Ava Treakle
Two years after retiring, Reginald Golder strives to keep himself busy by keeping the cafeteria clean. "My doctor told me to stay active, so I’ve found this is like physical therapy for me," Golder said.
“When I was 9 years old, we moved to Connecticut. We lived there for about 10 years. My mom got homesick, so we had to move back to Baltimore. I was actually culture shocked coming back here because [in] Connecticut, all my friends were Caucasian. And I was the only African American in school. So when I came back to Baltimore, I was like, ‘wow, I’m really culture shocked. I’ve never seen so many African Americans in one place.’”
“I’ve had two back surgeries, knee surgery, prostate cancer, [a] hernia, and I’m still ticking. The doctor told me when I retired not to sit still too long. So I get up in the morning at about eight o’clock, I take a shower, and I sit around the house. [I] take a walk around the block about three times, and I come home, listen to some music… I collect vinyl. I’m an avid Beatles fan. I’ve got all their albums. I think the one I find I most like is ‘We all live in a Yellow Submarine.’”