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A century ago, Wilmington children celebrated Christmas morning with a lot of big bangs
In his folksy 1988 history memoir, "Memories Yesteryear," the late Dr. Robert Martin Fales recalls how, when he was growing up in Wilmington in the 1910s, "For ages fireworks were a part of our ...
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In the days before bridge-driven traffic tie-ups, kids played on downtown Wilmington streets
Published in 1988, "Memories Yesteryear" by the late Dr. Robert Martin Fales is a wonderful collection of old Wilmington stories. Under a section titled "Streets Blocked Off For Skating," Fales ...