Post by bobberguy on Feb 23, 2010 10:49:56 GMT -5
At age 6 we moved to our own house with a piece of ground 100 by 200. the house was built littly by little during the war around the late 40.s! Our yellow brick home was a little different than most homes in the area with three bedrooms on the main floor that was all concrete. At that time lumber was hard to get so the built the floors with concrete slabs with balloons through the center that were removed after the concrete was cured. We ACTUALLY HAD A BASEMENT BELOW WITH A COAL FURNACE AND WATER HEAT!I was and is still a good heating system!
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Mydad was into gardening and corn was the main crop. We even had 50 chickens and a few ducks! Atthe time the Rolling Rock brewery was 100 feet away from the house but eventually it built up to be only 25 feet from the house & the smell of hops were always in the air!! I went to catholic school having nuns for teachers. We always sent bread and a chicken to the nuns about 5 blocks away!
+++ My dad was a tough guy with hands as hard as rocks from the coke ovens in his early days. he now worked at a Carbide plant several miles away. He walked to work every day and back and never had a car! Neither of my parents drove! I have three brothers and one sister. I am the only one that likes gardening probably because I worked with my dad growing stuff all the time! That is basically where and how I grew up till I was about 19 then went to college for two years and started to install and sale carpet! Lets hear from others to see their years at home!
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Mydad was into gardening and corn was the main crop. We even had 50 chickens and a few ducks! Atthe time the Rolling Rock brewery was 100 feet away from the house but eventually it built up to be only 25 feet from the house & the smell of hops were always in the air!! I went to catholic school having nuns for teachers. We always sent bread and a chicken to the nuns about 5 blocks away!
+++ My dad was a tough guy with hands as hard as rocks from the coke ovens in his early days. he now worked at a Carbide plant several miles away. He walked to work every day and back and never had a car! Neither of my parents drove! I have three brothers and one sister. I am the only one that likes gardening probably because I worked with my dad growing stuff all the time! That is basically where and how I grew up till I was about 19 then went to college for two years and started to install and sale carpet! Lets hear from others to see their years at home!
