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jpak

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1. When I was kid in Maine

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Oct 11, 2021, 12:53 PM

Oct 2021

We had a mill whistle

A teenagers-off-streets siren at 9 PM

School bells and church bells

And we walked to school at age 5

When the curfew siren blew, kids ran

Yup

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WOYM: Old Gabriel, the Roanoke railroad shops whistle, sounds no more [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 OP

When I was kid in Maine jpak Oct 2021 #1

Returned from trip to Maine a few days ago, where AMTRAK whistle blew elleng Oct 2021 #2

I would take Amtrak from Portland to Logan jpak Oct 2021 #3