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Growing up in Buffalo in the 50’s
I remember growing up in Buffalo in the 50’s. We had the junkman who would drive down the street in his beat up truck. He […]
Norbert Rug
Norb is a writer from Lockport. His email address is nrug@juno.com. If you have any fun stories or memories to share of Buffalo's "good old days", feel free to send him a note. Norb has now written 500+ articles, over 90 restaurant reviews, and has been published in the Buffalo News, Lockport Union Sun and Journal, Niagara Falls Gazette, the East Niagara Post, The Lockport Star, The North Tonawanda Extra, the Niagara Reporter, and Artvoice. His work has been published on Press Reader, Good Cookery, the National association for Home Care and Hospice, and Konitono. He also has his own blog at whywny.home.blog. Norb's writings deal with Buffalo nostalgia. He wrote a series of articles on early Buffalo television including Rocketship 7, Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doody, and Mr.Rogers. Norb has also written on his childhood in the Bailey Kensington area, The Mohegan Market, and sailing on Lake Erie. He continues to write weekly on the city that he loves.
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New Year’s: 2019
Maybe it’s much too early in the game. Ah, but I thought I’d ask you just the same. What are you doing New Year’s, New […]
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I have written about family traditions before, this time I would like to share a few Christmas traditions from my past and a few that […]
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With all the thrilling things happening in Western New York all year, you will never run out of things to do. From the Taste of […]
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“As close to home as your VCR”: Remote Control (Movie) (1988). As I sit here typing I look over at my end table and see […]
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My name is Norb and I’m a gambler. (Muted response, Hi Norb.) I don’t bet on the ponies or play poker. I don’t play the […]
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Norb’s Corner: Military Service
It was a cold day in the 60’s that I started a 4 year journey that would change my life forever. I started out a […]
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Norb’s Corner: Newspapers
For ages, books, magazines and newspapers, were revered for the enormous amount of information they contained. I can remember looking things up in the Encyclopedia […]
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Norb’s Corner: Unsubscribe me, again.
They start early in the morning. A sound wakes me up from a sound sleep and I’m still in a fog. I don’t remember setting […]
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Buffalo winters could destroy your budget, because as the temperature goes down, it becomes more costly to heat your home. The good news is that […]