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1ROC_se0_ag3_f_020.2461And0.7926
3 1.5918I lived with my2.7982 
5 3.0767grandmother3.9222 
7 4.5151Was my mother's mother.6.2667 
9 7.3752And7.9733 
11 9.5562we lived in a house that was owned by our family.12.6122 
13 13.4784My grandmother owned half of the house,15.7366 
15 16.2883and16.8348 
17 17.3232her sister owned the other half.19.2618 
19 19.7104And it was what they call- now they call it a shotgun house23.0964 
21 23.6532where all the rooms-24.8854 
23 25.2257you could stand in one room and see all the way [out the back] door. <laugh>28.9984 
24ROC_int_0127.4582[<laugh>]27.9789
25 29.3677[/?/]29.6014
26ROC_se0_ag3_f_0229.4160[And they] had a long hallway.31.1020
27 31.7361And, um,32.5301
29 32.9117<ts>33.0303 
31 34.1645I lived35.0139 
33 35.3851with my grandmother, and37.2876 
35 37.6949my mother had come39.0664 
37 39.7005to Rochester.40.7059 
39 42.5400At the time I was too young to understand why,45.3963 
41 46.0975but, um,47.0603 
43 48.7669my mo- my-49.3959 
45 49.6640I owe my grandmother51.1540 
47 51.8861so much because53.4057 
49 53.9677I was an infant55.1845 
51 55.7104when my mother left.56.8292 
53 57.5510And58.0924 
55 58.9740we had these old timey stoves.61.0504 
57 62.1022I don't know if you've ever seen one. You ever been to Genesee Country Museum?65.6635 
58ROC_int_0166.3956[No.]66.8390
59ROC_se0_ag3_f_0266.5503[They got] those old black wrought iron stoves, and you use this thing to70.8128
60 71.2974put on the hole and that would take the top off,73.7516
62 74.1899and they make a fire underneath.75.9480 
63ROC_int_0176.0977[Oh.]76.5358
64ROC_se0_ag3_f_0276.3999[And my] grandmother had to do that78.1585
65 78.6019like the middle of the night79.8032
67 80.8756and boil potatoes and mash 'em82.9483 
69 83.0550to feed me.83.8904 
71 84.6225So I'm really dedicated86.3291 
73 86.9993to her87.5562 
75 88.0305for doing all she did for me.89.7666 
77 90.5091And90.9731 
79 91.1226my mother91.9578 
81 92.5095kept in touch93.5407 
83 94.8090with my grandmother,96.0553 
85 96.9834but I didn't know that. I was98.5476 
87 98.6156tiny baby.99.4994 
89 100.0460And she'd send money.101.3645 
91 102.1636And102.6895 
93 103.9011I often-104.5498 
95 104.8331as I got older I wondered, how did we survive? Cause108.2306 
97 108.6173my grandmother used to just pick peaches,111.0251 
99 111.6696and that was in season,113.2923 
101 113.9986you know, and she didn't have any other job.116.0352 
103 116.6384She picked peaches,117.7882 
105 118.4791and118.8337 
107 119.0409I had to stay home.120.3028 
109 121.1226And sometimes, as I got,122.8395 
111 123.9119you know, more comfortable125.3129 
113 125.7099with her working,126.8081 
115 128.4013she would let me go to the movie,129.9532 
117 130.8400but131.1232 
119 131.5378it used to be132.4520 
121 133.9159I had chores.135.0251 
123 135.5562I had to make the bed,136.7832 
125 138.1739and I had to feed the biddies.140.2466 
127 140.7828You know what biddies?141.7521 
128ROC_int_01142.1285Mm-mm.142.7155
129ROC_se0_ag3_f_02142.7510They're little baby [chickens.]144.1746
130ROC_int_01144.1560[Ah.]144.4998
131ROC_se0_ag3_f_02144.5091They call 'em biddies.145.6949
133 146.4734And that147.0612 
135 147.4737was my two jobs.148.8245 
137 149.4084<ts>149.4593 
139 149.6480So150.1327 
141 150.6998when she would come home,152.0971 
143 152.9375and she'd go in the-154.2213 
145 154.5976and then she'd go here,155.9316 
147 156.6122and then she'd t- come to me, and she said, go get the switch.159.6644 
149 160.9843And I couldn't understand, how does she know163.1226 
151 163.4629I didn't do my chores? (laughing)164.9942 
153 165.7263I made the bed,166.8400 
155 167.2098but I didn't make the bed.168.8236 
157 169.1484I spread the cover over it,171.0921 
159 172.2213and172.6698 
161 173.4109I didn't feed the biddies at all.175.3856 
163 175.9630And that's cause kids would177.1901 
165 177.7882tease me and scare me,179.3696 
167 179.9677so I would get out of the house as-181.8178 
169 181.9272as soon as I could.183.1592 
171 184.4017And I'd get a whipping.185.3438 
173 186.5142One- finally I think she was tired of whipping188.9993 
175 189.9211me. /So- was/ getting- (laughing)191.8649 
177 192.1995she was getting tired of it.193.4887 
179 194.4528So she t- s-195.4840 
181 195.7469told me to come out196.8179 
183 197.6893to the coop198.4163 
185 198.6328and she showed me199.8032 
187 200.6126she had201.0870 
189 201.9480a pan on top of the coop, and she had a piece of glass on top of it.205.9475 
191 206.7828If I had watered the biddies,208.5461 
193 208.8967the glass209.6996 
195 210.0553would have fell off the pan.211.4010 
197 212.5095So she didn't whip me, she said, because I didn't feed the biddies.216.3647 
199 216.7050She whipped cause I lied218.5662 
201 219.5407and said I fed 'em.220.5615 
203 221.1440<ts>221.2383 
205 222.3080So as the years went by,224.7106 
207 224.8292my mother came to town.226.3862 
209 227.4109She used to send me228.7821 
211 229.2078packages, you know, but230.4070 
213 230.5268she came to town one time like at night,233.0874 
215 234.4059And then she left just as quick as she came.236.8240 
217 237.7263And that was my first time239.5398 
219 239.7821knowing my mother, and I was a little girl. I still remember.243.2056 
221 244.4172It's come to find out that, um,246.7256 
223 247.3177<ts>247.4375 
225 248.5405my dad249.3176 
227 249.4206or my father- well I don't know what to call him now.252.3028 
229 253.1690He253.5815 
231 253.9630and my mother-254.9478 
233 256.7973uh, he's my father,258.4214 
235 259.3907and to this day, I don't know if it was consensual,262.7214 
237 263.3902or if he took advantage of her.265.5454 
239 265.9372And being the richest boy in town, you know, it's-268.6389 
241 268.8231his dad owned the movie theaters. There were two.271.7001 
243 272.8034He owned the movie theaters. He owned the hotel.275.5088 
245 276.0347He owned a grocery store and278.4889 
247 278.9890something else. I don't know. He had a lot of influence in the town.282.4627 
248ROC_int_01282.5452Mm.282.8287
249ROC_se0_ag3_f_02284.3755And284.8550
251 285.8139the story is that287.4418 
253 287.8388my mom had to leave289.2618 
255 290.1538town in a hurry once I was born.292.5100 
257 294.0502And a friend of my m-295.8908 
259 296.4528family lives on /RD-ADDRESS-1/ Street,298.2772 
261 298.3876Miss /RD-NAME-2/.299.2000 
263 300.5555And I-301.0401 
265 301.7516when my father died,303.2180 
267 303.4040I w-303.6945 
269 303.7659asked Miss /RD-NAME-2/304.8760 
271 306.1172did- was my fa- did she know my father.308.7364 
273 309.7469And she said, girl, yeah.311.2717 
275 311.6841She said, everybody know your father.313.7052 
277 314.7673I said, who was he?316.0460 
279 316.7162And she said,317.4315 
281 318.8751that was /RD-NAME-4/ boy,320.6539 
283 320.9993you know, like that.321.9996 
285 322.3966And I said,323.1235 
287 324.4420okay,325.1861 
289 325.4735cause325.8032 
291 326.3033that wasn't my father's last name, /RD-NAME-3/.328.8967 
293 330.1894And I said, is that331.3466 
295 331.4828t-331.6540 
297 331.7298is that true, /RD-NAME-2/? She said,333.4582 
299 333.8913yeah. She said, everybody know. They was talking- you was the talk of the town.337.4680 
301 337.9114/RD-NAME-3/ done got her a white baby.340.1903 
303 340.9018And- uh, but she said, /RD-NAME-3/ had to leave town344.1022 
305 344.9787after you was born.346.1491 
307 346.6337She said, she left in a wagon. They /throw/ the tarp over,349.8805 
309 350.3188and she left in the middle of the night.352.0924 
311 352.9108And she couldn't come back cause they woulda killed her355.3546 
313 355.7155for messing with that white boy.357.2365 
315 358.3708So I said, well what if she wasn't messing with him? He was messing with her.362.5456 
317 362.9168She said, didn't matter.364.0305 
318ROC_int_01364.2515[Mm.]364.6432
319ROC_se0_ag3_f_02364.3192[She had] to get out of town.365.7357
320 367.1484So those are the things that the family kept from me.370.0614
322 371.1685And371.8182 
324 372.0368<ts>372.0876 
326 372.7617so373.2824 
328 373.7001I often wonder,374.9323 
330 375.4685how did they376.3759 
332 377.0204meet up here?378.1739 
334 378.8390Cause I worked379.5454 
336 379.8135at the library at the /RD-WORK-6/.382.2006 
338 383.1737And383.5913 
340 384.2049this384.4472 
342 384.6998kid used to come in there all the time, and he was really really388.3347 
344 388.7420out of it. It was psychiatric, so, you know, he had some391.9733 
346 392.3291problems.393.0354 
348 393.9996So he would come in, and395.5552 
350 395.9935he'd always leave me a message397.8496 
352 398.2517by the title of a book.399.9789 
354 400.4481He'd have messages401.6841 
356 402.1069titled like-403.0246 
358 404.3755I can't even think of any now.405.9686 
360 406.6853But the407.2665 
362 407.5552titles, if you put 'em all together, it was a message.410.8756 
364 411.4066So it was kind of scary.412.9108 
366 413.6738I was very nervous,414.9164 
368 415.6124but415.8857 
370 417.1592I didn't let him know that.418.6544 
372 418.7971And I didn't run from him or anything like that.421.5248 
374 422.4425So one day he was- um,424.2573 
376 425.3902he was reading426.4730 
378 427.2670in the library, and, um,429.0870 
380 429.1849he used to read the Who's Who.430.8245 
382 431.6944So he said, /RD-NAME-1/, come here.433.5454 
384 434.2414So I went over, and he said,435.9054 
386 436.4217this is my dad437.5398 
388 438.4317or father, whatever he said.440.1744 
390 441.1540I said, oh,442.2934 
392 443.0359/RD-ADDRESS-4/ Georgia, I said, that's where I'm from.445.7465 
394 447.1646He said, really? I said, yeah. I said, I knew some /RD-NAME-3/. I said, you must, uh, be the /RD-NAME-3/452.7003 
396 453.1076from /RD-ADDRESS-4/.454.1852 
398 454.8554I said, you know /RD-NAME-4/?456.5809 
400 456.9457He said, it was my grandfather.458.6126 
402 459.3809I said, really?460.5461 
404 461.3748And he said, yeah.462.6844 
406 463.1535I said, oh, I knew them.464.5765 
408 464.8343I knew.465.4501 
410 465.5722your family, and like that.467.0345 
412 468.2100So the very next day-469.6920 
414 469.8052well actually470.7570 
416 471.5458his father,473.0153 
418 473.3078it was a professor at the U of R.475.4423 
420 476.4425He was-476.8632 
422 476.9380he was a professor of economics479.4727 
424 479.6841at the U of R.480.6637 
426 481.4887But he'd never visit /RD-NAME-1/483.1746 
428 483.5768beca-483.9068 
430 484.3862his name was /RD-NAME-2/, but485.7151 
432 486.2667everybody called him /RD-NAME-1/,487.7155 
434 488.3084the son.488.9117 
436 490.6389So491.1634 
438 491.2323f-491.3817 
440 491.5667/RD-NAME-1/ would go up492.4575 
442 492.5967to the U of R. Every time he get a honor card that he could leave the grounds,496.6647 
444 496.9881he'd go to the U of R.498.2874 
446 498.7720And he'd smash all the windows in his father's car,501.9738 
448 502.5564or he'd spray paint 'em,503.9368 
450 504.4884but security wouldn't,505.7877 
452 506.1950and the father wouldn't press charges. So they would bring him back509.3748 
454 509.9986to the /RD-WORK-6/.511.4423 
456 511.6537He'd lose his privilege,512.9117 
458 513.2571then when he earned the honor card,514.9121 
460 515.1943he'd go and do the same thing.516.8339 
462 517.5196His father would518.4786 
464 518.8756visit him,519.7057 
466 520.0769but he stopped521.0809 
468 521.3438because /RD-NAME-1/ would become violent523.3185 
470 523.8547on the ward he was staying on.525.6335 
472 526.2470So he stopped visiting him,528.0657 
474 528.6586but his mother would visit him.530.4116 
