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| Name: | carolyn walker (Shelton) |
| E-mail address: | c.w.44@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for the memories. I grew up at 844 Bradford ave.
I have great memories of the times there with my siblings,James,Buz,Danny,and Rosa Lea. Things were so simple My brother Buz and Donnie Tatum,were good pals and Mac Mclaughlin,He,he. They bought an old horse once from over at the old stables, and walked him home, and tied him to the maple tree, in the front yard, had no idea what they would do with him. Mother had a fit. I think they only gave $3.00 for him. We always had fun just playing around the neighborhood,Jimmy and Tommy Tarpley,Ned and David Heffington, there was also a family of Walkers' that lived next door to us. Billy and Lewis and Harold and Jerry wayne. On the other side of us was Hazel, and Melvin King,and Eddie. Hazel still lives in that same house now. Our house has been torn down. It was identical to Hazel's. Carolyn |
| Name: | BETTYE.DICKINSON CAMDENbettye.camden |
| E-mail address: | bettye,camden2COMCAST.NET |
| Comments: | I REMEMBER ALL OF IT. IT WAS MAJIC TO ALL OF US BACK THEN. I WENT TO ISAAC LITTON HIGH SCHOOL AND I AM SO PROUD OF MY CITY AND TO SAY I HAVE BEEN APART OF IT ALL. THANK YOU, NASHVILLE ,TENNESSEE. |
| Name: | Richard Thomas |
| E-mail address: | thomasrc556@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Memories.. These were great. |
| Name: | W L Simpkins |
| E-mail address: | wlsimpkins@aol.com |
| Comments: | Just a great walk down memory lane. Thanks for putting this together. |
| Name: | Patricia Gilliam Lodge |
| E-mail address: | nissanreceptionist@premierautomotive.com |
| Comments: | I grew up in Nashville, I lived in Green Hills on Sharondale Dr. Attended Hillsboro High School and West End High. I was the last graduating class of West End High of 1968. Go Blue Jays! Now living in New Orleans. Nashville is the best, would love to return. |
| Name: | SHERMAN M B ROWN |
| E-mail address: | shermanbrownins@cityquare.biz |
| Comments: | I grew up during these times and love to look back at the good times we had. We were goood kids, little micheveous, but had loads of clean fun. Looking back over the years, we had some of our best times back then. We can never go back, but we have our memories and love them. I could read about Nashville all day. Tahnks much, sincereely,
Sherman M Brown, Lipscomb class of 1955, Granny White Pike. |
| Name: | Jim Trusty |
| E-mail address: | Lrn2Fly@Bellsouth.Net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.jimtrustycfi.com |
| Comments: | What great memories all this brings back. I wouldn't want to return to the past because I would have to give up a wonderful life in Nashville for so many years. |
| Name: | Jim Bruce |
| E-mail address: | jimebruce@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://humefoggtech.com |
| Comments: | I am a Hume Fogg Tech Blue Devil from the class of 1966. Chip Curley was nice enough to put a link to my yearbook site under high school alumni and I have a link to his site on mine. Best wishes to all.
Jim |
| Name: | Valerie Fuller Hill |
| E-mail address: | vhill48@att.net |
| Comments: | I lived in South Nashville most of my life, attended Berry Elementary and Central H.S., graduating in 1966. Went to Fair Park, Cascade Plunge, the open-air skating rink behind Dairy King on Thompson Ln. MANY times, did some water skiing on Old Hickory and Priest Lakes, skated at the old rink on Thompson Ln., enjoyed driving around Shoney's on Thompson Ln. and Harding Pl. @ Nolensville Rd. Had many friends from Glencliff, Antioch, Overton, Hillsboro. I do have some pics of some of the places you talked about (and my grandmother worked at Harvey's AND Cain-Sloan!) but no scanner. What should I do??? |
| Name: | cheri mckissack |
| E-mail address: | cherimckissack@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I can't stop crying, my mother, brother and sister were all alive and happy then. Oh we were poor, but together. I remember licorice whips and shoney big boy burgers. Thanks for the memories. |
| Name: | Lisa Mathis |
| E-mail address: | lisamathis@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I can't believe someone mentioned the squeeling tires as the parking attendent raced your car through the Cain Sloan parking garage-haha! My brother, sister & I would sit on the bench trying to guess which screeching sound was our car while our mother went to the "parcel pick-up window" to retrieve all the loot from the days shopping. Now that was service! |
| Name: | JOHN BUTTERFIELD |
| E-mail address: | JBUTTER963@AOL.COM |
| Comments: | LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON BUDY'S GIFT SHOP ON CLARKSVILLE HWAY WAS IT EVER A STUCKEYS #39 |
| Name: | Melanie (Ragsdale) Mundy |
| E-mail address: | mmundy@huntermarinetransport.com |
| Comments: | Great site!! It brought back many memories. Graduated from Donelson High in 1967 and made many loops around Shoney's in Donelson, Madison and Thompson Lane. How many remember the Cascade Swimming pool at the Fairgrounds or Willow Plunge or Horn Springs - many summer days were spent at these pools and the dance floors and jukeboxes!!
How about the Chocolate Shop at Melrose?? And of course everyone went to Centennial Park for the Harvey's Christmas displays... Those were great times to grow up!! |
| Name: | blaine mason |
| E-mail address: | cushman42@aol.comantioch 1960 |
| Comments: | antioch 1960 usmc 60-80 vietnam 3 tours cushman scooters united building services owner 1965 to present. son patrick wife carolyn ooh rah semper fi |
| Name: | Liz Hernandez |
| E-mail address: | rlizsanford@gmail.com |
| Comments: | This is great! I was born here 32 years ago and enjoyed learning about places and events that were around before my parents moved here for college (Vanderbilt). Gracias! |
| Name: | larry hollingsworth |
| E-mail address: | lhollingsworth@hilton-jackson.com |
| Comments: | Chip-
You've got to publish this as a book. Your parents were great allowing us to swim in your pool and party till the wee hours in the morning! I remeber fondly your brother Corky.... i mourned his leaving us for many years Do you remember your mom not wanting Corky to have dinner at the Maddox house because they only ate hamburgers every night...the old man Maddox always has a leather pouch of loose change Do you remember hanging out at Cal Izards house then we would run in the middle of the night to your house and have "make out" parties.... remember whn the Luckett's German Shepard bit me on the butt as we attempted to sneak through their back yard You and i both had a thing for Donna Shepard... or Mike wood's sister...don't remember her name |
| Name: | larry hollingsworth |
| E-mail address: | lhollingsworth@hilton-jackson.com |
| Comments: | Chip has done an incredible job on this... chills ran down my back for an hour of memories |
| Name: | Vickie Holt Biggs |
| E-mail address: | vickiebiggs@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Very Nice Memories |
| Name: | Vic Jeffreys |
| E-mail address: | victorjfrz@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Litton 1956; Vandy 1961 Great memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Name: | Lee Hays |
| E-mail address: | haysl@erau.edu |
| Comments: | Alas, I could not make the Parmer School reunion, living in Florida. But some other messages triggered a fond memory. I cannot remember her name, but she was a year younger when we all attended Hillsboro High. And she actually hosted the Zombies in her back driveway as the combo playing at her party. Her family was affluent but this was before the Zombies got top billing. I remember they were good. Anybody out there remember who the girl was -- cute, blond and probably HHS class of 67-68?? Many good memories of Nashville, and Curley has captured virtually everything I remember. |
| Name: | Cathy Hamilton Barksdale |
| E-mail address: | cbarksdale@wilkins-law.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for the memories.
