13222 Foxley Drive backyard then and later

As you can see, the backyard has changed the most over the years. In the photograph with Georgann and me with our new bicycles, to the lower right of the photograph is the large sandbox we used to play in. There are stepping stones also in the background. Both are noticably gone in the photograph taken in the late 80's. Our house in the 50's also had two things that no longer come with homes built later than that in Southern California. Behind the garage was an outdoor furnace meant for burning trash. Given the strict codes against air pollution later, nobody would build an ourdoor furnace to burn trash--and I am sure those that existed were taken out. Also, back behind the garage was a built-in clothes line to hang up clothes to dry. Again, given the increasing air pollution, one would only rarely hang clothes out to dry. They'd not be clean by the end of the day.

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