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Post# 623236   9/7/2012 at 15:33 (4,240 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Who remembers Norge Village? It was a coin operated laundry that featured Norge appliances. |
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Post# 623248 , Reply# 2   9/7/2012 at 16:16 (4,240 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Most probably not. Our's closed in the mid 1970's. There was one in the next town over. It lasted into the early 1980's. Ok. So that answers my question. Norge Village was on both ends of the country. |
Post# 623250 , Reply# 3   9/7/2012 at 16:35 (4,240 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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I found the photo below during a Google search. CLICK HERE TO GO TO revvinkevin's LINK |
Post# 623255 , Reply# 4   9/7/2012 at 16:58 (4,240 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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I don't know what kind of plastic they used in those balls, but they have endured the onslaught of the elements better than some of the buildings under them. |
Post# 623258 , Reply# 5   9/7/2012 at 17:03 (4,240 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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The Norge ball held up! |
Post# 623259 , Reply# 6   9/7/2012 at 17:04 (4,240 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 623261 , Reply# 7   9/7/2012 at 17:09 (4,240 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 623266 , Reply# 8   9/7/2012 at 17:33 (4,240 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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We had one in Charleston, about 5 miles from my house. It is the only coin op laundry my mother would use when our washer was broken. It's a casket store now. |
Post# 623267 , Reply# 9   9/7/2012 at 17:34 (4,240 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Get out of town!!! :) |
Post# 623268 , Reply# 10   9/7/2012 at 17:35 (4,240 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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A casket store? What is casket store? I thought you bought those at the funeral home! |
Post# 623275 , Reply# 11   9/7/2012 at 18:22 (4,240 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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As with everything else there can (and often is) a considerable mark-up on caskets when purchased via a funeral director.
Time and time again consumer groups have called funeral homes to account for "taking advantage of those in grief) to peddle the most expensive goods on their lists, again often at marked-up prices. Remember hearing of funeral directors charging several thousand for caskets that are going to be used when a body is going to be cremated. A great book on the Amercian funeral industry was written by Jessica Mitford (one of "The" Mitford sisters of England), and is called "The American Way Of Death". The book released in 1963 caused shockwaves throughout the American funeral industry, and still is doing so today. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK |
Post# 623278 , Reply# 12   9/7/2012 at 18:44 (4,240 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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I will send you an emai. |
Post# 623280 , Reply# 13   9/7/2012 at 19:14 (4,240 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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Launderess answered well. There are several here in the greater Charleston area, and they are doing quite well for exactly the reasons she provided..... |
Post# 623288 , Reply# 14   9/7/2012 at 20:26 (4,240 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Funeral costs for even the most simple service around here are enough to cause persons to turn in their graves, so to speak.
Prices start at literally 10K for even the most cheapest thing on funeral director's lists and that is with only one day of viewing and cremation. More and more familes around here are doing away with several days of viewing and doing one day wake with service following day (religon permitting of course). Cremation is way up as well for various reasons but one is the cost of burial and or perpetual care. If you already own a family or personal plot that lessens the load, but space is filling up fast around here and that puts a premium on new internments. Several local NYC funeral homes/directors including two or three of the major ones on Staten Island were recently cited for their practices of basically bleeding the bereaved dry. Finally back to the query that started all this palaver. In most if not all states one can purchase a casket from any source and have it delivered to the funeral home. Indeed with the advent of the Internet "casket direct" services have blossomed. Where do you think all those Goth type persons and others including stage props get them? Depending upon local and or state law and cemetary regulations you may not even require a casket for burial. That is the old yet still common outside of the US burial in only a shroud is possible. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK |
Post# 623290 , Reply# 15   9/7/2012 at 20:33 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623294 , Reply# 17   9/7/2012 at 21:19 (4,240 days old) by oldskool (Kansas City, MO)   |   | |
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We had them in St. Louis when I was growing up; never went inside Norge Village, and yes the signage ball outlasted the equipment and some of the buildings.
Regarding the caskets - Walmart (of course) carries:
CLICK HERE TO GO TO oldskool's LINK |
Post# 623296 , Reply# 18   9/7/2012 at 21:24 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623297 , Reply# 19   9/7/2012 at 21:26 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623298 , Reply# 20   9/7/2012 at 21:29 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623299 , Reply# 21   9/7/2012 at 21:32 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623300 , Reply# 22   9/7/2012 at 21:33 (4,240 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 623301 , Reply# 23   9/7/2012 at 21:33 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623305 , Reply# 24   9/7/2012 at 21:51 (4,240 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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Yes, We had several local Norge Villages with the big rotating ball on the roof. I did go to one in the early 80's and it was all Speed Queen pourposely tamped down to a half tub of water. I did put more water in with a bucket thru a faucet in a tub nearby when noboby was watching and the machine did fine. But I have used my Maytags that were bought new right after that episode with no major problems after 28 years and hope for many more. Nope, no Laundromats for me, thank you.