476 531.2365And he got along pretty good with his mother, but he did have a temper.535.4216 
478 536.6694But he never537.4891 
480 538.0356displayed the temper with me.539.8285 
482 540.6586So541.1999 
484 541.7361the day after542.9787 
486 543.7572he was reading the Who's Who,545.4109 
488 546.1018and his father547.2670 
490 547.7568was in it,548.4992 
492 549.4221and,549.8346 
494 550.7575you know, I'd say, I know551.9007 
496 552.9422the f- the /RD-NAME-3/.554.2208 
498 555.0045The very next day,556.2670 
500 556.4094his father came557.4521 
502 558.3595who n-558.7892 
504 558.8855had stopped visiting years before.561.4169 
506 563.0558He came,563.9014 
508 565.1697and h-565.7111 
510 566.1789his wife came with him.567.8287 
512 568.6949He introduced hisself,570.3448 
514 571.2419told me where he was from. And573.0261 
516 573.1469I shook his hand, and I was glad to meet him.575.3291 
518 576.8500H- well, uh,578.0898 
520 578.1830I think we578.8171 
522 579.1069chatted a little bit,580.2979 
524 581.1228and soon after that582.8294 
526 583.6234he would call, and-585.0966 
528 585.5606or his wife would call, and they would invite me588.3138 
530 589.2058out for lunch.590.0771 
532 591.1636And it was to thank me for593.0403 
534 593.2105being nice to594.2932 
536 594.5922their son.595.2161 
538 596.0809So we'd always go597.2779 
540 597.3553to, uh, Phillips European. You ever go [there?]600.0970 
541ROC_int_01599.8189[Mm-hm.]600.4039
542ROC_se0_ag3_f_02600.2811[Ooh], I love that [place.]601.6028
543ROC_int_01601.1542[Yeah, me] too.601.9070
544 602.0809[<laugh>]602.5243
545ROC_se0_ag3_f_02602.4996[I-] one time I dropped the, um,604.7568
546 604.9372<ts>605.1228
548 605.7312torte,606.0973 
550 606.3138raspberry torte.607.3957 
552 607.6335I dropped it, and I608.8064 
554 608.9578picked it up, and I ate it. [<laugh>]611.4167 
555ROC_int_01611.3636[It's] so [good.]612.1849
556ROC_se0_ag3_f_02612.0303[That's] how good they [were.] (laughing)613.7317
557ROC_int_01613.2109[<laugh>]613.9379
558ROC_se0_ag3_f_02614.2253So we would go there,615.7772
560 616.4010and we would eat,617.6333 
562 617.9117and he would go back to work.619.6079 
564 619.8348His wife was /RD-NAME-1/.621.2203 
566 621.5967She'd go wherever she go.623.0146 
568 623.3084And I would go back to work.624.6747 
570 625.9482And, um,626.6893 
572 627.0399<ts>627.1842 
574 627.8803so, uh, not too long630.1024 
576 630.4737after631.2161 
578 631.5203he came there632.4573 
580 633.6019to meet me,634.4784 
582 635.2156he brought his daughter636.4685 
584 637.0253who lived in Boston.638.5346 
586 639.8957Her name is /RD-NAME-1/.641.1744 
588 642.4324So he introduced /RD-NAME-1/644.4676 
590 644.9729to /RD-NAME-1/.645.7617 
591ROC_int_01645.9164<laugh>646.3752
592ROC_se0_ag3_f_02646.6640She was glad to meet me.648.4634
594 649.6440And, um,650.6532 
596 651.5091we-652.0453 
598 653.3394she and I, we never went anywhere. She was just here visiting, but656.7938 
600 656.9022he brought her there to meet me.658.4010 
602 659.6848And660.0045 
604 660.5149al- I always thought that662.2000 
606 663.0760he told his wife about me,665.4425 
608 666.4118but he didn't tell anybody else until I met /RD-NAME-1/.669.7978 
610 670.6021And I'm thinking, maybe he told672.4479 
612 672.8191/RD-NAME-1/673.3450 
614 674.7615because he was too proud to tell me677.3445 
616 679.0769cause679.3669 
618 679.4591he's from the old days in the South.681.5194 
620 681.9886You didn't mingle like that.683.4477 
622 684.0870And I think684.6997 
624 684.7724it woulda been embarrassment to him686.8749 
626 687.6225for anybody to know688.9114 
628 689.3858that I was his ch-690.3193 
630 690.6182his child.691.3605 
632 691.7678So692.2201 
634 693.1894I never said anything,694.5402 
636 695.1022but all my life696.2571 
638 696.9222I had been told he was my father.699.1018 
640 700.3649But my mother, she would never talk about it.702.7005 
642 703.0150I don't where I left off now.704.6893 
643ROC_int_01705.8184[Uh-]706.1793
644ROC_se0_ag3_f_02706.1174[Oh], he woulda been embarrassed707.7828
645 708.2520I think708.8315
647 708.9082cause in the old days you didn't-710.7615 
649 711.7823I s- like I said, I don't know if it was consensual. They was715.1800 
651 715.8503going behind the bend somewhere,717.8339 
653 718.4990or if he was forcing hisself and she was scared721.4584 
654ROC_int_01721.6801Mm-hm.722.1390
655ROC_se0_ag3_f_02722.1737cause they had so much influence down there.724.7980
657 726.2829So, um,727.4481 
659 728.4366<ts>728.5476 
661 729.2564uh,729.9215 
663 731.0919I would tell my mother732.4923 
665 732.6299every time I see him733.9173 
667 734.6274or I- he'd call me735.8597 
669 736.5196or he'd send me a note.737.8601 
671 738.0509Like-738.4118 
673 739.4481and my mother would get740.3897 
675 740.5357very upset, and she would drink.742.9888 
677 743.4013She would get drunk like for days.745.6750 
679 746.4882And I think it was747.7411 
681 748.3598bad memories for her,749.8137 
683 750.1798so I stopped telling her.751.5306 
685 752.1273Whenever I would753.0811 
687 754.1329meet them for lunch or755.5920 
689 756.2159go to the house, I would never,757.8021 
691 757.9561um, tell my mother759.3595 
693 760.2618because I didn't wanna hurt her like that.762.2623 
695 762.5304[I didn't] know the story,763.8760 
696ROC_int_01762.5587[Mm.]762.8949
697ROC_se0_ag3_f_02764.2253so it was no reason to765.6792
699 766.3288keep bringing it up to her.767.7415 
701 768.3190<ts>768.4218 
703 768.8655So, um,769.8967 
705 771.9473when I was772.9372 
707 773.4992ten,774.0870 
709 775.3038my mother- uh, oh, and I went all over the town,778.3082 
711 778.7207you know, nobody bothered me.780.1849 
713 780.5819Like, my grandmother picked peaches in season,783.5142 
715 784.1845and we didn't have babysitters.785.8189 
717 786.4015So after I'd787.3192 
719 787.7472do my-788.3954 
721 788.5346I so-called did my chores, (laughing)790.7793 
722ROC_int_01791.1672[Mm-hm.]791.5459
723ROC_se0_ag3_f_02791.5104[I] go to the movie792.7882
724 793.3553which793.7678
726 794.6841was owned by the795.6264 
728 795.7779/RD-NAME-3/.796.6124 
730 797.5611And797.9684 
732 799.2625I c-799.5761 
734 799.8451I couldn't sit upstairs. I had to sit downstairs803.8704 
736 804.1540where the white people sit.805.2780 
738 806.8440That was what he insisted, the father.809.4992 
739ROC_int_01809.9168[Mm.]810.4221
740ROC_se0_ag3_f_02810.2984[/RD-NAME-1/]811.0666
741 811.5976/RD-NAME-4/ they called /him/.813.1946
743 813.5761So I would sit downstairs815.7518 
745 816.2674with the white people.817.2095 
747 818.0600And these were weekdays,819.5059 
749 819.6508so I think it mighta been821.3497 
751 821.7207to protect me822.7364 
753 823.5665that he had me sit downstairs and watch the movies.826.8545 
755 827.3804If I was sitting upstairs, there's nobody watching me.830.3192 
757 831.5655S- and I think he also833.2721 
759 833.9372supported my grandmother and me836.2031 
761 836.9689cause we had everything we needed.838.6844 
763 838.9061She couldn't-839.5918 
765 840.0971she couldn't support us841.4118 
767 841.7366just picking peaches842.9121 
769 843.4006whenever the peach season was, summer I guess.845.9114 
771 847.0715And-847.4096 
773 847.5349and I-848.0885 
775 848.2429I wore shoes. I had shoes.850.2616 
777 850.9576And I wore corduroys, you know, I done had853.4324 
779 853.6180sweater.854.2780 
781 854.8864I had nice things, so I know856.9731 
783 857.8083the money was coming from somewhere.859.9892 
785 860.6131And my mother would send a box now and then, but it was mostly goodies.864.4786 
787 865.2767It wasn't clothes or anything. She didn't know how big I was or whatever.868.8751 
789 870.4889So,871.0303 
791 871.4634um,872.0511 
793 873.0256when I was ten874.1224 
795 874.8236my grandmother-875.9011 
797 876.5456my mother877.2262 
799 878.8787and my grandmother, they musta been writing letters or something.882.3291 
801 882.7518I don't think they had883.6514 
803 883.7417telephones. I know we didn't.885.6532 
805 886.5039So they probably had,888.0971 
807 888.9581uh,889.4994 
809 889.8913communication by letter.891.5191 
811 892.6328And my mother ca- showed up to bring me here.895.6129 
813 896.9482And my grandmother was very upset,899.4474 
815 899.8908and she moved to Florida with her sister.902.4172 
817 903.7615Left my mother and me there with the pigs and the chickens and <laugh> all the vegetables, everything, the eggs,910.1121 
819 910.5297the whole house,911.3443 
821 911.8393well, our half, everything.913.4066 
823 914.0975So914.6543 
825 916.2977I ate so many917.6640 
827 918.4116chick-918.6646 
829 918.7629I ate chicken cooked so many ways. [<laugh>]922.4678 
830ROC_int_01921.9007[<laugh>]922.5916
831ROC_se0_ag3_f_02923.1123I got so tired of chicken.924.9426
833 925.8294I remember my926.6760 
835 926.7752g- s- excuse [me.]927.7563 
836ROC_int_01927.6532[Yup.]928.0038
837 928.2170/Chicken/ so many [different kind of ways. <laugh>]930.5198
838ROC_se0_ag3_f_02928.9267[Oh yeah, all kind of] chicken.930.9735
839 931.5458And we couldn't give 'em away cause people had they own chickens, [eggs too],935.2051
840ROC_int_01934.4739[Mm-hm]935.0464
841ROC_se0_ag3_f_02935.3959vegetables. (laughing)936.9839
843 937.7057And, uh,938.4378 
845 938.9881so my mother gave me940.3544 
847 941.1123probably a nickel or a dime or something- dime probably,944.3502 
849 944.9071<ts>944.9760 
851 945.2149and I had to go946.3235 
853 946.6740to the cafe947.7516 
855 948.3652and get a burger,949.3963 
857 949.8500/but/949.9841 
859 950.2213I don't think they called 'em that back then. I don't know what they called 'em.953.8083 
861 954.3394And a-954.7776 
863 954.9632and a955.2417 
865 955.5046Coca-Cola.956.4945 
867 957.5655And that's what I would eat, and she let me do that until we961.1334 
869 961.7418came up here.962.6337 
871 963.9832And I didn't get tired of 'em like I got tired of that [chicken.] (laughing)967.6026 
872ROC_int_01967.4296[Mm-hm.]967.9951
873ROC_se0_ag3_f_02968.1336So we came up here,969.8646
875 970.4600<ts>970.5000 
877 970.7772and971.2567 
879 972.0043we lived, um,973.3551 
881 974.7575in a house975.4263 
883 975.7872on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street.977.2589 
885 977.4239I forgot. I-978.1733 
887 978.2732I think it was978.9993 
889 979.4582/RD-ADDRESS-2/980.2367 
891 980.5873or /RD-ADDRESS-2/.981.4263 
893 981.9780Anyway, um,983.0762 
895 985.1334we was985.7366 
897 986.4584I w-986.7265 
899 986.7892I got a-987.4385 
901 987.5182um,988.1997 
903 988.8133<ts>988.9679 
905 989.0968um,989.6176 
907 992.0666she got a knock on the door once, and she opened the door, and it was my grandmother.996.1847 
909 997.2984My grandmother had left Florida,999.0809 
911 999.6687come up here1000.5452 
913 1001.3082and got a1001.9166 
915 1002.1692place to stay1003.2520 
917 1003.5716and came and took me back1005.2000 
919 1005.3026with her.1005.8852 
921 1006.3905And we lived on1007.5144 
923 1008.1177/RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street off /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street.1010.4533 
924ROC_int_011011.2498Mm-hm.1011.5448
925ROC_se0_ag3_f_021011.5552I don't know if you familiar with [that.]1013.5299
926ROC_int_011013.4650[What's] the- is that on this side of [town, or s-]1015.7263
927ROC_se0_ag3_f_021015.0354[Mm-mm.]1015.5613
928 1015.8449You know where, um,1017.3181
930 1019.3856it's church on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ at /RD-ADDRESS-3/?1022.0150 
931ROC_int_011022.7781Yeah, okay.1023.5257
932ROC_se0_ag3_f_021023.5823Okay, that's /RD-ADDRESS-2/ S-1024.8700
934 1025.2618/RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street.1026.1692 
