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In 1964 a great many American houses were heated with wood or coal, which meant somebody carried ashes out every day all winter - in a dedicated galvanised…
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In 1964 an American town danced on a Friday or Saturday night in a school gymnasium, a grange hall or a fire station bay, and anybody could join…
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In 1964 Sunday dinner was at noon, and it was the largest meal of the American week.
The oven was lit before church, or by somebody who stayed…
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In 1974 there was a checkerboard at the store that belonged to nobody and never moved. The pieces were frequently bottle caps. There was a ring of men…
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In 1974 the rural mail carrier drove his own car, bought his own gas, and was paid by the measured mile and the counted box rather than by…
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In 1964 the music in an ordinary American house was still, to a surprising degree, music that somebody in the house made.
There was a harmonica in a…