so and brought it home. My father wanted to see the suit and I tried it on. The conversation went like this:
F: "Wow that is a really nice suit. It fits you like a glove."
F: "Who is your tailor?"
M: "The guy at the end of the block."
F: "No. Where did you buy the suit?"
M: "From the tailor at the end of the block."
F: "YOU HAD A SUIT MADE BY A TAILOR?"
F: "HOW MUCH DID IT COST?"
M: "$75"
The conversation ended there and my father didn't speak to me until school was back in session several months later. In those several months I grew probably about 100MM. I think that I wore the suit, perhaps a dozen Sundays before we went to Grandmothers beach house for the summer.
A big LOL!
Did you have younger brothers to pass the suit on to??
IIRC, It wouldn't fit my younger brother as he was quite a bit chunkier than I at the time. He is about 4 years younger. (Knowing my parents, I've often wondered about the almost 4 years. LOL )Quote:
Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore
They had to think long and hard before having another one after you? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by rrich
OK, I'll go along with that scenario. I had another one in mind but this is not the old orange room.Quote:
Originally Posted by doug3030