936 1028.0717Um,1028.6323 
938 1028.9108/RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street was off1030.3441 
940 1031.0556/RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street.1031.8527 
941ROC_int_011031.8594Okay.1032.2116
942ROC_se0_ag3_f_021032.7776So that's where we lived,1034.3476
944 1034.4230and we stayed there-1035.6738 
946 1037.8754uh, I was thirteen,1039.5046 
948 1039.8604and we stayed-1040.6904 
950 1041.5449no I was ten1042.6446 
952 1042.7221cause I came up here, and my grandmother,1044.6590 
954 1045.2726she couldn't handle that,1046.6358 
956 1046.7161so she came right behind us.1048.4059 
958 1049.0504But she was prepared.1050.0874 
960 1050.2203She had a place for me to stay. (laughing)1052.5100 
961ROC_int_011052.6853[Mm-hm.]1053.3645
962ROC_se0_ag3_f_021053.0049[So]1053.5862
963 1053.8646I stayed with my grandmother1055.6537
965 1056.6436until I was thirteen.1058.1181 
967 1059.5346So when we first got up- when I f-1061.6433 
969 1061.9166when she first got here1063.4840 
971 1064.1852and-1064.6595 
973 1065.9265to take me to school,1067.4985 
975 1067.6439it was Number /RD-SCHOOL-1/ School on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Avenue.1070.4069 
977 1071.1273It's on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Avenue now.1072.9679 
979 1073.4990But the r-1073.9682 
981 1074.2311original was on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Avenue.1076.3089 
983 1077.0912So1077.6377 
985 1078.1378I was go to f-1079.0554 
987 1079.1664fifth grade,1079.9011 
989 1080.9117and they said I couldn't,1082.4172 
991 1082.7265uh,1083.1699 
993 1083.4006cause I was coming from the South.1084.9473 
995 1085.9991And she said,1086.7828 
997 1087.5149she going to fifth grade. (breathy)1089.1995 
999 1089.3284I don't know exact words. She mighta cussed. I [don't know.] (laughing)1092.2517 
1000ROC_int_011091.8650[<laugh>]1092.5198
1001ROC_se0_ag3_f_021092.8653But, um,1093.6902
1003 1094.2419they insisted that I couldn't go to fifth grade1096.8878 
1005 1097.0344cause1097.4165 
1007 1097.8341I was coming from the South.1099.3888 
1009 1100.0666So my grandmother said,1101.5243 
1011 1103.3752you gonna have to test her1104.8343 
1013 1105.2777because she going to the fifth grade. Now you can test her,1108.4317 
1015 1109.1432but she going to fifth grade.1110.6590 
1017 1111.7057And so they tested me,1113.3129 
1019 1113.8027and they said,1114.5606 
1021 1115.0143oh,1115.6794 
1023 1115.9372she can't go to fifth grade.1117.5613 
1025 1117.9016She has to go to sixth grade.1119.3799 
1027 1120.0141My grandmother said, uh-uh, she going to fifth grade.1122.6230 
1029 1123.4685She's not skipping, and she's not staying back. She going to fifth grade. (laughing)1128.0267 
1030ROC_int_011128.0361[<laugh>]1128.9787
1031ROC_se0_ag3_f_021128.1068[<laugh>]1129.1437
1032 1130.0253So (breathy) I said, okay.1132.3080
1034 1132.9532I mean, she said okay. So I went to Number /RD-SCHOOL-1/ School in the fifth grade.1137.3078 
1036 1138.4523That's where I met my husband.1139.9424 
1038 1140.1280<laugh>1140.6900 
1040 1141.3190The first /day/,1142.3869 
1042 1142.5207uh, some-1143.3335 
1044 1143.4219somebody1144.1248 
1046 1144.2171told him a new girl was in town, and1146.7312 
1048 1147.0870he came right to the house on that raggedy bicycle, no fenders. <laugh>1151.5763 
1050 1151.9424Is that what you call them1153.1205 
1052 1153.2051things on the-1153.9679 
1054 1154.0688[over the wheels?]1154.9379 
1055ROC_int_011154.2007[Mm-hm.]1154.5751
1056ROC_se0_ag3_f_021155.6480And1156.0627
1058 1156.1255we was together all the time until he came out of the army, and then we got married.1160.3811 
1060 1160.8554But, um,1161.6480 
1062 1162.3905<ts>1162.4936 
1064 1162.6328uh,1163.5248 
1066 1166.1955my teacher then was Miss /RD-NAME-3/,1168.9061 
1068 1169.6743and she had us for fifth grade and sixth grade1172.8385 
1070 1172.9676and seventh grade.1174.0563 
1072 1174.1464Sh-1174.2872 
1074 1174.3652she would not1175.3959 
1076 1176.0043let us go.1176.9375 
1078 1178.0217And when we graduated from Number /RD-SCHOOL-1/ School,1180.9834 
1080 1181.6382she stopped teaching.1182.7931 
1082 1183.2313She said she'd never teach another class.1185.5655 
1084 1186.3389She loved us so much.1187.7310 
1086 1188.2724So she, um,1189.6129 
1088 1190.1955<ts>1190.3295 
1090 1191.0964became a principal1192.4369 
1092 1192.7978at another school1193.8805 
1094 1194.3188until she retired.1195.5355 
1096 1196.5048So1197.1015 
1098 1197.2052that's how I got here.1198.7565 
1100 1200.1228Now1200.6178 
1102 1200.9839I have to look at my [notes.]1202.4017 
1103ROC_int_011202.2831[Mm-hm.]1202.6980
1104 1202.7701Yeah.1203.1428
1105ROC_se0_ag3_f_021203.8079And this is Miss /RD-NAME-1/1205.6330
1107 1206.5301[/RD-NAME-2/.]1207.2056 
1108ROC_int_011206.9510[Uh-huh.]1207.2577
1109ROC_se0_ag3_f_021208.5151No, that's Miss /RD-NAME-1/. This Miss /RD-NAME-3/ right there.1211.6640
1110ROC_int_011211.7568Oh wow.1212.8189
1111ROC_se0_ag3_f_021212.9529And you know what?1213.6799
1113 1214.0356She lived up here on West /RD-ADDRESS-1/ Street.1216.2616 
1115 1217.3391You know where the little plaza1219.3757 
1117 1219.5926/on/ the fish [market?]1221.0603 
1118ROC_int_011220.7759[Mm-hm.]1221.5264
1119ROC_se0_ag3_f_021221.5965Right past /RD-ADDRESS-3/ Avenue1223.5866
1121 1223.9527this big1224.5452 
1123 1224.7839beautiful brick house,1226.1491 
1125 1226.6994and it used to be a church next door, but they tore the church down.1230.1589 
1126ROC_int_011230.2053Yeah.1230.6590
1127ROC_se0_ag3_f_021230.7570That's where she [lived with her brother] all those years.1233.7769
1128ROC_int_011231.5908[Oh wow.]1232.3454
1129 1234.4420Wow.1235.0659
1130ROC_se0_ag3_f_021235.9321So,1236.3652
1132 1236.6951um,1237.2468 
1134 1238.6234let's see. (breathy)1239.5913 
1136 1240.4059Oh, and we got-1241.4010 
1138 1241.7619I met my husband,1242.9426 
1140 1244.3192and, um,1245.1170 
1142 1245.6377I got- I told you all that.1247.0790 
1144 1247.1405We had three children.1248.3703 
1146 1249.2107Two of living-1249.9878 
1148 1250.0587two are still living. My daughter is-1252.2148 
1150 1252.3009/RD-NAME-2/ is fifty-seven.1253.8393 
1152 1254.3548My son /RD-NAME-2/, he's fifty-four.1256.3450 
1154 1257.5449And I went to Number /RD-SCHOOL-1/ School.1259.5248 
1156 1260.7725I said all that.1262.0511 
1158 1263.2098And when I l- graduated1264.6534 
1160 1265.6330from Number /RD-SCHOOL-1/1267.0560 
1162 1267.2726after seventh grade,1268.4842 
1164 1268.9534I went on to /RD-SCHOOL-4/. That's where you used to go.1272.1435 
1166 1272.7673It's now the /RD-SCHOOL-5/ School.1274.7575 
1167ROC_int_011274.9328Mm.1275.4831
1168ROC_se0_ag3_f_021275.6429And when we finished eighth grade at the /RD-SCHOOL-2/,1278.4013
1170 1278.5920we'd go to the1279.4989 
1172 1279.7375high school1280.5358 
1174 1280.9018which was on /RD-ADDRESS-4/ Street.1282.8545 
1176 1283.5763But now it's on1284.8498 
1178 1285.2313/RD-ADDRESS-1/ and /RD-ADDRESS-2/.1286.3656 
1179ROC_int_011286.6389Okay.1287.0617
1180ROC_se0_ag3_f_021288.2358And- um,1289.3082
1182 1290.2672and we had to go-1291.1385 
1184 1291.7469in Number /RD-SCHOOL-1/ School,1292.8850 
1186 1294.1585you all we- y-1294.9491 
1188 1295.0175everybody had to go home for lunch.1296.8395 
1190 1297.3757There was no1298.1399 
1192 1298.2362cafeteria. There was no free lunch.1300.6070 
1194 1301.1690You didn't take a lunch.1302.3231 
1196 1302.4607You went home. You got out of the school.1304.5151 
1198 1305.2459And it didn't matter where you lived,1306.7875 
1200 1307.7877you still had to go.1309.0406 
1202 1309.6232So1310.0975 
1204 1310.4069most of the time, in the beginning,1312.2925 
1206 1313.0143when I'd come back to school,1314.6745 
1208 1316.0975school was about over cause1317.5769 
1210 1317.6427I would go the wrong way.1319.1020 
1212 1319.8290I wasn't familiar1321.1231 
1214 1321.4066with the city, you know.1322.5719 
1216 1323.1428So instead of me coming out the school and going right,1326.1589 
1218 1326.8807I would come out1327.9325 
1220 1328.1697go left1328.9276 
1222 1329.2046cause I probably was coming out a different door. I don't remember.1332.5147 
1224 1333.2777My mother1333.9119 
1226 1335.0153had a restaurant inside of the /RD-WORK-6/,1338.3961 
1228 1339.3035so I had to go there for lunch1341.2665 
1230 1341.7357which was1342.2874 
1232 1342.4936like1342.7565 
1234 1342.9061a block or two from the school, but I could never find it.1346.1749 
1236 1346.6337That's cause I was going the wrong [way.] (laughing)1349.5041 
1237ROC_int_011348.3699[<laugh>]1349.8599
1238ROC_se0_ag3_f_021350.0300/This old/ country girl, you know, streets with cars on 'em and everything.1354.4884
1240 1354.9525So,1355.4990 
1242 1356.8343uh,1357.3138 
1244 1358.7317we-1359.1737 
1246 1359.4727we would1359.9161 
1248 1360.2616go home for lunch1361.5402 
1250 1362.7106and1363.4994 
1252 1365.5140come back to school.1366.7720 
1254 1367.2154We'd hang out, not hang out,1368.9709 
1256 1369.0400but if- if we- if I was good, my mother would let me stay on the playground1373.4216 
1258 1374.1394and play1375.0148 
1260 1375.8604on the playground with the other kids.1377.7563 
1262 1378.2874So,1378.7462 
1264 1379.3598<ts>1379.4423 
1266 1379.6588uh,1380.2724 
1268 1382.1181if we got into tr- I got in trouble1384.2032 
1270 1384.2922because1384.8287 
1272 1385.2257coming back too late,1386.4013 
1274 1386.8653but I finally got a grip1388.4017 
1276 1388.5822[o-]1388.6671 
1277ROC_int_011388.6553[Mm-hm.]1388.9424
1278ROC_se0_ag3_f_021388.8491[once] they told my mother. My mother had to1391.1432
1279 1391.4990come to school and straighten it out.1393.2520
1281 1393.9841So1394.4481 
1283 1395.5759and you didn't have a choice of where you go to high school.1398.4786 
1285 1399.0870If you lived1399.9397 
1287 1400.0108on the-1400.9379 
1289 1401.6635I'd had to draw it at work.1403.1278 
1291 1403.6588If you lived on the north side of the school,1406.4481 
1293 1407.5604you went to Franklin.1408.6483 
1295 1409.3959If you lived on the south side of the school,1412.0099 
1297 1412.3605you went to East.1413.4109 
1299 1414.4059And if you was1415.3959 
1301 1416.2105a boy,1416.9478 
1303 1417.8191you had a choice1418.9895 
1305 1419.5604of going to,1420.6483 
1307 1421.3010um,1421.8393 
1309 1421.9652the school1422.8034 
1311 1423.7882on whatever side of the building,1425.2923 
1313 1426.1172or you could go to1427.3701 
1315 1427.9991Edison Tech1429.3035 
1317 1429.8964or Paul Revere1431.2000 
1319 1431.3902Trade Schools.1432.4627 
1321 1432.5658They used to be on Clifford Avenue1434.6178 
1322ROC_int_011435.2032Mm.1435.5477
1323ROC_se0_ag3_f_021436.1645near Joseph Avenue,1437.7563
1325 1437.9639big-1438.3326 
1327 1438.5539took the whole block from1440.0507 
1329 1440.7415Hudson Avenue1441.9222 
1331 1442.3914to- um,1443.3902 
1333 1444.2306I don't remember the name of the street, but it's a street1447.0303 
1335 1447.1488before you get to Joseph Avenue.1449.0757 
1337 1449.3026It was a huge school, and it was all boys.1451.8135 
1339 1452.3806So they w-1452.9822 
1341 1453.0788their boys1453.8397 
1343 1454.1800like1454.5100 
1345 1455.0565that-1455.4573 
1347 1456.1894they may not have been able to1457.8180 
1349 1457.9141teach them1458.7828 
1351 1459.6129to grade level. I don't know.1461.2000 
1353 1461.8027But1462.1618 
1355 1462.2617that was the choices they had.1464.0655 
1357 1464.2293You either go to1465.3138 
1359 1466.4251Edison,1467.2000 
1361 1467.3293or you go to Paul Revere.1468.9318 
1363 1469.5144My cousin went to Paul Revere, and he learned tailoring,1472.7987 
