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20 things you would understand if you grew up in Oreland PA!

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Julia Dellaporta

Feb 01, 2018

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20 things you would understand if you grew up in Oreland PA!

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Holy Martyrs Carnival

If you were not there on that weekend in September, playing bingo and eating lemon sticks, you did not experience the HMS carnival.

Going to Oreland Pizza everyday.

Pizza and fries with honey mustard ? yummy. Also the people there most likely knowing your order

Driving down Candy Cane Lane 100 times during Christmas.

Usually Garth Road is just a regular boring street in our little town, but during the holiday season it becomes a christmas wonderland with candy canes lighting up the street!

Hanging out at the "courts"

Don't lie, we all did this when we were in 6th and 7th grade. Playing basketball or just straight up hanging out with all our friends.

Hardcore supporting OWLL

You went to every baseball game because either your little brother or your best friends little brother played for this team. The hard rivalry between OWLL and FELL still exists and we take it very seriously. So put the magnet on your car, and your hat and t-shirt on because baseball season is coming up.

Knowing everyone's name because its such a small town.

You most likely knew everyone and their mother, because there is a total of like 20 people in Oreland.

Getting asked where you lived and you have to say "near Glenside" because no one has ever heard of Oreland.

Going to high school in Bucks County, I always got the question “where do you live” and when I said Oreland, no one ever knew what I was talking about. So, my fix to that was “3 minutes away from Glenside. (Or Flourtown)

You probably went to Holy Martyrs grade school, before it closed.

Going to HMS, I met my life long best friends there and we had so much fun. From field day, to dance-a-thon, pig races, and most importantly tombola, the memories will stay with me forever. "Holy Martyrs lead us on in the love of god, we will walk together, hand in hand our Fathers family"

Then you probably went to Springfield High School.

I am actually one of the few people who did not go to this school, but all my friends did.

You always went to the annual 4th of July Parade.

It was the best day of the year, everyone would gather on the streets of Oreland, and watch the floats go by. The best one, of course being the dog on top of the piano. Then after we would all get served free hotdogs

Its only a 3o minute drive to Philly, but everyone would take the Oreland train to every concert.

Going up to the oreland train station on a concert day was just a bad idea. A ton of kids would be up there waiting for the train to take us down to Philly. But on the bright side you could always follow people you knew, if you didn't know where you were going.

You most likely had a membership to the Oreland Swim Club.

We would go everyday in the summer, and everyone was most likely on the swim team too.

You went to Preschool with everyone.

Maybe this is just me, but I feel like I went to the same pre-k as everyone my age that lives in Oreland

Good try getting away with anything.

This would never happen, because your mom would hear it from so and so's mom, who would hear it from someone at acme, who heard it from someone else and so on.

Being so surprised, yet so excited that our small town got its own Snapchat filter.

We not only have 1 but 2 now! And we put it on every snapchat proudly

Going to Springfield H.S football games on Friday nights.

I didn't even go to that school, but I still went to some of these games! Go Spartans!

Going sledding at Christ Lutheran's on snow days.

Every time it snowed and we had off school, everyone would head down to sled at Christ Lutherans Church. I remember there also being a dangerous tree that everyone would try to avoid while sledding and building a bump at the end so no one flew into the parking lot.

Block parties.

This was the highlight of the year. My block has huge block parties, everyone comes out, brings food and has a great time. Every year someone always ends up taking the D.Js microphone and doing their own karaoke.

Getting so overly excited when someone has actually heard of Oreland.

Again, maybe this was just me, but I was always so surprised when people actually have heard of it.

Feeling thankful that you could grow up in this town.

Going to college has made me think of how lucky I was to grow up in my little town of Oreland and how I met most of my life long best friends there. I don't care if some people have never heard of it, it will always be home to me.

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Inside of Oreland

Holy Martyrs Carnival

Going to Oreland Pizza everyday.

Driving down Candy Cane Lane 100 times during Christmas.

Hanging out at the "courts"

Hardcore supporting OWLL

Knowing everyone's name because its such a small town.

Getting asked where you lived and you have to say "near Glenside" because no one has ever heard of Oreland.

You probably went to Holy Martyrs grade school, before it closed.

Then you probably went to Springfield High School.

You always went to the annual 4th of July Parade.

Its only a 3o minute drive to Philly, but everyone would take the Oreland train to every concert.

You most likely had a membership to the Oreland Swim Club.

You went to Preschool with everyone.

Good try getting away with anything.

Being so surprised, yet so excited that our small town got its own Snapchat filter.

Going to Springfield H.S football games on Friday nights.

Going sledding at Christ Lutheran's on snow days.

Block parties.

Getting so overly excited when someone has actually heard of Oreland.

Feeling thankful that you could grow up in this town.

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And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

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Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

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And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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2. How to be thankful for family and friends.

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6. The consequences of making bad choices.

7. To trust people, until you have a reason not to.

8. To be welcoming and accepting of everyone.

9. How to be my own, individual person.

10. How to work for what I want.

11. How to be great at giving directions.

12. How to be humble.

13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

I have never been so thankful to know you.

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