Miscellaneous Recollections of Southbridge
(see Bottom of this section for Flood stories)
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Recollections
of JFK's visit to Southbridge, Seaver Rice, her Dad's Bradley Meat Co (12
Crane St),
and
the '55 Flood! - Susan Taylor -
New Feb 27, 2008
Photo by Dick Whitney
Remembering the Blizzard
of 1978 - 30 years later
Feb 5-8th, 1978
Inside
stores in Southbridge ~ 1954
Photos only
7 BALLARD COURT – YEARS FROM THE PAST – BEDARD FAMILY -New Nov 7, 2007
Growing
up in Southbridge -
Uncle
Lenny Lemire, Eastford Road, a first kiss, and other recollections (both
good and bad)
SEN Paper Route 20A - Edward Brousseau
Art's Variety Celebrate's 50 years (SEN Article 20-Apr-07)
Where is Lippe's Corner ? - Edward Brousseau
Mrs. Lombardi’s Meatballs - Edward Brousseau
Notre Dame Church - the Building made of Tombstones
The Litchfield House - Jim Lacey
Carpenters Pond and other memories of the 1950's
YMCA
Football Team tragedy of Thanksgiving 1894 Rev
Aug 17, 2007
Special thanks to Laura Pegler and Margaret
Morrissey for providing this information
BRUCE
GIOVANELLO REMEMBERED - BY APPLE VECCHIA
Reprint courtesy of the Southbridge Evening News
Al Thompkins on Florshiems, WESO and the Rockwell Paintings
Dee L'Ecuyer writes about Esther Thornburn
Images from the AO News of Southbridge in the 1950's - AO News
WESO headquarters in the late 1950s and in 2004
A Kids recollections of Xmas in Southbridge in the 1950's - Ellen Zepp
Celebrating the end of WWII - Jack Sheehan
Recalling Harvey Wells Electronics / Harvey - Whitney Friendship - Dick Whitney
The Hippadrome Bowling Alley - The 'Hipp' by Al LaBelle
Southbridge
Brass Band
Can you identify persons in
the photo???
A
Tribute to Jeff McKinstry
Sept 14, 1951- May 16,2001)
You will be missed!
Dr. Ling and my China Connection - Jan Whitney
WESO in the late 1950's - Jan Whitney as the Storybook Lady
The Dennison District School - John Boniface
Ken Silvestri and his Grandfathers Death (Notre Dame), the Flood and more
Charles Ellis, M.D. Recalls the Strand Theatre
Quaint Little Town - Susan McMaster Bosman
Ames Worsted - Dick Whitney and follow up response by Dick Bedard- Rev 15-Apr-08
The Marcy St. School Eagle - Dick Whitney
Other Dick Whitney Recollections
Helen
Harvey Proulx Recalls Southbridge and Harvey Wells
E-mail from her home in Ireland
Jim Foley recalls John Wells
Jan Whitney recalls Seaver Rice
1989 Article Reprinted with permission of The News
A rare view inside Woolworths in Southbridge - 1954
Jan, Dick and Sue Whitney
The Floods of Southbridge
Ames and the 1955 Flood - Bill Kroll
After the Flood - Don Croke recalls the Flood of 1955
Russell St. Laurent recalls the 1955 Flood on Mechanic St.
Brian Chipman recalls free ice cream & the wall of water in the 1955 Flood
Evelyn (Mrs. Albert) Petrelli Recalls the 1955 Flood
Mary Trifone Recalls the Flood of 1938 New
Cliff Harvey, Jr. recalls
the Harvey/Wells business
and the 1955 Flood Destruction
Does anyone have recollections/photos of Duffy's Diner?
Duffy's Diner info (was located at corner of Main and Goddard (where
Friendly's is now located)
Please email me at r.b.whitney@verizon.net
Remember when Billis's was like this?
Submit your own Story of Southbridge
See how others view Southbridge
(selections from my Guestbook at the bottom of the Home Page)
Feel free to email Dick
Whitney for more details.
1960's photo - Courtesy of Joe
Capillo collection
That's me! Dick Whitney in 1954. Learn
more about Sugar Jets Cereal!