Remember when..
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Looks like they shopped after church. That's how people used to dress for church back in the day. Though the boy looks a bit shabby.
Wearing a vest cowboy style) Could be a Saturday Birthday Party.. most retail used to be closed on Sundays.... Woman looks a bit casual for church. ... Grand Union is/was a northeast grocery chain (I think) but that convertible make me wonder...
Yep. Blue Laws meant no stopping anywhere "after church." I can't even recall if gas stations were open but they must have been?
Gas stations, drug stores, and other necessary businesses. My father didn't buy on Sunday. He said if everybody did that, all the stores would still be closed on Sunday.
Yeah I lived in Central PA during the blue law Era and it was nice. I don't recall the blue laws in SC pa where we moved from and back to in the same time period but in the north central area it was like a time capsule anyway so maybe that's why