Jeff; Thank you for posting this link, and thank you Charlie for bringing it to Jeff. It brings back many good memories of my childhood. The lady down the street had a Chestnut tree in her side yard, and every fall she was more than happy to let us kids into the yard to pick up the Chestnuts off the ground. We used to bring pillow cases full of the nuts home and shuck off the prickly hulls to get at the nut inside. I never do remember roasting them over the open fire, but it was always fun to gather them. We have a street named Chestnut in downtown that used to be lined with these huge Chestnut trees, but when they became infected, the city had to cut them all down and burn them. Most were 100s of years old and had been planted when the city was first just starting to grow larger. We also have a street named Elm where there are no longer any Elm trees lining it. Lucky that we still have photos in the library that show these magnificent trees lining our streets. Most people here, now days, have never seen a Chestnut or Elm tree. To bad, so sad !!! Jim S
