And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Back in the 70's they were considered very low end and only poor folks wore em. No padding, thin soles, wore out in a couple months, and they never got any better. They just look cheap, because they are.
Not my experience at all, but I am one of those "poor folk". My last pair of Converse High Tops was white. I really don't recall what happened to them, probably lost in a move...
First, in the 60's the schools had dress codes, and sneakers weren't allowed, so they were after school shoes only. Most kids preferred Keds, PF Flyers, Red Ball Jets. Only the negros wore converse.
In the 60s I went to school in Hawaii, we went barefoot. My mom made sure I left the house with shoes on and I made sure I showed up wearing them after school but past that I don't recall the type. My high top days (that I recall) came years later when I was buying my own shoes. FWIW Converse's was not limited by ones skin color in my world.
PF Flyer fan myself. Got a pair around end of school, wore'm through end of next school year. White sneaks were top shelf. Never had a pair of Chuck's.
Always wanted a pair of PF Flyers, dad was working 2 jobs, so got the Traxx from Kmart. I managed to survive. Never had any interest in the Converse shoes.
ghost whatever is from a time and space continuum I was and never will be a part of. I did play basketball at Oral Roberts University in the early 70s with many black athletes. Black high top Converse was a shoe given to me by my grandfather years before I played there with many elite black athletes.
My cousin and her mom worked at Converse, Everett Mass., their job was placing the Converse roundel on the high tops, they worked in a room that was near 120 degrees f, so the vulcanizing of the roundel would work. They where paid $23 per hour, 2 hours in the oven one hour out. That was a kings random in the 60's.
Back in the 70's they were considered very low end and only poor folks wore em. No padding, thin soles, wore out in a couple months, and they never got any better. They just look cheap, because they are.
ReplyDeleteNot my experience at all, but I am one of those "poor folk". My last pair of Converse High Tops was white. I really don't recall what happened to them, probably lost in a move...
DeleteFirst, in the 60's the schools had dress codes, and sneakers weren't allowed, so they were after school shoes only. Most kids preferred Keds, PF Flyers, Red Ball Jets. Only the negros wore converse.
DeleteIn the 60s I went to school in Hawaii, we went barefoot. My mom made sure I left the house with shoes on and I made sure I showed up wearing them after school but past that I don't recall the type.
DeleteMy high top days (that I recall) came years later when I was buying my own shoes. FWIW Converse's was not limited by ones skin color in my world.
Most uncomfortable sneaker I ever wore, junk.
ReplyDeletePF Flyer fan myself. Got a pair around end of school, wore'm through end of next school year. White sneaks were top shelf. Never had a pair of Chuck's.
ReplyDeleteI Robot..vintage
ReplyDeleteWore Chucks for years. Stopped when they moved the manufacture out of country. Fuck them.
ReplyDeleteI remember similar. Make lost to history, but they were $1.88 a pair at Kmart. Thin as moccasins. Rubber bumper thingy on the ankles.
ReplyDeleteAlways wanted a pair of PF Flyers, dad was working 2 jobs, so got the Traxx from Kmart.
ReplyDeleteI managed to survive. Never had any interest in the Converse shoes.
ghost whatever is from a time and space continuum I was and never will be a part of. I did play basketball at Oral Roberts University in the early 70s with many black athletes. Black high top Converse was a shoe given to me by my grandfather years before I played there with many elite black athletes.
ReplyDeleteMy cousin and her mom worked at Converse, Everett Mass., their job was placing the Converse roundel on the high tops, they worked in a room that was near 120 degrees f, so the vulcanizing of the roundel would work. They where paid $23 per hour, 2 hours in the oven one hour out. That was a kings random in the 60's.
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