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Peacetrain

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5. Yep.. its hard to explain the difference..
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 06:38 PM
Jul 2014

In the old coops it was basics..everything from scratch as they say.. and we had already moved to Iowa, when the big brouhaha erupted about bringing in things that were prepackaged.. My husband and I were in college at the U of M.. and we did not have air conditioning.. so standing in the cooler at the old sewards and cutting bricks of cheese and wrapping them was a bit of heaven on a hot sticky day.. It can get HOT in Mpls, when the heat does set in.. but I don't think people would shop in that kind of co op anymore.. Times change and what people want changes..

Well I am sorry to read this.. I volunteered at Sewards Peacetrain Jul 2014 #1
They aren't real co-ops anymore BainsBane Jul 2014 #2
It was an amazing time in the cities then Peacetrain Jul 2014 #3
We used to belong to a tiny co-op in Whittier BainsBane Jul 2014 #4
Yep.. its hard to explain the difference.. Peacetrain Jul 2014 #5
Wow! Someone else who remembers those days! scarletwoman Jul 2014 #6
Oh my God.. I loved the New Riverside Cafe! Peacetrain Jul 2014 #7
No, I would not have been on the U campus for that incident, I wasn't a student. scarletwoman Jul 2014 #8
The food was off the charts good.. Peacetrain Jul 2014 #9
Was that the time Washington Ave was blocked off by anti war protesters? dflprincess Jul 2014 #10
Yep.. the protests had been going on all week basically in front of Peacetrain Jul 2014 #11
I remember someone saying they were going to block off Washington Ave and flood it dflprincess Jul 2014 #15
Yeah, I was wondering, I thought maybe things were so bad that St. Paul police were progree Jul 2014 #16
Yep it was Minneapolis.. see post 17 Peacetrain Jul 2014 #18
Oh for the love of God.. ROFL Peacetrain Jul 2014 #17
And don't we all have those nowdays? dflprincess Jul 2014 #19
2010 S. 6th St. -- Am I close? I can't read any of the numbers (Google Street Map) progree Jul 2014 #12
Gone, all gone. All the big old frame houses and duplexes are gone. scarletwoman Jul 2014 #14
My Dad and aunt BainsBane Jul 2014 #13
Were you around during the co-op wars? geardaddy Jul 2014 #21
No we had already moved to Iowa Peacetrain Jul 2014 #22
Lucky. geardaddy Jul 2014 #23
That is what we heard..Very ugly time Peacetrain Jul 2014 #24
Eden Foods is OFF THE SHELVES at Central Co-op in Seattle progree Jul 2014 #20
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