Nostalgic thoughts (made by a 1983 child) after looking at a 1948 map of New Castle County:

Dialing '1191' & hanging up would make your phone ring

'Hardy Boys' books

The 'ammonia odor' from Diamond Ice & Coal Ice Plant on 11th Street & Bancroft Parkway (heavens!)

Playing baseball without adult supervision

'Ring worm' epidemic

Air-raid drills

25 cent allowances

The 'tanning odor' from Amalgamated Leather Co., Front Street & Maryland Avenue

Slingshots