Thursday, May 26, 2016

FREE CHINAWARE


Back in the 1940’s when I was a young lad my mother used to take me to the Broadway Theater every Tuesday evening during the summer months for the movies. Usually there would be 2 “B” movies, Pathe’ News, a Pete Smith short, a cartoon and the Coming Attractions. None of this interested her.

She took me because of the free giveaways. For the 2 tickets we received 2 pieces of a place setting-- one week it would be a bowl, the next a plate then cups and saucers etc. By the end of the summer we had enough chinaware for the entire family.

As I recall the quality was fairly good since we ate off of them for many years until my mother purchased  replacements at Jordan Marsh.
from Jordan Marsh.

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