(Frances Kulik – My View, Buffalo News) I can remember it as if it was yesterday. A long ago yesterday, when I was a child. Saturday morning my Mom and Dad would go to the Broadway Market to fill our weekly larder.
I remember the early market days, when stalls laden with wonderful vegetables, fruits and baked goods stood along Broadway under tarp tents. It was a simple area where the farmers came to sell their wares. Underneath and in between the stalls were crates with live chickens, ducks and rabbits for sale.
Listening to the people talk — especially the old men who stood in groups with their hands folded behind their backs — was something I loved to hear even if I didn’t understand them. They spoke their own language, which was usually Polish.
Is it a European thing to stand with hands folded behind the back? I have seen this many times in movies, and a friend visiting from England was observed doing the same thing. Curious!
