Thursday, May 5, 2022

Did You Know

 Did you know, between 1942 and 1976 pinball was banned in New York City?


 


23 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

That is a very long time to ban pinball. I wonder why? Have fun at Staci's home...

Valerie-Jael said...

I wondwer why they banned the game? Hugs, Valerie

Anonymous said...

By the 1980s here some pinball parlours became places of drug dealing, prostitution and other similar activities. New York was on the money.

CJ Kennedy said...

What?!

Damyanti Biswas said...

Did not know that. Thanks for sharing that :)

Victoria Marie Lees said...

Yikes! I didn't know any of this, Sandra.

Thank you so much for taking over the Publications/Conferences page at IWSG. Truly appreciated! I'll go check out Staci's page. Thanks for all you do to assist your fellow writer. Have a beautiful day!

Anonymous said...

Jamie here

OMG! That is weird!

da tabbies o trout towne said...

for some reason ~~~~ the song from the album "tommy", is starting to form in me mind ~~~~ :)

D.L. Finn said...

I used to enjoy playing pinball. I wonder why they banned it?

Birgit said...

That's too funny. I bet they thought it brought bad people together. I never knew that.

J.Q. Rose said...

One should not throw out a statement like that and then leave it. You are forcing me to ask Professor Google about this bit of trivia just because I can wonder no longer....

Jacqui Murray--Writer-Teacher said...

Those crazy New Yorkers!

Susan Kane said...

Banned? NYC? Oh, well. It's New York.

Sandra Cox said...

Fear of delinquency and crime, and the affect on morality. Grin.

Jeanie said...

No I didn't. What would the Who do?

Sandra Cox said...

We did too. Played it at a place called Sporty's:)
It was a threat to morality. Shudder:) And might increase crime and juvie delinquency.

Sandra Cox said...

Exactly. Surprised me too.

Sandra Cox said...

Sometimes. Sometimes we get a bit carried away. But thank you for that out for New York.

Sandra Cox said...

Heh. Did you find out?

Sandra Cox said...

:)

Sandra Cox said...

:)

Sandra Cox said...

Yes:)

Sandra Cox said...

I know. Right?