I remember the girls walking home from school in a gang, each with a transistor radio with a little ear plug tuned to WFIL radio (Famous 56) and they all were singing "Build Me Up Buttercup."
We walked to school, walked home for a 1/2 hour lunch,and walked back to school again.
After school I would go to Helen"s Deli and buy a half a sub (fifty cents),16 ounce RC cola in a bottle(15 cents),One small bag of potato chips (10 cents), and two comic books at 12 cents each. Add that up and it comes to less than a dollar!
Oh yeah! My mom would send me over to Copp's department store for a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk and I'd have enough money leftover from the dollar she gave me to buy a candy bar or two!