Describe the town or city you where you were raised.
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robb65 · 56-60, M
I grew up surrounded by cow pastures, hay fields, and woods. Town was about 8 miles away. We got a Hardee's sometime around '75, before that the only fast food I remember was a couple of locally owned hamburger stands.
When I was young there were two drug stores and from what I remember they took turns staying open on Sundays. Other than that all the stores closed on Sundays. My grandmother and great aunt would sometimes go riding around Sunday afternoons and that often meant parking an walking up and down the street. There was a furniture store downtown that had swing sets sitting out in front of the store and we would stop and swing for a few minutes.
We bought groceries at my great aunts store. There was a rack of account books with customers names on them next to the cash register (an old National with the hand crank) and a lot of customers charged groceries and gas and would pay at the end of the month. There wasn't a big selection as in there might be two brands of Ketchup, two brands of tooth paste, etc. The first time I remember going in a grocery store I was probably 5 or 6 and spent the day with a friend and his mom took us to town. I was a bit shocked at the selection.
When I was young there were two drug stores and from what I remember they took turns staying open on Sundays. Other than that all the stores closed on Sundays. My grandmother and great aunt would sometimes go riding around Sunday afternoons and that often meant parking an walking up and down the street. There was a furniture store downtown that had swing sets sitting out in front of the store and we would stop and swing for a few minutes.
We bought groceries at my great aunts store. There was a rack of account books with customers names on them next to the cash register (an old National with the hand crank) and a lot of customers charged groceries and gas and would pay at the end of the month. There wasn't a big selection as in there might be two brands of Ketchup, two brands of tooth paste, etc. The first time I remember going in a grocery store I was probably 5 or 6 and spent the day with a friend and his mom took us to town. I was a bit shocked at the selection.
robb65 · 56-60, M
@ProfessorPlum77 There's no telling how many laps I made (and later my younger cousins) around the isles of that store on a tricycle. In the front corner near the window was a desk and some chairs where the man who pumped gas sat. In the afternoons some of the locals would drop by for some ice cream and to hang out for a while.
In the back there was a kitchen (and living quarters that were no longer in use) and the lady who lived across the road would come over and cook lunch. Any of the family who weren't working or happened to be in the neighborhood around lunch would drop by to eat. Lunch was served at 11 AM and my aunt would get seriously pissed about customers showing up or calling during lunch.
On the back porch (behind the kitchen) there was a wringer washing machine when I was really young and my aunt had someone who came to do laundry a day or two a week. I can remember just standing back there and watching, I guess that's the only wringer washing machine I ever saw in use.
In the back there was a kitchen (and living quarters that were no longer in use) and the lady who lived across the road would come over and cook lunch. Any of the family who weren't working or happened to be in the neighborhood around lunch would drop by to eat. Lunch was served at 11 AM and my aunt would get seriously pissed about customers showing up or calling during lunch.
On the back porch (behind the kitchen) there was a wringer washing machine when I was really young and my aunt had someone who came to do laundry a day or two a week. I can remember just standing back there and watching, I guess that's the only wringer washing machine I ever saw in use.