Was always a big day for me when a new Shotgun News arrived back in the '50s when truly old-time businesses like Francis Bannerman Sons placed ads. I met my first fellow fireworks collector from the Wanted section in SN back in the '70's.

As far as terms go, I still cringe at use of the winemaker's term 'vintage' as a synonym for 'old' or 'antique' even though it is now accepted as just another example of word evolution (or devolution).