Your life reminds me so much of my childhood Amy. We had an outhouse, got our water from a community well, bathed in a galvanized washtub in the kitchen and heated our house with coal. Monday morning before school my sister and I had to take our wagon to the well with two 5 gallon pails to fill for our mom so she could start to heat water for laundry (a wringer washer). We didn’t have a car until I was about 12 years old, grocery order was phoned in and delivered on Saturdays, and a bread truck delivered bread. We walked to and from school from Taunton Rd and Whites Rd to Cherrywood, 2 concessions=approx 2 1/2 miles, and could stay home only if it was colder than -5 F°. Our phone was a party line, no privacy there!
Your life reminds me so much of my childhood Amy. We had an outhouse, got our water from a community well, bathed in a galvanized washtub in the kitchen and heated our house with coal. Monday morning before school my sister and I had to take our wagon to the well with two 5 gallon pails to fill for our mom so she could start to heat water for laundry (a wringer washer). We didn’t have a car until I was about 12 years old, grocery order was phoned in and delivered on Saturdays, and a bread truck delivered bread. We walked to and from school from Taunton Rd and Whites Rd to Cherrywood, 2 concessions=approx 2 1/2 miles, and could stay home only if it was colder than -5 F°. Our phone was a party line, no privacy there!
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Barbara
Wow, hard work! But nice, and simpler times too. Though more difficult, I'm loving it - and have put on a lot of muscle!
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