Cathy |
| Name: | Steve Beasley |
| E-mail address: | yessdanc@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Well, it appears no one that frequents this board attended the Nashville PARMER SCHOOL reunion. I'm out of state and couldnt make it. Would be nice to hear some opinions of how it went. |
| Name: | Ralph Sewell |
| E-mail address: | irsewelliv@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | thanks for takeing the time to make this site.what a flash back. i love music city.
thanks |
| Name: | Donna Corley |
| E-mail address: | donnacor@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Does anyone remember a burger joint in West Nashville on Charlotte Pike (where Sonic is located at the present) in the 1970's? They had great burgers, fries and chocolate fried pies. I have the picture off of the sack used back then. It's of a little red headed boy with a beanie hat on and he's licking his lips. My husband worked there as a teenager. I enjoyed this website very much...thanks for the memories! |
| Name: | Kathleen Starnes |
| E-mail address: | womanowned@aol.com |
| Comments: | Loved the combos on the driveways of pvt homes. Usually organized by HS sororities/fraternities. Graduate from St Bernard in 66 where the Ryan boys spent more time circling the girls school than going to lunch.. What fun!! Shame the kids today will not experience the innocent fun we had..
Thanks for doing this, chip |
| Name: | Charlie Walker |
| E-mail address: | charleswalker601@comcast.net |
| Comments: | What a nice site, you sure stirred the meomeries. |
| Name: | Steve Beasley |
| E-mail address: | yessdanc@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Wish I could make the Parmer reunion, but times being what they are, air fare from Los Angeles (where I now live)is a bit too much w/ back to school expenses for my kids. Darn. I remember Anita Cohen (reunion staff) from my first grade class w/ Mrs. Franklin. I also remember second grade (Mrs. Freehoff) third grade (Mrs. Jones), fourth grade (Mrs. Bonney) and fifth grade (Mrs. Plummer). I think my sister (Linda Beasley) will be attending. I've just written a new book about big bandleader Kay Kyser, which will be available in Nov. Published by RICHLAND CREEK publishing! |
| Name: | Mary Ellen Hamlet |
| E-mail address: | charliemaryellen & yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed reading about all these things from my teenage years, etc. |
| Name: | Sonny Forte |
| E-mail address: | lrf@missouri.edu |
| Comments: | Great history of Nashville. |
| Name: | Claudia Archer |
| E-mail address: | TheArchers37215@aol.com |
| Comments: | Wow, what a stroll down memory lane... |
| Name: | Rita Richardson |
| E-mail address: | ritarichardson@scnashville.org |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.scnashville.org |
| Comments: | Am working on a story about a WWII ace fighter pilot named Captain Charles M. Peal. He was a Hume-Fogg graduate and was married to Normal Moore Peal. Please read the story at www.scnashville.org and let me know if you have any details about either of them. In particular, I'm looking for members of the Reid Avenue Church of Christ, where Norma's letter from the front lines were published in the church bulletin.
Thanks! |
| Name: | wendell (winky) jackson |
| E-mail address: | wendelljackson68@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I miss those days, they were easy,happy times. I dont believe schools have the spirit these days like back then or teachers like Mrs.Gilbert. Would I go back and do it again? You bet. Take care. Love to all, Winky Jackson |
| Name: | Bob Pugh |
| E-mail address: | bpugh@fa.ua.edu |
| Comments: | WOW - Heaven Lee, Kings Inn, Fort Nightly, high school fraternity dances (aka "Combos"), Harvey's, Belle Meade Theatre, the orginal Green Hills, Warner Park, and so on...what great memories of you youth.
