Well this afternoon we took a ride over to a Co-Op Antique shop. You know the kind where dealers set up a cube with their wares. As I cruised the isles for genealogy books, I spied a fellow looking at a city directory. The advertisements on the front cover had got my attention. I circled around until the man left and picked it up. Well it included the small town we had lived in (I, from the 4th grade until I married), so I looked up my parents and there they were, along with so many other families I knew. I wasn't going to buy it (it was well worn and I thought a little pricey[I've been told that I wouldn't spend a nickel to see a mouse eat a bale of hay], but my wife insisted [price has never bothered her ;-) ].
I'm so glad that I did, as the book is full of memories and information. Most of the time you find a line of info on-line with a name and address of some one you may never have known. This book had people and business' of my childhood. As thumbed thru the pages, I'd say oh look there's Mr and Mrs. ---, I didn't know her name was Julia. Or that obituary I read the other day, the directory showed the woman had been a widow in 1954 (wow). I saw that we didn't have a phone at the time. We lived in a 2 family house on a long dirt road, and it was the only house on it. The owner lived below us and they had one. Another line probably wasn't available.
The back of the book had telephone numbers and names listed, but they were listed by order of number not by name. That made no sense to me why the numbers were listed that way.
Another neat thing in the book was a section with the streets and roads with the name of residents in order along the road. If I can't remember the name then I'll just follow along their street till I find them.
Today has been a "blast from the past", Thanks Honey you were right again!
5 comments:
WoW! This is a terrific find! I'm happy for you.
Well, I wouldn't say you wouldn't pay a nickle to see a mouse these days....Hmmm you'd pay a dime to see a wheelbarrow and ....I'll stop:)
Awesome find DaddyO!!!!
I can't wait to see it on Friday. Very, very intersting the whole number thing. I'll have to think about that one.
And yes, Mom is usually right, you should just give in and accept that:)
Les, I picked you to receive the Kreativ Bloggers Award!!
I remember back in the fifties when my family moved to a new settlement on the outskirts of the city. For awhile you couldn't get your own phone you had to get what was called aduplex phone - you shared it with another family and you had to listen for the type of ring to know whether a call was for you or your neighbour.
Evelyn, Yes we had the same issue here, but we called them party lines. Here in CT we had 2 party and 4 party lines. We were still providing them until the early 1980's.
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