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| maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=4036+Brooklyn+Ave.+Kansas+City,+MO&sll=39.052452,-94.558446&sspn=0.010448,0.018303&g=4036+Brooklyn+Ave.+Kansas+City,+MO&ie=UTF8&ll=39.053268,-94.558618&spn=0.010448,0.018303&z=16&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=39.052443,-94.558437&panoid=zC8tY4wRWWgXDY1AHNRIQA&cbp=12,275.48916139678454,,0,5.000000000000001 | This is where Grandma Mary and Grandpa Sol were married in Grandma's family home. I loved to visit my grandparents in this house. One time, I got to take the train from Chicago to Kansas City all by myself. See how narrow the driveway is. Their house is to the right. I used to drive up that driveway. You had to do it just right or you would hit one or the other house. Then you went out facing the street so you could see the street car which may be coming. The over hang was outside the dining room. I was the only one who continued to use the driveway. There was a way to get in around the back, but I didn't come that way. On the front porch there was an old wooden two seater swing which I loved. A street car went down the middle of the street. I remember roller skating down the driveway and hoping a street car wouldn't come. On the corner across the street was a grocery store. Sometimes I'd get to go and get something for Grandma. She was a great cook. She made the best pies. I particularly liked the pie crust. She would fry the bits she crimped off and put powdered sugar on them. At the back of the house there was a sewing machine and Grandma showed me how to sew on it. The ice man delivered ice for the ice box. Milk came in a glass container with the cream on the top. I thought it was wonderful when Grandma would skim off the top and I could drink it. Funny, I'm not particularly found of cream now. Grandma also took me to Jenkins Studio to see the accordion players. That is when I knew that I wanted to learn to play the accordion. Grandpa would count the money from the customers on his newspaper route on the dining room table. Sometimes I would be able to roll up the coins in paper. Now that it is done automatically, I think. I loved helping Grandpa. What was really cool was when I got to go with him to deliver papers. He went to bed around 9:00 pm and got up at 12:00 midnight to go out. He would spot the papers on the corners and boys would deliver them. He usually returned about 5:00 in the morning. We would have a cup of tea and then he would go to bed. He also had an afternoon/evening delivery. Don't remember just when that was. |
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| Unknown User | Himan is my grandpa |