County-side Living with Grandma
By Anh, January 31, 2019 — I lived with my grandma when I was 5 or 6 years old for a couple years. What happened was that I did not have an original birth certificate. A midwife came over to … Continued
By Anh, January 31, 2019 — I lived with my grandma when I was 5 or 6 years old for a couple years. What happened was that I did not have an original birth certificate. A midwife came over to … Continued
By Joan, January 30, 2019 — You know my mother was very domineering though, but I don’t know, it didn’t seem to bother me. I always said, she worried so- she was such a worry wort that something might happen. … Continued
By Janet W.B., July 20, 2011 — In 1945, at the Moore School, there were two classes of sixth graders. I felt so lucky to have Miss Potter as my teacher. Even then, I could see the beauty of a … Continued
By Brenda A. Scantlebury, March 16, 2017 — I grew up in Harlem on West 117th Street. I lived right down the street from my elementary school; P.S. 184. I remember the Snow Days when school was closed. Sometimes there was … Continued
By Curtis R., June 27, 2017 — [Here’s] A little back ground about me. I was raised primarily by my mom. My dad was around, but not involved in our life. We moved around a lot in the Irwin area south … Continued
By Celene J., July 17, 2017 — I went to a one room brick school in Seneca. There was a swing, teeter totter and Mary-go-round in the school yard where we played at recess. My teacher was Velma Miller. We had … Continued
By Blanche Bowers, June 27, 2017 — When I was in school, we walked several miles to get there, and one time I remember it was snowing. We were out in farm country, in the Franklin area, and there were hitched … Continued
By Barb Winkleman, June 28, 2017 — We had uniforms at Villa. They were tops and skirts made of wool with white blouses underneath. We had to use the same starch the nuns used on their habits on our blouses so … Continued
By Kathleen Fuller, June 28, 2017 — I remember when we were going to school at Burton we didn’t have school buses or cafeterias. My friends and I would walk to school in the morning, and then back home at lunch … Continued