1365 1474.0811and a lot of 'em did.1475.4062 
1367 1475.6433They took up tailoring.1476.8962 
1369 1477.4530They didn't have computers back then, and I often wonder, why did they call that Edison Technical?1482.2620 
1371 1482.9942What technical stuff did we have back then, you know? (laughing)1486.1172 
1373 1487.0607So maybe- maybe I got the name wrong. Maybe they just been calling it that in the last forty years or so.1493.5041 
1375 1493.6330I don't know.1494.2105 
1377 1494.8395But that was1495.5355 
1379 1496.2419what you did.1496.9637 
1381 1497.3284And you walked.1498.1636 
1383 1498.9009There was no school buses.1500.3703 
1384ROC_int_011500.6554[Mm.]1501.1423
1385ROC_se0_ag3_f_021501.0750[You] get up, and you get1502.5719
1386 1503.0359to school.1503.8440
1388 1504.9731I lived on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street. You know where1507.2571 
1390 1507.5252/RD-ADDRESS-4/?1508.6698 
1391ROC_int_011508.9623Yeah.1509.2974
1392ROC_se0_ag3_f_021510.2152I lived1510.7050
1394 1511.1381like1511.5176 
1396 1511.6024w-1511.6931 
1398 1511.7944cross the street there where the /RD-ADDRESS-4/1514.1903 
1400 1514.6904plant is,1515.4985 
1402 1516.5194and I had to walk to /RD-SCHOOL-1/ High School1518.6745 
1404 1519.3602on1519.9119 
1406 1520.1439/RD-ADDRESS-4/ and /RD-ADDRESS-1/ Street.1522.0399 
1408 1523.4629And that was a long walk.1524.8389 
1409ROC_int_011524.8441Mm-hm.1525.3582
1410ROC_se0_ag3_f_021525.8810But you had to do it, and you didn't think anything of it.1528.5214
1412 1528.6184You just did it1529.4629 
1414 1529.8032cause that's all we knew.1530.9581 
1415ROC_int_011531.2726[Mm-hm.]1531.8294
1416ROC_se0_ag3_f_021531.6644[And parents] didn't1532.6337
1417 1532.9070drive us.1533.8697
1419 1534.4317We didn't have school buses.1536.0146 
1421 1536.2517Who could afford1537.1240 
1423 1537.2053bus e-1537.7057 
1425 1537.8810bus fare.1538.6853 
1427 1539.4831And1539.9883 
1429 1540.4008I don't even know if-1541.6949 
1431 1543.2107I don't even know about bus- I think that never came up.1546.3389 
1433 1546.4987I don't think it ever came up.1547.9063 
1435 1548.6436You just got up and got ready for school, and you left home and went to school.1552.9370 
1437 1553.8032And1554.2053 
1439 1554.6230I had a friend /RD-NAME-1/.1556.0202 
1441 1556.6853/RD-NAME-1/ and I were friends from1558.4575 
1443 1558.6534fifth grade.1559.4371 
1445 1559.9939She has1560.7467 
1447 1561.3138Alzheimer's now, but she remembers me.1563.7563 
1448ROC_int_011563.7847Mm.1564.1479
1449ROC_se0_ag3_f_021564.4008And she remembers that I gave her her books1567.1540
1451 1567.8397when she came to the classroom.1569.7769 
1453 1570.3389I was the one that1571.2463 
1455 1572.0661gave her all her books. She can remember that.1574.3605 
1457 1574.7987So /RD-NAME-1/ and I, we walked to school1576.9576 
1459 1577.5969in high school. But she dropped out cause she got1580.4275 
1461 1580.7936pregnant1581.2974 
1463 1581.8130which was unheard of back then.1583.9991 
1465 1584.5353But,1584.8018 
1467 1585.0806um,1585.4983 
1469 1585.6398we're still friends.1586.7729 
1471 1587.1789She-1587.7414 
1473 1587.8226she recognized me a little bit, but1589.8754 
1475 1590.4477I go up take her to1591.5819 
1477 1592.0563get her nails done or s-1593.6899 
1479 1593.7736take her for lunch, something like that.1595.4680 
1480ROC_int_011595.4833[Mm-hm.]1596.0923
1481ROC_se0_ag3_f_021595.9269[She-]1596.4322
1482 1596.7261she recognize me, but I have to refresh her sometime.1600.3905
1484 1601.0040But she looks good.1601.8857 
1486 1602.7725And she was born1603.8088 
1488 1604.4017the seventeenth of February,1606.4369 
1490 1606.7772and I was born the twenty-sixth.1608.6230 
1492 1609.3190So1609.8707 
1494 1610.8606we were like sisters.1612.1852 
1495ROC_int_011612.2415[Mm-hm.]1612.6646
1496ROC_se0_ag3_f_021612.5913[We'd] stay at her house,1614.1383
1497 1615.2571or we'd stay at my house.1616.7936
1499 1617.7460And that's the way we grew up,1619.5351 
1501 1620.3033so we grew up like sisters.1622.1852 
1503 1623.4882I talk a lot. You [have to excuse me.]1626.0610 
1504ROC_int_011624.8081[No, this is good. I love] it.1626.3711
1505 1626.5036[<laugh>]1627.0664
1506ROC_se0_ag3_f_021626.6642[/But/ you] have to excuse me. <laugh>1628.7428
1507 1629.3438Oh, and, uh, I remember that1631.4474
1509 1632.5714I wanted a pair of heels,1634.1491 
1511 1635.0951and my1635.6893 
1513 1635.8904mother wouldn't1636.7811 
1515 1636.8441allow that.1637.4784 
1517 1637.8857I couldn't have-1638.6745 
1519 1638.9529by this time my grandmother had died,1640.9482 
1521 1641.9161so I had to live with my mother.1643.5248 
1523 1643.6588She1644.3497 
1525 1644.9684didn't want me to wear heels,1646.5925 
1527 1647.2974and1647.7048 
1529 1648.6380Neisner's used to sell shoes and stuff, you know.1652.0511 
1531 1652.9932And the heels I wanted was wedge.1655.1587 
1533 1655.8135Oh boy, I wanted them shoes so bad.1658.2367 
1535 1658.7111Now1659.1118 
1537 1660.0038I wasn't gonna show you which one is me. I was gonna let you [guess.]1663.5016 
1538ROC_int_011663.4594[<laugh>]1664.2213
1539ROC_se0_ag3_f_021664.4430And my friend /RD-NAME-1/ got the wedge shoes, but I couldn't.1667.5815
1541 1668.3371<ts>1668.3931 
1543 1668.8462And I had to wear1669.9068 
1545 1670.1069socks,1670.8657 
1547 1671.8594and /RD-NAME-1/ wearing1672.7823 
1549 1673.7258stockings,1674.6126 
1551 1674.9529and I'm wearing socks, you know.1676.5151 
1553 1677.6790/?/1677.9729 
1555 1679.3856S-1679.6227 
1557 1681.0148sorry about that.1682.0666 
1558ROC_int_011682.7251/You're good/.1683.2871
1559ROC_se0_ag3_f_021683.5140I'm kind of clumsy sometime.1685.2773
1561 1686.3600So somebody gave me a pair of1688.2213 
1563 1688.5667shoes, and it had a heel on it.1690.4730 
1565 1691.1484Now the heel was probably not one inch,1693.3293 
1567 1694.2934you know. It's just i- probably a little shoe like that.1697.2797 
1569 1697.3503[<laugh>]1698.4373 
1570ROC_int_011697.5763[<laugh>]1698.9735
1571ROC_se0_ag3_f_021699.0870If-1699.3138
1573 1699.6232if it was that high.1700.8348 
1575 1701.2407And I would1701.8506 
1577 1701.9356take that-1702.5721 
1579 1702.7259take them shoes to school with me,1704.9323 
1581 1705.7263and change 'em on my way there.1707.5655 
1583 1708.7359But by the time I get to school, my feet was hurting so [bad], (laughing)1712.9225 
1584ROC_int_011712.6462[Oh], [/kay/]1713.7666
1585ROC_se0_ag3_f_021713.4315[I'd take] the shoes off.1714.9370
1586 1715.2515I think I finally gave 'em to somebody. I thought,1717.8604
1588 1718.2883my mother was right. I wasn't ready for1720.5245 
1590 1720.7308heels.1721.3082 
1592 1721.8908And they weren't even heels. [<laugh>]1724.2419 
1593ROC_int_011723.5201[<laugh>]1724.4275
1594ROC_se0_ag3_f_021724.5564They probably about this high. I don't know.1727.0143
1596 1727.8599So1728.3961 
1598 1729.2417and like I say,1730.3983 
1600 1730.4671um,1730.9555 
1602 1731.0204we didn't have babysitters. We did what our parents told us to do.1734.9375 
1604 1736.0225And with my mother,1737.0036 
1606 1737.4831I either had to stay in the house-1739.0865 
1608 1739.4268and she did day work.1740.5662 
1610 1741.0664She got five dollars a day in bus fare.1743.5295 
1612 1744.4472I remember /our/ rent was1745.8865 
1614 1745.9978twenty dollars a month.1747.4943 
1616 1747.6438<laugh>1748.7575 
1618 1749.0977Isn't that [something?]1750.0863 
1619ROC_int_011750.0089[Mm-hm.]1750.6844
1620ROC_se0_ag3_f_021750.8390Twenty [dollars a month.]1752.2976
1621ROC_int_011751.6073[Good old day- <laugh>]1752.8911
1622ROC_se0_ag3_f_021752.5592[We had] a two bedroom apartment too.1754.9740
1623 1755.8130And back then it wasn't a lot of single houses. White people had1759.2829
1625 1759.7882all the single houses.1761.1170 
1627 1761.6480And we lived1762.3905 
1629 1762.6947in apartment houses1764.1939 
1631 1764.4502or up over stores.1765.9841 
1632ROC_int_011766.1645Mm.1766.5255
1633ROC_se0_ag3_f_021766.8179So1767.2717
1635 1768.0244they didn't have,1768.8390 
1637 1769.4165uh, projects1770.5817 
1639 1771.6851and,1772.0127 
1641 1772.0898uh,1772.5925 
1643 1772.9984townhouses and1774.3595 
1645 1775.3082apartment buildings and stuff. They didn't have all that back then.1778.6389 
1646ROC_int_011778.7059Mm, so [like the] Hanover houses, [they /unintelligible/]1781.9372
1647ROC_se0_ag3_f_021779.4160[S-]1779.5862
1649 1780.7514[That wasn't built.]1781.7877 
1650 1782.2311That [wasn't built.]1783.1334
1651ROC_int_011782.4683[after that.] [/Okay/.]1783.4840
1652ROC_se0_ag3_f_021783.3963[And] they had the reunion last Sunday, and I missed it.1786.3956
1653 1787.2618I missed the Hanover1788.6900
1655 1789.2829picnic last [Sunday.]1790.6334 
1656ROC_int_011790.5612[Man.]1791.0458
1657ROC_se0_ag3_f_021791.3604That woulda been such a thrill to be there, and I missed it. I went to a-1795.1485
1659 1795.6795a cookout some,1796.7674 
1661 1797.4068uh,1797.8295 
1663 1798.4726<ts>1798.6118 
1665 1799.1377fam- you know the /RD-NAME-2/?1800.5710 
1666ROC_int_011801.4166[Mm-]1801.7878
1667ROC_se0_ag3_f_021801.5816[They go] to Mount Vernon.1802.7056
1668ROC_int_011803.2418Think I [know.]1803.7831
1669ROC_se0_ag3_f_021803.7264[Oh], they w- had a big cookout1805.7925
1670 1806.0194honoring their mother's death.1807.4166
1672 1808.4942And it's been two years,1809.9275 
1674 1810.4018and they- um,1811.3336 
1676 1811.5708they invited just about everybody they knew.1814.0456 
1678 1814.9479So,1815.4765 
1680 1815.5745um,1816.1183 
1682 1816.5489<ts>1816.5980 
1684 1817.0707but1817.4161 
1686 1818.0142sometimes1819.0041 
1688 1819.7672with no babysitter, I guess my mother would l-1822.0750 
1690 1822.1980feel sorry for me,1823.4522 
1692 1823.9936and I could go to what they call the Lutheran intermission.1827.2315 
1694 1828.2973And it was over on Clinton Avenue. It was a long walk1831.8889 
1696 1831.9561cause you had to go,1832.7674 
1698 1833.5202um,1834.0873 
1700 1835.1429through downtown,1836.3597 
1702 1837.1073and1837.5610 
1704 1838.0559it was just a long walk.1839.5408 
1706 1840.2111But1840.5049 
1708 1840.8954like I say, we did it.1842.2158 
1710 1842.3522We walked. We didn't know anything different.1844.5303 
1712 1845.2727It didn't matter how long it took us1847.0913 
1714 1847.5141to get there or to get back home.1849.3754 
1716 1849.6899We walked.1850.3911 
1718 1850.8293Let me tell you a funny story about the first time1853.4316 
1720 1853.9472I went over there.1855.0815 
1722 1855.8548I had to cross,1857.1283 
1724 1858.2162um,1858.7000 
1726 1859.4161downtown where the Water Street1861.7053 
1728 1862.4735Grill.1863.0974 
1729ROC_int_011863.3314Yeah.1863.5904
1730ROC_se0_ag3_f_021863.6199I can't think of the name of that street,1865.3594
1732 1866.1225but there's a bridge there.1867.5919 
1734 1868.0972Is it1868.4087 
1736 1868.5612Cumberland Street?1869.5769 
1738 1869.8244I don't know.1870.4417 
1739ROC_int_011870.4726I- yeah, I [don't remember the name.]1871.9781
1740ROC_se0_ag3_f_021871.1429[It might be Water] Street. I don't know what the [name of it is.]1874.5303
1741ROC_int_011873.9116[I know]1874.4389
1743 1874.5042[the] [area.]1875.1561 
1744ROC_se0_ag3_f_021875.1296[Okay.]1875.5499
1745ROC_int_011875.5721Yeah.1875.8984
1746ROC_se0_ag3_f_021876.0962There was a bridge crossing the river.1878.0400
1748 1878.9474The first time1880.0817 
1750 1880.9118I went there,1881.8502 
1752 1882.5912I was scared to death.1884.6020 
1754 1884.9330I could not1885.7995 
1756 1885.8817walk1886.4119 
1758 1886.4940over that bridge. I had never1888.4792 
1760 1888.7614been on a [bridge],1890.0402 
1761ROC_int_011889.9451[Mm.]1890.3259
1762ROC_se0_ag3_f_021891.4733and I crawled.1892.6952
