Look up the house you grew up in...

GeorgiaXplant said:
That Guy, when we lived in Hawaii during the war, we lived in a civilian housing area made up of row upon row of Quonset huts. We had running water in what passed for a kitchen, and we had electricity. There was a row of Quonset huts facing a long row of bathhouses with showers, tubs and toilets and a section with washers (wringer washers, of course). On the other side of the bathhouse was another row of Quonset huts facing the bathhouse. The entire area was made up of alternating rows of Quonset huts facing bathhouses. I was just little then, but it seemed like those Quonset huts went on for miles! Maybe they did; there were a lot of people to house! I remember that our "neighborhood" was made up of our row of Quonset huts and the row on the other side of the bathhouse.
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High class officers' quarters!
 

Ours is gone too although I heard once that it was heritage listed as (possibly) the first Display Home on the Redcliffe Peninsula, built in 1932 by my Dad. He collaborated with a local sawmill owner and all the timber used was cut to full lengths (bearers, joists, etc - no joins anywhere, so the legend says).

I have an old picture from the time, but none of the advertising:

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Before it was knocked down ..... to the right of the stairs, each of the upright sections were "booths" plumbed with shower roses so you could rinse the salt water off after coming back from a swim:

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The house I grew up in is still there.

It was old when we moved in in early 1946 just after Dad was demobbed. I think it was built circa 1860 or so. It was/is a small single fronted double brick (cavity walled) house with 2 bedrooms, a general living room, large kitchen and laundry room. There was no kitchen sink - we used a tin dish on the kitchen table for washing the dishes. There was a fuel stove and open fireplace set in the kitchen and living room, both serviced by the same chimney. In the laundry room there was a copper, wash tubs and a wooden partition that screened off the bath. No indoor toilet facilities - the outhouse was halfway down the back yard. The roof was corrugated iron and sounded amazing in a hailstorm.

Since then there have been a number of modifications/additions but it looks much the same. The exterior has been cement rendered and the laundry room was converted to a dining room, with the addition of an indoor toilet, a proper bathroom and a small laundry. A granny flat was built out the back.

This is what it looks like now

 

5 bedroom/3 baths,my bedroom was at the top floor with 2 windows. It was hot up there in the summer,no A/C but I was a 12 year old whatta I care.
 
LOL CC! Refer to the thread about us oldsters repeating the same things over and over again...;) Heck. We don't mind; it's only younger people who are driven batty by us.
 
Went on Zillow the other day and saw that my old house was abandoned and for sale. The pic of the porch side shows my room right over the roof. The terrible paneled room was my room and was painted real nice. The separate building was our chicken coop and later my club house. The carport was the wood shed. I did find out it was built in 1900 by my great grandfather. Breaks my heart to see it in this condition, but time marches on, and on.
 

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Pappy said:
Went on Zillow the other day and saw that my old house was abandoned and for sale. The pic of the porch side shows my room right over the roof. The terrible paneled room was my room and was painted real nice. The separate building was our chicken coop and later my club house. The carport was the wood shed. I did find out it was built in 1900 by my great grandfather. Breaks my heart to see it in this condition, but time marches on, and on.
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The neighborhood I grew up in looks about like that now. My parents house was torn down years ago.
 
we moved into this house when i was 9 years old it was built about 1900 no bathroom no hot water was heated with oil and we also cooked on the same big black stove i dont have a picture but it it is still standing at 228 first street lowell mass--they remodeled some but it still looks tacky
 
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I loved it because I thought everyone lived in something like this.
(ignorance is bliss)
 
My parents bought the house in 1933 for $3500. My sister ran across it on the net last year listed for $499,000
 
CeeCee said:
Go to Google Maps and put in the address and zoom in til you get your house.

This is the house I grew up in...we were the first owners in 1960! The front yard is a little different but other than that no change....I will have to email my mom the pic, she sold it in 1998 after my dad died and she moved in with my youngest sister in New Jersey.

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Sorry dear but I can't see your house.
 
From Street View in 2014. Main part built in 1946 by my parents, side extension added later, up to 3br, 1ba. The new owners have put a huge addition on the back. Building to the left came later, for a small business.

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One of the best sites I've found for looking up "properties" is www.vpike.com. Simply type in an address, and enjoy....they have street views for almost every city/town in the U.S. Awhile back, I looked up every place I've lived in for the past 70 years....the first 5 was on a farm...and they are all still there, and look to be in pretty nice shape.
 
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