My mother Helen was one of 17 children and worked the land as most did. Not much cash on hand in those days. Two of the children died as infants .
Our family loved to visit for the simplicity of life, The darkness of the nights, reading by kerosene lamps and quiet, peacefulness of the place. There was no running water nor electricity in the house. I think they were afraid of electricity. Had a cistern for drinking water and cooking and rain barrels for clothes washing and livestock. A galvanized bucket with a dipper was our drinking fountain !
We would stop in Lawrenceburg Kentucky to pick up a block of ice for the ice box and a battery for their radio. We could only listen to the radio in the evening for a short time and sometimes not at all unless it was the Grand Ole Opry !
Grandma had a cardboard box full of comic books and magazines hidden under the bed near the potbellied stove. That was always a treat. We would read by the light of the kerosene lamps until bedtime, usually about eight no later than 9 PM
Story by:
Arvel Wayne Owens
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Our family loved to visit for the simplicity of life, The darkness of the nights, reading by kerosene lamps and quiet, peacefulness of the place. There was no running water nor electricity in the house. I think they were afraid of electricity. Had a cistern for drinking water and cooking and rain barrels for clothes washing and livestock. A galvanized bucket with a dipper was our drinking fountain ! We would stop in Lawrenceburg Kentucky to pick up a block of ice for the ice box and a battery for their radio. We could only listen to the radio in the evening for a short time and sometimes not at all unless it was the Grand Ole Opry ! Grandma had a cardboard box full of comic books and magazines hidden under the bed near the potbellied stove. That was always a treat. We would read by the light of the kerosene lamps until bedtime, usually about eight no later than 9 PM Story by: Arvel Wayne Owens