CAT Tracks for September 28, 2014 'LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES'

A loyal reader of CAT Tracks wrote that the lady who authored the posts looked too young to be remembering what she did about growing up in Cairo.

I ventured that some people simply have a knack for remembering their youth...

...whereas others, like myself, don't.

Rather than leaving it alone, the reader inquired as to whether I remembered Shirley's Lewis Brother's Grocery Store. I admitted that although I probably should, that I didn't, but that that didn't surprise me much because I had forgotten a whole lot more retail establishments of a decade later (in that I "grew up" in the late 40s and 50s rather than Shirley's specified period.)

Anyway...

...the persistent questioning did jog my memory in a sense.

It prompted me to dig out my CHS yearbooks again...

...with special attention to the "THANKS, MERCHANTS OF CAIRO" section that closed each edition.

The oldest Egypti that I have is from 1961 (when I was a Sophomore.)

Let's go shopping...

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CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

Well...

...how many merchants did you remember?

Forget?

BTW: It should be noted that these are the merchants who purchased ads. If memory serves, there were more...many, many more, including a of plethora of "mom and pop" establishments dotting the various neighborhoods.

Gotta close this trip down memory lane with an obvious song selection: