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I remember the sharp edged bubblegum & not only was it rock hard.... But usually stale!! BTW.... Your cards look well preserved. Are they from the 68-69 season?

I believe so. That would have been about the second year I collected. I’ve looked back at the 1967 expansion year cards and they looked familiar as well. So many shoeboxes full went to the church bazaar, a few years later, thanks to my Mom’s generous donation. If I‘d kept them, sold them and then donated the money, the church might have realized a higher profit margin!

 

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All red blooded (or almost all) Canadian youngsters (& oldsters) at some point in time collected hockey cards. With the recent passing of Bernie Parent & Ken Dryden, I found mine & much to my surprise I thought my Ken Dryden card was long gone/lost. Well.... I still have it, as I still have my Bernie Parent hockey card. Long ago my folks bought me a scrap book to put my cards into & what you see in the scans/on the cards, View attachment 617398
is scotch tape residue. BTW.... These cards are from the 1970-1971 season. Unfortunately... I no longer have my Ed Giacomin card. For all I know I could have used it on my bicycle. You know, a clothespin holding a card in place on the bicycle frame or forks to make noise in/from the wheel spokes. Hey!! It sounded cool!! Like my bike had an engine!!

I remember the bike sound effect trick and doing flippsies with my doubles against the school wall before classes and at recesses. I wonder how many Bobby Orr rookie cards got exchanged in those interactions! I still have my Eddie card from this season, his second team All-Star one as well and a Brad Park autographed Rangers one. Lots of memories there. I probably still have a scar inside my cheek from the sharp gum edges.