The only thing missing is Crawford's Barn! The Crawfords lived on Jocelyn Hollow and had convered an old horse barn into a party barn...the four brothers (Lance, Scott, Bruce & Clark) were infamous for the keg parties and such...if parents only had a clue (or at least admitted it!) In today's world, we'd all be in jail. Yes, is you weren't a total butthead, the Belle Meade Police would give you ride home! Anyone wiling to admit to having luring a policy cahse against a Belle Meade Police Officer in his smoking six cylinder CHevy II? |
| Name: | betsy greenbaum hoffman |
| E-mail address: | bhoffman@usn.org |
| Comments: | I love seeing my dad, Ralph Greenbaum, in #77. Thanks for remembering such a special time in his life. This list is a real treat to read. |
| Name: | Carolyn Beasley (Scales) |
| E-mail address: | carolynbeasley22@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Iremember all those places. We were farmers who actually sold produce at the farmer's market. My brothere took swimming lessons at the YMCA, sans swimsuit. My mother worked downtown at the Castner Knott. We only had one car and when my mother didn't ride the bus home (to the end of our road off Nolensville Rd.) we would go pick her up and get a Krystal hambuger. My father worked at Philips and Burtorff as the shipping clerk. We went swimming at Cascade Plunge. My brother taught my sister and I how to swim and we learned better than he did without official lessons. |
| Name: | Jan Brach |
| E-mail address: | jabo5892@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I didn't see any mention of Youth Incorporated in Nashville. It ran who ran a summer camp, Saturday at the Country Place at the camp during the school year in the l950's on land now under the Nashville Airport off Donelson Pike. Many Central High students went there as campers and quite a few worked in the summer camps. They also sponsored bowling leagues, offered youth employmentin the 50's. Today Youth Incorporated still exists. The camp is located in Laverne on Percy Priest Lake,although when it opened, it was on the Stones River. Today Youth Incorporated also sponsors many sports leagues, and probably more for which I am unfamiliar. |
| Name: | Jan Brach |
| E-mail address: | jabo5892@comcast.net |
| Name: | larry |
| E-mail address: | neuhoff |
| Comments: | good to hear from old friends, went to west 56-58. played baseball, remember sulpher dell, union station, nicks, krystal burgers, blankinships drug store hillsboro village, centenial park |
| Name: | larry |
| E-mail address: | neuhoff |
| Comments: | good to hear from old friends, went to west 56-58. played baseball, remember sulpher dell, union station, nicks, krystal burgers, blankinships drug store hillsboro village, centenial park |
| Name: | Karene Nethery West |
| E-mail address: | wekar6@aol.com |
| Comments: | Graduated Hillwood High School in 1970. How I miss the years of hanging around in the parking lot of Nick's meeting everyone and just having a wonderful time. Of course our kids wouldn't understand what we were doing and how we had such innocent fun. I would love nothing more than to go back to the late 60's and live those wonderful times all over again! |
| Name: | sandra loventhal edwards |
| E-mail address: | lillady44@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I loved all the nostalgia. Sure miss candyland,harveys,etc.I, too, would like to hear from old Ransom buddies. |
| Name: | Bette Loventhal Siegel |
| E-mail address: | bette.siegel@tn.gov |
| Comments: | Chip...I LOVE THIS :) Born Nashville 1948 & still live here. Anyone else go to RANSOM ELEMENTARY in 1954? Graduated WEST HIGH 1966. Did anyone else attend YOUTH INCORPORATED CAMP around 1958? I miss all the dances with the combos, The Jewish Community Center on West End Avenue, Schwartz's Deli, Belle Meade Theatre. Anyone remember the dances that were held in the lower level of the Belle Meade Cafeteria? I miss all the stores that are no longer here & West End Avenue will never be the same as well as downtown Nashville. Hi to all West High BlueJays & Camp YI alumni:) |
| Name: | lisa garrison |
| E-mail address: | l_keltner1960@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | went to isaac litton jr. high school and stratford high school from 1972 to 1977 |
| Name: | Susan Beasley |
| E-mail address: | susanbea12@msn.com |
| Comments: | THis year Pennington Elementary turns 50. If anyone has any pictures or knows any stories about Pennington, please contact me. We are planning a year of celebration.
Thanks, Susan |
| Name: | Edward Sexton |
| E-mail address: | sxton@aol.com |
| Comments: | I have wonderful memories of Richland School and later, Bellevue High. How about it, Jerry Hall, Jewell Prince, Robert Ethridge? |
| Name: | Edward Sexton |
| E-mail address: | sxton@aol.com |
| Comments: | I have wonderful memories of Richland School and later, Bellevue High. How about it, Jerry Hall, Jewell Prince, Robert Ethridge? |
| Name: | Linda Gray Jones |
| E-mail address: | lgalejones |
| Comments: | trying to locate old school kick ball buddies from Ranson Elementary 1964-1965 Roll-a-bat/kickball parties on Cantrell Ave. off of Bowling Ave. |
| Name: | Linda Gray Jones |
| E-mail address: | lgalejones |
| Comments: | trying to locate old school kick ball buddies from Ranson Elementary 1964-1965 Roll-a-bat/kickball parties on Cantrell Ave. off of Bowling Ave. |
| Name: | Mary Emily Collins Shadwick |
| E-mail address: | Shadwick1@verizon.net |
| Name: | Clinton "Charlie" Brown |
| E-mail address: | opacharliebrown@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Do you remember local TV personalities: Gill Greene, Smiley & Kitty Wilson, Eddie Hill, Bobby Lord?
Item 98 on the Nashville Memory Page lists the Pie Wagon Restaurant on 12th Avenue which is true. However the Pie Wagon was a Nashville ICON for many years. Prior to the 12th Avenue South location it was located in an actual old street car at 9th and McGavock behind the Federal building. Thomas "Red" Edmonds, and Dan Foster brought the Pie Wagon from the Coombs Brother's in the mid-sixties. Prior to being set in place at 9th & McGavock. The Coombs brothers used to pull the wagon up and down broadway as early as 1922. The Pie Wagon by name only (not the same food)I know was still opened about two years ago somewhere about 15th and Division Street. Red's kids Ronnie, Johnnie, Angie, his wife Ruth, and father Mr. Ed Edmonds worked there with Red as I did from 1965 (full time) until 1974 (part-time). Dan Foster and his son Skip were killed in an auto accident going home to Franklin in 1965. Dan's son Barry Foster came to work with us along with several of my buddies, Ronnie Hunter, Daryl (Hug) Hutchins, Mike Hutchns and Ricki Hutchins. I recall how we used to try and come up with words to the song, "Ole What Fun It Is To Work At The Pie Wagon" |
| Name: | Rochelle Zelenka Talmage |
| E-mail address: | rochelle@blueribbonproperty.com |
| Comments: | Reading this has afforded me the longest smile time I have had in ages. Oh for the "good old days". It is heartwarming to know there are others out there that remember.
Thank you. |
| Name: | Lori |
| E-mail address: | loril1065@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Love the site. Do you know where I might find old pictures of the old Nashville Skating Rink that was off of Harding Place? I used to go there in the 70's. I can't find ANYTHING about it anywhere.
thanks!! |
| Name: | Rick Durrett |
| E-mail address: | mightycujo@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.kimberlyburns.com |
| Comments: | I didn't see the original Candyland on Church St. mentioned. Could have missed it.
I was born (1945) and raised here in Nashville. Went to Christ the King and father Ryan (on Elliston Place). We would meet at the Elliston Place Soda Shop before (and sometimes after) school. My Dad used to play piano on the WSM Waking Crew show before his death in 1950. I friend of his, the late Dutch Gorton, used to pick me up before school and we'd go downtown as Dutch also played (trombone) on the show and afterwrds would drop me off at school. I followed my Dad's footsteps and made a creer out of music. Those were some of the best days of my life. Thanks so much. |
| Name: | Rick Durrett |
| E-mail address: | mightycujo@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.kimberlyburns.com |
| Comments: | What a great site! Brings back a lot of memories. |
| Name: | Pamela |
| E-mail address: | hardscrabble@twlakes.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.myspace.com/hardscrabbleusa |
| Comments: | Thank you for sharing..I really enjoyed that! |
| Name: | Sarah Ann Smotherman |
| E-mail address: | djacannjac@aol.com |
| Name: | Dot McCord |
| E-mail address: | dotmccord@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Glad to see someone older than me on this site. I worked at Langfords in the Arcade in the mid 1940's while in high school.
