Does anybody remember the days of big Sunday newspapers

9/3/17

[lysie]

I miss Dagwood. ;-)

[caltaxed]

Schwinn and the Mercury owned the market, nearly every house in the neighborhood took the paper and every kid had a Schwinn.

Both lost their market share with lousy business decisions.

[Luke21]

They were really thick. I don’t think I have really enjoyed them since the early eighties, or times I got one at a Seven Eleven because I was stuck in a hotel room.

[hal ogen]

I delivered 3-4 lb. Sunday Chicago Tribunes out of a 6’X4’ wooden cart with big metal wheels in the Chicago area...through winters. What was I thinking? The money was pretty good for a kid though.

[oh8eleven]

big Sunday newspapers
I grew up in NYC area, 50s and 60s. When I was 14 y/o I worked in a candy store and on Sunday mornings (6am!) I had to put together the different sections for about 6 or 7 different newspapers, including the humongous NYT.
By the time I got home I looked like I had worked in a coal mine.

[SamAdams76]

I remember. As a boy, I had a newspaper route and the Sunday papers were a killer! During the week, I could deliver all the papers in one trip around the neighborhood but on Sunday, I'd have to make several trips! After spending at least an hour assembling everything as the Sunday papers were delivered to me in sections that I had to put together myself.

Then when I got older, my memories were more pleasant. Early in our marriage, my wife and I lived in an apartment in the city and we'd get 2 or 3 large papers on Sunday morning. I can still remember spending rainy Sundays with newspapers spread all across the floor and I can still smell the bacon and eggs and coffee brewing as the cold rain pattered against the windows and the swoosh of the wet tires of cars passing on the busy street underneath us. We would have compact discs on the stereo with bands like Steely Dan, Genesis and Alan Parsons Project.

Lazy Sundays!

[Toespi]

My favorite, as a young girl, was the Sunday society page. Loved reading about Saturday’s weddings and photos of the bride and groom as well as the new engagements.

[aomagrat]

I delivered the Charlotte Observer in the early ‘70’s. The Sunday paper was so big it came in two separate bundles and I had to put them together before I delivered them.

[FatherofFive]

I delivered the paper up in Buffalo. The Sunday edition was so large, it came in two deliveries - all the coupons, supplements, et on Wednesday, and the newspaper early Sunday. We had to assemble them before delivering. My father would help on Sundays. Load them into the back of the car. Learned to drive around 12 years old. Standard shift.

[rottndog]

Yep...the good ‘ole days...paperboy for the OC Register...we got several sections of the Sunday paper on Thursdays, so we could pre-assemble and have them ready for Sunday morning...up at 0400 on Sunday to take the Sunday drop off and assemble the final paper....so big it had to be double banded...the Sunday route having many more deliveries because a lot of people wanted Sunday only...I think I could only haul 60 papers per trip on the bike, because even with a big rack, that’s all that would fit in the saddle bags...

That was a lot of fun. Hard work for sure, but I owned the streets at that time on Sunday morning. It was a blast...

[oh8eleven]

... Democrat & Chronicle. The afternoon paper was The Times-Union.
The Times-Union disappeared in the 80s, maybe early 90s, and the D&C might as well be gone.
Its been a steadfast, uber-liberal, racist rag for years.

[smokingfrog]

As a young man, I used to deliver the paper (on foot or by bicycle) so yes, I remember the Sunday paper well. As I recall, there were quite a few people that only had a subscription to the weekend papers. Many people directly paid for their subscription to the newspaper company, but we had to go out and collect the others on our own.

[Calvin Locke]

I was listening to some OTR, and one of them had an ad for Hearst newspapers, feature a 32 (34?) page comics section in the Sunday paper.

[dfwgator]

“Sunday Papers” - Joe Jackson

Mother doesn’t go out any more
Just sits at home and rolls her spastic eyes
But every weekend through the door
Come words of wisdom from the world outside

If you want to know about the bishop and the actress
If you want to know how to be a star
If you want to know about the stains on the mattress
You can read it in the Sunday papers, Sunday papers

Mother’s wheelchair stays out in the hall
Why should she go out when the TV’s on
Whatever moves beyond these walls
She’ll know the facts when Sunday comes along

If you want to know about the mad punk rockers
If you want to know how to play guitar
If you want to know about any other suckers
You can read it in the Sunday papers, read it in the Sunday papers

Sunday papers don’t ask no questions
Sunday papers don’t get no lies
Sunday papers don’t raise objections
Sunday papers ain’t got no eyes

Brother’s heading that way now I guess
He just read something made his face turn blue
Well I got nothing against the press
They wouldn’t print it if it wasn’t true

If you want to know about the gay politician
If you want to know how to drive your car
If you want to know about the new sex position
You can read it in the Sunday papers, read it in the Sunday papers

Sunday papers don’t ask no questions
Sunday papers don’t get no lies
Sunday papers don’t raise objections
Sunday papers ain’t got no eyes

Sunday papers don’t ask no questions
Sunday papers don’t get no lies
Sunday papers don’t raise objections
Sunday papers ain’t got no eyes

Read all about it, Sunday papers
Read all about it, Sunday papers
Read all about it, Sunday papers
Read all about it, Sunday papers
Read all about it, Sunday papers
Get your Sunday paper, get your Sunday paper, get your
Read all about it, Sunday papers
Get your Sunday paper, get your Sunday paper, get your
Read all about it, Sunday papers

[Morgana]

I remember the funny pages. Bloom County with “Bill The Cat” Miss those days.

[Berlin_Freeper]

That’s a lot of silly putty.

[smokingfrog]

We were too poor for a Schwinn. I had a Kmart Huffy bike.

[crosdaddy]

Courier-Express?

[caltaxed]

Huffy had the bolt on cranks that tore up your ankles.

[caltaxed]

Did you have the banana seat? Tha banana seat was a huge aftermarket item; came in cool colors like purple metalflake.