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Fun & activities for Boomer kids were almost from sunrise to sunset and after. 
Episode 223 takes focus on the games played after supper & in the front yards that entertained the many with their competition & strategy. 
See if you don’t remember them by name and description, as well as your own participation in them. 
Especially be quick about declaring, “NOT IT!
But however it goes. ENJOY

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A lot of fascinating information about the creation of a popular board game had to be cut from the TPC Episode 221 due to time constraints. 
In this extended  and unedited copy of the full interview with Brian Hersch, CEO of Hersch Games & creator of the new Baby Boomer trivia product, BOOM AGAIN. 
His insights into that unique generation & his passion for offering an entertaining  experience while looking fondly back are not to be missed. 
So listen to everything discussed. It’ll only heighten your desire to own BOOM AGAIN & even make it a gift. 
boomagain.com  & make sure you get use the discount code, PRIMROSE25 for 25% off website & Amazon price. 

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If music  of the 50’s, 60’s & 70’s was & is for Boomers the soundtrack of our lives, then games were our playground.  
Episode 218, BOOMERS & BOARD GAMES, unpacks the period when Monopoly, Clue, Sorry and the like were rolled out regularly in homes & neighborhoods across the US. 
TPC guest, Brian Hersch, creator of popular board games like Outburst, Taboo & Scattergories, as well as 40 some. others, talks about that generation’s affinity toward cards, dice, tokens, currency  &  cardboard paths that unfolded to twice the size of the box, providing the good time that was had by all. 
In the course of that revelation, listeners will also discover a great new experience he now offers as a way to replay the 50’s, 60,s & 70’s- his new trivia-based game, BOOM AGAIN.
It’s another great interview in the 
“Characters of the Chronicles”series. 
Enjoy the chat & take advantage of offer at the end. 
Blessings

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As promised in Episode 219, here is the full conversation with 1960’s  & beyond Indianapolis Youth Leader, Derek Wallace. His providential journey from his homeland to Africa to Kentucky before reaching Indiana is shared as he affirms the Lord’s him to the capital city of Indiana. 
Additional incidents and memorable folks he encountered along the way are also recounted.  This is an expanded version that will offer new insights into the heart of a dedicated teen worker. 
Enjoy!!

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Many Teens living through the 1960’s were richly benefitted by those adults who gave of their time, talent and even some of their treasure, investing in programs & activities that could provide hope, offer purpose and create a vision for the future of youth in their charge. 
In addition to, of course, parents, themselves examples of The Greatest Generation, Baby Boomers had coaches, scout leaders, teachers and patient part-time employers. 
But for many adult Boomers looking back, it was a Youth Worker who took his or her teen groups out of the church basement & the Sunday 9am hour and into weeknight homes, sports courts and mountain lodges. And while the message didn’t change, their methods took Bible stories off of flannel graphs & out of terry cloth bath robes skits, to circles  around campfires, living rooms and soda shops. 
In the process, faith became real and hope became possible. 
In Episode 219 TPC interviews a veritable veteran of youth work in the 60’s, the Mad Scot, Derek Wallace. 
Over the years he impacted hundreds of kids in his role as Youth Minister at E 49th St Christian Church, (later E 91st St) & Urban Director of Indianapolis Young Life. 
He shares about both and why he served in each, and if if you don’t know Derek, maybe you’ll understand thAT special influencer in YOUR life, just a little better if you had one. Maybe, just maybe, it might prompt you to pass it on. 
Enjoy!!

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Do you remember the critters you took as pets growing up?
Do you even recall their names & even their untimely demises?
If so, Episode 218 of TPC may strike several familiar chords. 
If you’re a little fuzzy on those in your care, perhaps the short vignettes that make up this Season 2 audio installment will stir some fresh remembrances. 
Or maybe not & if that’s the case, take a listen & smile just a little at the misfortunes of one well meaning junior caretaker and the unfortunate members of the animal kingdom in his charge. 
Then respond with what you think, either as a comment in The Primrose Chronicles FB page or email the host at [email protected]. 
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At the beginning of a 4-day weekend celebrating the birthday of the US of A, The Chronicles offers a revival of a 1st season recounting this national holiday with an episode, “A FOURTH OF JULY REDUX”.
New intro, new closing, original material delivered through a new microphone & mixed by new software brings this narrative a fresh sound, though the same old racanteur. 
Give it a listen & offer feedback as to content, presentation & performance quality OR just sit back & enjoy a simpler time of patriotic expression. 
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Episode 216 of the Chronicles assumes the same role as the earlier TPC audio installment, 211. 
That story, “Mabel, Mabel… “, gave the project’s host an opportunity to honor HIS Mother and by extension, Mom’s everywhere, 
All that because Mother’s Day was right around the corner. 
This Sunday is the masculine expression of a similar day, Father’s Day so this is a similar yarn. 
To set it up in this description would take as long as the installment itself, just go for it.
Just take a listen& see if you don’t smile & even chuckle before becoming warmed by the outcome. 
Hope it leads you to your own memories of your Pop. 
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A Fort-five minute episode was not enough to include all the stories, anecdotes & observations Dick Summer shared about his days in the Indianapolis Radio scene during the late 50’s & early 60’s.
He had a lot to share about East Coast radio & how  radio changed since those early days. 
So much you missed if you only listened to Episode 213, The  Voice From the Glass Booth on Hi. 
Here’s The Rest of the Story…..w/ apologies to in inimitable Paul Harvey. 
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In an era known for its Rock & Roll music and performers, many Boomer teens were even more connected to the on air radio personalities who spun the platters on the top radio stations across the nation. 
These “disc jockeys” had their faithful followings  who listened as much for their comments as the records they played. 
Every decent-sized town had them, but for a few years in the late 50’s/early 60’s Indianapolis had Dick Summer, broadcasting live weeknights from Merrill’s Hi-Decker Drive In on WIBC, 1070 AM  
Dick went on to major markets in Boston & NYC, earning him R&R Hall of Fame On Air Personality notoriety. 
Episode 213 of TPC is an interview w/ the guy with the velvet voice, Dick Summer, about those years in Indy. It’s filled w/ anecdotes & stories of his Hoosier years behind the microphone and much more. 
It’s a special installment 
Enjoy!!

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