“Where I grew up, there was a roadhouse. It boasted live music. That meant a drum, a bass and a player piano with nobody at it. I parked cars. Fancy people would go there. They’d get loud. They’d get drunk. But they wouldn’t let me use the toilet. So when nature called, I’d open up a trunk and relieve myself. I was 15. There’s probably some kid out there doing it to us right now.”
“Where do you come from?”
“Pennsylvania, by way of Illinois. We lost our farm and ended up in coal country.”
![KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjpq0P3it1qakblyo1_500.png)
KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 19, 1968
“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the longest-running program on public television, premieres in America. [Family Communications, Inc.; The Neighborhood Archive]
“Where I grew up, there was a roadhouse. It boasted live music. That meant a drum, a bass and a player piano with nobody at it. I parked cars. Fancy people would go there. They’d get loud. They’d get drunk. But they wouldn’t let me use the toilet. So when nature called, I’d open up a trunk and relieve myself. I was 15. There’s probably some kid out there doing it to us right now.”
“Where do you come from?”
“Pennsylvania, by way of Illinois. We lost our farm and ended up in coal country.”
![KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzjpq0P3it1qakblyo1_1280.png)
KDKA workers on strike (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 21, 1960
KDKA performers, members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, go on strike. [Historic Pittsburgh]
On This Day in Pittsburgh History: February 19, 1968
“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the longest-running program on public television, premieres in America. [Family Communications, Inc.; The Neighborhood Archive]