Dot McCord {Dorothy McAnally } Hume-Fogg Tech 1950 |
| Name: | Lucy Gray |
| E-mail address: | lucygray13@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Another" Varallo's on 4th ave. just below the arcade, which not sure about Varallos's but think they both are still there and I can remember them when I was five years old and am now 89. I know the arcade is still open.
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| Name: | Sam Bass |
| E-mail address: | sambass1942@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Cohn High School, 1960, Go Tigers! |
| Name: | Debbie(Smith)Allred |
| E-mail address: | debbieallred@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I absolutely love this site. I grew up in a great neighborhood in west Nashville, and went to school at Parmer Elementary. We moved to Shelbyville TN when I was in 8th grade. I thought I was going to die. I missed all my old friends so much. I will always consider Nashville, home. Really looking forward to the Parmer Reunion. What a fantastic idea!! |
| Name: | Wayne Gill |
| E-mail address: | wayne56@comcast.net |
| Name: | Carolyn Armstrong |
| E-mail address: | camic@knology.net |
| Comments: | Nashville Memories is priceless! I was a student at Waverly Belmont Jr. High School in 1952 and 1953. My best friends were Velma Jean and Mary Jane, twins in my class.
I moved from Nashville to Montgomery, AL in 1953-54 and here I have remained. Most Sincerely, Carolyn Armstrong |
| Name: | Anita Cohen Rich |
| E-mail address: | anita@btowner.com |
| Comments: | Anyone out there that went to Parmer Elementary School on Leake Ave we are having an all class reunion 9-12-09
go to www.parmerschool.net would love to see all the Parmer Alums Anita |
| Name: | Mary Ann Thompson White |
| E-mail address: | steffenger@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Thanks for the memories... |
| Name: | Danny Geldreich |
| E-mail address: | dannygeldreich@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | This is GREAT!!!!! |
| Name: | shelia |
| E-mail address: | javystrait@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | So glad to have found this. Hoping someone may know Harvey's Chicken on Eggbread & Million Dollar Apple recipes. |
| Name: | Donna Darks |
| E-mail address: | donnadarks@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Oh how many wonderful childhood memories I just jogged!! Thank you to all you put this together. I want my children to know how wonderful OUR childhood actually was.
Thanks again! |
| Name: | Sandra Turner Clifft |
| E-mail address: | vs7777c@aol.com |
| Comments: | I came from southern Ky to shop during the 1950's. That was before I entered Lipscomb College in 1957. I remember most all of your entries. One to be added is the Saturday Morning Talent Show on WSM-TV. I remember because I received a Box Camera for winning. Wonderful memories Sandra |
| Name: | Sandra Turner Clifft |
| E-mail address: | vs7777c@aol.com |
| Comments: | I came from southern Ky to shop during the 1950's. That was before I entered Lipscomb College in 1957. I remember most all of your entries. One to be added is the Saturday Morning Talent Show on WSM-TV. I remember because I won a Box Camera for winning. Wonderful memories Sandra |
| Name: | Marian Brown |
| Comments: | Thanks so much for bringing all of these wonderful memories back. We shared a very special time together and we should never forget these happy times. |
| Name: | David W. Marshall |
| E-mail address: | cairns2@tds.net |
| Comments: | Class of '67 Central High School
Born at Vanderbilt, grew up in Woodbine (Flatrock), graduated from Central High and Belmont College. Lived in or within 20 miles of Nashville all my life so far. Presently reside in Mt. Juliet. I have thoroughly enjoyed your website, and introduced it to others. Sure brings back memories. Thanks! Dave |
| Name: | Linda Alcorn Hunnicutt |
| E-mail address: | lhunnicut@aol.com |
| Comments: | Class of 1968 from John Overton High School. |
| Name: | Linda Al;corn Hunnicutt |
| E-mail address: | lhunnicut@aol.com |
| Comments: | I loved this. Thank you so much. I am a Nashville native born in 1950 and it brought back so many long forgotten memories. |
| Name: | Joyce Sharpe |
| E-mail address: | jssharpe@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Chip,
what a wonderful site. Brings back lots of memories. When the schools had field trips and provided the transportation to Children's Theatre and the Museum,Sunbeam Bakery - where we got a meatloaf pan size loaf of fresh baked bread at the end of our tour. |
| Name: | Leslie DeLorenzo |
| Comments: | Native Nashvillian that now lives in Florida. I really enjoyed all the Nashville memories. Chip you did a great thing by doing this. I found you on my alumni website, Dupont High. Thanks for all the great memories! Leslie |
| Name: | Sue Adler |
| E-mail address: | sueadler@comcast.net |
| Comments: | ALL YOU HAVE WRITTEN IS SO TRUE AND FULL OF MEMORIES. I REALLY HOPE YOU WILL PUBLISH IT AS A BOOK. I WOULD LOVE TO BUY IT. |
| Name: | Brenda Cook Hatcher |
| E-mail address: | bhatch55@comcast.net |
| Name: | Betty Bowden Guthrie |
| E-mail address: | guthrie0142@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | What a wonderful trip down Memory Lane...I worked at Harvey's parttime all through high school and college, and have many happy memories of downtown Nashville. I knew Max Lowenstein, the operator of the Merry-go-round at Harveys, a great gentleman! Lived in Nashville all my life until after I was married in 1966. |
| Name: | Fred Smith |
| E-mail address: | fbs650@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for bringing back all of those memories. I graduated from Hillsboro High in 1957 and Vandy in 1961, so much of what is included was a very real part of my earlier life. It's hard believe that so much went on during those years. |
| Name: | Kathy (Whitaker) McGlothlin |
| E-mail address: | katchmcg@comcast.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.myspace.com/shesera |
| Comments: | I grew up in East Nashville before moving to the country. When I look back at those years I realize that kids in Nashville were exposed to a lot of wonderful things, and most of it was free. I spent my summers at the Parthenon, the children’s museum, the Capital building where a kid could walk the halls and visit the law library just to pass the time and no one would tell you to leave. Fair Park was a safe place to spend the day and if you knew your bus routes, (which most East Nashville kid did!) you had plenty of fun safe things to do. I remember when the Hippodrome Bus would come around our neighborhood and pick the kids up for a night of skating and bring us safely back home. I remember the paddle boat rides at Shelby Park, and banana splits at Hill’s Drug Store. I remember summer swims at Old Hickory Lake, and fishing at the dam, where stories of giant cat fish kept you edgy every time something bit your bait.
