Based largely in the 60s and 70s, this blog entails memories and stories of growing up on East 24th Street between Wallace and Ash Streets in Erie, PA. Travel back to the days of no cell phones, milk men, bell bottoms and grocery store tabs. Some memories may be humorous while others bittersweet but they are all true. I encourage you to browse past posts starting from the beginning. Enjoy!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Uncle Ray in "Saving Contrast"
Uncle Ray was my grandfather's younger brother. A successful barber who had a thriving business downtown, he would drop in from time to time to visit grandpa. They would always argue over the craziest things. One particular episode involved grandpa insisting that TV tubes were something that the TV repairman would fill up. "My contrast must be low" or "The horizontal should be fine, the repairman filled it up just last week!"
Grandpa worked at the Erie Forge all his life and judging from his knowledge of televisions it's a good thing he did. He would have made a lousy repairman.
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