Cecilia and Austin “Buck” Ridgell (above) lived at Scotland Beach. Buck’s father Thomas Ridgell owned much of Scotland Beach and built many of the homes that remain there today.
The following is an excerpt from St. Mary’s College’s Documentation Project where Cari Wright interviewed Cecilia. I chose these excerpts from the interview because Cecilia discusses shopping and various stores that were around back then. The entire interview with Cecilia can be found at Debi Siegel’s (Cecilia’s granddaughter) excellent FB page Grace’s Place at Tanner Creek (click here.)
Cecilia also mentions buying items from peddlers. (Note that the Shuman brothers came into the County as peddlers and eventually opened country stores. Nathan Shuman opened what would become Buzzy’s Country Store.) Here is what Cecilia had to say:
Blake knows all about the good old days: