Bridgeport

[Old Timer]

We had a good forum going on the old days and good times in Bridgeport under the Western Auto forum. Anybody else remember any good things about downtown? I read in the South Pittsburg Hustler paper the other day about a street dance on the street between Loyd's hardware and Tanner's pharmacy. That was probably a big event. Aint been that many years ago that we had a dance at the city park or natl guard armory on saturday nights. Drew a pretty good crowd as i remember.

[JOE]

I remember a drawing at the red light in town in the 80s to give away a used car the store owners in town wouid pitch in to bye it then give it away.I sure do miss Willie Freeman being in town.I loved stoping by an chating with him for hours at a time. He Is one fine person an has been a good freind to every one in bridgeport.They should name a street after him.Willie street.I know theres already a freeman ave.

[Old Timer]

Ha. I had forgot about the drawing. Seems like you got tickets from business in town when you bought stuff. Then they had the drawing. You are right bout Willie Freeman to. I bought several cars from him in years past. He kept cars a person could afford to buy.

[Grannie]

I would like to see a street named after Bo Murray. He is done a lot for Bridgeport and helped a lot of people to. He loaned men money at the foundry any time they needed it. Bo was the one who built the new Utility place in town. Bo is a good man who has helped a lot of people in Bridgeport over the years.

[Bo Who]

Grannie wrote:

I would like to see a street named after Bo Murray. He is done a lot for Bridgeport and helped a lot of people to. He loaned men money at the foundry any time they needed it. Bo was the one who built the new Utility place in town. Bo is a good man who has helped a lot of people in Bridgeport over the years.

Ha!Ha!

[CHEATER]

Grannie wrote:

I would like to see a street named after Bo Murray. He is done a lot for Bridgeport and helped a lot of people to. He loaned men money at the foundry any time they needed it. Bo was the one who built the new Utility place in town. Bo is a good man who has helped a lot of people in Bridgeport over the years.

I worked for bo at the foundry an his home an yes he is a good person an so is his wife.

[JOE]

Old Timer wrote:

Ha. I had forgot about the drawing. Seems like you got tickets from business in town when you bought stuff. Then they had the drawing. You are right bout Willie Freeman to. I bought several cars from him in years past. He kept cars a person could afford to buy.

I bought cars from him to an he would tell you the truth about them if he new any thing was wrong with them he would say so or he would say he didn't know.He is a very honest man an his son David is a good man to.

[Old Timer]

Does anybody remember that we had 2 barber shops years ago? Stanley Walker had one and the Adams brothers had the other.

[JOE]

Were was the Adams barber shop at.If im remembering right just down from the dime store.

[webster]

Remember how that block smelled with the barber shop and the pool hall on it? Then the water office and Randolph's and you were going under the viaduct on your way to the river. Good times!

[Shinola]

The Adams brothers and Stanley Walker merged for a little while in the same spot.

[memories]

Old Timer wrote:

Does anybody remember that we had 2 barber shops years ago? Stanley Walker had one and the Adams brothers had the other.

yes i remember all of it dime store- loyds remember when we had pep rallys down town and how people would fill up town and support the tigers those were the good times me and my sister would walk to town two or three times a day just to have something to do now when you go its empty do you remember the parking meters we had to pay to park memories are a good thing to have

[Old Timer]

memories wrote:

<quoted text>yes i remember all of it dime store- loyds remember when we had pep rallys down town and how people would fill up town and support the tigers those were the good times me and my sister would walk to town two or three times a day just to have something to do now when you go its empty do you remember the parking meters we had to pay to park memories are a good thing to have

Hadnt thought bout the parking meters n a while. Ha. Seems like you got about 12 minutes for a penny. Pep rallys and parades in town was common. Once a year the vet would come to town to give dogs rabies shots. Town was the center of things back then.

[Old Timer]

JOE wrote:

Were was the Adams barber shop at.If im remembering right just down from the dime store.

Yep you are right. it was in the building as they make the turn off main street. Kinda at a angle over from the old bank building. Speaking of old bank building. What was it suppose to be but never quite made it?

[JOE]

I see the are tearing down the old building out bye the old 66 at the wye.I don't remeber what used to be in them.Does anyone know what was there.I think bobs min mkt was there for a while but not really sure.

[webster]

Remember the pep rallys are the Diary Bar? And Steve Crouch sleeping in the tree? Every Friday night after the game. Where do the kids go now?

[tator]

clyde evans had a bait and tackle shop and there was a bbq place there for alittle bit

[ridgerunner]

there was a mexican restaraunt in the building b the "Y" a few years back.

[tylo]

What happened to the ROCK on Batter Hill? I drove by today & it is gone. That was a big part of our school days history.

[Old Timer]

I was told when they was first built they was motel rooms. I know over the years they has been different business in and out of them. The motel rooms part fits. thats what they always looked like to me.