Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Love and romance

The bondage photos? Why, I thought they were cute

Her provocative pin-up images violated all manner of sexual taboos, finally invoking a US Senate Committee investigation into pornography.

That next fall we moved back up to Conover, and he got work, too, in the glove mill, and we both worked there. He turned.

Jim had heard a lot about Helen in his letters from Margaret. Meeting her was part of the reason he drove all the way down there in a $75 car!

This was going to be the day he asked for Lula’s hand. Finally the old man relented and gave his permission for them to be married.

Frank Howard defies his powerful father by dating a woman 6 yrs his senior. Scandal ensues, in this excerpt from ‘Hidden History of Roanoke.’

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