Postwar Veteran's Housing - 1947
Living in Veteran's housing after WWII, the early years
Horan Avenue Memories
I am part of the first wave of Baby Boomers. I was born in September after the war, just 9 months after my parents married. No hesitation on their part to start a family.
There was a postwar housing shortage for the returning servicemen and their growing families. I spent my first few month living at my grandparents home at 16 Willow Court in Stamford, CT. However that would change thanks to veterans housing.
Because of the housing crisis, the government provided standardized rental homes. They had a kitchen, living room, two bedrooms, and a room size utility closet. We had central heat, no radiators. I remember plenty of winter ice on those two front windows of the bedroom I shared with my sisters. The building rested on blocks, there was no cellar. We took baths in the kitchen sink because there was only a shower, no tub.
I made the right choice for my birth situation, which assumes we get to choose it. Great parents, siblings and family. The only downside was growing up with the bomb, and the fear of polio (at least till 1955).
In addition I would like to share these photos of my Godparents when they visited. Note how formal everyone dressed in the 1940s, especially my Aunt Marjorie.
