February 23, 2024 • 6 mins
Join me on an encore episode which honors the strength and contributions of my grandfather Frank Dinkins whose experiences echo through generations. Thank you, Pop-Pop for sharing a part of your story!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good afternoon and welcome to everybody.
The podcast which sharesstories that highlight people in
life, that make the world aninteresting place, which
ultimately ties us all togetherin unique and wonderful ways.
And who am I, you might ask.
I would be the headwrappedsocialite Weith mom,
(00:23):
micro-influencer in the fashionand etiquette world, but on this
podcast I will be introducingyou to some people who I've had
the opportunity to meet along myjourney, who have helped enrich
me and my life in beautifulways and who I hope will do the
same in yours.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I'm a good boy too, but I've heard many things with
Mr and Mrs.
I would go up in the shelf yes,ma'am, and no ma'am.
Yes, sir.
Good morning, mr Teacher.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Hmm, I'm a black history mom.
I bring you a special snippetfrom an earlier interview that I
had with my grandfather, FrankDinkins, whose wisdom echoes
through generations.
I'd also like to take thismoment to extend him a birthday
wish from us all.
Happy birthday, pop-pop.
(01:13):
Your legacy and love inspire usall.
We love you.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Most of our parents and grandparents, including
Trina's grandfather, attendedthat school.
He was one of the last toattend that school Was operating
, and he's in his 90s, and sothat piece of history is also
important to me.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
I'm down with a true living treasure, an encyclopedia
of history.
My grandfather, frank Dinkins,joined me as I delve into the
remarkable life of a man who haswitnessed the world evolve and
transform.
Over the course of his 95 years.
He has lived through pivotalmoments, cultural shifts and
monumental events that haveshaped the fabric of our society
(01:59):
.
Please join me in welcoming mygrandfather, also known as
pop-pop, frank Dinkins.
Hi Trina, hey pop.
Thank you for being here.
Can you tell the listeners alittle bit about who you are?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
I was born in Culpeper, virginia, february 28,
1928.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
How many brothers and sisters pop did you have?
16.
16?
.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yeah, when I was born , everybody was going to say
three of us, chester, eddie,minnie.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Can you name all of your siblings?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
My brother's name is Clarence, jim, richard, lars,
jurnia, and name Madison, woolly, calvin, eddie, sister.
My sister's name was Maple Earl, lena, minnie, fanny, beatrice
or Heywood.
He died when he was a baby.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So tell me a little bit about your life.
Tell me how it was growing upin Culpepper Virginia.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
I had to get up in the morning early, feed the
chickens, feed the hogs, milkthe cows.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
How did you come to the North Pop from living in the
South?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Oh, my father used to be a temple on the streets and
every time he shooed he cut thistemple.
At that time they didn't knowit was cancer.
They removed it to the doctorin Germachown.
They couldn't find it with allof it.
But we went back to Culpepper.
He had Lord fire and you gopick him up and then tear off
(03:32):
his back when you're done.
That's how I met Bob at theschool in Culpepper.
How old were you, pop?
Well, I'm nine, 20, somethinglike that.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
When you came to go to the doctors, you were nine
years old, so you had to stopschool.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
No, when I went back to Virginia, I went to school.
I had to get up, feed thechickens, all the animals on the
farm, mm-hmm, and the song wehad Dave, my father, he didn't
let nobody.
Dave and Bob, me and I had togo to school get the water, but
all of us was in a one-roomplatform.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Mm, how many students do you think there were Pop?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Oh, I had Jackson, nobody, but she's three all
together and this one teachertaught all of us.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Everybody from kindergarten all the way up
through high school.
Yeah, what were some of yourfavorite classes?
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I think it was biology and how you could work
in a workshop.
I mean furniture, my mother onthe coffin table.
I was 16, I thought of workingin a sawmill Mm-hmm, cutting the
trees down, breaking the horses.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Mm-hmm, what was that like?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Oh yeah, you try to hold them, but most of the time
they jump up the tree, mm-hmm.
I've known one guy who workedin the sawmill and I was hooked
in a mule up to the low and hekicked in on you oh my goodness,
because he didn't want to gowork.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Did you want to stay in the South once you got to be
older?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
No, I didn't.
It was segregated.
I think I had any age.
Who was wrong?
Mm-hmm, when I was young, Ididn't go in the play.
You couldn't walk down the feet.
You had certain things to walk.
Mm-hmm Restaurant they didn'teven care for.
These are called.
You know the N-word andeverything I knew.
I didn't want to stay in theSouth because I thought they may
(05:21):
kill me or something.
Mm-hmm, I didn't do too muchstuff, off too soon.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
For all the listeners who are listening to this
podcast.
You've always been my hero.
Thank you, pop.
Thank you for taking this timeout to talk with me today.
Well, yeah, you Pop.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Oh, ok, I love you too.
Talk to you soon, you comingdown this summer.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Yes, we're going to come down this summer Pop.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
OK.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, we're going to come down this summer, for sure.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
So now we're going to be ready for our down in North
Carolina.
I couldn't swim, so they makeme do seminary for Friday.
Right, everybody is goingLiberty, I'd be just trying to
swim.
So this black boy from Shilohman, I'm prepared for Quinn.
