now you see those in the antique stores. We had one when we were first married. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emma Roses" <roses4831@msn.com> To: "memory-lane" <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Cups and saucers > > When I was in Junior High, I would walk up to the corner at the highway to > wait for the schoolbus. A girl lived there right on the corner, and > sometimes I would wait for her in the kitchen while she finished getting > ready. Her mother used a curling iron to curl her hair. I do remember > she put the ends of the curling iron in the flame on the stove, then > curled her hair, but her hair always looked nice. Maybe she knew how long > to leave it in the flame (gas stove) so it didn't get too hot to burn her > hair.Another item they had on the table was a toaster where you put the > bread on the side, flipped the cover up to hold the bread in, then when > one side was done, you flipped the bread over and toasted the other side. > We didn't have a toaster and I was fascinated with that toaster, I thought > that was so neat. <g>Emma > >> From: helenware@comcast.net >> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com >> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:44:00 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [ML] Cups and saucers >> >> I remember that cooking a turkey was an all night thing-hours and hours! >> You would think those curling irons right into the flames would have >> burned >> their hair! >> Helen >> >> >> > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message