Would love to hear from anyone who might perhaps remember me: Billy Claiborne, Andy Cunningham, Liz Edwards, Vicki Taylor, Kenny Taylor (not related to Vicki), the Mrs. Cartwright crowd, Pat Head, and a host of others. |
| Name: | Tom Seale |
| E-mail address: | tpseale@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Was Schwartz the name of the jewish restaurant near Harvey’s on 6th street? |
| Name: | Chuck Turner |
| E-mail address: | ct8589@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Good ole days. I was down in Neeleys Bend today at the OldSun Valley site, I was a life guard there in the early 80's. |
| Name: | sheila swift lloyd |
| E-mail address: | slloyd@cfl.rr.com |
| Comments: | Hillsboro High School class of 1968 |
| Name: | sheila lloyd |
| E-mail address: | slloyd@cfl.rr.com |
| Name: | Laura Gupton Lane |
| E-mail address: | llane81619@aol.com |
| Comments: | St. Bernard Graduate Class of 1958. Vanderbilt Grad. 1961
I haven't read ea. & every word of Nashville memories, and the one item I remember well were the Sunday Concerts in Cent. Park -- use to see many of the Opry favorites there, like June Carter & her sisters and her dear Moma Maybell Carter! And all for free. I lived across the Street at our Funeral Home, so this was my best entertainment in the 40s, esp. since it was FREE! |
| Name: | jennifer hobdy |
| E-mail address: | jhobdy06@bellsouth.net |
| Name: | Betty Westmoreland |
| E-mail address: | bwestmoreland9@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Nashville memories came flooding back yet again with the recent passing of Dan Miller, long-time newsman on WSMV Channel 4. I shall surely miss Dan's smile and comfortable manner. Dan is now another of my 'Nashville memories'.
While watching CBS News Sunday Morning, I read the credits and saw the name 'Red Grooms'. Red (world-famous artist) and his brother Penny were part of our Gale Lane / Clayton Avenue / Sevier Park gang from the very early '50s. Lordy! What a time during the '50s-'60s in neighborhoods all over Nashville! Thanks again, Chip, for this amazing site! |
| Name: | Betty Westmoreland |
| E-mail address: | bwestmoreland9@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Nashville memories came flooding back yet again with the recent passing of Dan Miller, long-time newsman on WSMV Channel 4. I shall surely miss Dan's smile and comfortable manner. Dan is now another of my 'Nashville memories'.
While watching CBS News Sunday Morning, I read the credits and saw the name 'Red Grooms'. Red (world-famous artist) and his brother Penny were part of our Gale Lane / Clayton Avenue / Sevier Park gang from the very early '50s. Lordy! What a time during the '50s-'60s in neighborhoods all over Nashville! Thanks again, Chip, for this amazing site! |
| Name: | Janice A. Faringer |
| E-mail address: | jafarringer@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | So many of these memories are my own. Thanks for putting them in one place. |
| Name: | Susan Sanders |
| E-mail address: | rudyruth@kc.rr.com |
| Comments: | Thanks so much for collecting all these wonderful memories...I especially loved Varallo's chili "three ways" : that meant chili with beans, spaghetti, and meat. But what about "Mrs. Brown's Coffee Shop" out on Highway 100? What a place! Cedar paneling, blackberry jam that had a smokey, burnt flavor that was so delicious...the place was so elegant...the name of the place didn't fit. We all had prom parties there, and rehearsal dinners. The place eventually burned down. Remember that combo called "The Jaquars"? |
| Name: | bob miley |
| E-mail address: | ssr2005@comcast.net |
| Comments: | A great website I have so many memories that are just like I remember. That's great work. |
| Name: | Anna Marie Lewis Ford |
| E-mail address: | itsa4ord@aol.com |
| Comments: | Thanks so much to whoever is putting in the time to compile and get all of this wonderful stuff on-line. I will be spending a lot of time clicking on all the links that interest me, but that will be after I have time to really read, and not skim, the contents! (Class of 1957) |
| Name: | Nancy (Nan) Cheek |
| E-mail address: | nanabit30@aol.com |
| Comments: | I absolutely LOVED this. And it is soo well done!
I took turns laughing, tearing up, and just loving all the old things that used to make living in Nashville simply satisfying! I hope I can get in touch with some folks I knew from way back when- Thanks for the wonder; and helping me get in touch with all those awesome times! |
| Name: | Stephanie FitzGerald |
| E-mail address: | sfitzgerald1@comcast.net |
| Comments: | What a fun website! I just received it through a classmate and I'm so grateful. We are getting ready for our 50th high school reunion from Peabody Dem. School. (University School)
I only lived in Nashville a total of seven years and have been back only two times. I was in Nashville from fourth grade (1951) through ninth grade (1956)(living on 18th Ave. South)and then returned for my senior year (1959) (living across from the Parthenon in Centennial Park.) I visited when I was a freshman in college and then not again until my 25th high school reunion. Most of the rest of time I've lived in the northeastern part of the U.S. This website brings back so many names of places and businesses dredging up lots of forgotten memories Thanks for all the hard work. Now I'll be ready for that reunion! |
| Name: | Carol Rosenstein Wilker |
| E-mail address: | Carol@NashvilleHouses.com |
| Name: | john pennington |
| E-mail address: | bluescop61@yahoo.ccom |
| Comments: | What an innocent age i was priveledged to live in. i am thankful for all my friends that danced to the musice of the Chessmen, The Kingsmen, The Celtics, The Continental and other combos i had at that time. i now have just retired from The Metro Police Dept., after serving my fellow citizens of Nashville for 44 years. i am ready to lay down the bucket? hell no. i am thinking of forming a new band, so people can really get out on the dance floor and dance like they use to. you have email address. let me hear from. John Pennington. |
| Name: | Katherine Miller |
| E-mail address: | kmiller9@tampabay.rr.com |
| Comments: | Seems Like a few lifetimes ago, but I sure can remember those days. Haven't lived in Nashville since the late '60's, but can recall many fond memories. John Overton High School, Class of 1964. |
| Name: | larry neuhoff |
| E-mail address: | lneuhoff@san.rr.com |
| Comments: | haven't visited for awhile. went to Christ The King 1-5, Eakin 6th, Cavert Jr Hi, and West. Graduated barely in 58. Remember Krystals, Nicks (three way and an orange) sulpher dell, being able to ride bus downtown at 7 yrs. old with no problem. worked at Kroger on 21st. 99 cents and hour.baseball coach at west, shaggy joe, union station when it was as busy as airports are today, big freeze in the 50"s, coal sutt from furnaces, milk delivered to the house, garbage pick-up 3 times a week. they would back down your drive and pick up anything, live in san diego now |
| Name: | Barbara Kummer Nicely |
| E-mail address: | babbalounice@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I loved reliving old memories of growing up in Nashville. My brother would've loved it too - Johnny Kummer, Jr. He passed away April 11, 2004. |
| Name: | Rita Tyree Roselle |
| E-mail address: | Rit31@aol.com |
| Comments: | Loved the memories of Harvey's. Rode the merry-go-round many times as a child. My Dad worked there 42 years, and I worked there part time as well until I left Tennessee after college. At Christmas, I was the person inside the "Talking Tree"! What a blast that was when I saw people I knew and would call out their name from inside the tree! |
| Name: | Buddy Brown |
| E-mail address: | leb117@yahoo.net |
| Comments: | This my first time back in a while, I just have to come back and visit this site and catch up on all the visitors.
