This Last Week

[Carl Zager]

Oh, Jim!

Thank you for the suggestion. I have been jotting down some memories and
am winding up the courage to jump in here. I know in my heart that any and
all is appreciated (I certainly have appreciated every little tidbit
shared in this marvelous group!), but I still want to get my facts
straight and make sure I know of what I speak.

Here's an example of my dilemma: During WWII, while Dad was in the
Pacific, we lived with my great uncle, who worked for the Great Western
Fuse Company in, I think, Brushton, where I was born. Right after the war,
when Dad came home, we all moved to a house on Frankstown Road very near
the car barn. I have these vivid memories of walking out the back of the
house with "Pop" (my mother's uncle) and down the alley to watch the
motormen jockeying the double-ended, low-floor cars. I especially loved
watching them raise and lower the poles when they changed direction.

We moved out to the Penn Township suburbs in the late 40's. When the car
barn burned (1955 (?)), destroying the original 1700(?), Pop and I took a
bus into Wilkinsburg and a streetcar into Homewood to take a look. Boy!
Was I turned around! The car barn was south and west (?) of Frankstown
when I remembered it being behind our house (north and west). Or do I
still have it all wrong? <grin>

After that, though, my favorite place to see streetcars became the car
barn in Oakland. We would get off in Oakland and walk down to watch for
awhile and then board another car to get to Wilkinsburg.

Anyhow, you may be sensing some of my confusions.

Keep it up, guys! I'm having a ball.

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings!
> 
> Carl Zager wrote:
> 
> > My mailbox has been so interesting for the past week.
> > What wonderful memories and wonderful discussions.
> > This has to be a high point for my short tenure on the list.
> > Thank you all so much! Keep it up.
> 
> 	How about sharing more of your memories?!!
> 
> James B. Holland
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 Carl Zager						KB9RVB
 czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager