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1986
Juniata County, PA
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LIVED HERE FROM 1977 TILL 1981. MY FATHER BOUGHT THIS 40 ACRE FARM WITH THE IDEA OF BEING A PART TIME FARMER. UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO BEING UNABLE TO GET A TRANSFER FROM HIS FULL TIME JOB IN LANCASTER PA, MY FATHER TRAVEL TO AND FROM JUNIATA COUNTY AND LANCASTER FOR 4 YEARS. THIS ALONG WITH A DIVORCE CAUSE HIM TO SELL LONG BEFORE HE WANTED. AS YOUNG TEEN I ENJOY THE FREEDOM OF RUNNING AROUND ALL 40 ACRES EITHER IN OUR OLD JEEP OR MOTOERCYCLE OR TRACTOR WHICHEVER I PREFERRED. I WAS ABLE BY THE WOODS, GO TO MY FRIENDS HOUSE THE NEXT VALLEY OVER, SOMETIME I WOULD STEAL ONE OF DAD VEHICLES AND JUST DRIVE OVER AT 14YRS OLD. NO PROBLEM WHAT SO EVER...AND ALWAYS DID BRING MY DAD'S VEHICLE BACK, ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY WITH LESS TIRE RUBBER ON IT.
1988
Lancaster County, PA
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MY HOME FROM 1968 TO 2015. IN 1988 I LIVED IN THE FRONT WITH GRANDPARENTS. IN 1989 I MOVED TO THE BACK PART OF THE HOME AND LIVED THERE TILL 2010, THEN MOVING FRONT BEFORE SELLING IN 2015. I OVER THE YEARS PUT IN A TREMEMDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN MAINTAINING THIS PROPERTY FROM PAINTING BOTH OUT BUILDINGS TOO REGLAZING AND PAINTING ALL 22 WINDOWS. PAINTING ALL THE WOOD TRIM AREAS AND RUNNING ALL NEW LIGHTING AND WIRING IN BOTH OUT BUILDING. MOSTLY I SPENT MY TIME WITH YARD WORK, MOWING AND TRIMMING IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER. SNOW REMOVEL FOR A LARGE DRIVEWAY IN THE WINTER. LEAVE MULCHING IN THE FALL IN WHICH TOOK 3 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. I HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES LIVING, I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE LIVED THERE WITH GRANDPARENTS TILL 2010 (AS MA HAD PASTED THAT YEAR) BUT AFTER HER DEATH LOST INTEREST IN STAYING OR WANTING CONTINUE WITH ALL THE WORK REQUIRED.
1988
Lancaster County, PA
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BC IMPORT: PRETTY SURE I WAS STILL WORKING THERE IN EARLY 88
1963
Lancaster County, PA
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This home was purchased by my Grandparents in 1968. Many of the trees are now gone,but the property still today has at least 50 trees on site. Much of the shrubs and so forth next to the home were removed. I was lucky enough to get to trim the box woods that went around both driveways...normally one week after work for 2 hrs to complete. It was a happy day when i pulled them out. In this photo under the tree cover was also a three car garage and a 40X30 two level shop. A memory from this photo for me was the number of times i painted those window frames...at least 8 times over the years, but i want to keep it as close too original as i could.