1763ROC_int_011893.1386<laugh>1893.5717
1764ROC_se0_ag3_f_021893.6372And the kids laughed at me,1895.9054
1766 1896.4196and I cried all the way cross that bridge.1899.3747 
1768 1900.1226And when the-1900.7511 
1770 1900.8495when I got to the mission1902.5125 
1772 1903.3481and it was time to come back,1904.8440 
1774 1905.2706I cried all the way1906.7707 
1776 1907.0570cross that bridge again.1908.8217 
1778 1909.4703And my mother1910.2416 
1780 1910.8084went with me- no, my uncle,1912.5131 
1782 1912.7819my mother's brother,1913.8687 
1784 1914.3888he went with me the next time.1916.3287 
1786 1916.7787And he held my hand, and he walked me cross that bridge1920.2539 
1788 1920.7856And from then on,1921.8432 
1790 1922.6438one of the friends that I walk with1924.4841 
1792 1924.6373would hold my hand,1925.7666 
1794 1926.0474and after a while I got used to it.1927.9479 
1796 1929.4321And I was able to go.1930.4839 
1798 1931.5181So that was my funny story.1933.2000 
1799ROC_int_011933.4682[/<laugh>/]1934.1051
1800ROC_se0_ag3_f_021933.7604[But at] the mission,1934.8940
1801 1935.5192um,1936.0392
1803 1936.7229they taught us, um,1938.5226 
1805 1939.9877about the bible.1941.0454 
1807 1941.7641We had1942.2724 
1809 1942.8276what they call religious instruction.1944.7909 
1811 1945.7024It was two words1946.6666 
1813 1946.8286I was not familiar with,1948.2076 
1815 1948.5991religious instruction. <laugh>1950.2188 
1816ROC_int_011950.2266[<laugh>]1950.9189
1817ROC_se0_ag3_f_021950.6773[So] we got religious instruction.1952.9582
1818 1953.4884We got a meal,1954.5051
1820 1955.0836and we could either go in they gym,1957.2281 
1822 1958.2857the boys usually did that,1959.8050 
1824 1960.3293or we could do crafty things.1962.5497 
1826 1962.8419I think it was like1963.9306 
1828 1964.0892boondoggle or something.1965.6642 
1830 1965.9739I don't know what it was back then, but1967.9766 
1832 1968.3505that's usually what the girls did.1970.0334 
1834 1970.5301And when it was time to go home,1972.0844 
1836 1972.7856we'd take that long walk back1974.7532 
1838 1975.2966cause we s- like I said, we lived over on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ Street.1978.2942 
1840 1978.8610And we were walking from1980.2301 
1842 1980.3165past downtown, you know.1982.0207 
1844 1982.8212But we did it.1983.4756 
1846 1984.6910And, um,1985.8422 
1848 1986.3096when I got a little older,1987.7645 
1850 1988.5183I could stay out til the street lights came on,1991.3406 
1852 1992.2229and I could1992.7764 
1854 1993.0043sit outside on the curb,1994.7924 
1856 1995.5812uh,1996.1246 
1858 1997.3459and there was a bakery called Stein's Bakery.2000.4822 
1860 2002.0365And2002.3871 
1862 2002.8896we would sit out there,2004.2744 
1864 2005.5483and then sometimes the bakers would call us2008.2580 
1866 2008.6787inside,2009.4617 
1868 2010.4375and they would let us watch them2012.3249 
1870 2012.7222cook2013.2530 
1872 2013.5796what they call2014.6665 
1874 2015.1982fry cakes.2016.2150 
1876 2017.1674And2017.5764 
1878 2018.0381I say doughnuts, but they said fry cakes.2020.7361 
1880 2021.4490It was a big huge2023.6519 
1882 2024.0200huge2024.7446 
1884 2026.0651stove or whatever.2027.6646 
1886 2028.1671And it was full of grease.2029.5286 
1888 2029.7916The grease was just2030.7031 
1890 2030.9544popping and bubbling.2032.0588 
1892 2032.4678And the man had a long stick,2034.2543 
1894 2034.6575and he would turn it-2035.8203 
1896 2036.3169he'd turn those2037.1980 
1898 2037.2617fry cakes over like a-2038.9114 
1900 2039.1852a m-2039.4717 
1902 2039.6418he was a master.2040.8264 
1904 2041.7321And2042.1444 
1906 2042.3296he'd s-2042.6469 
1908 2042.9247take the stick, and he'd go through 'em when they were done,2045.6646 
1910 2046.0386put 'em in a bag, and he'd give us a bag. Each one of us would get a bag.2049.4904 
1912 2049.7592It was so much grease on them [bags.] (laughing)2053.3820 
1913ROC_int_012051.8861[<laugh>]2052.1374
1914ROC_se0_ag3_f_022054.1108But we would2054.9791
1916 2055.1252eat 'em. We'd take them home,2056.9916 
1918 2057.9557and we'd eat 'em.2058.8327 
1920 2059.1045And we would sit out there all the time hoping this would be the night they'd call us in again. (laughing) [<laugh>]2065.0245 
1921ROC_int_012064.6038[Mm-hm.]2065.2816
1922ROC_se0_ag3_f_022065.7082So we enjoyed the little greasy fry cakes as they called 'em.2069.7501
1924 2070.3053We call them doughnuts now.2072.1459 
1926 2072.4264I think some people probably call them fry cakes, don't they?2075.3698 
1928 2075.8431[You've heard that] [term, haven't you?]2077.3989 
1929ROC_int_012075.9892[Yeah.]2076.3792
1931 2076.5407[I've heard that term], [yeah.]2077.8415 
1932ROC_se0_ag3_f_022077.6605[Yeah.]2077.9856
1933 2078.9342So and then years later,2080.7573
1935 2081.4336um,2081.9770 
1937 2082.3042I could go to Baden Street Settlement,2084.1257 
1939 2084.3132but /now/ I don't remember how old I was.2086.1608 
1941 2087.0840But2087.4612 
1943 2087.5387I had to d- of course I had to be home at a certain time.2090.7169 
1945 2091.5175And then they used to have dance contests there.2094.4800 
1947 2095.1563I never learned how to dance,2096.9545 
1949 2097.0754but I love2098.4903 
1951 2098.5544watching them dance.2099.9244 
1953 2100.0997Oh, that was just the joy.2101.9212 
1955 2102.7743And they had,2103.5700 
1957 2103.6486um,2104.1650 
1959 2104.7493other activities too, but2106.4381 
1961 2107.0224the most popular was the basketball games in the gym.2110.6904 
1963 2111.5201And the2111.9759 
1965 2112.7881boys would have names for they team,2115.6848 
1967 2116.3393but the most popular names was2118.6474 
1969 2119.7459the Whiz Kids.2120.9496 
1971 2121.6609And my husband was a member of the Whiz kids,2124.2306 
1973 2124.3496and they were the older boys.2125.8914 
1975 2126.3940Then they had another2127.7176 
1977 2127.7929like2128.0360 
1979 2128.1174intermediate age I guess.2129.9042 
1981 2130.4067They were the Gaylords,2131.7916 
1983 2132.8025and2133.3284 
1985 2134.9762the Gaylords,2135.9446 
1987 2136.4296I think it might be a few of them still around2138.8868 
1989 2139.0364cause they were younger than me.2140.2277 
1991 2141.0399But the Whiz Kids,2142.5108 
1993 2142.8965I think they're all gone except one,2144.9416 
1995 2145.1520/RD-NAME-4/ who still has his good mind.2148.1963 
1997 2148.4944He lives on /RD-ADDRESS-3/ Road.2150.0237 
1999 2150.7424So I-2151.2346 
2001 2151.3683I wave at him him every time I go over there cause he sits on his porch2154.9613 
2003 2155.3177when he's not at the barber shop somewhere.2157.5132 
2005 2158.2436He likes to go to the barber shop and2160.0843 
2007 2160.5284chew the rag he call it, you [know.]2162.2315 
2008ROC_int_012162.1555[Mm-hm.]2162.8342
2009ROC_se0_ag3_f_022162.9868He used to be on2164.1671
2011 2164.5528Jefferson all the time. It got a little too violent for him, so2167.9828 
2013 2168.3276I don't know what barber shop he go to now, but2170.7276 
2015 2170.9905that's what he likes to do.2172.2468 
2017 2172.7201He was one of the Whiz kids.2174.1809 
2019 2174.5199He wasn't tall.2175.6827 
2021 2176.0216He was short,2176.8205 
2023 2177.1069but he could play basketball. (laughing) <laugh>2179.9759 
2024ROC_int_012180.2213[Nice.]2180.7940
2025ROC_se0_ag3_f_022180.7005[So] maybe next time you have a proje- well you won't do the same project again, will you?2185.4027
2026ROC_int_012185.8644Yeah, but I- I m-2186.9408
2028 2187.0088I maybe coll- getting more interviews [later on down the] road.2190.2869 
2029ROC_se0_ag3_f_022189.0080[Oh, okay.]2189.8721
2030 2190.3512Well, I'll s-2191.0115
2032 2191.1634I could make sure you,2192.3905 
2034 2193.2670uh, meet /RD-NAME-2/.2194.4516 
2036 2195.5268Uh,2195.8598 
2038 2196.0760besides Baden Street,2197.5894 
2040 2197.9868I could go to,2199.0647 
2042 2199.1347um,2199.6229 
2044 2199.9193<ts> St. Simon's Church2201.6113 
2046 2201.7674on Oregon Street.2203.0572 
2048 2203.6181And the church is still there.2205.0439 
2050 2205.4938It was a Catholic church. None of us were Catholic.2208.5308 
2052 2209.3722But the priest was Father Primo,2211.5225 
2054 2212.4691and every Friday2213.6962 
2056 2213.8933he'd have a dance,2215.1204 
2058 2215.4418and we'd all go.2216.5529 
2060 2216.7263Oh, girl,2217.5512 
2062 2218.2991I had my2218.9837 
2064 2219.2249circle skirt2220.4070 
2065ROC_int_012220.6349Yeah.2221.0907
2066ROC_se0_ag3_f_022221.2660with all the crinolines on there. I remember that skirt. I would wear it every Friday.2225.8471
2068 2226.2561And it had2227.0404 
2070 2227.1095like a carousel2228.4984 
2072 2229.3106around it.2229.9592 
2074 2230.6721I couldn't dance, but I could twirl.2232.5968 
2075ROC_int_012232.7741[Mm-hm.]2233.3169
2076ROC_se0_ag3_f_022233.0970[And it-]2233.4710
2077 2234.2349and the skirt would go out, you know. [It was-]2236.7952
2078ROC_int_012236.1982[That sounds] [beautiful.]2237.5772
2079ROC_se0_ag3_f_022236.9790[I was having] a ball.2238.4479
2080 2239.1462And the-2239.5581
2082 2239.6921we had, um,2240.8027 
2084 2241.9698um,2242.5074 
2086 2243.4598airmen come cause Sampson Air Force Base was close by.2247.7239 
2088 2248.6705And then we had2249.6930 
2090 2249.8041sailors, which you don't see anymore. Do you ever see sailors?2253.3509 
2091ROC_int_012253.3752Mm-mm.2254.0697
2092ROC_se0_ag3_f_022254.2807They used to look so nice in they white2256.3995
2094 2257.0423suits and they little bib on the back and they little sporty hat.2260.9398 
2096 2261.4057And they would come there every Friday, /it was either/2263.7908 
2098 2263.9004airmen and the sailors and army.2266.3724 
2100 2267.0912And I thought-2267.7164 
2102 2268.6030as I got older, I went, where was the sailors coming from?2271.8051 
2104 2272.0681We know where Sampson-2273.5289 
2106 2274.6040uh,2275.0210 
2108 2275.1751where the s-2275.7010 
2110 2276.1100Air Force2276.8171 
2112 2277.4423boys were coming from,2278.7103 
2114 2279.4816but I couldn't remember where the sailors2281.4683 
2116 2281.8933and the army2282.6267 
2118 2282.7580guys came from.2283.9735 
2119ROC_int_012284.1138Hm.2284.5495
2120ROC_se0_ag3_f_022285.4285It musta been something close by,2287.4807
2122 2287.5766you know. But2288.4319 
2124 2289.0907even Sampson2290.2768 
2126 2291.2118wasn't that close, but2292.7110 
2128 2292.7891they would-2293.2160 
2130 2293.6075they were here.2294.4723 
2132 2294.8404They would come.2295.5868 
2134 2296.6094So2297.0827 
2136 2297.4450S- St. Simon'ss was up2299.3590 
2138 2299.4589on2299.9459 
2140 2300.1329Oregon Street near Central Avenue.2302.4043 
2142 2302.9536You know [Central Avenue?]2304.3151 
2143ROC_int_012303.3860[Yeah.]2303.7600
2145 2304.1047[Mm-hm.]2304.5780 
2146ROC_se0_ag3_f_022305.2091That was also2306.4187
2148 2306.8160where all the hot dog stores-2309.3037 
2150 2309.8062I mean, restaurants.2311.0508 
2152 2312.0442And2312.4766 
2154 2313.5985you know where the train station.2315.0184 
2155ROC_int_012315.3807Yeah.2315.6845
2156ROC_se0_ag3_f_022316.0394You know where North Street.2317.2782
2157ROC_int_012317.7807Mm-hm.2318.2482
2158ROC_se0_ag3_f_022318.5987So Central Avenue2320.2115
2160 2320.3400from the train station2321.8885 
2162 2322.3910all the way back2323.3302 
2164 2323.6984to North Street2324.7852 
2166 2325.8019was hot dog2326.7076 
2168 2327.1868restaurants2328.0282 
2170 2328.3087on both sides of the street.2330.2997 
2171ROC_int_012330.8665Wow.2331.4508
2172ROC_se0_ag3_f_022331.7371So you could go to any one you wanted to,2334.4835
2174 2334.9568but most of us picked a favorite.2336.9127 
2176 2337.6022My favorite was the VNS, and I don't know what that means.2340.9913 
