Goldie Durlester

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The History Project returned to an 85 year-old Goldie Durlester in July of 2010. In this interview, Goldie recalls more of the details of her daily life as a child during the Great Depression and as a teenager at the start of the World War II era. She recalls building igloos in the gutters of Mermaid Ave. after a blizzard in 1938 (no one owned cars that might get in the way). She also remembers her mother hiring a lady in the 30’s to help with chores despite the fact that they lived in the “slums” themselves.