"Toy land, toy land, dear little girl and boy land,
While you are within it, you are ever happy there.
Childhood joy land, dear little girl and boy land,
Once you've passed its portals you may never return again.."
How often we sang that old Victor Herbert song back when I was a boy! Who among my visitors, male and female hasn't experienced the joy of a trip to downtown Trenton to visit Swern's, Goldberg's, Hurley Tobin's, or the numerous other department stores that proliferated in a bustling city? Some years ago, I wrote a column entitled, "No bee bee gun, and that's final." How I wanted that same Daisy air rifle that was coveted on Jean Shepard's "Christmas Story!" Yup, my mom even saw to it that I never got that childhood treasure with the same "you'll put your eye out" story.
JoeZ said...- Tom these photos are great, they sure changed to look of Santa now those little beards are funny.
JoeZ said...- I got an air rifle one year for Christmas, no bb's just made a lot of noise and started the neigbbor's dog barking.
- Tom Glover said...
- NOT ME, JOE. I WANTED ONE BUT MY MOM WAS AGAINST THEM. INSTEAD I GOT A LOUSY CORK GUN THAT SHOT ALL OF 4 OR 5 FEET. I DID TAKE OUT A NUMBER OF THOSE OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS BALLS. TOM GLOVER
- Anonymous said...
- Tom - I have two pictures with Santa taken at Christmas time - one at Goldbergs's toyland and the other at Hurley-Tobins. One was taken in 1947, I was five, and the other was 1949, I was seven. They are a treasure to me! Actually these two Santas were very well done. My folks were especially careful about that, I think. Lakeside Girl
