You were eight before you got your own bed? I was 16. Army Cots: I was seven, my sister was nine (during WW2). We slept together on an army cot. She, at one end. I slept at the other end. We never did figure out which of us was sleeping at the foot of the bed!!!! (My stories are all in a family history book which I entitled "Room At The Foot Of The Bed." Very appropriate title for a family of 13 siblings, don't you think? Shuck beans were a specialty item. A lot of work went into the preparation of those beans. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Quillen <patch1@inetone.net> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 6:59 PM Subject: Re: SW_VA-D Digest V99 #67 >You guys must be some of the more affluent, feather beds, yet :) I grew up >in a coal mining town, Toms Creek, VA. I never had my own bed until I was 8 >yr.. of age. Then my mom bought an army cot and made me a STRAW mattress. >Loaded it down with quilts that were so heavy that it was hard to turn over. >I felt like a princess to have not to sleep with someone!!!! Remember shuck >beans & pickled corn and molasses makin' ? >-----Original Message----- >From: SW_VA-D-request@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-D-request@rootsweb.com> >To: SW_VA-D@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-D@rootsweb.com> >Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 5:50 PM >Subject: SW_VA-D Digest V99 #67 > > > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#1 When you have a new email address please UNSUBSCRIBE from the >old BEFORE you lose it; and SUBCRIBE from the NEW address as soon >as you get access to it. If you fail to do this please send the >old and new address to: ehoward@conknet.com and the Mailing List name >-sysop > >