This is trully one of the best sites I've ever visited. This one is really one of the sites I enjoy a lot. The memories are fantastic. I'm an East high alumni. MY friends and I spent a lot of time in Shelby park and Madison area. Lawrence (Buddy) Brown |
| Name: | Chip Willis |
| E-mail address: | chip.willis@ringling.org |
| Comments: | I grew up in Columbia. Reading Nashville Memories is a wonderful nostalgia trip. Thanks for keeping the memories alive. |
| Name: | Clinton "Charlie" Brown |
| E-mail address: | opacharleibrown@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Boy!!! Wouldn't a good ole Krystal Hamburger from the Krystal and a big glass of orange juice from the Orange Bar on 5th Avenue South just past Church Street across from Harvey's be good about now? |
| Name: | Clinton "Charlie" Brown |
| E-mail address: | opacharleibrown@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Boy!!! Wouldn't a good ole Krystal Hamburger from the Krystal and a big glass of orange juice from the Orange Bar on 5th Avenue South just past Church Street across from Harvey's be good about now? |
| Name: | Judy (Hodge) Franklin |
| Comments: | This is the best website I have ever come across. Brought back many memories too.
Judy |
| Name: | Rene Ironson Glass |
| E-mail address: | ReRe1@mindspring.com |
| Comments: | Great memories |
| Name: | Clara Brooks |
| E-mail address: | cmbrooks07@msn.com |
| Comments: | Graduated East Nashville High School in 52'. Was Clara Mai Farrell then. Moved to GA in 64', still enjoy my memories of growing up in Northeast Nashville. Enjoy the many good memories on this site. Thanks, |
| Name: | Kathey Gwynne Butler |
| E-mail address: | katheygbutler@gamil.com |
| Comments: | Wow, what wonderful memories. There were so many things I hadn't thought of in such a long time. Great work! Our memories are also a part of our legacy. |
| Name: | Jim Caldwell |
| E-mail address: | sjcaldwell@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Went to Litton in mid 50's and remember almost all of the great things mentioned in your piece. What a great time we grew up in. I wish our grand children could experience only a part of what we had. Thanks for helping us be able to relive some of those memories. |
| Name: | Linda Barr Friauf |
| E-mail address: | Linwebs98@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Nashville Memories is awesome.
I remember some of the places listed. I remember the ferryboat that took you across the Cumberland River from Charlotte Pike to Old Hickory Blvd and vise versa. When my Dad was teaching me to drive, he made me drive on that ferryboat on a day when it was windy and the water was rough. I was scared to death but he kept telling me I could do it and I did. |
| Name: | Harold D. Kilburn |
| E-mail address: | yawlcome2000@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Does anyone remember the Rex Theater on 5th Ave. (often called the Rat Race Theater) saw many western movies there in 40s and 50s, also 5th Ave Theater just down the street. Also the old Princess Theater on Church where I was at when WWII ended seeing a movie, cant remember which one. Get your big bag of pop corn at the entrance to arcade for five cents, a malt in arcade for 10 cents, a krystal hamburger for 5 cents, a glass of juice at orange bar followed by a chilli dog at Kress, all for less than 50 cents, oh yes saw several movies also, went from 5th Ave Theater, to Rex then on to Princess theater (always double feature), yes that was Saturday routine in "old Nashville" for me for many years. Also attended YMCA after school for boxing, swimming, gym etc. On special occasions went over to Jefferson Street and had one of those Charlie Nickens BBQ sandwiches washed down with a Falstaff beer, yes they served any age back then. Then in summer went to Shelby park and enjoyed swimming and seeing all the girls in their one piece swim suits. Oh what memories, thanks for the site oh yes remember riding my motor scooter (Cushman) all over Nashville while delivering telegrams for Western Union, once delivered telegram to Marty Robbins he gave me a 50 cent tip, also to Elvis Prestley at Sam Davis hotel, No tip LOL. Sold missile toe on Church Street during Xmas, also shopping bags. Also delivered groceries when 8-12 on Dickerson Road for Economy Pure Food Store, 1402 Dickerson Road (boy what a memory this old man has). Thanks drop me a line, if you care to I am now in Philippines, retired Navy, Merchant Marine, not many Nashville people here in Philippines, but we do have the Nashville Room where country music is played nitely...............dean |
| Name: | Julie Hoover Duel |
| E-mail address: | julie.duel@nscc.edu |
| Comments: | This site is great! Friends used to have their birthday parties at the Hippodrome. Every Christmas my family would go see the Nativity Scene at the park. In Hillsboro Village I loved to go to the Woolworth's store and to Wilson Quick and get a chocolate milkshake.Combos every Saturday night in peoples driveways were so much fun. We would dance for 3 hours straight.Green Hills was so nice back then. Now I hate to even drive through there (I live in the country past Dickson TN now)Remember eating at Cross Keys? Good food! |
| Name: | Tommy Burton |
| E-mail address: | charlesburton@comcast.net |
| Comments: | What wonderful memories.I grew up in Vine Hill and played in the park all day with my brothers Danny, Carl. Steve and Ricky and a lot of my relatives..We attended Fall school on 8th ave and Howard high later.In 1965 we moved to Hickman county and attended Hickman High school.I was drafted June 12, 1969 and went to VietNam.After service I returned to live in Nashville and now reside in Smyrna, Tn. |
| Name: | Tommy Burton |
| E-mail address: | charlesburton@comcast.net |
