Showing posts with label small town. Show all posts
Showing posts with label small town. Show all posts

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Pennslytucky!

Aw here I sit in the small hamlet of a old mill town called Hamburg Pa ` Once in its hay day it boasted many mills such a WRIGHT'S and MayFair now they are all closed and Hamburg still has yet to change. It is Pa Dutch country here where change is not an option to many in this small hamlet.
Why am I here you may ask? I inherited my grandfather's home who was the oldest living Pewterer on the East Coast I am privileged to have his Forge, Foundry and Shop where we now house Windsor Forge Embroidery. I sit here inthe wee hours of the morning as my small office over looks the Blue Mountains and it is quite penetrating to watch the leaves change. Soon I will be able to see the traffic on the highway that was once shielded by huge ask trees and other varities that flank the area between my house and the I-78 corridor.CRIME? The normal kid stuff even though they do have their share of it at times. The Town even ran out the Crypts who were trying to recruit from READING pa !

Change is acoming to the area along I-78 as we see the Lehigh Valley grow in leaps and bounds. Cabelas is already the number one tourist attraction here but Hamburg does not reap the benefits of this traffic. Shops are geared towards how life used to be no name brands here NOT EVEN A SHOE STORE!

Simple. easy life ~ change not welcome here