Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Five Day Fire

Livin' The Old Fashoned Way...


Back 100 Years Ago Back in the 1960's at my Grandfather's house in Southern Alabama the fireplace and associated hearths were the center of social interaction sometimes summer and winter. 

You see, by the time I came along my Pa Rushing's home had electricity after WWII, but the water and sewer and what we today call heating and "air conditioning" was an optional feature supplied by the homeowner...in our case that being our family.

Water?

At first we had a hand dug well and a windmill to pump the water we didn't lift by bucket.

Sometime in the 1960's we had a deeper well drilled and an fancy modern electric pump and rubber bladder tank installed to provide showers for all of us grandkids and extra water for cooking and the dogs and chickens and cows.

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