Throwback Thursday - The Notebooks

To clear up some confusion, the Notebook passages posted on Throwback Thursday were written by my father and found by me after he passed away. They were his attempt to tell the family history. He was in his late 80s or early 90s when he wrote them. Today's chapter:

In the interim of growing I caused problems. I was crawling on all fours on our piazza [ed: back porch of 3 decker] When I noticed that my left hand came up with a section of wood and a mail right through my hand. I showed it to my mother and she had a real some or other, as she shouted
Sant'Antonio. She pulled it out slowly and stopped the blood flow and used iodine. Another time on my birthday I was sitting on the window sill in the kitchen it was a warm day and one where Zio Francisco was baking. My mother kept telling me not to rock back and forth as I could fall. I kept it up and did fall and got a split head.

Another time I was playing with the boys on the first floor, Len and his brother, Joe.They would climb the stairs to the second floor, go over the railing and on the other side of the stairs hold on to the floor and drop to the 1 st floor. I tried it and on the second drop I sprained my ankle and it took a good while to heal. The family doctor, who was a relation to my father [ed: Geeze Louise, Dad this is the first time I've heard of this and a name would have been helpful!] came and dressed it and gave me exercises to do on a broom handle to push it back and forth (roll it) It [ed: the doctor's house call] cost 2 dollars. $1.00 at the office if you visited there.

In between these escapades there would be visits by the Uncles. Uncle Joe would give us boys a hair cut and $1.00. Uncle Fred did not as often. [ed: I think he means didn't visit as often] Then he had a family. And when his wife died it was once or twice a year. Aunt Clara [ed: Uncle Joe's wife] brought up Ellie [ed: Uncle Fred's daughter] and he [ed: Uncle Fred] took on the four boys.

  Uncle Joe even planned a Summer picnic to Revere [ed: Beach] one year [during 1920s]. It was fun. We had a nice spot on the beach. At that time, one went swimming practically fully dressed. Men had to wear two piece bathing suits. Women were fully covered including stockings. No showing of skin like today.

 

The photos are from yesteryear fashion websites I found on the Interwebs.