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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">I thought that it was a retirement home for
old Rail Heads.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Yes, I can understand"sentimentality
attached". I grew up in Bluefield in the 40's and 50's. When I go there now
I am sickened by what I see, or by what I don't see. Especially the metal butler
building standing where the old stone passenger station once
stood..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Gene Arnold</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org">NW
Mailing List</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:42
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: N&W in 1910--Office
building</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>"Consumption" was an old name for Tuburculosis, which seemed to
"consume" its victims.
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<DIV>On another aspect of the story, It is kind of interesting to think of the
sentimentality attached to a building that is all of 22 years old. Can any
here imagine feeling nostalgia for a building built in 1988?</DIV>
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<DIV>Ken Miller</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:23 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Anyone know what a "home for consumptives"
is?<BR> <BR>Thanks,<BR>Dave Willis<BR>(blt 1962, c/n 4)<BR> <BR>
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