[...band of mischevous brothers...]
They (the band) would have liked my Dad. He's going to be 90 this weekend. Burned the schoolhouse down by putting a cartridge into the furnace. Used to shoot people in the arse with a pea shooter. A real character.
Happy Birthday to your Dad!
Their generation had a lot of fun ... doing things we were never allowed to do ... free to play safely all over the town ... and, at least in my family, they could always tell a joke on themselves ... and a story of their childhood with a twinkling eye.
All of those dear people in my family are gone now ... but, definitely not forgotten.