Hobbies

Did anybody not have some type of hobby while they lived in Rochdale?

Everything from collecting comic books to dolls to baseball cards were some of the prime hobbies that we all had in Rochdale.

Others collected sports cards, some made lanyards, others somehow put together hundreds of gum wrappers gotten from wads of gum to make intricate chains.

They were all hobbies, and they filled our idle time.

With the boys, most of the time we were collecting comics or sports cards, primarily baseball cards.

We traded them, we flipped them, and some of the baseball cards wound up on our bicycles, flapping away as we rode our bikes from one end of the development to the other.

With girls, it was dolls, lanyards, those crazy gum wrapper chains, and some even collected teen magazines and comic books.

We were the generation that collected just about everything that wasn't nailed down, and I am sure that I didn't list all the hobbies that were prevalent in Rochdale at that time.

Talking about collections, bring your collective memories to the Reunion on Oct. 5.

While there, you can talk about your various hobbies, and how you would be a millionaire if you still had that Tom Seaver rookie card or that particular Barbie or Spider-Man comic book.

It's on Oct. 5, and if you need details, just scroll down and you will find what you are looking for.