It ain't just feet! My cousins in Jefferson County talk about nails. Mine are long, hard, well-shaped, rarely chipped and ideal for polish, rather wasted on me. Three of my 1st cousins, all sisters, pointed out that Grandmoher Erwin had them and did them daily. One of the three sisters has them. From whom? I looked at a late 19th century photograph of one of Grandmother's Ellard uncles - he had them! That meant nails from Ellard, Montgomery, or McAdams lines. Furthermore,you could exchange hands between my father and that same man, his great-uncle, and nobody would have noticed. Blue eyes are all over the place (clear eyes around the pupils in old black and white photos = blue eyes). Grandmother Erwin, an Ellard and one of 10 or 11 children, closely resembles her Great-Grand Aunt Mary (Nash) Truss in the latter's 1870's photograph, including same expression in the eyes - much more so than her siblings. Throwback. Judging from their expressions, especially eyes, Grandmother's attention to nails also came down that route. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Frieda Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:04 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories Melba, My Daddy Carl Glenn (b. 1906) had long skinny EXPENSIVE feet. By the early 1950 he had his Cowboy boots made by a bookmakers in Amarillo, Texas and send him boots to wear for the rest of his life. Here we are in Sunny California and Daddy going around in Texas Boots. My son and his oldest daughter have the same shape feet. So it must stem back to my Robert W. Glenn (b. 1815)and your David Glenn b. 1825. My cousins sit around at our reunions and complain about our long skinny feet or hammer toes, laughing about our feet! When Grand Daughter Amber was born and I was looking at her long feet I said "She had the Glenn feet" My Daughter in Law became amended. After having to buy the more expensive shoes she says "It's those Glenn feet"! So you find out this kind of stuff in Genealogy. I didn't know until now if it was the Glenn or Amerson feet!!!!!! I have enjoyed hearing about your Area. And also about the different stores. We had similar in Los Angeles and Yes I remember the foot X-ray machine. Hugs, Frieda Glenn Bennett Clark, Franklin, Glenn and Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melba Clark" <melbaclark@bellsouth.net>` To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] B'ham memories > All this talk about x-rays to see if the shoes fit makes me remember those > shopping trips to find shoes for my "expensive feet". At least that is > what the sales people in Decatur called them. The stores here never had > anything long and skinny enough for my feet. The managers would suggest > several stores in Birmingham. So we would go shopping for shoes when we > were there visiting both my grandmothers. My sister and I did the > recording thing as well. It was a small cardboard record with some kind > of > coating. The lady making it "interviewed" us, asking questions and then > let > us sing. I sang "Jesus Loves Me" [off-key, of course, sing I was and am > almost tone-deaf!] My sister sang "Deep and Wide" which was a chorus we > sang > at church. > > And, oh, just thinking about it, I can almost feel the excitement of going > to see those window displays at Loveman's and Pizitz's [sp?], and maybe > other ones. The mechanical figures were something to behold! > > I remember going from store-to-store shopping with my dad's sisters. On > one > trip, after seeing Santa Claus at several stores, my inquisitive mind went > into gear. I asked my aunts, how could Santa knew where we were going > next > and how did he always get there before us!! > > It's it great to be able to remember all those fun times from "back then"? > > Melba Clark > > ----- Original Message ----- > And the children's shoe department where you could look down at your feet > bones with x-rays? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message