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blm

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3. My brother-in-law was the sportswriter Bob Godley's son.

Reply to birdographer (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 03:50 PM

Aug 2024

He grew up in Shaker Hts. When he was young, his older cousin would babysit him accompanied by her steady….a teenaged boy named Paul Newman.

Bob Godley also called the Indians games for radio.

Lots of great stories from that era.

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If you grew up in Cleveland, Ohio [View all] Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 OP

We used to take the rapid transit birdographer Aug 2024 #1

My brother-in-law was the sportswriter Bob Godley's son. blm Aug 2024 #3

a couple days ago, i watched the first hour of Cool Hand Luke Tetrachloride Aug 2024 #4

Wow, that's awesome ... Paul Newman! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #8

What a great story! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #7

Thanks birdographer Aug 2024 #12

Facebook has some pages devoted to Cleveland architecture and blm Aug 2024 #13

Do you happen to have a link to the FB pages? birdographer Aug 2024 #14

Here you go blm Aug 2024 #15

Thanks! birdographer Aug 2024 #16

I got into Indians' games only with Straight A report cards. blm Aug 2024 #2

I remember that! Sadly I did not live close enough to participate in that. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #9

My wife grew up there on West 93rd CanonRay Aug 2024 #5

Awesome! A West sider. My dad grew up in the Fulton/Clark area. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #11

The Cleveland/Akron Metro areas... Wuddles440 Aug 2024 #6

Thank you, and it sure was fun back in the 70s. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #10

Thanks for the post Marthe48 Sep 2024 #17

I know exactly the view you speak of, Marthe48. Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 #18

I had lunch in Northfield with my cousin Marthe48 Sep 2024 #19

You sure have! Diamond_Dog Sep 2024 #20