I just grew up on stories of the Depression. Does anyone know the song with
the chorus:
"Don't you know me, they called me Al,
It was Al all the time.
Don't you know me, I'm your pal,
Brother, can you spare a dime."
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:04:59 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: the Great Depression> To: [log in to unmask]> > Sunshine what you are doing is a worthy endeavor.> My husband's grandmother is 95 and was married> in the middle of the Depression. Her double cousin, > Virgie is 93. Virgie is married to Jimmy who is 95.> Out of the three of them Jimmy would be the one> that may be the best for you to contact. I will catch> up with him in the next few days and ask him if he> would be interested in talking with you. Janice gave> you good advice and I'm glad that you are planning > to following up on it. People in nursing homes > wear their survival of the Depression like a badge of> honor, and it is. > > Phyllis, I enjoyed your rendition of 'Ain't We Got Fun'> but it's not a Depression song. It came out in the > beginning of the Roaring 20's. As for 'waterboarding'> that was around way before Georg Orwell's "1984".> Waterboarding was around at least as early as the Spanish > Inquisitions. It was also used in Colonial times. If you want > to look at predictions of the future, look to what Star Trek > pointed to.> > Shirley, I will have to check our BRAVE NEW WORLD > by Aldous Huxley. I do believe that Americans still have grit> though. There are men and women who put their lives on the> line every day from fire fighters to police and soldiers. God > bless then all as the work they do is voluntarily.> > Kind Regards, Vicki Ford> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sunshine49 > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:27 PM> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] the Great Depression> > > I will do that.> > Nancy> > -------> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.> > --Daniel Boone> > > > On Jul 19, 2008, at 10:04 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:> > > I would canvass the nursing homes. You could probably find several > > people who would love to help you.> >> > Janice> > ***> > Does anyone have an elderly relative who lived through the Great> > Depression and would want to get in touch with me, to share their> > memories, for possible inclusion in a book [dealing with an aspect of> > Va. history] that I am working on? It seems there are few collections> > of first-person stories from the Depression. People are now gathering> > the memories of the WW II generation, but the Depression seems to be> > overlooked.> >> > thanks,> >> > Nancy> >> >> > -------> > I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.> >> > --Daniel Boone> >> > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > > instructions at> > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> >> >> >> >> > Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse > > Fantasy Football today.> > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> ____________________________________________________________> Click here to find Medical Transcription Training programs.> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nFN9GLVwojXnOWscKjrny5Wt2F3O4UklsAx48nmUUB25c7Z/> > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html
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