| Comments: | What wonderful memories.I grew up in Vine Hill and played in the park all day with my brothers Danny, Carl. Steve and Ricky and a lot of my relatives..We attended Fall school on 8th ave and Howard high later.In 1965 we moved to Hickman county and attended Hickman High school.I was drafted June 12, 1969 and went to VietNam.After service I returned to live in Nashville and now reside in Smyrna, Tn. |
| Name: | Robert Kinsall |
| E-mail address: | robkinsall@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Seemed like only yesterday we were liveing those memories of Cascade Plunge and Pine Springs Resort before Percy Priest Lake. |
| Name: | Nancy Lesch |
| E-mail address: | nancylesch@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I was in Nashville from 1964-1981. So many of these memories are my favorites!! |
| Name: | Al Luter |
| E-mail address: | a.luter66@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Thanks for taking me back to the Nashville; that my family & I, were fortunate enough to be a part of. |
| Name: | D J Summers |
| E-mail address: | DJKelsay@aol.com |
| Comments: | This is a great Dream Book,
I moved to Nashville in the 1950's. The malls are a good place to shop but going down town was something that I look forward to. But it is nice to look back in time at what a great city, Nashville, Tn was and still is |
| Name: | Barbara McAnally Townes |
| E-mail address: | BARBARATPRICE@COMCAST.NET |
| Comments: | I'm Dot McCord's sister and I remember going to Langfords and Dot serving me a malt, the best ever!..... |
| Name: | Dot McCord |
| E-mail address: | dotmccord@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I worked in the malt shop called Langford's in the Arcade in the mid 1940's. I was a young teenager and had to get working papers so I could work.I think I made 33 cents an hour. You are right,the best malts ever. |
| Name: | Tony Demonbreun |
| E-mail address: | tonybreun@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | What a treat to read "Nashville Memories." I was born at Baptist Hospital, Church Street, in 1949. Though I have lived away from Nashville for a long time, one of my special memories was the Arcade,and a malt shop, in my judgment, made the best malt ever. The only one who has come close to the taste is Wendy's. Thanks again and may 2009 be the best ever for you. |
| Name: | Mary June Allen Clayton |
| E-mail address: | jjclay@vci.net |
| Comments: | I was born and raised in Nashville but left there in 1955. I am a 1953 graduate of Central High and would love to hear from some of my friends from there. My husband and I moved to Kentucky after retirement and live on a farm. |
| Name: | Alan Maloney |
| E-mail address: | alanbmaloney@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Thanks for this site! Great Memories! |
| Name: | Alan Maloney |
| E-mail address: | alanbmaloney@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Thanks for this site! Great Memories! |
| Name: | Bill Cox |
| E-mail address: | jascox@juno.com |
| Name: | Nick |
| E-mail address: | McCall |
| Comments: | This fantastic collection really brought back a huge flood of long-forgotten childhood memories from the '60s and '70s! About the only thing I didn't see (it may be here but maybe I just overlooked it) from my childhood TV memories was the "Bozo Show" on old Channel 8 (now Channel 2). Also, sad to see that Judd Collins, WSM-TV's old news anchorman, died at the age of 93 last week (Dec. 2008). (Former Franklin City public schools, 1st-6th grades, then BGA, 7th-12th grades). |
| Name: | Marvin Glusman |
| E-mail address: | mglus@comcast.net |
| Comments: | Brought back a lot of memories. I actually got goosebumps reading about the "all the way for Doc" basketball victory at West High School. Some things stay with you forever. |
| Name: | Sam McPherson |
| E-mail address: | zamboj@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://mcphersonassociates.net |
| Comments: | What about the Tic Toc on Church Street, where the owner Herschel asked: "What'll you have, big boy? Cheesburgers, fries and a Coke?"
I always thought his burgers were better than the Krystal's. |
| Name: | Ernie Gray |
| E-mail address: | pastorerniegray@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane. Where has all the good times and places gone to? I grew up on Williams Ave., Madison, TN. We moved to Old Hickory when I was around thirteen years old. I visited a lot of the places that are listed on this website. Thanks for sharing it with us. I sure do miss Hillbilly Day! |
| Name: | Ernie Gray |
| E-mail address: | pastorerniegray@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane. Where has all the good times and places gone to? I grew up on Williams Ave., Madison, TN. We moved to Old Hickory when I was around thirteen years old. I visited a lot of the places that are listed on this website. Thanks for sharing it with us. I sure do miss Hillbilly Day! |
| Name: | Betty Westmoreland |
| Comments: | Chip,
Thanks again for this terrific site for homesick or displaced Nashvillians. As a full-fledged member of the Gale Lane Gang (back when 'gang' had an entirely different meaning), I can say that we had a blast during The Big Freeze of '51 and at Sevier Park every summer! I taught swimming at Sevier Park, West Park, and at the corner of 51st and Charlotte Pike. I managed Glendale Swim Club and coached the swimming team. I loved every minute of it! My school days were spent at Burton Elementary School and at David Lipscomb High School. I loved every minute of that, too, including my assignment to Sunset Club (Lipscomb-ese for 'detention') for that Payday candy bar in home economics class. Archie and Edith sang it: "Those Were the Days!" |
| Name: | Mike Atwood |
| E-mail address: | tmatwood48@charter.net |
| Comments: | This is a great reminder to Nashville I grew up with and remember well. Thanks for the effort. |
| Name: | pamela tressillian |
| E-mail address: | yandinahills@mac.com |
| Comments: | Looking for Jackie Bell..met her when I worked on a pageant in Nashville.
