On Nov 30, 2006, at 4:35, Alice Howell wrote:
In my upbringing, 'downtown' just meant the central business area of the smallish town I lived in.
Ditto here, a small town in Virginia. Only, our "downtown" is 4 (maybe 5) blocks long and 2 blocks wide... And, at that, the second block is somewhat "iffy" -- it's really only the Main Street, with maybe a few shops on one side of its cross-streets. The street parallel to Main Street doesn't have much :)
And yes, Jane, I remember Petula Clark and her "Downtown"... used to hum it before I could even understand all the words; just the tune was exciting :)
Here's the text, which does give a very good idea of what "downtown" is: http://www.twin-music.com/azlyrics/c_file/songs/clark/down.html The heartbeat of the city... -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
