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Subject: Re: Old Timer Memories

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Anonymous

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Date Posted: 09:43:32 09/10/12 Mon
In reply to: rjf73 's message, "Re: Old Timer Memories" on 15:57:09 09/09/12 Sun

I have no doubt that among other factors, that is the primary reason why Eastchester has become what it is today. I am sure that I am not the only person on this board who can remember when chicken coops, or in my case, evidence of what had once been a chicken coop, had a space in our back yard. My next door neighbor on Nelson Road was an old Italian couple and the man turned his entire back yard into a garden where he grew all kinds of things. I was too young at the time to be able to tell you anything more except that he grew a lot of tomatoes and other vegetables that to a six year old, looked funny.

As was mentioned, people mowed their own lawns and they often did home repairs themselves when possible. Please don't misunderstand me; I am not saying we need to bring back chicken coops (although in today's economy growing your own veggies isn't a bad idea), what I am saying is because we are descendants of people who had lived in Eastchester when there was still evidence of it being farm land, we grew up looking at our homes differently than the way they are viewed today. We looked at our neighborhoods as pieces of land, not pieces of real estate, and unconsciously it gave us a respect for Eastchester on a much more personal level. In many cases our families and neighbors ran the neighborhood businesses and it was the perfect compromise in post World War II America because we had New York City just a train or car ride away, yet we were far enough that we were removed from the problems that go hand in hand with big cities. I believe it was that "almost but not quite Mayberry" quality that attracted people from Manhattan but as you can see, without the kind of respect that was instinctively passed down by our parents and grandparents, and since more corporate business and not family stores make up much of the business community, they have stolen the soul of Eastchester and robbed today's children of an appreciation for the land and also an appreciation for Eastchester's heritage; a heritage that is as rich as the soil.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Old Timer Memories	Anonymous	18:10:42 09/10/12 Mon
Re: Old Timer Memories -- Anonymous, 20:14:20 09/19/12 Wed Re: Old Timer Memories -- Anonymous, 15:18:54 09/27/12 Thu