2178 2341.2952Probably back then I knew what it meant.2343.1284 
2180 2344.1802Oh, the hot dogs was so good.2345.8806 
2181ROC_int_012345.9916Mm-hm.2346.5701
2182ROC_se0_ag3_f_022347.1427And I had two friends, /RD-NAME-2/ and /RD-NAME-2/,2349.7648
2184 2350.3725and2350.8282 
2186 2351.1847they would take turns2352.5578 
2188 2353.0545going up there at night.2354.5796 
2190 2354.7257And they'd come back with the hot dogs.2356.6232 
2192 2357.1316And then when it was my turn, they'd both go with me2360.0065 
2194 2360.1876<laugh> so I didn't have to go by myself. (laughing) <laugh>2363.4641 
2196 2363.7387I was so funny. As I got older, we laughed about it. (laughing)2367.0577 
2198 2367.6479But2367.9084 
2200 2367.9827they- they would go on they own in the snow, whatever the weather was.2372.1223 
2202 2372.6598But when it was my turn, they both go with me.2375.1900 
2204 2376.2885So I'm tryna look at these notes. I'm glad I wrote 'em down.2380.0734 
2206 2380.9849So2381.5459 
2208 2382.0075oh, I said I skip my preteens years, I'm sorry.2385.0444 
2210 2385.5762Oh, that was when I was going to the2387.3233 
2212 2388.8075mission.2389.3743 
2214 2390.5823Uh, then2391.3419 
2216 2391.9321did you-2392.6742 
2218 2393.1767how long you been here?2394.2694 
2219ROC_int_012395.2043As in how long2396.3316
2221 2396.4178a- [have I /been in/ Rochester?] All my [life.]2398.8138 
2222ROC_se0_ag3_f_022396.7177[In Rochester.]2397.5693
2224 2398.7262[Oh, so you know Smitty's.]2400.4968 
2225ROC_int_012398.9019[So I /unintelligible/]2400.2046
2226 2400.9175[Yes.]2401.4667
2227ROC_se0_ag3_f_022401.4177[Okay.]2401.8933
2228ROC_int_012401.8115[Well], I've heard stories about [it],2403.5288
2229ROC_se0_ag3_f_022403.4999[Okay, he-] that was his last2405.4196
2230ROC_int_012403.8172[but yeah.]2404.3225
2231ROC_se0_ag3_f_022405.4996[place.]2405.9899
2232ROC_int_012405.9474[Mm-hm.]2406.3639
2233ROC_se0_ag3_f_022406.3795He started out on Ormond Street,2408.6582
2235 2409.6458and2410.0898 
2237 2411.0524he had a restaurant2412.3555 
2239 2412.7470downstairs. Like I /say/ everybody lived over something.2416.0017 
2241 2416.4925My friend /RD-NAME-1/,2417.3654 
2243 2417.4367that I say2418.1796 
2245 2418.3199we grew up like sisters,2419.7515 
2247 2420.0320she lived up over2421.3467 
2249 2422.2349him.2422.6088 
2251 2423.4094He-2423.7943 
2253 2423.8878he made-2424.6290 
2255 2425.0848he sold2425.8260 
2257 2425.9670chicken sandwiches2427.1650 
2259 2427.8253and2428.2519 
2261 2428.5323coffee royal.2429.5841 
2263 2430.4314Coffee royal2431.4407 
2265 2431.7855was a cup of coffee2433.1703 
2267 2433.5268with a shot of whiskey in it,2434.9934 
2269 2435.5661which was illegal,2436.8808 
2270ROC_int_012437.4944/Yeah/.2437.9544
2271ROC_se0_ag3_f_022437.9979but that's how he made his money.2439.6314
2273 2440.7066And he would have dances2442.3485 
2275 2442.4946in the back2443.2192 
2277 2443.7568of the restaurant2444.7092 
2279 2445.4264every week2446.0166 
2281 2446.1334for teenagers.2447.3547 
2283 2448.0909And with me,2449.1485 
2285 2449.3355he would send me to the store.2451.0242 
2287 2451.5135If I was walking by, he would send me to store to get him a box of salt or a loaf of bread or something like that,2457.4152 
2289 2457.7366and I'd go gladly2458.8452 
2291 2459.2543cause I wanted to go that dance.2460.9605 
2293 2461.7143And he'd always tell me I wasn't old enough.2464.2912 
2295 2465.2304Then when I got old enough,2466.8606 
2297 2467.1995he stopped having the [dances]2469.0694 
2298ROC_int_012468.6370[Oh], of [course. <laugh>]2470.5244
2299ROC_se0_ag3_f_022469.8991[and moved] his2470.9334
2300 2471.4009restaurant2472.2174
2302 2472.8309somewhere else. Where did he go?2474.8118 
2304 2476.0633<ts>2476.1474 
2306 2477.0673I don't know where he went, but eventually he was up on Central Avenue2481.4638 
2308 2481.5255up with th- all the hot dogs.2483.2479 
2310 2483.7153But he was on the corner of North Street2485.6086 
2312 2486.1037and Central Avenue.2487.2957 
2314 2488.0320And from there2488.8734 
2316 2489.3525he moved cross town2491.0997 
2318 2491.4035on Clarissa Street,2492.7517 
2320 2494.0723and2494.5982 
2322 2494.8495from there2495.9130 
2324 2497.7770he moved2498.6944 
2326 2499.7037here.2500.3990 
2328 2500.9424Where did he-2501.7371 
2330 2502.4033he was somewhere2503.6479 
2332 2504.2439around here. [Do you remember where he was]2506.4285 
2333ROC_int_012505.0261[In-]2505.3775
2335 2505.5258[yeah, in /?/]2506.3175 
2336ROC_se0_ag3_f_022506.7557on this side of town?2508.0120
2338 2508.5204Your parents might [remember.]2510.1958 
2339ROC_int_012509.7459[Yeah, I] was gonna say, I feel like my mom [talks about it a lot.]2513.0357
2340ROC_se0_ag3_f_022512.0598[Yeah, and eventually]2513.7018
2341 2513.9063he moved to where-2515.5541
2343 2516.1092uh, [Thurston and-]2517.4867 
2344ROC_int_012516.8859[Brooks.]2517.3974
2345ROC_se0_ag3_f_022517.8431and, uh, [Brooks.]2519.0411
2346ROC_int_012517.8681[/?/]2518.2078
2348 2518.3865[Yeah.]2518.7717 
2349 2519.0517Yeah.2519.3681
2350ROC_se0_ag3_f_022519.3759That was his last spot.2520.7063
2351ROC_int_012520.8933[Mm-hm.]2521.4426
2352ROC_se0_ag3_f_022521.3783[His] wife,2522.4126
2353 2522.6171um,2523.2530
2355 2524.6474had a accident. She fell through the floor,2526.9278 
2357 2527.2609broke her [hips],2528.2309 
2358ROC_int_012527.9913[Aw.]2528.5406
2359ROC_se0_ag3_f_022528.8736and she never recovered.2530.4393
2361 2530.5300She was in, uh, the Episcopal home.2533.0851 
2363 2533.6986She never recovered, and that affected him.2536.3456 
2365 2536.9517And his health kind of went down too.2539.2715 
2367 2540.0253So2540.5845 
2369 2540.7541I think2541.2699 
2371 2541.8075somebody moved him out to Arizona or something,2545.0548 
2373 2545.4989and that's where he died.2546.8837 
2374ROC_int_012547.2811[Mm-hm.]2547.6960
2375ROC_se0_ag3_f_022547.5265[But] he used to- he- he u-2549.1743
2376 2549.6427he used to t-2550.2457
2378 2550.3657when I go in his place,2551.8022 
2380 2552.6378he'd say, oh,2553.4995 
2382 2553.5802boy, who let that lady out?2555.2264 
2384 2555.5828Somebody2556.3132 
2386 2556.9326take that old lady home. She too old to be out.2559.3209 
2387ROC_int_012559.4436[<laugh>]2560.3610
2388ROC_se0_ag3_f_022559.5371[you know, he'd always] say something funny about me (laughing)2562.0673
2389 2562.3302knowing he about fifty years older than me. (laughing)2564.5316
2391 2565.0691And- uh,2565.7586 
2393 2566.4715and2566.7380 
2395 2566.8285v- we would laugh about it.2568.2713 
2397 2569.0601And he said sh-2569.8302 
2399 2569.9736she used to be my paper boy.2571.7581 
2401 2572.1555/Ops/, she used to be my paper girl.2574.2766 
2403 2574.8083She too old to be out. [Somebody] take her home. You know, he would tease.2579.1658 
2404ROC_int_012576.6621[Mm.]2576.9994
2405ROC_se0_ag3_f_022579.6391I wish I could remember where he was before he moved to Thurston.2583.7703
2407 2584.7679<ts>2584.9082 
2409 2585.5393But2585.8721 
2411 2586.0665I-2586.3540 
2413 2586.4856that's-2587.0118 
2415 2587.5552I- that's why I wrote this [stuff down.]2589.2790 
2416ROC_int_012588.6829[Was he around] the Plymouth-2590.2898
2417 2590.5469in the Plymouth [area?]2591.4569
2418ROC_se0_ag3_f_022591.2115[Yes], he was. You [right.]2593.0814
2419ROC_int_012592.5964[Was that it?]2593.3618
2420ROC_se0_ag3_f_022593.4203He was on- in that plaza [there, wasn't] he?2596.4237
2421ROC_int_012595.4956[Mm-hm.]2596.1361
2422 2596.7509That's what I'm thinking.2597.6377
2424 2597.8577[I don't remember, but I think my] [mom-]2600.0274 
2425ROC_se0_ag3_f_022597.9592[Oh no, he was in that-]2599.3217
2427 2599.4937[he was down] farther.2600.8747 
2428 2601.5993Was he in the plaza or where that restaurant on the corner2604.4450
2430 2604.7472Columbia?2605.4075 
2431ROC_int_012606.9794I'm not quite sure, but I feel like I- [cause I remember my mom saying something about /Plymouth/.]2611.5414
2432ROC_se0_ag3_f_022608.7499[Yeah, you're right. He was around Plymouth Avenue.]2611.8277
2433 2612.2192Mm-hm.2612.9496
2435 2613.9839Yeah.2614.6150 
2437 2615.0357I can't remember though.2616.2628 
2439 2617.0165You still don't want a drink or something?2618.6745 
2440ROC_int_012618.8439Oh, I'm [okay.]2619.7515
2441ROC_se0_ag3_f_022619.7109[Okay.]2620.0918
2442ROC_int_012619.8643[Are y-] do you need a drink? [/??/]2621.7082
2443ROC_se0_ag3_f_022621.0664[Oh no, I'm fine.]2622.0641
2444ROC_int_012622.1000Cool.2622.4108
2446 2622.6335[Thank-]2622.8737 
2447ROC_se0_ag3_f_022622.6974[I] talk all the time.2624.0094
2448ROC_int_012624.4518[Okay.]2624.7839
2449ROC_se0_ag3_f_022624.6617[<laugh>]2625.2946
2450ROC_int_012625.0345[I love] it.2625.4293
2451ROC_se0_ag3_f_022625.4982[<laugh>]2626.1414
2452ROC_int_012625.5672[<laugh>]2626.5446
2453ROC_se0_ag3_f_022626.8134Don't let me put you to sleep [now.]2628.5812
2454ROC_int_012628.5277[No], [you won't.]2629.5321
2455ROC_se0_ag3_f_022628.9857[<laugh>]2629.4870
2456ROC_int_012629.6307[<laugh>]2630.4028
2457ROC_se0_ag3_f_022630.1387[<laugh>]2630.5782
2458 2631.3403And, uh,2631.9539
2460 2633.6835as a teenager,2634.9398 
2462 2635.8673she let me go2637.0768 
2464 2637.4450cross town2638.3039 
2466 2638.7831to2639.2389 
2468 2639.5369Montgomery Center,2640.5711 
2470 2641.6404which was on Clarissa Street2643.1873 
2471ROC_int_012643.5905[Okay.]2643.9762
2472ROC_se0_ag3_f_022643.8243[across] the street2644.8760
2473 2645.0689from Latimer's Funeral Home.2646.9504
2475 2647.6925Cab Calloway's house was right behind Latimer's2651.1524 
2477 2651.2454on,2651.7228 
2479 2653.4057uh,2653.9724 
2481 2654.4048the Favor Street.2655.5852 
2483 2656.4192I forgot the street.2657.5061 
2485 2658.4877But at- um,2659.6622 
2487 2660.3400<ts>2660.4920 
2489 2661.2808at Montgomery Center,2662.5424 
2491 2662.6384it was just about the same as at2664.5047 
2493 2664.8612Baden Street Settlement2666.0766 
2494ROC_int_012666.3350[Okay.]2666.7921
2495ROC_se0_ag3_f_022666.7252[except],2667.2409
2496 2667.4617uh,2667.9114
2498 2669.3122you saw Mrs. Brandon, Julia Brandon.2672.1345 
2500 2672.5084She like2673.1570 
2502 2674.1913ran Montgomery Center.2675.9735 
2504 2676.4861She didn't play.2677.5788 
2506 2678.1515You come in there, and you behaved.2679.7116 
2507ROC_int_012679.9746[Mm-hm.]2680.5764
2508ROC_se0_ag3_f_022680.4654[She] was a social worker, but she2682.5573
2509 2683.4147was sort of like2684.3438
2511 2684.8229acting as the director. But they had another director, but I don't-2688.3990 
2513 2688.9541I think he was more in the background.2690.8224 
2515 2691.2957But somebody on this side of town might remember better than I do2694.7917 
2517 2695.0799cause I lived on the other side.2696.7284 
2519 2697.4705But2697.7743 
2521 2698.0490I was over here so much people thought I lived over here. N-2701.3387 
2523 2701.8997and what we would do-2703.1560 
2525 2704.5568the wonder bread2705.4800 
2527 2706.5844place was right next to2708.2063 
2529 2708.2942Montgomery Center.2709.2898 
2531 2710.7140And the t- f-2711.4035 
2533 2711.7015trolley2712.3560 
2535 2712.8468would cross2713.7876 
2537 2714.2551Clarissa Street2715.2250 
2539 2715.4412right at West Main,2716.8027 
2541 2717.5374um,2718.1276 
2543 2719.4891near Ni- Nick Tahou2721.1894 
2545 2722.6035but on the other side of the bridge.2724.7756 
2547 2725.8391So2726.3241 
2549 2728.1297it's the open door misison.2729.5847 
2551 2729.9820You know that block?2731.1140 
2552ROC_int_012732.0277[Yes.]2732.5747
2553ROC_se0_ag3_f_022732.5449[Okay], so that's where, um,2734.9320
2554 2735.3112<ts>2735.3917
2556 2735.6192Clarissa Street2736.5015 
2558 2736.8346would start.2737.5634 
