I remember going with my Mom on the bus downtown to Tweedy Boulevard. I think it was in Compton CA, we lived in Lynwood. There was a store that had a big fabric departmetn in the back. I'd walk along side her and put out my hand and touch all the fabric as we went by. I must have bee 3 or 4. I still touch the fabric.
I also remember taking the street car with my Grandma who lived in LA. We'd go downtown to the May Co. a big department store where my Grandpa worked. He was a retired farmer from Illinois and went to work at the May Co when they moved to CA. He was 65 then and had to lie about his age in order to get the job. He worked there for at least 10 years.
Grandma and I would walk over to church during the week and we would pass a little butcher shop. They had chickens hanging in the window with their heads and feet still on. That facinated me.
Does any one remember the paper mache jack-o-lanterns in the dime stores at Halloween? I can still remeber the smell. I loved those things, still do