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With Memorial Day upon us, we turn the only way appropriate for a Hoosier storyteller- toward the Indy 500 & memories therein. 
The discoveries of an 11year old as he takes in his first Greatest Spectacle in Racing, albeit as a lowly seller of newspapers in the infield before and during the race, are simple. 
But the sights and sounds of the event come alive in the telling. 
Enjoy!!

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THE MOST ENTERTAINING CROSSOVER EVENT!!
Okay, admittedly, that’s an exaggeration regarding this week’s TPC episode. 
What is true is that two old friends come together and compare notes on their recollections of their shared neighborhood, 44th & Primrose Ave, NE side, Indianapolis, IN, growing up in the 50’s & 60’s 
The compadres -  Bob BASLER, the creative author of 5 AM STORIES, a twice weekly series of his life experiences found at robertbasler.sub stack.com & MARTY YOUNG, voice  of the Chronicles
The result - a rollicking good time remembering the Old Neighborhood. 
Enjoy & Blessings!!

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This episode brings the TPC back around the kitchen table @ 4425 for a look at etiquette and manners deemed necessary by 50’s Moms to take a family out in public. 
It’s a tongue in cheek account, but speaks to the very real efforts of parents during this era, to conduct themselves in a matter by which they can take their proper place in society albeit a buffet cafeteria. 
Sounds mundane?
I don’t think so😊
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As promised, the full conversation with Phil & Paul Blowers, sons of Northside preacher, Russ Blowers, now appears as a bonus episode on TPC, complete & unedited, a 1st for The Primrose Chronicles podcast project. 
Hopefully it offers a few more laughs & a lot more appreciation for the Old Neighborhood personalities. 
Enjoy!
Blessings!

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Episode 209 is this month’s TPC Interview offering a fresh perspective of the Old Neighborhood NE Side, Indianapolis .  
Our guest(s) can certainly see The community around Primrose with a different type of nostalgia. 
They are Phil and Paul Blowers, Preacher’s Kids, (PKs), sons of the minister at E 49th St Christian  Church, Russ and his wife, Marion. 
How tough was life in a fishbowl with the impossible standard of perfection attached to speech, behavior & choice?
The Blowers Bros pull back the curtain with their candid thoughtful comments & share personal. feelings. 
A very different kind of Chronicles. 
Enjoy!
Blessings!

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Episode 208’s title changed slightly from the FB posts that teased its content earlier,  but not its recollections of a favorite summer diversion of many a Boomer youth - FISHIN’
So imagine your bare feet dangling from the bank , your favorite hat shading your eyes & your fishing pole begging for a catch, & enjoy this tale. 
It’s really not as boring as it might sound. 
Enjoy!!

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This week’s episode completes the trilogy of tales honoring the teachers of one boomer’s youth. 
This time it’s the  representative faculty of Broad Ripple High School. 
Teachers of the Math, English, history & science persuasions receive the TPC treatment, as  the Chronicle’s racanteur revisits the classrooms and labs and even the library to bring the listener into a familiarity with the four years that shaped so much of what would be revealed in at least one adult. 
For better or worse. That’s yours to decide. 
Enjoy!!

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This installment completes  loosely combined trilogy of tales told around the role of automobiles in the teen years of one Baby Boomer youth
Its content is self-evident from the title.
Auto Accidents will be reported and vehicles will be totaled. 
Hopefully both will provide cautionary warnings for listeners. 
Enjoy this telling, all the while realizing “better him than me”.. 😊

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE PRIMROSE CHRONICLES
This week’s episode celebrates the one year milestone of TPC by interviewing the young lady who encouraged the writing & recording of these tales. 
That would be your host & narrator’s daughter, Jessica and if you listen in, you’ll discover the backstory to this popular nostalgia memoir. 
In the process you’ll appreciate the heart behind this project afresh, while enjoying another voice sharing the story. 
Blessings. 

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Sit back & enjoy this first interview in the new Primrose Chronicles season. 
To commemorate a singular event of the Boomer era, , for Broad Ripple High School  sports history, at any rate, Jack Hogan, stating guard from that basketball quintet is my guest as he talks about that 1963 deep run into the Indiana High School tournament. 
A great guest. Lots of wonderful memories. A fun tale. 
Enjoy & blessings. 

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