Read my profile to get a feel for the "corner".
My friend "Ace",one of the five that were called the BIG SEVEN, and me, I ,whichever is correct, called some girls on the phone. How we got their number I cannot remember. They did not live around the corner and went to a different school. We made arrangements to go to a movie with them, [a date].We must have been around 8th grade as we were not driving. We thought we were so sharp as we made plans to meet them inside past the ticket taker. What we were is not sharp but cheap. To the girls credit they never saw us again, lucky them. We couldn't wait to get back to the corner and tell the guys how shrewd we were. One upsmanship, competion, even with girls was an important thing to Corner guys.
On a different rememberance does M remember the IYBC>
About Me
- Jay Norman Davis
- chicago, illinois, United States
- Education was in Chicago, Emmett Grammar school and The Austin High School. Higher education was the corner of Madison and Central, "The Corner" on Chicago's west side. On one corner of "The Corner" was a drug store with a soda fountain where you could get drinks, etc. Outside among other things we pitched pennies and just hung out. On the other side of the street was Emmett Grammar School and the playground {PG}. It had a huge ball field where we spent alot of time. And down the street was the Bowling Alley [BA]., with about 32 alleys and pool and billiard tables. Alot of time was spent up there also. The Corner was a busy place where there were always "Characters" around from young guys to older men. Bookies, Gambling, and just hanging out. This was what we did from around 6th grade on. No drugs, no violence, just fun and sports and hanging out.
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