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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

Nancy Tremblay's Barn
 


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

Romance in Southbridge

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
 

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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
 
 


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