On 4/6/2016 1:29 AM, Janet B wrote:

> I think you're right about not being fully underground. There were
> windows at sidewalk level. Mother did her weekly wash down there and
> hung the wash as well. Everything was cement or stone.
> When my parents went to meetings at night I was always really scared
> because the door to the basement was just a simple thing.
> When these houses were built, no one worried about intruders breaking
> in so you didn't need sturdy doors to the outside.

You just made me think of something else about their house. They had in
the ground trash cans. As in heavy metal hinged lids at ground level
with the trash receptacle under ground so that critters couldn't get
into the trash. I never saw them take the trash to the front so I don't
know if they put bags in there or if there was a plastic trash can liner.

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Cheryl