Day 312 | Monday, 25 January 2021

Day 312 - Audio Version

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Day 312 | Monday, 25  Janary  2021
From the Church Mouse      
 
Friday I discussed my future,    These were in my past, well maybe not Ricky Nelson 

 A very young Ricky Nelson.

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Grandma’s old, square-faced watch.

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A brown paper bag which we took for lunch.

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A pair of bronzed, baby shoes with a plaque.

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A library book, a card out of a library book signed and dated by how many people took it out.

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Who can forget Smith Brothers Black cough drops?

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Plastic pants to fit over d.iapers for babies

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Stockings, that’s right two separate stockings held up with garters with seams right down the back and you had to make sure that they were straight.

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LePage’s Mucilage

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A young person leaning against a blackboard after having written “I will not be late for class”  about 100 times.

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A tray hanging off the window of a car at a drive-up with soda and hamburger.

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A hood with a big hose that women wore over their head as a hair dryer.

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A rotary phone.

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Merthiolate – First Aid for cuts and scrapes.

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A mimeograph machine - boy do I remember running those holy rollers.

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A wringer washer machine.

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An old gasoline pump.

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For the women, spoolies in the hair.

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Those are just a few things from our past that 55 and younger would not remember.  She shared these to go down memory lane and have a few laughs.  Hope that you enjoyed using your own “visual” for this time.