Howdy All;

Late 50's early 60's we lived in Princeton, N.J. Had 3 papers weekdays and 2 on the weekends.
N.Y. Times, Philly Inquirer and WSJ. Had (I think), somewhere near 40 to 60 customers, some took all 3
some 2 and the others only 1. Housing developments (sub-divisions), were the rage and it sure kept me busy.
Hated going through the "in the building process" sections as flats were common. I remember asking my Pop to
pick-up a new tube for me once ... he asked why I didn't peddle my but to the hardware store / bike shop.
When I held up a tube that was entirely covered with a least one layer of patches he said ok ...
I think the bike was a Cambridge form the mid 50's It was bought large and used so I could "grow into it". Think
it was 1.5 to 2 years before I could keep in contact with the peddles all the way through the circle of travel.
As I earned money I could get "improvements", ditched the canvas bags and got some wire panniers for the rear.
Would make the morning run then off to school. after school had some more to deliver then home. No truly large hills,
some grades to pull but nothing to write home about. Did it till they sent me off to school in '62.

hank

PS. Ok, did some searching and there wasn't a Cambridge Bike made, must have been a Raleigh,
as Pop was happy it was 'English', and a 3 speed.