RedStickHusky
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From starting the soundtrack with Blister in the Sun, the whole thing is 1984 time capsule. I enjoyed it.
Are any threads really OT threads in the offseason?I meant to tag this OT, my bad .
Yup. Quality film and a lot of insight into the birth of the sneaker/hoop shoe game. I'll never forget my first pair of $2.75 cons which were " expensive" .. and they still make them!From starting the soundtrack with Blister in the Sun, the whole thing is 1984 time capsule. I enjoyed it.
Cons purchased from Herb’s Sporting Goods, downtown Hartford.Yup. Quality film and a lot of insight into the birth of the sneaker/hoop shoe game. I'll never forget my first pair of $2.75 cons which were " expensive" .. and they still make them!
Yeah, I didn't mention it in my review, but as someone who graduated HS in 1984, I thought the soundtrack was great. Also some visual reminders as to just how remarkable that year was overall.From starting the soundtrack with Blister in the Sun, the whole thing is 1984 time capsule. I enjoyed it.
My 11 year old granddaughter loves All-stars. In colors way beyond the black, white or red of my day.Cons purchased from Herb’s Sporting Goods, downtown Hartford.
Ah, the good old days.
Cons from Herb's and $8 bell bottom jeans from UFO on Union Place.Cons purchased from Herb’s Sporting Goods, downtown Hartford.
Ah, the good old days.
Herb's sounds great like the little store I got mine from in upstate NY. Wish we still had that it was pre Herman's.Cons from Herb's and $8 bell bottom jeans from UFO on Union Place.
Moneybags. We had to go to Shoe Outlet in Manchester for reject Jeepers.Cons purchased from Herb’s Sporting Goods, downtown Hartford.
Had to deliver a lot of papers for those consMoneybags. We had to go to Shoe Outlet in Manchester for reject Jeepers.
I remember being disappointed when my parents bought me Jeepers at Sears I believe. Then I started buying Cons with money from my two paper routes.Moneybags. We had to go to Shoe Outlet in Manchester for reject Jeepers.
My old man would take me to Herb's at the beginning of baseball season and buy me a new bat (wooden, of course). One year, it literally was in the first 10 swings, I broke it. He put a screw in it and wrapped it in black electric tape. I played the rest of the season getting shockwaves through both arms any time I made contact.Herb's sounds great like the little store I got mine from in upstate NY. Wish we still had that it was pre Herman's.
As kids in Hartford, we would grab the broken bats at the park and do the same until we started making money on our paper routes to buy our own. The bats lasted a while once we put one or two screws in and taped them up.My old man would take me to Herb's at the beginning of baseball season and buy me a new bat (wooden, of course). One year, it literally was in the first 10 swings, I broke it. He put a screw in it and wrapped it in black electric tape. I played the rest of the season getting shockwaves through both arms any time I made contact.
Mom bought us no-name sneakers at Grants or Kings (Stamford). I swear some were simply all plastic. One time she did splurge on PF Flyers for me.I wish I could have had Converse when I was younger, mom always bought us Keds.
Sam's Army Navy on Asylum.Sorry thread went kind of haywire. Guess one titled “My first pair of Cons” and another titled “Herbs Sport Shop and Downtown Hartford “ would be appropriate.
I do remember bell bottoms at UFO and believe there was an Army/Navy store near there which had some great items.
The eye candy at UFO definitely trumped that at Army/Navy.