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Impressive set of pictures today, Hemidav !
Great food, used to be a slaughterhouse on the first floor. Wonder if they are still in business ? Always got the Indian pudding for dessert,...
Thanks for the geat picture, one of my favorite local cars at the track we frequented.
We used to park in that garage, I think it was a dime an hour, one time when we got back in our car, someone probably one of the parking...
National blank Book building in the background, my Mother worked there as a teenager, also many friends, a lot of employment in the various...
Wow Hemidav, you got both amusement parks from Western Mass. in one post ! Riverside & Mountain Park. Thanks, great memories of both places.
So many good times at this little track, wonderful drivers......Danny Gallulo in the purple 888, Bill Greco in the red 43 and so many others, Thanks
WHYN, listened to that radio station a lot in my Mom's car as a kid, good times. Thanks .
I've been in that Grant's countless times, fortunately most of the patrons were not so dour as those pictured, maybe they were tired of pushing...
I remember seeing the Dodge Chargers in Orange, Mass. could have been my first visit to a drag strip even if it was an airstrip. Thanks for the...
Great picture ! It was a simpler time. The kielbasas look good. After my father retired he worked part time on the deli counter at Falls provision...
Nice picture , I roamed that neighborhood as a little kid, my Mom's family lived in an apartment on Lyman before I was born. I see the old MD...
What a nice job the students did also the teacher for his guidance through the project to the end. Great that you saved some of the Chevy and had...
Great pictures & consistency Hemidav, thanks for your daily efforts.
Left handed sign painter with a maul stick, might be a can of Glidden bulletin color a lot of memories BC.
I walked over these tracks many times on the pedestrian covered walkway from the flats to get to Main Street. As a small child it could be creepy...
My father had a small business on the river in Westfield and it got wiped out in this flood, he rebuilt and reopened.
As a child I went to Steigers in Holyoke & Springfield with my mother, I don't remember which department store had the escalators that I enjoyed...
JM Fields, haven't heard the name of that store in a long time, Stop & Shop still going strong in Western New England. along with the Big Y....
Thanks, looks well attended.
One of the great joys of my childhood was having five or ten cents, going to the local variety store in the Highlands section like the one in the...
Their uniforms haven't changed that much, mostly the hats.
J Hansen Thank You for the information & Hemidav, as always, thanks for the Holyoke images, I used to go to the Grants that was mentioned, Great...
I've read all of this interesting topic. AI is not a good thing for workers, it may be fun to play with and see what it does with images. The...
Any idea of the year the fire happened ?
My Grandfather had a small restaurant on Main St. during the depression and things were so bad at one point his large family lived in the...
Hemidav these pictures take me back to walking through Holyoke, lots of good memories of the old industrial city and family, good stuff, thanks...
It's a beautiful car. Enjoyed seeing it's history in so many pictures. Good luck with it.
My Mom & her family lived on Lyman St. and then on West St. in the Ward One area.
Enjoyed the pictures, thank you.
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