(06:11):
But he had a gold teeth, asonly to tell us, and he took the
swimming test for me and Ididn't have to go anymore.
Good afternoon and welcome to everybody.
The podcast which sharesstories that highlight people in
life, that make the world aninteresting place, which
ultimately ties us all togetherin unique and wonderful ways.
And who am I, you might ask.
I would be the headwrappedsocialite Weith mom,
(00:23):
micro-influencer in the fashionand etiquette world, but on this
podcast I will be introducingyou to some people who I've had
the opportunity to meet along myjourney, who have helped enrich
me and my life in beautifulways and who I hope will do the
same in yours.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I'm a good boy too, but I've heard many things with
Mr and Mrs.
I would go up in the shelf yes,ma'am, and no ma'am.
Yes, sir.
Good morning, mr Teacher.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Hmm, I'm a black history mom.
I bring you a special snippetfrom an earlier interview that I
had with my grandfather, FrankDinkins, whose wisdom echoes
through generations.
I'd also like to take thismoment to extend him a birthday
wish from us all.
Happy birthday, pop-pop.
(01:13):
Your legacy and love inspire usall.
We love you.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Most of our parents and grandparents, including
Trina's grandfather, attendedthat school.
He was one of the last toattend that school Was operating
, and he's in his 90s, and sothat piece of history is also
important to me.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
I'm down with a true living treasure, an encyclopedia
of history.
My grandfather, frank Dinkins,joined me as I delve into the
remarkable life of a man who haswitnessed the world evolve and
transform.
Over the course of his 95 years.
He has lived through pivotalmoments, cultural shifts and
monumental events that haveshaped the fabric of our society
(01:59):
.
Please join me in welcoming mygrandfather, also known as
pop-pop, frank Dinkins.
Hi Trina, hey pop.
Thank you for being here.
Can you tell the listeners alittle bit about who you are?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
I was born in Culpeper, virginia, february 28,
1928.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
How many brothers and sisters pop did you have?
16.
16?
.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yeah, when I was born , everybody was going to say
three of us, chester, eddie,minnie.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Can you name all of your siblings?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
My brother's name is Clarence, jim, richard, lars,
jurnia, and name Madison, woolly, calvin, eddie, sister.
My sister's name was Maple Earl, lena, minnie, fanny, beatrice
or Heywood.
He died when he was a baby.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
So tell me a little bit about your life.
Tell me how it was growing upin Culpepper Virginia.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
I had to get up in the morning early, feed the
chickens, feed the hogs, milkthe cows.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
How did you come to the North Pop from living in the
South?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Oh, my father used to be a temple on the streets and
every time he shooed he cut thistemple.
At that time they didn't knowit was cancer.
They removed it to the doctorin Germachown.
They couldn't find it with allof it.
But we went back to Culpepper.
He had Lord fire and you gopick him up and then tear off
(03:32):
his back when you're done.
That's how I met Bob at theschool in Culpepper.
How old were you, pop?
Well, I'm nine, 20, somethinglike that.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
When you came to go to the doctors, you were nine
years old, so you had to stopschool.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
No, when I went back to Virginia, I went to school.
I had to get up, feed thechickens, all the animals on the
farm, mm-hmm, and the song wehad Dave, my father, he didn't
let nobody.
Dave and Bob, me and I had togo to school get the water, but
all of us was in a one-roomplatform.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Mm, how many students do you think there were Pop?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Oh, I had Jackson, nobody, but she's three all
together and this one teachertaught all of us.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Everybody from kindergarten all the way up
through high school.
Yeah, what were some of yourfavorite classes?
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I think it was biology and how you could work
in a workshop.
I mean furniture, my mother onthe coffin table.
I was 16, I thought of workingin a sawmill Mm-hmm, cutting the
trees down, breaking the horses.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Mm-hmm, what was that like?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Oh yeah, you try to hold them, but most of the time
they jump up the tree, mm-hmm.
I've known one guy who workedin the sawmill and I was hooked
in a mule up to the low and hekicked in on you oh my goodness,
because he didn't want to gowork.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Did you want to stay in the South once you got to be
older?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
No, I didn't.
It was segregated.
I think I had any age.
Who was wrong?
Mm-hmm, when I was young, Ididn't go in the play.
You couldn't walk down the feet.
You had certain things to walk.
Mm-hmm Restaurant they didn'teven care for.
These are called.
You know the N-word andeverything I knew.
I didn't want to stay in theSouth because I thought they may
(05:21):
kill me or something.
Mm-hmm, I didn't do too muchstuff, off too soon.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
For all the listeners who are listening to this
podcast.
You've always been my hero.
Thank you, pop.
Thank you for taking this timeout to talk with me today.
Well, yeah, you Pop.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Oh, ok, I love you too.
Talk to you soon, you comingdown this summer.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Yes, we're going to come down this summer Pop.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
OK.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Yeah, we're going to come down this summer, for sure.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
So now we're going to be ready for our down in North
Carolina.
I couldn't swim, so they makeme do seminary for Friday.
Right, everybody is goingLiberty, I'd be just trying to
swim.
So this black boy from Shilohman, I'm prepared for Quinn.
(06:11):
But he had a gold teeth, asonly to tell us, and he took the
swimming test for me and Ididn't have to go anymore.
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