Do you remember having the chicken pox, mumps or any other childhood ailments? Were you ever seriously ill as a child? How did your mother take care of you?
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What were your household chores growing up?
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Did you collect anything when you were young?
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What was your parents’ room like? The bed, bedspread? Did you spend much time in their room?
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If you had a phone in your childhood house, do you remember your phone number?
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Can you remember your parents adding something to the house they always wanted? Washing machine, icebox, extra car etc.?
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Can you remember any major repairs that your house needed? Did the roof leak? Etc.? Did your family fix it, hire someone to do it, or did it just stay that way?
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Did you have a front porch or stoop? Was it used often or just as an entrance?
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How did you keep cool in the summertime? Windows open? Ceiling or stationary fans?
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If you had a fireplace, did you sit around it often? Who built the fires at your house? What was the common method of starting the fire?
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Do you remember your house having a particular scent? Cooking smells or laundry smells or smells from your parents work?
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Did relatives or boarders live with your family? What were there quarters like? Were you allowed in there?
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Did company come over often for meals?
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Did your family eat breakfast together?
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What time of night do you remember your childhood house getting quiet at night? Did your parents stay up late, or go to bed early?
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Did your parents have friends over often and for what?
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What were some common dinners you ate? Was it always around the same time? Who sat where?
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What was your favorite season at your house growing up? Why?
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