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What a great story and photos, thanks.
Downtown Springfield was a great place during the Christmas Season, lots of decorations and great stores. Thanks for the memories.
The water isn't far from the surface in Florida as can be seen in the picture, using fill to build up the road to prevent the road from flooding...
Wonder if this was the aftermath of the '38 Hurricane ?
The old industrial city looks pretty clean, no visible trash. I was three when the picture was taken, thanks Hemidav.
Went to school in downtown Springfield in the early '60's, so many interesting places and stores, my favorite was Johnson's Bookstore with their...
Thanks for taking the time to post all the wonderful pictures, some very nice looking cars, I agree that it's interesting to look at the...
They were a big employer in the Holyoke, nice to see the industrial city in it's heyday, Thanks.
That was issue #1 for SSDI magazine, probably the best coverage of stock bodied drag racing from the era. I loaned the issue to someone in high...
When Holyoke was a thriving industrial city much like the rest of the Pioneer Valley. Miss those times.
I used that pedestrian walkway many times in my youth going from my Grandmothers apartment to Main Street, always an adventure. Thanks Hemidav,...
Nice to see this post brought up again. I grew up in this era on the East Coast, and loved the short lived Altered Wheel Base era and the match...
Could have been me, the tenements in back are virtually identical to my Grandmothers' apartment that was in the flats also same garage buildings...
I always liked this Bill Flynn car, attractive paint & lettering. Sox & Martin transporter in the background, '65 was an exciting time to be a...
This picture really steps back in time for me, thanks.
Wonderful pictures, Thanks !
It was a wonderful smell, my cousin delivered for them for years. How about the State Line Potato Chip factory in Wilbraham ?
I enjoyed Woolworth's food service and all the small places that had counter service, the fast food service & quicker pace of society put an end...
I remember Easter in New England, getting dressed up, all the ladies looking good in their new outfits, weather played a big part in the...
Mountain Park was a great place, even though it was smaller , I liked it better than Riverside. A lot of good family fun times. Thanks for posting.
Saw many St. Pat's Day parades in Holyoke , it was one of the biggest St.Pat's Day Parades in the nation.
What great moments in Bonneville history, MT in his element. Thanks for your efforts to post this.
I always liked counter service. Don't have many restaurants that have it anymore, Waffle House still has it as one example.
Wonderful picture of those iconic pylons at the line of Connecticut Dragway. So many memories of that place, Thanks Hemidav.
What an enjoyable read. Glad to see you persevered through the growing pains of your car and you survived breaking down in the middle of the...
Pumpernick's, Wolfie's, the Rascal House, Corky's all had great food and reasonable prices in the Miami Beach & N. Miami area. Sadly none of them...
What a great picture of the old industrial city, thanks.
Many good memories of Mountain Park, always had fun as a kid with cousins and friends, too bad it's now only a memory along with the ski slope,...
Nicely done film, lots of original cars and just a good look into the past, bad driving has been with us from the start. Thanks for posting this.
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