Wow! I grew up with these. (Nostalgia intensifies!)
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brygphilomena@lemmy.world 10 months agoResidential listings were “white pages” and businesses were “yellow pages.”
Yes, they were big, printed on very thin paper, with small typeface.
Geekocracy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
OMG 🤣🤣🤣
GildorInglorion@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Milton Hershey made chocolate, a town, and a school that inherited a controlling interest in the chocolate company.
GildorInglorion@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And an amusement park
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wonka vibes intensify
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Looked it up, that school seems very cool. It does sound like you’re describing Willy Wonka though.
Geekocracy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You are going to think I made this up, but the street lights are shaped like Hershey kisses.
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Like in the town town or the amusement thing. Did this dude happen to enslave small-statured orange people by chance?
Geekocracy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The town, or at least the main street that goes by the factory. As far as I know, no orange people were enslaved.
Seriously though, Milton Hershey was surprisingly progressive for his time. He built affordable homes for his workers and helped them become home owners. The school he built was originally for orphaned boys.