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My onehorse town
« on: June 28, 2023, 09:47:38 AM »
Mainstreet in my onehorse town early 50s with a 51 Mercury anda 49-50 chevy



and today

« Last Edit: June 29, 2023, 08:12:45 AM by Heo »



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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2023, 06:00:59 PM »
Those are pretty cool pictures. Amazing how similar those pictures are for the time that's gone by.

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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2023, 07:44:03 PM »
I don't see any hats  >:(
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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2023, 08:14:59 PM »
Nice photographs. One-horse towns are the best towns, given than towns with more horses are generally filled with manure....
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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2023, 08:54:58 AM »
Those are pretty cool pictures. Amazing how similar those pictures are for the time that's gone by.

About 70 years passed between those pics. The house to the right closest to the camera was built in the 30s.
First house in town where the basement was dug out with an excavator. The union threatened with a strike
when their jobs was threatened by a machine.
Today they would go out on strike if they had to dug out the basement by hand ;D
In the 50s the mainstreet was also Riksväg 13...like interstate 13. Main highway up the coast
nowadays E4 and pass outside the town
The red building farthest away from the camera is town church been there since atleast 1472 probably longer
Building in the middle of the pic was Åke Larssons hardwarestore a real hardwarestore where you could buy everything
you needed nails, bolts ,dynamite,guns,motorcycles,plywood,gunpowder you name it
Old man Åke Larsson Drowe Packards as long as they were made, went for Chryslers after that



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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2023, 08:58:23 AM »
I don't see any hats  >:(

Sorry bill :-[ totaly forgott

Feels better now? ;D ;D



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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2023, 08:58:49 AM »
I see a F1 street race in your future! Would be fun. Does the winning driver get her too? Asking for a friend......
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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2023, 08:59:50 AM »
Nice photographs. One-horse towns are the best towns, given than towns with more horses are generally filled with manure....

You got a valid point there..... :D



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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2023, 09:09:58 AM »
I see a F1 street race in your future! Would be fun. Does the winning driver get her too? Asking for a friend......

Well a modified 65 Mustang can run those streets pretty fast.....I was told
Me dune it when i was a stupid kid? no no not me. :-[
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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2023, 10:00:21 AM »
Now, THAT's a hat!

>The red building farthest away from the camera is town church been there since at least 1472 probably longer

Had some business contacts in Britian years ago.  We got to talking about the differences in housing here and there and such, and my guy says "Fun fact - my house is older than your country."  LOL. 

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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2023, 10:10:37 AM »
Now, THAT's a hat!

>The red building farthest away from the camera is town church been there since at least 1472 probably longer

Had some business contacts in Britian years ago.  We got to talking about the differences in housing here and there and such, and my guy says "Fun fact - my house is older than your country."  LOL.

 ;D  Yes my house is probably atleast 100 years older than your country. When i put in new windows i started thinking, this size of logs is from a tree
150-170 years old so ...they where a small plant when Cristopher Columbus thought a  boat trip west would be fun



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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2023, 10:40:01 AM »
Same view late 1800 early 1900




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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2023, 07:08:07 PM »
going by the crosswalk sign, did they take everyone's bicycles and make them start walking?

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« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2023, 11:26:36 PM »
I don't see any hats  >:(

Sorry bill :-[ totaly forgott

Feels better now? ;D ;D

The red bow has a nice view!

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Re: My onehorse town
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2023, 05:28:25 PM »
Are Sweden's crosswalks set up like Russia's, where the pedestrians are basically targets? I would have zero confidence in a car not turning me into a stain on the road. Caution would be prudent.  :o
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