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Originally Posted by sandybill2
Boomer---As you know Lynch is 5 miles from Cumberland. Benham was between Lynch and Cumberland. Lynch was a coal mining town developed by United States Steel, Benham was developed by International Harvester---Cumberland was "town"---where we went to get our "pop"--as that is where all the stores where.. I lived with my grandparents (my mother's parents) Grandfather was a coal miner. Went to Richmond, Va. after graduating from High School in '64--where I stayed until our move to the Villages in 2007. My mother also was raised there---she went to Detroit during the War to work in the factories.
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I loved those little grocery stores in Cumberland. There were two within walking distance and sometimes I was allowed to get something extra when I was sent on an errand to the grocery. And sometimes it was a "pop" which was a really, really big deal in those days.
Such a talk we could have. I am wondering if we ever played together in the summertime when I visited there. I could not wait to get back and look up the friends from the summer before -- even though they did make fun of the way I talk....
I still remember those words, "Listen to Boomer. She sure does talk funny. C'mon Boomer, talk! Talk!" --
Ohmygosh! sandybill! Was that you!
And....those pops were often RC. (And I still have not stopped talking.)
Boomer