Two Boys and an Alley

By Submitted by: Harold Fredine
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Home front memoir of a boy living near Wrigley Field in Chicago during WWII. The sights and sounds of the neighbourhood and the importance of the alley not just as a play area, but as an entrance to the block for commerce; trucks running on wooden tires, civil defence simulated air raid practice, collection of scrap materials for the war effort, and crowds singing during the Cub's game.

Home front memoir of a boy living near Wrigley Field in Chicago during WWII. The sights and sounds of the neighbourhood and the importance of the alley not just as a play area, but as an entrance to the block for commerce; trucks running on wooden tires, civil defence simulated air raid practice, collection of scrap materials for the war effort, and crowds singing during the Cub's game.

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