2560 2738.2529So we would walk.2739.6027 
2562 2740.2397We get on the right side of the street,2742.0628 
2564 2742.6179and we walk from there down to Bronson,2745.3977 
2565ROC_int_012746.2138Wow.2746.5325
2566ROC_se0_ag3_f_022746.6014and then2747.1448
2568 2747.9337it was l-2748.3488 
2570 2748.4489LaRue's Restaurant2749.9963 
2572 2750.2710and Bar was on the corner.2752.0049 
2574 2752.7528So the restaurant2753.8397 
2576 2754.4181was on this side,2755.8848 
2578 2756.0893and the bar was on this side.2757.8466 
2580 2758.4367They were attached. It was one building,2760.4527 
2582 2761.4168but we wasn't old enough to go in the bar,2763.2983 
2584 2763.6606so we go in the restaurant2765.6282 
2586 2766.4171and come out2767.1820 
2588 2767.3548on Bronson,2768.2811 
2590 2768.7991cross the street,2769.7945 
2592 2770.3379and go back down Clarissa2772.1653 
2594 2772.7438to2773.2054 
2596 2774.3098Main Street.2774.9584 
2597ROC_int_012775.0636Mm-hm.2775.5544
2598ROC_se0_ag3_f_022776.6003And we'd do that,2777.4242
2600 2777.8200w-2777.9310 
2602 2778.0771didn't seem like we got tired or anything.2780.6657 
2604 2781.1390And it's funny cause when they had a Clarissa reunion,2784.0431 
2606 2784.3469some of us2785.1985 
2608 2785.7419talk about tha-2786.5892 
2610 2787.2904it wasn't that exciting.2788.9207 
2612 2789.3940It's just2789.8790 
2614 2790.2062we didn't do anything exciting. We just walked up and down the street all day or all night. [<laugh>]2795.6622 
2615ROC_int_012795.2590[Mm-hm.]2795.8200
2616ROC_se0_ag3_f_022796.0479And it was fun. <laugh>2797.4211
2617ROC_int_012797.6322[Yeah.]2798.0973
2618ROC_se0_ag3_f_022797.8301[And then] I had to walk home2799.5406
2619 2800.1132cross town2801.0423
2620ROC_int_012801.5831Wow.2802.0249
2621ROC_se0_ag3_f_022802.0532sometime by myself2803.4965
2623 2803.8821and never had any kind of fear.2805.9316 
2624ROC_int_012806.4112Mm.2806.6985
2625ROC_se0_ag3_f_022806.7116And nobody ever bothered me.2808.2513
2627 2809.2681They didn't do that back then. They didn't bother2811.5177 
2629 2812.1531young people back then.2813.4269 
2631 2814.1047And it was- it was a good time to grow up2816.5647 
2632ROC_int_012816.8160Mm-hm.2817.2835
2633ROC_se0_ag3_f_022817.3185except I did a lot of walking. I think about that now.2820.4197
2635 2821.0742And another hot spot for us was, uh, the Gibson Hotel,2825.1294 
2637 2826.5594and it was on Clarissa Street2828.1831 
2639 2829.6213between2830.5621 
2641 2831.1873Atkinson Street2832.4436 
2643 2833.0147and Bronson.2834.0256 
2645 2835.1183And they had, uh,2836.7076 
2647 2837.2803teenage dances there on the weekend,2839.6628 
2649 2840.6027but I couldn't go. I wasn't old enough.2842.7305 
2651 2843.5953Then when I was old enough,2845.1438 
2653 2846.2699they tore it down cause2847.7015 
2655 2848.4495it2848.6540 
2657 2849.0104caught on fire.2849.9570 
2659 2850.7809So that was my s- that was my story /that/2853.0530 
2661 2854.0282I'm not old enough for some things. When I'm old enough, it-2856.8914 
2663 2857.2187it's gone.2857.8638 
2665 2857.9428It's no more. [<laugh>]2859.7371 
2666ROC_int_012858.7504[Mm-hm.]2859.2714
2667ROC_se0_ag3_f_022860.3783So2861.0737
2669 2861.4652let's see.2862.2657 
2671 2862.9648<ts>2863.0787 
2673 2863.3408Uh, let's see.2864.3167 
2674ROC_int_012865.2341/Kay/.2865.5613
2675ROC_se0_ag3_f_022865.6723I already said that. I already- I'm'a give this to you.2868.5807
2676ROC_int_012868.9021[Okay, thanks.]2869.7669
2677ROC_se0_ag3_f_022869.2702[Okay?]2869.8428
2678 2870.7135And the Elk's2871.5958
2680 2871.9990on Clarissa Street was another-2874.1653 
2682 2874.8081you know the Elk's2875.8657 
2683ROC_int_012875.0827[Right down the street] from my house. I live on2877.4434
2684 2877.5406/RD-ADDRESS-1/ and2878.0098
2686 2878.0810/RD-ADDRESS-1/2878.4107 
2688 2878.4896[Yeah.]2878.8245 
2689ROC_se0_ag3_f_022878.7581[Okay.]2879.5645
2690ROC_int_012878.9117[So.]2879.3097
2691 2879.6365Yeah.2880.1205
2692ROC_se0_ag3_f_022880.1512Well I used to have to go over there every Monday2883.0104
2694 2883.3318after school,2884.2258 
2696 2884.8335and my mother would give me2886.2242 
2698 2886.6917bus fare.2887.4439 
2700 2888.2912And I'd have to leave school2890.0091 
2702 2890.7629and go over to the Elk's2892.2003 
2704 2892.7087and get my bicycle2893.9810 
2706 2894.6646cause my mother would go over there on the weekends2897.0487 
2708 2897.2298and get too drunlk2898.1881 
2710 2898.7958to ride the bicycle back home.2900.9112 
2711ROC_int_012900.9853[Mm-hm.]2901.4196
2712ROC_se0_ag3_f_022901.3436[So] that was a treat for me2902.9547
2713 2903.5215to go over there on the bus, and I could stay over there2906.1451
2715 2906.6710and then ride my bike home. I didn't have to walk home. [<laugh>]2910.2689 
2716ROC_int_012909.5504[Mm-hm.]2910.2058
2717ROC_se0_ag3_f_022910.8999And I think she l- she probably2912.8925
2719 2913.1613realized that I enjoyed doing that, you know, t-2916.0589 
2721 2916.2179that she gave me bus fare.2917.6065 
2723 2918.5998And2918.9796 
2725 2919.5347aft- I think about it sometimes and I said,2922.1885 
2727 2922.7027what'd I do for food?2924.0450 
2729 2924.5709You know, I don't know what I did for food.2926.6979 
2731 2927.0017I don't know if she gave me2928.2405 
2733 2928.7606money for a hot dog or something. I don't know2931.4586 
2734ROC_int_012931.7233[Mm.]2932.1048
2735ROC_se0_ag3_f_022931.7284[I don't know.]2932.3000
2736ROC_int_012932.6623Now, was the ek-2933.5274
2738 2933.6069Elk's next door to the Pythodd?2935.8961 
2739ROC_se0_ag3_f_022935.9547[Mm-hm.]2936.3385
2740ROC_int_012936.2253[Or-] [Okay.]2936.9759
2741ROC_se0_ag3_f_022936.5962[Mm-hm.]2937.0903
2742 2937.6626Yeah, I went to the Pythodd, but I was an adult then.2940.3563
2743ROC_int_012940.3972Okay.2940.8705
2744ROC_se0_ag3_f_022941.0491I was an adult.2942.1268
2746 2942.9040And I already talked about the parish house, didn't /I/?2945.2514 
2748 2946.0987Yeah, I talked about that2947.3024 
2750 2947.6705I didn't talk about the train station2949.8501 
2752 2950.9354Uh,2951.3835 
2754 2951.5524the train station was2953.0463 
2756 2953.1352huge.2953.9154 
2758 2954.2660You ever be-2955.0015 
2760 2955.0869been to, um,2956.2001 
2762 2958.2203the Grand Central?2959.2780 
2764 2960.5693It look like Grand Central2961.9536 
2766 2962.1642in Rochester.2963.2280 
2768 2964.4010And we would2965.2073 
2770 2965.6806play there,2966.5104 
2772 2967.1181and they had, um,2968.5088 
2774 2969.7125a wall.2970.4764 
2776 2971.8320I-2972.3462 
2778 2972.8020it might still be there.2974.2628 
2780 2974.5316When I was a kid, it seemed like it was the biggest wall in the world.2978.4801 
2782 2979.6546But we would2980.6081 
2784 2980.8123d-2980.9099 
2786 2981.0570do a dangerous thing.2982.6405 
2788 2983.3826We would see who could jump up on that2985.5840 
2790 2986.0573and walk across it without falling off. If we had fell off, we woulda died.2990.5683 
2791ROC_int_012990.7407Mm.2991.2109
2792ROC_se0_ag3_f_022991.2011It was up so high. It was at least2992.9061
2793 2993.2816two stories2994.1825
2794ROC_int_012994.3293Wow.2994.8331
2795ROC_se0_ag3_f_022994.8564tall and that was not the station itself.2997.4523
2797 2997.9728That was a wall2999.0547 
2799 2999.3250along side of it.3000.5461 
2800ROC_int_013000.8131Mm-hm.3001.4604
2801ROC_se0_ag3_f_023001.5037I'm sorry [about that.]3002.8450
2802ROC_int_013002.2144[<laugh>]3002.8784
2803 3003.3022[It's okay.]3003.8293
2804ROC_se0_ag3_f_023003.3322[Get down] boy cat.3004.3065
2805 3004.5867Get down.3004.9946
2807 3006.6262Get down.3007.0572 
2809 3007.7540He's a- he's fourteen years old.3009.8046 
2811 3010.2431So he's kind of3011.2649 
2813 3011.7520set when somebody come, he jumps on the table.3014.5181 
2814ROC_int_013014.5314Mm-hm.3015.1720
2815ROC_se0_ag3_f_023015.1153I can't break him.3016.0963
2816ROC_int_013016.2864<laugh>3016.6377
2817ROC_se0_ag3_f_023016.5944Too old now <laugh>.3017.7169
2818 3018.9365Um,3019.5905
2820 3021.4356the movies,3022.2698 
2822 3022.8378they were all over Rochester back then.3025.3069 
2824 3026.1877I mean,3026.6615 
2826 3026.9752you didn't know where to go.3028.3713 
2828 3029.1248So,3029.5051 
2830 3030.5295we black people had our favorites.3032.4647 
2832 3033.2121One was called the Strand,3035.1615 
2834 3035.8321and it was on St. Paul Street.3037.6906 
2836 3038.6749And that's where the3039.5257 
2838 3039.9194kids from across town used to go.3042.3326 
2840 3042.9499And the other one was the Grand,3044.9718 
2842 3045.1920and it was on3046.0963 
2844 3046.3332Plymouth.3046.8737 
2846 3047.5118That's North Plymouth.3048.5795 
2848 3049.1768Down off Maine Street.3050.3012 
2849ROC_int_013050.7216[Mm-hm.]3051.1526
2850ROC_se0_ag3_f_023050.9652[North] Plymouth.3051.7759
2851 3052.5567And3053.0146
2853 3053.4150sometimes3054.3660 
2855 3055.0099we would go to3056.3345 
2857 3057.3689the capital3058.2764 
2859 3059.0514which was on West Main.3060.4025 
2861 3061.0312So we had choices that we liked to go.3063.5378 
2863 3063.9548But my favorite3064.9191 
2865 3065.4830was the RKO Palace.3067.4416 
2867 3068.2190Cause it was like walking into a palace.3070.9706 
2869 3071.4987Beautiful long drapes, velvety drapes, and3074.9529 
2871 3075.2532chandeliers and carpeted floors.3078.0359 
2873 3078.4397And you had a long-3079.5307 
2875 3080.2848look at that-3080.9429 
2877 3081.0764You so [embarrassing.]3082.2976 
2878ROC_int_013082.2308[<laugh>]3083.1351
2879ROC_se0_ag3_f_023083.1217We had a long walk3084.5316
2880 3084.7600before you get to the concession stand.3087.2068
2882 3087.6770And then you3088.4777 
2884 3088.8548could go in and find a seat.3090.7109 
2886 3091.6727And I liked cause I could sit upstairs or I could sit downstairs.3095.9844 
2887ROC_int_013096.3548[Mm-hm.]3096.7852
2888ROC_se0_ag3_f_023096.3648[I was in] New York state.3097.7728
2889 3098.8294And that was-3099.7136
2891 3100.0047that was really nice.3101.2660 
2893 3101.9299<ts>3101.9766 
2895 3102.0767My grandmother and I3103.9686 
2897 3104.1721came up here3105.2634 
2899 3106.5386yeah they had the RKO Palace, the RKO Temple,3109.9737 
2901 3110.8962The RKO?3112.2149 
2903 3113.3327The other one was on East Avenue.3115.6445 
2905 3117.2306Oh it was so many movies.3118.9723 
2907 3119.9700Um,3120.5305 
2909 3120.9309I lost my train of thought.3122.4791 
2910ROC_int_013128.0620I3128.4457
2912 3128.5658think you were talking about3130.3617 
2914 3131.3460your favorite movie [theaters.]3133.5515 
2915ROC_se0_ag3_f_023133.2112[Oh], yeah the-3134.0720
2916ROC_int_013134.1988[Yeah.]3134.5058
2917ROC_se0_ag3_f_023134.4090[Yeah.]3134.8728
2918 3135.5827And at the movie when you went then3137.6463
2920 3139.0110you got a choice of3140.8468 
2922 3141.4967you- you always had two full length3143.6430 
2924 3143.7898movies.3144.4211 
2926 3145.1278And you had3145.9252 
2928 3146.0720I don't know how many cartoons,3147.9572 
2930 3148.5920then you had the coming attractions.3150.8875 
2932 3151.4581You had3152.1454 
2934 3152.4357uh,3152.9662 
2936 3153.3066what they call serials,3154.8389 
2938 3155.1325which was chapters.3156.4880 
2940 3157.5115And-3158.0086 
2942 3158.3823and you always had a western.3160.0448 
2944 3160.5453You got all of that for your money.3162.7908 
2945ROC_int_013163.3179Wow.3163.9419
2946ROC_se0_ag3_f_023164.1721Every week.3165.1197
2948 3165.6402And movies would change3167.2526 
2950 3167.5963frequently.3168.4204 
2952 3169.2179They didn't stay there for weeks like they do here, like they do now.3172.8721 
2954 3173.1725They would change maybe weekly.3174.9810 
2955ROC_int_013175.0777Mm.3175.3480
2956ROC_se0_ag3_f_023175.7417And my favorite western3177.4000