Thanks |
| Name: | Bob Gaines |
| E-mail address: | rfgaines@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Concerning my posting of Oct. 13th, 2008, in which I said our Mom was still alive and kicking at 96, unfortunately, Mom passed away on Nov. 23rd. She would have been 97 in January. She was Mrs. Ralph Gaines (Lula Gaines), and lived in Nashville from 1946 thru 1960. She will be buried next to husband Ralph in Athens, Alabama. |
| Name: | michael arwood |
| E-mail address: | dagmal@aol.com |
| Comments: | thanks so much for this site i am a native so this is terrific michael |
| Name: | Betty Thulke |
| E-mail address: | suestevens48@aol.com |
| Comments: | Litton Class of '66. Can't wait to pass this on to classmates. What memories!!! Does anyone from the Inglewood area remember the Co-ed club at the WMCA on Friday nights??? |
| Name: | Kevin Sensing |
| E-mail address: | kevinsensing@nc.rr.com |
| Comments: | I went to Cohn High, graduated in 1973. I now live in Goldsboro N.C., retired from the USAF and teaching real estate. This is a great website, brings back a lot of memories. |
| Name: | Kevin Sensing |
| E-mail address: | kevinsensing@nc.rr.com |
| Comments: | I went to Cohn High, graduated in 1973. I now live in Goldsboro N.C., retired from the USAF and teaching real estate. This is a great website, brings back a lot of memories. |
| Name: | Deborah McClendon / Thompson |
| E-mail address: | thompson5301@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Yes, I remember all this. Thanks for taking us back to memory lane. I went to Caldwell Elem, Highland Heights, East High school for 1 year and then we moved to Donelson and I graduated from Donelson High in 1970. Married Mike Thompson in 1970 and have been together for all these years. Just a few of my favorite memories. The nativity scene, Hi Holt,Dixie 5&10 store, JP Brown Drugs, The cookie shop down street from Highland Heights, Going downtown (especially when it was Christmas. I have a picture of me with the Harveys Santa too. Bargain basement in Harveys that my Grandmother worked at. The popcorn stand at the corner of the arcade. Woolworth's dept store (we still have some Christmas decorations that we hang on our Christmas tree. I could go on and on.... |
| Name: | Joe " Shades" Velasquez |
| E-mail address: | veco_two@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | E-mail correction on my letter dated October 13, 2oo8. |
| Name: | Joe "Shades" Velasquez |
| E-mail address: | veco_two@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | What a great Website!! I became a little nostalgic which brought back wonderful memories of your great city and surroundings. I, in 1955 as a seventeen year old soldier, stationed at Ft.Campbell,Kentucky would spend whatever weekends I could in Nashville. On Saturday nights, I would go dancing at the downtown YMCA, where I met and made friends with students that attended various High Schools located around your city. Especially East High School located on Gallatin Avenue. I, along with friends would spend hours at Shelby Park, Centennial Park, the Parthenon and other Parks. And who could forget the "Grand Ole Opry" on 5th Avenue. Thanks for the memories,
Joe Velasquez |
| Name: | Bob Gaines |
| E-mail address: | rfgaines@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Two brothers, Bob and Ed Gaines, grew up in Nashville, circa 1946-1960. Ed attended Clemmons, Calvert Jr. High, and graduated from West High in 1955. He played on the West state champiohship basketball team. I attended Ransom Elementary, West High for 1 year, and finished at MBA, class of 1960. We both graduated from Vandy. We remember a Saturday afternoon matinee ticket at Belle Meade Theater being 3 Brock candy bar wrappers at one time. Does anyone remember Hollorans (sp?) Grocery on Murphy Road? How about Gus's Drug Store on West End? Ed is a retired TVA engineer living in Madison AL, and I'm retired from UNC-Greensboro, living in Greensboro, NC. Our Mom (Lula Gaines) is still alive at 96, by the way! |
| Name: | Shirley Sheppard |
| E-mail address: | shirleysheppard@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Does anyone remember the Saturday morning "Breakfast with The Stars" which was broadcast from the dining room at the Noel Hotel in the early and mid 1950's?
My mother and I were guests at the Noel in the mid 50's and went to this breakfast. Ray Price was the star guest. Wonderful memories. |
| Name: | Shirley Sheppard |
| E-mail address: | shirleysheppard@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | I love reading old memories.
You didn't mention one of the big drawing cards for aspirants to the music scene, the Saturday morning "Breakfast with the Stars" at the old Noel Hotel in the mid 50's. This program featured stars of the Grand Ole Opry and only paying guests at the Noel could attend. I remember staying there with my mother and Ray Price was the Opry guest. What an experience! |
| Name: | Jerry Lee Jones |
| E-mail address: | Jerryjones576@aol.com |
| Comments: | This is great!! Thanks for putting this together. |
| Name: | Harold Kilburn |
| E-mail address: | yawlcome2000@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Anyone ever go down to "Frog Bottom" across the river in East Nashville to where the stock car races were held in the 50s. just off the banks of the Cumberland River. My brother entered my 46 Ford in the Stock Car Race and wrecked it there, I forgive you Charlie. Later we entered it in the Knock Out Races and that was the end of my beautiful 46 blue Ford. Started driving around Nashville when I was 12 in East Nashville, before they never checked your drivers license and before they had insurance. Never received a ticket, why so much trouble these days over driving, need license, insurance, etc. The old days were the best, please bring back the 50s, when people were happy and care free. Never heard of a Global Melt Down back then, did not know what New York Stock Market was all about, wish I had never found out. Never had no worries, free as a breeze, now people are all bound up with fears about market, retirement, home repos, etc. No sales tax, no property tax and we all got along better than now. What happened America, you never accomplished nothing, only made life more complicated with your various laws and taxes. |
| Name: | larry neuhoff |
| E-mail address: | lneuhoff@san.rr.com |
| Comments: | anyone from west high. graduated in 58.
live in san diego |
| Name: | Winston Tucker Jr. |
| E-mail address: | wintuckjr@bellsouth.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.myspace.com/winston57 |
| Comments: | Great memories. Thanks for putting this page together. As a child of the 60's here and a teen of the 70's, I remember so much of this. |
| Name: | Howard Murrill |
| E-mail address: | hmwmm@bellsouth.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.scooterplace.blogspot.com |
| Comments: | I went to West End High School my junior and senior year. I worked at Clay's Sporting Goods for a while (Bill Clay was my uncle) and then went to Middle Tennessee State College (now University) where I graduated in 1958. I taught school in Lenoir City, Tennessee until I retired in 1993. Since then my wife and I have traveled extensively, but we still like to visit Nashville. Nashville has always been fun city, and I hope it always will be.
We have four children and five grandchildren. I would like to hear from any of my old friends at West. |
| Name: | Jenny Fox |
| E-mail address: | dfox@utep.edu |
| Comments: | Hi -- I WAS the first female newcaster on FM 103 (not AM, in the seventies. I also did the voiceovers on ten million commmercials, most of which I wrote. Worked at WMAK, WLAC and then WKDF . . . also made Oprah Winfrey cry when Carl P and I called her "Winifred Oprie" . . . did the infamous Coarsey BBQ spots and the Great KDF Ramblin' Raft Race (to theme from Shaft, as I recall) . . . we WERE Nashville radio.
Also worked with Noel Ball, Hoyt Allen, John R, Captain Midnight, Gene Clark and so many, many others. Neat memories. Jenny (Diane) Fox |