The Clubhouse Gang
By Alex R Casey
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The Clubhouse Gang, is an account of how three close knit boys aged 7 to 10 spent there summer holidays in the year 1950. Across the globe some countries were at war. At home life was easy, crime was low; boys were un-tethered. They explored, they built, they searched, they learned; sometimes the hard way. The hardships made them different; they developed skills and character that helped them face the world. This story continues into our teen years.
Alex R Casey
Alex R Casey resides in Prince George.
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The Clubhouse Gang - Alex R Casey
The Clubhouse Gang
Alex R Casey
Copyright 2014
The Clubhouse Gang
Prologue
The Clubhouse Gang is an account of how three close knit boys aged 7 to 10 spent there summer holidays in the year 1950. Across the globe some countries were at war. At home life was easy, crime was low; boys were un-tethered. They explored, they built, they searched, they learned; sometimes the hard way. The hardships made them different; they developed skills and character that helped them face the world. This story continues into our teen years.
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious; any resemblance to actual events locales or persons, living or dead is coincidental.
Content
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
The Clubhouse
Chapter 3
The Blackout
Chapter 4
Defending the Clubhouse
Chapter 5
Cigarette Smoking
Chapter 6
The Old Army Bugle
Chapter 7
Raiding Gardens
Chapter 8
Raiding Apples
Chapter 9
Target Practice
Chapter 10
Rockets
Chapter 11
Go Cart
Chapter 12
Raiding Bananas
Chapter 13
Peanuts
Chapter 14
Outdoor Swimming Pool
Chapter 15
The Battlefield
Chapter 16
Kick the Can
Chapter 17
The Slough
Chapter 18
Building Forts
Chapter 19
Secret Passages
Chapter 20
Dogs in the Street
Chapter 21
Bats
Chapter 22
Teeter-Totter
Chapter 23
Parachuting
Chapter 24
Trolley Line
Chapter 25
Hiking
Chapter 26
Black and White TV
Chapter 27
Walking on Stilts
Chapter 28
Black Joe
Chapter 29: Movie Theatres
Chapter 30
Zinc Soldiers
Chapter 31
Turn the Table
Chapter 32
Lawn Camping
Chapter 33
Building Bicycles
Chapter 34
Tent and a Rabbit:
Chapter 35
Broken Window
Chapter 36
Circus
Chapter 37
Payback
Chapter 38
The Speeder
Chapter 39
Bad People
Chapter 40
The Lumber Yard
Chapter 41
Behind High Fences
Chapter 42
Old YMCA Building
Chapter 43
Pennies on the Rails
Chapter 44
Testing Ones Courage
Chapter 45
Oh So Close
Chapter 46
Rounded Up
Chapter 47
Very Thirsty
Chapter 48
Idle Hands
Chapter 49
Learning to Drive
Chapter 50
Edison
Chapter 51
Cave In
Chapter 52
Train Robbery
Chapter 53
Blood Suckers
Chapter 54
Rumble Seat
Chapter 55
Leaving the Tracks
Chapter 56
Down Town Park
Chapter 57
City Dump
Chapter 58
Birds and the Bees
Chapter 59
Finger Licking Good
Chapter 60
Taken for a Ride
Chapter 61
Wake Up
Chapter 62
Knife in the Store Window
Chapter 63
The Woman from Hell
Chapter 64
The Gadget
Chapter 65
The Backfire
Acknowledgement
About the Author
Other Books by Alex R Casey
Copyright
The Clubhouse Gang
Chapter 1
Introduction
The year is 1950; North Korea invades South Korea. The Great Depression is only a faint memory, and a gallon of gasoline costs eighteen cents. James Dean becomes well known from doing a Pepsi commercial. Most of the moms are home-bodies; only a few have taken up part-time work. No one locks their doors at night. Most homes only have the basic necessities; nothing worth stealing. This was the time of black and white television: only the well-to-do owned one. Kids had one change of school clothes: when they become worn; they become clothes to work and play in. There were no allowances: kids found pop bottles and sold them at the corner store, and bought candy with the money. One could cash in the 12 ounce pop bottle for 2 cents; 32 ounce bottle for 5 cents. This is a time when children spend most of the daylight hours out of the house and return only when mom calls, hunger calls or it gets too dark to see. There was a nine o'clock PM curfew when young kids must be off the streets. Here is a rendition of how a few close knit boys aged seven to ten spend their summer holiday time together.
Chapter 2
The Clubhouse
The political center of activities is the club house; this is the hub where most every activity starts from. The club house is located above dad’s single car garage situated next to the back alley. The garage attic is taken over by the local neighbourhood kids and has become