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    Pin Boy

    May 31, 2022 3 minutes
    By Allan C. Hanrahan

    In southeast Virginia, the August heat and humidity can envelop you like a warm blanket. In 1950, there was no air conditioning in the Metropolitan Bowling Alley.

    The alley was located above an F.W. Woolworth five-and-ten store on bustling Washington Avenue. This was the main shopping street in the shipbuilding city of Newport News.

    The only source of relief from the heat was a few giant fans perched on stands, whirling and swirling the heat and humidity. But only the bowlers were given any respite via the fans, little as it

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