Loading ...The public showers were free .That was a different era ,people looked out for the publics welfare ,it was WW2 era,a very tough era almost every house had a member in the war.we took care of each other .I ran errands for neighbors ,grocery store,butcher shop ,chickens were live purchased and processed while you wait ..ten minutes from the pen to your shopping bag ..couldn’t be done today fresh .There were no Supermarkets,no frozen foods ….a few A&P stores very small about the size of a 7-11 or smaller..They sold can goods ,cold cuts,cereal, and pickles and sauerkraut from a barrel ..
I always made money ,ran errands for tips ,usually a dime .On Saturdays I collected deposit soda bottle .05,collected newspapers and assorted metals for war use .Copper was .14 per pound,newspapers .01 per pound rags..old steel hot water tanks for .25 .The butcher shop bought back used bacon grease or frying oil for war use ,we filtered it through a rag first.Money was not a problem,there was nothing to spend it on..No consumer goods.Shoes were hard to get all war time items .You needed ration stamps to buy sugar,coffee ,gasoline .Even if you wanted to pay more they couldent sell it to you ,but you could bye a neighbors stamps if they were willing to sell or trade.
Grandpa would come for dinner Sunday afternoon.Mom would give me a quarter to go to the bar and buy a kettle of beer from the TAP for him …They always sold it to me no questions just said “go straight home”with it . haha those were the days..