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Walker Advances the Ball Despite the Pressure of Two Defenders, Town Lake Park Soccer Fields in Pittsboro North Carolina

- – - My son playing rare offense (he likes the goalie position).  After re-routing the ball from the corner, he advanced it past these defenders to the goal.  Soccer (which I know nothing about) is an interesting game of fast … Continue reading

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Live Bait & Game Room in Siler City North Carolina

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Country Auction on the Pittsboro – Goldston Road in Chatham County North Carolina: Standing Around

        Top: Inspecting a truck box. Middle: Prayer helps. Bottom: Standing around.

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Country Auction on the Pittsboro – Goldston Road in Chatham County North Carolina: Knick Knacks and Country Ham Biscuits

        Top:  Assistants in yellow shirts and hats hold up place settings for the predominantly female crowd, as the auctioneer calls for high bids on china, kitchen items and knick knacks. Middle:  Matching “World’s Greatest Grandpa” and “World’s Greatest … Continue reading

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Country Auction on the Pittsboro – Goldston Road in Chatham County North Carolina: China and Spectacles

        Top:  A speaker and tripod stand next to an old car.  The auctioneer utilizes a wireless microphone and speaker system to enable all bidders to hear, and to save his voice for the long day of … Continue reading

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Country Auction on the Pittsboro-Goldston Road in Chatham County North Carolina: The Coveted Tractor

        Top:  At every country auction awaits at least one coveted tractor.  The tractor takes top billing in advertising leading up to the sale, complete with color photographs on the handbills and internet postings.  On the morning … Continue reading

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Country Auction on the Pittsboro – Goldston Road in Chatham County North Carolina: Auctioneer’s Call and Response

          Top: The ringman holds a yellow pole next to a red-painted disc harrow, and looks behind for a bid.  His hand is held shoulder high at the ready.  If the man behind him who has bid … Continue reading

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Country Auction on the Pittsboro – Goldston Road in Chatham County North Carolina: Box Lots

        Top:  Enamel pots, cookware, wash pans, and mugs; white and cream with red and blue banding.  Enamelware is a staple of country auctions.  In the foreground lies a box of butternut squash colored tableware, treated to … Continue reading

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Country Auction on the Pittsboro – Goldston Road in Chatham County North Carolina: Saturday Morning

        Top:  Real estate style sign advertising the site of a country auction in Chatham County North Carolina.  Country Auctions take place at the homeplace or farm of a person or family whose belongings are to be auctioned … Continue reading

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Bynum North Carolina, Sept

Bynum North Carolina is an unincorporated community perched on a hill above the Haw River, found just off of Highway 15-501 between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro, in North Carolina.  Bynum is there because a textile mill used to be there, … Continue reading

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