Days Gone By

I have passed by this building time after time and always thought what it was like in those by gone days of the thirty's and forty's.   Life definitely did not move at a fast pace, as it does today.  This was style of a gas station from those days.  The overhang protected you as you filled up your car or truck.  The gas pumps would sit on the island just inside the two metal post in the picture.

The current owners have fixed it up and have made it into a nice looking building.  In speaking with the owners a couple of years ago, the county kept telling them to tear the building down as it was an eyesore.

Buildings like this are not built anymore.  It was also a convenience store or small grocery.  You know like one of the current 7-Elevens.

 You can make out the name of the owners from those days gone by.  Goad & Horton, Service Station and Grocery.

Oh, just to think of sitting inside drinking a 5 cent coke-a-cola from the cooler.  The cooler back then was a large container filled with chilled water and the drinks just sitting there for one to purchase.  Or the conversation taking place between a couple of men with chewing tobacco in their mouths.

Yes, those were the DAYS!!