Does anyone else who lived on Poplar Avenue remember Joe Coberly? He used to leave the house only after dark and usually wearing a derby and smoking a cigar. I have no idea what he did for a living, but come to think of it, I don't think he ever spoke to anyone....at least anyone on Poplar. His aunt Aunty Freeze was the neighborhood "ghost". She would sit in her window and scratch on the windows. Some say she believed someone was hanging from the windowsill. She was in her 90's when I was a kid, but I don't remember her ever dying...isn't that strange?
Did you have any weird characters on your Woodsdale street?
Here's another question...were there snowplows plowing the streets of Woodsdale when we were kids? I never saw one, but I can still remember the sound of the chains on cars going up and down the street. How come no one uses them today?
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I do not remember snow plows. I do remember big trucks putting down cinders. If I recall correctly, we would play in the street in the snow until those trucks came along. On more that one occasion dad tied all of our sleds together in one long line and pulled us behind the station wagon. Maple and Poplar seemed to be a good loop.
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