The Art of 566 Monmouth Blvd. - Galesburg, IL

My Grandma and Grandpa lived at 566 Monmouth Blvd. in Galesburg, IL. Later in years the neighborhood went to hell and their house turned out to be a crack house. A year or two ago it was torn down. Lots of great memories were created there before it fell on hard times.
When I was born this is where our family lived. There was an apartment on the second floor. This where we lived.
What can be better than living in the same house as your grandma? That is hard to beat.
There were two bedrooms in this apartment. The bedroom my sisters and I lived in was not very warm for whatever reason. Seems like we could see our breath in the early morning hours when we'd first get up. There was only a half bath upstairs. The only full bath in the house was in the foyer of the home. Right there when coming in the front door was a long closet that houosed the bathtub, toilet and sink. All of us took our weekly bath in that bathroom.
I loved that house.
My grandma named Alice Carlson, cooked pies, cakes, cookies, meatballs, head cheese, chicken, --- everything in that kitchen.
My grnadpa, named John Leroy Carlson, was a miner at the Little John Coal Mine in Victoria, IL.
I used to go over to my grandmas and stay all night. She had a big antique bed I slept in. When she died I got that bed and slept in it for YEARS. Probably til 2001 when Linda and I moved to Fort Lauderdale when we sold it. It was riddled with termites and ready to crumble.