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Old 06-20-2014, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by scrapple View Post
I was raised in Tamaqua, class of '77. We used to go up in the "strippins" to swim, camp out, watch the world go by. My Pappy worked the South Ward Vein. I can still remember hearing the horns go off when there was a blast and a cave in. He was one of 11 men in a cave in that killed several. I miss the church ladies selling pierogies, halushka and stickie buns. And the Friday codfish cakes! I still make boilo in the winter. When is the next meeting?
Do you know where Seek is? That's where I grew up!!!