Before the shopping and the traffic, his family's farm ruled Short Pump: 'Nothing like it is today'
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Serenity might not be the first word people use to describe Short Pump.
Clogged with congestion, the intersection of Cox Road and West Broad Street epitomizes this stretch of western Henrico.
But one man recalls when this area enjoyed two speeds: slow and slower. Norwood Nuckols’ roots run deep here.
“Well, it is natural for me because I lived it. Nothing like it is today,” Nuckols said. “Most of it was open space.”
Nuckols, 93, grew up on a farm called Erin Shades along Broad Street Road.
The family home had no running water or electricity.
“Not till after I was seven years old,” Nuckols said. “It had boarding or plank boarding all over the house and a tin roof. It was painted white. It was kind of a cold house because there was no insulation.”
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