“Our Communications System was FREE, No Charge”

Jun 12th “Our Communications System was FREE, No Charge”

Tele Communications

In the ’40s, we … each and everyone of us “KIDS” had one of the very best, and most reliable, and also always in very good working order… our own highly reliable and always ready in a minute’s notice … private “communications” system going!

As a “kid” back then, we got up early, dressed and ready to play and or work… and work for me… (work was having to help my younger brothers get ready).

Way before, I could even get outside, I could hear; “Oooh Mary Ellen… can you come out and play, Today?”

This was repeated and in such a long … slow sing/song and highly dragged out repetition, by my friend, “Alice”, standing out and on the sidewalk, in front of our house.

My Mother would tell me… to kindly let “Alice” know that I would be out soon!

Alice lived across the street and way down, almost at he end of our block… could have been called a whole block away, walking to my house, and always “barefoot” and my Mother would never let me go “barefoot” … no matter how many times, that I would ask?

Finally when when I get outside, we had a plan to meet with other kids… that we knew, that would also want to go around the neighborhood, and we would tell each other where and what we heard … that was going on… as there was always something important for KIDS to get involved in doing for the WWII collections of paper and metal, because we wanted to do our part, in AMERICA helping to end the WAR!

Seems to me… that TIME would move very slowly, day light lasted so long, as we were able to walk more than a couple more blocks as the both of us… will start calling, more friends, walking and walking just until enough of our friends are together and are all gather to play, and are we all start working on a project.

How do you like our, “communication system”, when we “call you” … everybody on the block knows “us” and “you” and what we are going to do, and where we will be!

Now, if your “parents” do not like your “friends”… there is no secret telephone calls… gong on of which … that they can not see and hear all of t your plans.

Back in that day … not every home in America had a “Telephone” … so, those conversations, that your kids were making were broadcasted from the sidewalk in front of your house… through all the walls of your home and through the walls to all of surrounding houses in the nearby homes and to who ever has “EARS to HEAR” … they all…will know and or have some good idea of those plans for the day…

Now… it is clear… clear as “DAY” to your parents, as to what you will or will not… be doing today.

“YOUR PARENTS”… will howler out the window to your friends… that you have other plans …you can not… go out today?

Let me “tele” you something that, you may not know…

“we grew up… with all of that fresh air, walking miles… in the great out doors, and also… we were so healthy … as to being able to walk for miles … attaining “A #1” exercise.”