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Images that might conjure up bad, even painful memories from a rite of passage are described in this week’s episode of The Primrose Chronicles podcast series as part of the tale of misadventure entitled, IT ALMOST DIDN’T HAPPEN”
It’s all about one Boomer Teen’s misadventures surrounding his first drivers license. 
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The Primrose Chronicles drops the flag, peels out and squeals tires in this second episode of Season Two. 
The cars that graced the Young Family driveways had their own stories, some of which will find their way into the audio tales that comprise this installment & the next. 
Cadillacs, Mercurys & Plymouths, Oh my!!
Welcome back. 
And be sure to check out pics accompanying this Episode on The Primrose Chronicles Facebook page
Blessings!!

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The first episode of season Two of TPC is a mix up of some of the winter activities the kids on Primrose, and particularly, the young Clan engaged in, enjoyed and endured when white stuff covered the yards, sidewalks & streets. 
Some are particular to them, but most could be found in the memories of many a baby boomer when recalling their youth and childhood. 
Take a listen & see how yours compares. 
But most of all, enjoy!
And blessings!

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With this installment the curtain comes down not only on a TPC Christmas Trilogy of episodes but also Season One of the Chronicles. 
It’s focus is the music of the season sung by choirs, played on phonographs & heard on every radio station regardless of genre. It’s a rich concoction of tunes and melodies that draws from its own roots becoming beloved standards of today. 
It will also drill down on the huge variety of toys found by Boomer Youth promoted in the commercials of their favorite television shows, hawked by their stars, and appearing full color on the pages of Sears Wish Book & Penney’s Christmas Catalog. 
Together they make another nostalgic chapter in the TPC podcast series. 
It’s the final effort in Season One. 
Hope you enjoy it.
And that it adds to the blessings of this season for you & yours. 

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This is the middle installment in a trio of episodes dedicated to the sights, events & activities surrounding the Holiday season as celebrated by families of the 50’s & 60’s in Middle America.
They’re remembered by a Boomer youth as highlights from his memory trove.
This chapter recalls several family activities of the season but centers around the trip downtown to see “the real Santa”. 
Send a note to: [email protected]  & let me know how these compare with yours. 
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Episode 28 is the first of a Trio of offerings revisiting at least one representation of Baby Boomer Christmas, seen as always, thru the eyes of a youth growing up in middle America during the 50’s & 60’s.
As a collection they recall the Trees, the Toys, the Tunes & the Traditions representative of those two decades. 
As the title implies, the focus this week is about the centerpiece of the end of the year celebration - the Christmas Tree. 
From its selection and decorating to its disposal., this installment covers it all. 
How does it compare with yours?  
Let’s compare notes. 
Enjoy & blessings
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Though belated by a week, this is theThanksgiving episode of TPC, remembering that Fall event as celebrated by the Young family of Primrose Ave in the middle  of the 20th century. 
A fun nostalgic look at one of the simpler holidays in the annual calendar. 
Take a listen in & see how one boomer youth’s recollections match up with yours, or just enjoy this tale of a long past era. 
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Episode 27 pays homage and reflect upon the Saturday morning westerns that entertained a juvenile audience for over a decade while teaching values beneficial to life as kids grew into adulthood.  
Simple storylines and one-dimensional larger than life characters provided positive life lessons, all the while promoting  a variety of cereals, candies and toys young viewers couldn’t live without.
At least that’s the way one septugenarian nostalgically shares it in this installment of The Primrose Chronicles podcast. 
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An even more encompassing fear for the United States populace than the health epidemic shared in the last episode was the decade long plus hysteria prompted by the nuclear arms race between America & Russia and the side show created by the media as they covered it and politicians as they fanned it to their advantage. 
Primrose was not immune to this and this installment puts a very personal face on the general climate of neighborhoods across the nation during this time of uncertainty and even fear. 
May be hard to not mock and even ridicule policies and procedures, instructions and lifestyle recommendations shared by “experts” of the times. 
Makes you wonder how decisions of the early 21st century in response to health and societal threats will be judged by generations, themselves 50-60 years removed from actual events of the 2010’s & 2020’s. 
Take a listen and then respond on The Primrose Chronicles Facebook page or directly to the author at [email protected]. 
Enjoy!
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This installment of THE PRIMROSE CHRONICLES is the first of two episodes in the series dealing with three societal fears that threatened the emotional well being of an entire nation because of the uncertain future  each potentially afforded American families. 
As somber as that sounds, the subjects are still viewed thru the limited understanding of the young narrator and host of the Chronicles. 
It does not wax philosophical or opinionated. That for other podcasts. 
TPC merely recalls the observations of one youth watching life change and unfold before him. 
It’s a valuable effort, offering a backdrop for others to recollect their own reactions. 
Hopefully it will be an entertaining one as well. 
Enjoy

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