2958 3177.6769was Lash LaRue.3178.9991 
2960 3179.6463He was a little short man and he used a whip.3182.2422 
2962 3182.5758And he rode a donkey.3183.7378 
2964 3183.9313[<laugh>]3185.5329 
2965ROC_int_013184.2083[<laugh>]3185.0457
2966ROC_se0_ag3_f_023185.8465But he was supposed to be a real cowboy.3188.1512
2968 3188.8127And my other favorite was Johnny Mack Brown.3191.7675 
2970 3193.4114And my3193.9853 
2972 3194.9262special favorite was Roy Rogers3197.6763 
2974 3197.7898and Dale Evans. You ever hear of them?3199.6605 
2975ROC_int_013199.7550They sound familiar, my mom [watched westerns]3202.0805
2976ROC_se0_ag3_f_023201.1330[Well when they got] married3203.0057
2977 3204.8141I didn't talk to my mother- I was so hurt for so long3209.1125
2979 3209.4461cause she wouldn't let me go to they wedding.3211.5348 
2980ROC_int_013211.9452Aw.3212.6092
2981ROC_se0_ag3_f_023212.9295In Hollywood (laughing). [<laugh>]3216.2736
2982ROC_int_013214.1981[<laugh>]3215.9798
2983ROC_se0_ag3_f_023216.7641And it may not even been in Hollywood. I was just assuming it was Hollywood cause that's where they mee- made movies.3222.5272
2985 3223.2317My mother would not let me go to their wedding.3225.5871 
2987 3226.6358And I understand now cause3228.3342 
2989 3228.5577you know, I've understood that a long time.3230.8032 
2991 3231.0068They didn't know me I didn't know them.3232.7460 
2992ROC_int_013232.8761Mm-hm.3233.2549
2993ROC_se0_ag3_f_023233.2064Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, they got married, I was so hurt.3236.7232
2994 3237.0201I couldn't go to they wedding. (laughing)3238.9628
2996 3240.1006That's how crazy I was back [then. I] was sincere. I wanted to go to that wedding.3244.8177 
2997ROC_int_013241.9824[<laugh>]3242.4095
2998ROC_se0_ag3_f_023244.8861<laugh>3245.3132
3000 3246.0072So she bought me a movie magazine that had pictures in it.3249.6251 
3002 3250.7186So I wish I'd have saved that.3252.7906 
3003ROC_int_013252.7839<laugh>3253.0375
3004ROC_se0_ag3_f_023254.1086So let's see, oh the bridges.3256.3798
3006 3256.8187Over on this side of town,3258.4102 
3008 3259.6915they had a lot of bridges in the neighborhood.3262.2065 
3009ROC_int_013262.5217Hm?3262.8054
3010ROC_se0_ag3_f_023262.8054On the other side,3263.9954
3011 3264.6672they were mostly in white neighborhoods.3266.8001
3013 3266.8668The bridges that crossed3268.3382 
3015 3268.4517s-3268.7253 
3017 3269.0923streets3269.7696 
3019 3270.3836and the-3270.7539 
3021 3271.4212my favorite bridge,3272.6858 
3023 3273.2412was over Bronson Avenue.3275.1163 
3025 3275.3666Which, you know, now is called McCree.3277.2885 
3026ROC_int_013277.7156Yeah.3278.0654
3027ROC_se0_ag3_f_023278.1117Okay.3278.5855
3028ROC_int_013278.6465Mm-hm.3279.0180
3029ROC_se0_ag3_f_023279.9014W- we didn't do bad things, but we'd go up under the bridge.3283.3118
3031 3283.8619and every- any,3284.8871 
3033 3285.0839you know,3285.5544 
3035 3285.6178kids would just congregate under the bridge, we had no where else to go.3289.0444 
3037 3289.8059We didn't have family rooms and3291.6810 
3039 3291.9913patios and stuff like that.3293.9332 
3041 3294.4237And people lived in apartments,3296.2596 
3043 3296.7801and if3297.3140 
3045 3297.4208your parents sitting there,3298.8255 
3047 3299.3526you can't bring your company in there. You wanna talk or something, you couldn't go in your bedroom.3304.0247 
3049 3304.5485You got to sit there with your parents, so3306.5638 
3051 3307.1077we would all go under the bridges.3309.0437 
3053 3309.7144And3310.1381 
3055 3311.0323certain kids had certain bridges they liked to be under.3314.2229 
3057 3314.8168And we had boys that go from bridge to bridge,3317.8965 
3059 3318.1134telling3318.6105 
3061 3318.8508dirty jokes.3319.7959 
3063 3320.1796<laugh>3321.8111 
3065 3322.4751And we would laugh and3323.8732 
3067 3324.2702somebody might have a3325.7458 
3069 3325.8392a k- a bottle of3327.1705 
3071 3327.6610Pepsi or Coke or something and we'd share it.3330.6606 
3073 3330.8243And bag of peanuts and stuff like that.3333.1065 
3075 3333.4536It was just fun.3334.4545 
3076ROC_int_013334.7415[Mm-hm.]3335.1522
3077ROC_se0_ag3_f_023335.0484[We] had nothing else to do.3336.2738
3078 3336.8043So that's-3337.1546
3080 3337.2447that's what we did.3338.1957 
3082 3338.6328And when it was time to go home, I'd start walking and walk all the way over3342.7009 
3084 3343.1013across town.3343.9721 
3086 3344.9030<ts>3344.9531 
3088 3345.7872So um,3347.0484 
3090 3348.6875then over here3349.8720 
3092 3350.9230o- on my side of town,3352.5213 
3094 3352.8449they had what they called jukes.3354.4306 
3096 3355.0279You know what that is?3355.9020 
3097ROC_int_013355.9287Mm-mm.3356.3458
3098ROC_se0_ag3_f_023356.8229It's a place where they have a big juke box3359.4989
3100 3360.2471and3360.6508 
3102 3361.2814you know what a juke box [is?]3362.8063 
3103ROC_int_013362.6995[Mm-hm],3363.0550
3104 3363.2167yeah.3363.5169
3105ROC_se0_ag3_f_023363.6170So that's what3364.5346
3107 3365.1585we would do. You punch3366.5841 
3109 3366.8243your-3367.1246 
3111 3367.5584the-3367.7319 
3113 3368.0489the songs you wanna hear,3369.5001 
3115 3370.2577and everybody would dance.3371.9093 
3117 3372.4273And ju-3372.7676 
3119 3373.2581just sit around3374.4326 
3121 3374.7462and talk.3375.3801 
3123 3376.1876And3376.6247 
3125 3377.7266they had one next door to my house then-3380.3725 
3127 3380.6861his name was Georgia Boy.3382.3159 
3129 3383.3020Big old man named Georgia Boy. He didn't play with no-3386.2991 
3131 3386.6394you didn't in here in his place acting up either.3389.6711 
3133 3390.2171And the other one name was Bop.3391.9788 
3135 3392.3391It was Bop's Blue Heaven.3393.9040 
3137 3393.9974<laugh>3395.0851 
3138ROC_int_013395.1781<laugh>3395.5552
3139ROC_se0_ag3_f_023395.5184He sold3396.3759
3140 3396.5361records.3397.2435
3142 3397.8707But I think he sold something else, but.3399.9127 
3143ROC_int_013400.2397Mm.3400.5503
3144ROC_se0_ag3_f_023400.5433But we didn't3401.2474
3145 3401.8621it did- it wasn't our business, so.3403.6205
3147 3404.3445But we think Bop sold something else.3406.8336 
3149 3407.7944And3408.3917 
3151 3409.2592that was a lot of fun too.3410.8904 
3153 3411.3646And then we had one friend, his name was /RD-NAME-2/3414.1114 
3155 3414.9289/RD-NAME-2/, he went3416.1997 
3157 3416.3498to the war,3417.5616 
3159 3418.6587and he came back3420.0276 
3161 3420.5914and he was smoking reefer.3422.3431 
3163 3423.0772And we were scared of him.3424.3851 
3165 3424.5553Everybody was scared of him.3426.0142 
3167 3426.3712So he was like ostracized, nobody had anything to do with him.3430.1049 
3168ROC_int_013430.2951Hm.3430.6287
3169ROC_se0_ag3_f_023430.9891And he3431.8528
3171 3432.0539kept doing what he was doing til he died.3434.5267 
3173 3435.1573So that was kind of scary3437.0599 
3175 3437.2760to have somebody using3438.7664 
3177 3439.1120drugs.3439.7905 
3179 3440.3698Boy if we could have that today.3442.2850 
3181 3442.3518<laugh>3443.2460 
3183 3443.5738Wouldn't that be something?3444.7016 
3184ROC_int_013444.9118Mm-hm.3445.5090
3185ROC_se0_ag3_f_023445.6992But,3445.9661
3187 3446.4232that's the way it was back then, we were scared of 'em.3449.1492 
3189 3450.2298So, um,3451.2617 
3191 3451.6679<ts> and another thing, um,3453.4129 
3193 3454.7350we were more accepting of people3457.2308 
3195 3457.6812same sex3458.6129 
3197 3459.0693being3459.6398 
3199 3460.2379in love or caring about each other [too.]3462.3866 
3200ROC_int_013462.2332[Really?]3462.9972
3201ROC_se0_ag3_f_023462.9972That wasn't a issue3464.3886
3202 3464.8090back then. I don't know how that got started.3467.3256
3204 3468.0697Um,3468.6035 
3206 3469.5244and we had two of 'em that come to our house and borrow my mother's clothes, her fur coats and all these3475.6846 
3208 3476.1193nice clothes my mother had.3477.7209 
3210 3478.7839One name was Sue,3480.0146 
3212 3480.6424And the other one name was Manny.3482.4016 
3214 3482.9521And I remember them as if it was last week.3485.8750 
3216 3486.3454And Sue was a little lady, little one, and3488.9588 
3218 3489.1023this- she'd always walk like this.3491.4736 
3220 3492.1186And she lived on /RD-ADDRESS-2/ up over the police precinct.3496.1466 
3221ROC_int_013496.4903Mm.3496.8273
3222ROC_se0_ag3_f_023497.1910And Manny would visit her, so they-3499.6502
3224 3499.8544They may have been a couple or3501.6728 
3226 3501.8463they just-3502.3969 
3228 3502.8006I don't know what they did.3503.8750 
3229ROC_int_013504.2854Mm-hm.3504.7658
3230ROC_se0_ag3_f_023504.7058But,3504.9794
3231 3505.8310that wasn't a issue back then.3507.6016
3233 3508.3135And we had police stations3510.1186 
3235 3510.9727everywhere.3511.6461 
3237 3513.2391Everywhere.3513.9498 
3239 3514.1975We had one on Bronson.3515.6894 
3241 3516.2395We had 'em on um,3517.8811 
3243 3518.5217Jefferson.3519.3292 
3245 3519.9698Thurston.3520.7606 
3247 3521.1051They were everywhere.3522.1369 
3249 3522.6666Just like3523.1904 
3251 3524.2433see neighborhoods had movies.3526.2526 
3253 3527.0101My-3527.3138 
3255 3527.4406my g- nephew,3528.4882 
3257 3529.0521/RD-NAME-2/'s brother,3530.0998 
3259 3530.5636his church is on3532.1360 
3261 3532.4096/RD-ADDRESS-1/ Street.3533.1636 
3263 3533.6408And that used to be the World Theater.3535.8696 
3265 3536.1198That was the name of it.3537.1475 
3266ROC_int_013537.1842[Oh.]3537.5913
3267ROC_se0_ag3_f_023537.2609[The World.]3537.9683
3268 3539.6107They had3540.3214
3270 3541.1189movies on Jeff- Joseph Avenue,3543.7543 
3272 3543.9157Clinton Avenue,3545.0235 
3274 3545.9177Jefferson Avenue. I used to live across from one on3549.1075 
3276 3549.3811Jefferson Avenue.3550.5574 
3278 3551.2837That-3551.5807 
3280 3551.7509when it closed, it-3552.8953 
3282 3553.1289it-3553.3624 
3284 3553.4692it was a vending company.3554.9015 
3286 3555.4798There was a movie theater right there on3557.8264 
3288 3558.7371uh,3559.4378 
3290 3559.7681Jefferson and3561.2729 
3292 3563.8687Bronson.3564.5226 
3294 3565.2233It's a church now.3566.4445 
3295ROC_int_013566.5846Mm-hm.3567.1796
3296ROC_se0_ag3_f_023567.2519Uh, it's been a church a long time.3569.1413
3298 3569.4249You know where Gladys sell3570.8796 
3300 3571.3201chicken sandwiches [and pies]3573.0651 
3301ROC_int_013572.3803[Mm-hm.]3572.7840
3302ROC_se0_ag3_f_023573.3787next door?3574.2029
3304 3575.2206That big brick? That was a movie-3576.9356 
3306 3577.1691[movie theater.]3577.9732 
3307ROC_int_013577.3159[Oh wow.]3578.1663
3308ROC_se0_ag3_f_023578.4203[Mm-hm.]3578.9141
3309ROC_int_013578.6606[Man], you guys had a lot of them.3580.1787
3310ROC_se0_ag3_f_023580.2329Oh yeah, they was everywhere. And you didn't- you didn't have a car that's okay.3584.3240
3312 3584.6072you could still go to the movie.3586.0352 
3313ROC_int_013586.0219Mm.3586.3489
3314ROC_se0_ag3_f_023586.8268It wouldn't be the movie that you'd see downtown this week.3590.2235
3316 3590.7139But it would be a3591.8117 
3318 3592.1654a movie3592.7960 
3320 3593.5142and you'd get the same3594.6720 
3322 3594.9889quality.3595.6062 
3324 3596.1100You'd get the movie, the-3597.5147 
3326 3598.1921the western, the m-3599.3490 
3328 3599.6468the movie, the cartoons, coming attraction, the chapters.3603.8209 
3330 3604.6250Now they call them chapters, we used to call them serials.3607.5687 
3332 3608.2627So.3608.7365 
3334 3609.1502I know the meaning of the word t-3610.7485 
3336 3610.8319<laugh>3611.3198 
3337ROC_int_013611.2331[/???/.]3611.7345
3338ROC_se0_ag3_f_023611.4600[Didn't] know back then. <laugh>3613.4308
3339 3614.6464So.3615.1736
3341 3616.3814I don't know what else to tell you.3618.0920