I'm gald you do because I'm going to get into this full blast myself....enjoy! JC wrote: >O.K. , I love it too. I found my GGrandmother's marriage where they had run away and disguised their names. I would gladly indulge anyone when that kind of thing shows up. Old B'ham has been a real shot in the arm for this old "toot." >J.C. Harris > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

At 04:33 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote: >I'm gald you do because I'm going to get into this full blast >myself....enjoy! Re. "old Birmingham" and the reference to "blast" above. Just to the east side of the downtown business section of Birmingham, there was a long viaduct running east to west on First Avenue. On the southern side of that viaduct were the old Sloss Furnaces, which produced "pig iron" from coke, lime, and iron ore .... all three of these being abundant locally in the old days. The old Sloss Furnaces are still there, although not in active use. Instead the site is some kind of historical "museum." More details are available for those interested in old history of that kind at.... http://www.slossfurnaces.com/media/html/home/sloss_story.php On the northern side of the viaduct {until almost the start of WW II} there was a large barn or warehouse structure which house a "mule dealership." Also very close into that area there also was an old fashioned and true "farmer's market" where farmers came on the week ends to sell their produce from small trucks and wagons. Families slept in or around their vehicles. As a child in the early thirties during the depression years, I can remember my parents buying string beans at a penny per pound, if you bought at least ten pounds and brought your own sack or basket. Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee