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To All, Things I remember when I was growing up. !. Hearing trains coming up the Valley in the middle of the night blowing there whistle. 2. Playing with tinkers toys. 3. My erector set. 4. Playing cowboys and Indians. 5. Playing ball with the other kids. 6. Playing in the barns and jumping in the hay. 7. Going into the woods and following the trails looking for caves. 8. Trading comic books with other kids. 9. Playing marbles for keeps.10. Playing mumble peg with our knives.11. Jumping rope.12. hop scotch.13. chasing the girls.14. riding our bicycles.15. going to the store for our Mother and get some candy.16. going frog hunting.17. going fishing with big people.18. swimming in the river and creek. Not allowed but did any way.19. making ice cream the old way.20. The iceman, breadman, and the milkman coming to the door.21. Dad always had a big garden and had to work in it.22. making butter with a churn was hard work.23. canning the garden stuff.24. cleaning the barn every morning and night.25. Having my friend in sometimes for lunch.26. going to the places down town like Henry's, Maw Burtons, the filling stations, and others. 27. Having a good time most of it. 28. Going to School, last but not least. This is just a few of the thing I can think of, How about you. Write and send them and I'll put them on the web site. Lets have fun with this. John Blackford Hi John I read the things you remembered growing up in Chauncey. I remember most of the things you mentioned and also, sledding down the school house hill and Nye's hill over by the cemetery in the winter and going up on Nye's hill to fly our kits in March. Also seeing how far we could walk on the rails of the railroad track without falling off. I remember picking Blackberries around the coal mine, and watching out for snakes. I also remember walking up to Pincille's pond up across from the swinging bridge and swimming there. Ralph Coe
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