MEMORIES PT2

I had plenty of other kids to play with growing up in Malden. There was 
Mike Tedesco living in a house on one side of ours and the Corielli twins, 
Ronne and Richie, lived on the other side. I remember going over to Mike’s
place to play with his Lionel Trains. His Dad had a shoe repair shop further
up Beach Street in Linden Square. We shared our driveway with the Tedescos.


Ronnie and Richie had good imaginations and I remember playing “cowboys 
and indians” with them. I also recall the day their pet pigeon died and they held 
a funeral “Mass” for it under their back porch. Their mother quickly put an end 
to that sacrilegious act!  They had an older brother named Vincent and like me
they had a grandparent living with them, their grandfather who was called Dodo.
(This was pronounced Duhdo) 


Another playmate was my cousin Winifred who lived on the first floor of our
house, although I don’t have many memories of us playing. After all, Winnie was
a girl! But I do recall her being in the talent show we put on once in the back yard. 
(We must have seen a Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland movie on tv, or maybe 
a Little Rascals short.) She sang “The Wayward Wind” while I provided the echoing 
chorus from around the corner in the driveway!   


I have a reminder of those days although it’s pretty much faded now. Once while 
playing ‘cowboys and indians” with the Corielli twins, they got a little carried away. 
One of them tossed a tomato stake “spear” at me that hit me right on the bridge of 
the nose. I had a small scar from it and while it doesn’t show now, it used to be 
noticeable when I got a bad sunburn in my younger days.


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Written for the Family History Writing Challenge