CHUCKMAN’S PLACES – HYDE PARK CHICAGO – PHOTO – CHICAGO – 1321 E HYDE PARK BLVD – ALLEY IS ON RIGHT – OUR APARTMENT BUILDING WAS A COUPLE OF DOORS RIGHT OF ALLEY AT 1311 – MRS BEAU’S HOUSE IS NEXT ON THE LEFT – MRS BEAU IS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST MEMORIES OF MY VERY YOUNG YEARS – A KINDLY LADY WHO MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH ME AND MY FRIEND GEORGEANN TO COME EVERY THREE WEEKS TO WASH WINDOWS – SHE PAID US BUT MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE DELIGHTFUL LUNCHEON SHE SERVED US IN THE BACKYARD EACH TIME – AFTERWARD WE WERE OFTEN FREE TO PLAY IN THE BASEMENT WITH ALL THE GAMES AND TOYS STILL THERE FROM HER GROWN-UP CHILDREN – WE MET HER ONE DAY WHILE CLIMBING GARAGE ROOFS IN THE ALLEY (A FAVORITE PASTIME) – WE LOOKED OVER INTO HER LOVELY YARD AND SHE ASKED US LITERALLY TO DROP IN – A LOVELY WOMAN AND A CHILD’S FANTASY – GOD BLESS HER – BUILT IN 1891

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