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TO ALL KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's 40's 50's 60's and 70's
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<blockquote data-quote="BuckBenham" data-source="post: 181010" data-attributes="member: 2591"><p>Born in the late 30's, grew up in the 40's. I too remember hog killing day, was a wonderful time for us. A fried chicken made a wonderful Sunday dinner. Us kids, sometimes me by myself, roamed the creek bottoms and woods around town with no thought to getting into trouble. There were places that were secret back then, like the old Confederate cemetery, that is now a park where everyone can drive up to. Used to pick up pecans "on the halves" for the land owners. Walked miles to the lakes near town to fish with an old cane pole over my shoulder. Started going "coon hunting" with a man who would come by the house and pick me up - those were wonderful times. Like someone else said, we never played in the house. I was outside from early morning till after dark - that is when I wasn't in school. The shoes came off right after school was out for the summer and didn't get put back on until about time to start school in the fall. We rode our bikes around town, miles every day, no thought to being run over by a car. Cost a dime to go to one movie house in town and a quarter to the other, got to go on Saturday afternoon lots of times. Took a job as a janitor in a clinic when I was about 13, no thought to child labor laws, etc.. Started sacking groceries and stocking shelves a little later, and when I turned 16 started to deliver croceries in the store's pickup truck. I wish things were different for my grandkids. I know they have a good life now but it just seems that it would be better if they had to have a little more responsibility for their own selves like we did back then. Oh well, you all get the idea of how I feel.</p><p>Bk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BuckBenham, post: 181010, member: 2591"] Born in the late 30's, grew up in the 40's. I too remember hog killing day, was a wonderful time for us. A fried chicken made a wonderful Sunday dinner. Us kids, sometimes me by myself, roamed the creek bottoms and woods around town with no thought to getting into trouble. There were places that were secret back then, like the old Confederate cemetery, that is now a park where everyone can drive up to. Used to pick up pecans "on the halves" for the land owners. Walked miles to the lakes near town to fish with an old cane pole over my shoulder. Started going "coon hunting" with a man who would come by the house and pick me up - those were wonderful times. Like someone else said, we never played in the house. I was outside from early morning till after dark - that is when I wasn't in school. The shoes came off right after school was out for the summer and didn't get put back on until about time to start school in the fall. We rode our bikes around town, miles every day, no thought to being run over by a car. Cost a dime to go to one movie house in town and a quarter to the other, got to go on Saturday afternoon lots of times. Took a job as a janitor in a clinic when I was about 13, no thought to child labor laws, etc.. Started sacking groceries and stocking shelves a little later, and when I turned 16 started to deliver croceries in the store's pickup truck. I wish things were different for my grandkids. I know they have a good life now but it just seems that it would be better if they had to have a little more responsibility for their own selves like we did back then. Oh well, you all get the idea of how I feel. Bk [/QUOTE]
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