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Memory Lane (Rough Draft) - How One Memory Triggers a Chain of Memories.

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This catholic church picture below was  directly across the street from my family's house, located at 2410 N. Grand. The house caught on fire when I was 10, and rumor had it that my great granddaddy, whom we called "Grand daddy Pop Brown" a well known junk collector caused the fire. I heard some of his junk fell on a electric heater, and started a fire on the first floor, but hell who know's. It was a pretty big house, a total of 6-7 bedrooms, there were 2 bathrooms, 1 up stairs and 1 downstairs, there were 2 sets of stairs that lead to the 2nd floor, 1 in the front were the living turned bedroom was located and 1 in the back, were the kitchen was located. Many family members lived in this house, there were also bars on the front door. I use to get on the bars and swing back and forth. Ha, those were the days, but anyway the backyard is were all the ole heads hung on almost a daily basis, except when it was cold. Them ole heads taught me how to play dominoes when I