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​I have been enjoying talking to my siblings about my next family story:  Do You Remember S&H Green Stamps or My S&H Tea Service. 
 
The memory can be uncertain and problematic. We’re talking about events that happened in 1963 and 1964. My two older brothers remember licking S&H Green Stamps and pasting them carefully into books, but that’s it.  My younger sister remembers collecting the stamps and the tea service, but I’m the only one that remembers the Tea Party! I intend to use all their memories as an illustration of the memory conundrum, and still tell the story as I remember it.  My mother will be the last to interview, which was scheduled for today, but she dislocated her shoulder in a fall yesterday, so that will have to wait.  
 
My mom has some difficulty with words now, but she will recall the details of the events which will help my memory. 
 
When I was at a reception recently and asked what I was writing about, I said green stamps. Two people immediately had stories. One shared that her aunt gave her books of green stamps as a wedding present and she got new towels at the redemption store.
 
Another told of a church that had a theme for each month. Last month it was redemption, and when one of the members was asked what redemption meant to her, she said, “When I was a little girl, I went to the S&H Redemption Store with my mother.”
 
My brother said, “I didn’t know you could buy redemption at a store. Are there any of those left?”
 
Share your stories about S&H Green Stamps.