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Bit of History: Modern Conveniences?
Air conditioning really didn't help communities LINK
Brunswick got telephones in 1950s LINK
Cell phones replaced phone booths LINK
Electricity put the fires out and lit up Southport LINK
Girls were family lamplighters before rural electricity LINK
Home mail delivery brought street names to Southport LINK
Mail service evolved with growth of county LINK
Mama wanted to take wheel, but Susie put the brakes on LINK
Paving streets dealt with prickly problem LINK
Power outages are just reminders of how it used to be LINK
Radio makes its way cross country and through time LINK
Remember the days before cell phones? LINK
Remember the days of no TVs, listening to radios LINK
Road 'improvements' moved forward slowly LINK
Talk with friend jogs memories of radio, porches LINK
Telephones came late to Brunswick LINK
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