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Tempe High School Class of 1969 - You lived in Phoenix in the 60s, 70s and 80s if...

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Body:	<i>My world was very small also when I was young, but I do remember riding my bike to the library and piano lessons, etc. without any concerns (except crossing the tracks). What a difference from today's world. I remember: Our lawn being irrigated by flooding it every few weeks. My dad always had to open the gate at night and shut it when the yard had enough water. Then I remember the trucks that came down the streets at night and sprayed DDT or whatever to kill all the mosquitos (probably from all the standing water in our yards) and we stood outside playing hide and seek and breathed in all that poisonous spray. We didn't have a clue...kind of like baking our skin in the sun. The fabric store, next to El Rancho grocery store, always made my eyes sting the moment I walked in. I guess it was from the dyes/chemicals in the fabric. Before the malls, we always Christmas shopped in downtown Phx. and someone had to run back to the car every few hours to feed the meters. Going to Bill Johnson's Big Apple for a special occasion and seeing sawdust on the floor and waitresses in full cowgirl attire with 6 shooters on their hips. Crossing Tempe Bridge with muddy water roaring underneath it. Feeling the cool air leaving Tempe to go to Phx. or Mesa when we drove past all the irrigated, farmland. We were so amazed when they built Thomas Mall and all the stores were under one roof for 'cool' and convenient shopping. Seeing 'The Fly'? amd other great movies at the Valley Art on Saturdays, for 25 cents I think. The Orange Packing plant on 5th street before you came to Mill Ave. Also, the date orchards on 5th St., down by Roosevelt where I lived. My mom bought dates for Christmas gifts, and we always played in the orchards. It seemed like I was afraid of scorpions there, but can't remember ever seeing one. WO7 phone numbers and party lines, walking to school, swimming at Tempe Beach and catching tadpoles on the walk home to put into tree wells and watch them grow into frogs, carports, Wallace and Ladmo....and playing with neighbor kids.</i> *
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