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?