[TomGuy]

I remember collecting the tin soda cans and news papers very well.

Summers in the 50s were hot, without a/c. Kids stayed outside most of the time. Early in the summer, watermelons (seasonal then) became available, but the prices were pretty high, comparatively.

As summer wound down, watermelon prices would drop. My brother and I would go along the roadways and parking areas and pick up soda bottles. In a couple of days we could collect enough to turn in to the grocrery and get enough money to buy a big watermelon. Bottle returns were about 2-cents and watermelon prices had dropped to 1-to-2-cents per pound.

[trisham]

We did that for when the ice cream truck came around. :)

[CJ Wolf]

We had a pretty large creek close to the house. My friend and I would grab a couple large bags and walk the whole creek which lead up to a safeway, where we turned in our cans and bottle treasure for cash. which we would then buy candy a mad magazine, record or spend it on the pinball machine in the pizza parlor. Cleaning up the creek along the way. much fun and adventures. best time was after a storm. Most people would toss their cans down the sewer so we had an endless supply.