Sunday = Sunday

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                                            I have shopped at a few Country stores.....

Note to Asep over in Indonesia:  Yes that is Marilyn Monroe in the header.  Also my friend, I visited your site and am not smart enough to navigate it.  Thanks for the comments.

BUT for now:

Growing up and for a few years after that, Sunday was SPECIAL. Actually, considered sacred,  a REST day.

In our area no stores were open until after 12 noon if they opened at all.  Most remained closed so employees could spend time with family and friends.

No one would dare cut their grass on Sunday, even before power mowers......  Gas stations?  Only one (if any) was open on Sundays.

But today?  Even little league ball teams have games or practice at Sunday School time, that would never have been accepted before the 1970s era.

Speaking of the past, remember Sears Roebuck? Mail order? One of the biggest retail things going. They gave up the idea and saw at the time folks were wanting to ‘shop’ in stores. They held onto the catalog as a secondary. What a shame the upper management did not see the ordering returning!

Sherry and I remember BIG STORES! When we moved to Norfolk we were shocked to see a big grocery store, it was called ‘The Giant’.  WE were in awe as we walked thru. Now your average Wal-mart is bigger.

I never knew my mama’s daddy, Grandpa Lloyd. They had a store in the country outside Toccoa, Georgia. Mama said they sold and swapped stuff to and with the farmer neighbors. Example: they traded canned goods for the local farmer’s molasses to sell in the store. One little boy mama remembered bringing in molasses in his wagon, all he said, "Wanna swap some brown syrup for some white syrup for mama!". Grandpa  traded 1 qt for two .

Uncle Irvin and Aunt Bert, they ran a country store in Laurens, SC

My cousin Bobby on top of Uncle Irvin (Red)'s store. Country store in left half and cafe in the right. We Loved visiting here!!!!

Strange how the country stores just went away….  Did you ever shop at a country store? Do you shop Amazon?

 

.Nite Shipslog

 

PS.  I HOPE you are a happy person and can just laugh at (or with) me…  WE all need to smile, God is Good… Love from North Carolina…