I grew up in Philadelphia, Pa. Just a couple of years earlier (1945-47),
sometime between first and third grade, our teacher made a point to tell us
that it was the third largest city in the U.S. I think we had been bumped from
second largest not long before. The West Coast cities were booming.
Marge Green

> Hmm I always knew Kent (England) was the back of beyond. We were still using
> fountion pens and the desk ink wells when I was in primary school in the
> very early sixties.