Happy Mother's Day Mom - memories past late 1950s - - This is a realty picture of the recent sale of the row house I lived in as a young child in Harrowgate/Aramingo. The basement is in process of being finished. In my memory it was a dark place and lit by one or two bare light bulbs. The stairs never did have a railing. The small white door, center to right leads to steps up to alleyway next to kitchen up to garden. The Utility sink used to stand next to Mom's Maytag and its rollers on top washing machine and buckets of soaking in clorox water of natural cloth diapers, no disposables back then. Wash got hung outside on sunny days to dry and in the basement on rainy days. What I see that is most interesting is what I think is the same Gas Heater, bottom right, from sixty odd years ago that replaced the old Coal heater that was a monstrosity. View of Camera from the old coal bin area. Most of Mom's days were spent at least part time in a dark cellar doing wash, ironing, and shoveling coal in winter. Happy Mother's Day to where you now rest Mommy. God Bless.
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