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| Long Beach! |
| On the Boardwalk at Edwards Boulevard |
| Summer after summer, even when we were too young to drive, we'd come to Long Beach. The L.I.R.R. con-ductor would call out the stops... "Valley Stream, Lynbrook, Center Avenue, East Rockaway, Oceanside, Island Park and Long Beach!" Towels, radios, and sun reflectors in hand, we began the 5 block walk form the station, down Edwards Boulevard, to the boardwalk. For a while, it was free to enter the beach. When they started to charge admission, some of us jumped the railing. |
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| Our transistor radios were tuned to hear the 77-WABC "All Americans" and the 57-WMCA "Good Guys." It didn't matter which one you listened to... as soon as the commercials came on, you'd tune in the other! |
| Joanie, Norma & Linda |
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| In a world before SPF-45 and melanoma, we used Johnson & Johnson's Baby Oil with iodine, sun reflectors, and plain cocoa butter. After High School, Steve used to Lifeguard here... it brought back good memories. |
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