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Back in Brooklyn

An old timer reflects on the neighborhood she grew up in and where she started drinking

My story starts in Brooklyn in the 1950s. I lived in a neighborhood that was a little rundown – many of the houses had fallen into disrepair. My friends and I used to walk through the sometimes rough streets to get to the Catholic school we attended.

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