Do you remember my Grandparents basement? First there were  piles of National Geographics on the steps top to bottom. On the right was his work bench where he repaired shoes, sharpened lawn mowers using some kind of oily grit. He had Nat geo maps on the wall hanging from tubes so you could roll one up and another down. My grandma had a large set of shelves filled with canned jelly, and tomatoes and other stuff. On the left side of the stairs was my Grandma's wash machine , it was round and on the top were two rollers to squeeze the water out of the finished clothes.

 Grandma hung the clothes outside on lines in the garden. I don't remember what she did in the winter. Also  I think Grandpa had National Geo on the steps to the attic.

 

It is funny about the roller skating I never thought about it till I saw a skate Key on the internet. Never entered my mind. Funny what words can do. Between when I was born and my mom's death we lived on Park-view lane by Garfield Park, We lived  a block or so north from  the Hi way Roller Rink...you used to take me there when I was two or three and very often after that. So I learned to skate very early.

 

 At some time when I was a baby one or two we lived right on the corner of West  Center and David streets in a two story duplex. I used to ride my tricycle on that corner. There was a firehouse next to us on the east.The duplex is torn down now.

 

We also lived out further on west center on the north side of the street. The trains would pass right behind our backyard really close and sparks would fly out when they applied sand to the brakes. That stuff really scared me when I was a baby.I still remember the screeching.

 

Do you remember any more details about these places?