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Post# 623308 , Reply# 25   9/7/2012 at 22:07 (4,240 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 623332 , Reply# 26   9/8/2012 at 00:33 (4,240 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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wonder if those Norge signs and balls were recycled by sign collectors?If the lighting and rotation of the sign or ball still worked-would be a real prize to them. |
Post# 623336 , Reply# 27   9/8/2012 at 01:09 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623337 , Reply# 28   9/8/2012 at 01:10 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623338 , Reply# 29   9/8/2012 at 01:11 (4,240 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 623353 , Reply# 30   9/8/2012 at 04:27 (4,240 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Thanks for all your GREAT photo posts. They're fabulous!!!!!! The Norge sign here in my town was mounted on a pole near the street and it did not rotate. When Norge left, so did the sign. |
Post# 623370 , Reply# 33   9/8/2012 at 06:21 (4,239 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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No self respecting *real* housewife from about the 1040's through late as the 1970's, did her house cleaning dressed like June Cleaver (starched shirtwaist, pearls, high heels, nylons and probably a girdle on), it just wasn't practical.
Enter a comfy easy on and off dress with pockets that one could move about in easily and get "down and dirty" with housework with or without an apron/pinny over the whole thing. There were also smocks made along similar lines one could wear with slacks. Of course by the 1960's you had young housewives like Mrs. Darrin Stephens who preferred "petal pushers", jeans or slacks along with a simple top for housework instead of the housedress their mother's wore. In case anyone hadn't noticed before, guess who wears a housedress? In a tasteful print mind you, along with with pearls and kitten heels. Because of women's fashions especially undergarments tended to be rather restrictive until the 1960's or so (the dreaded girdle that no self respecting female over puberty would leave her home without) comes to mind, women who had to do housework (that is they lacked servants) perferred a simple and loose dress that "let things all hang out" as it were, rather than be confined. Lucy and Ethel wore various house dresses, as did Edith Bunker, and other television wives who had to do their own housework. OTHO Mrs.Brady amoung others of her class wouldn't have been caught dead in such a garment. Finally as Whirlcool stated one was supposed to "freshen-up" and put on one's afternoon face before hubby got home at six for gin and tonics! Also if one had to run out to the market, pick up the children from school, etc... you didn't DARE go downtown in a housedress. Your front yard to pick up the newspaper, or maybe to gossip with the girls was far as decent women went. |
Post# 623376 , Reply# 34   9/8/2012 at 07:00 (4,239 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 623471 , Reply# 38   9/8/2012 at 18:26 (4,239 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV)   |   | |
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We had a couple of them here in WV.....late 60's........ |
Post# 623484 , Reply# 40   9/8/2012 at 20:42 (4,239 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Post# 623566 , Reply# 42   9/9/2012 at 07:31 (4,238 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Lucy & Viv wore pedal pushers and flat leather shoes with pointed toe! |
Post# 623776 , Reply# 43   9/9/2012 at 23:04 (4,238 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 624297 , Reply# 44   9/11/2012 at 21:18 (4,236 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 624368 , Reply# 45   9/12/2012 at 07:24 (4,235 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Thanks for that link. In one photo the Norge Orb had holes in it and you can see the lighting. Never knew they lit up, but makes sense since their hours included after hours. |
Post# 624389 , Reply# 46   9/12/2012 at 09:39 (4,235 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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There was a "sewing hall" in the 60's and 70's in Easley, SC named Swirl. Along with children's wear, they made these same type of housedresses. Their brand name for these housedresses was "Model's Coats." My Mama had several of these when I was just a small child. Everyone around here knew what a Model's Coat was. In some of the locally owned department stores they would have a whole display dedicated to these Model's Coats. When my sister, Betty, was married in 1964, an older lady from the church gave her a "Model's Coat" for shower gift. This made Betty mad as heck! Mama tried to explain this wasn't meant as an insult but as a nice jesture. I don't know what ever happed to that model's coat! In the early 70's my Mama discovered pants and both her girdle and all of her Model's Coats went into the rummage bin! It was unusually hot in 1981 when my Mama retired from work. My father refused to let her turn on the AC as he said it hurt this rhumatoid arthritis too much. Anyway, Mama went to the new Wal-Mart store in Easley and bought up a bunch of beautifully printed cotton fabric and began making her own housedresses on her new Singer Athena sewing machine (she bought for herself as a retirement present). Once again Mama began wearing housedresses around the house that summer and several seasons afterward. But God forbid! If Mama was going anywhere or if anyone was coming over to the house Mama would yank that dress off and put her pants and blouse back on! Although the Easley Swirl plant closed many years ago you can still purchase Swirl Model's Coats. I guess, like everything else, they are made in China or somewhere else. Click on the picture for more model's coats. |
Post# 624607 , Reply# 49   9/13/2012 at 03:59 (4,235 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 624610 , Reply# 51   9/13/2012 at 04:47 (4,235 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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I googled it and found out what I need to do......... |
Post# 624624 , Reply# 52   9/13/2012 at 06:54 (4,234 days old) by DREWZ (Alexandria, Virginia)   |   | |
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Love those old ads, we only had Norge Villages never had any RCA Whirlpool Polly Clean Centers, or was that Poly? Anyway those print ads for both are funny when you see them, don't know about the rest of you but growing up I never saw any women or men dressed in suits in a laundromat (oops that's Westinghouse?) |