Author: W Wood
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Northgate Shopping Center
This is The Northgate Shopping center on Thomas Street In the 1950’s. My friend was picking up her Grandmother from Work at 3 Sisters. She shared these with us on face book! I just loved seeing them! There was a Gridiron at the corner too! We thought you would get a kick out of seeing the…
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Merry Mobile
This a pic of the Plastic sticks under the Buried Treasure, the most poplar one sold when I was a kid in the mid 1960’s. It was Vanilla and raspberry Ice cream sold by the Merry Mobile. I sent you a picture of the Merry Mobile awhile back and I heard another listener call in…
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Plantation Inn
Just heard on 1210 a question about the old Plantation Inn in West Memphis , Ark. “Having Fun with Morris” (owned by Morris Burger) the lead singer was Charles Turner his theme song was “This is dedicated to the One I Love” first put out by the 5 Royals the back up group was “The…
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My Summer with Elvis
As a youth, I lived in Memphis and I went to East High. You could say I really wasn’t crazy about school and looked forward to the Summer when it was over, I loved my free time in the Summer, so I was a bit sad when my father asks me to go to work…
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Memphis Broadcasting
Here is a collection of photos, provided by listeners, as well as excerpts from Gene Gill’s Historic Memphis website that showcase Memphis’ vibrant history in broadcasting. (Excerpts from historic-memphis.com) WHBQ became famous in the 1950s for playing rhythm and blues. Its legend was made by Dewey Phillips, a disc jockey who played rhythm and blues…
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Horse Apples
“Hi Dr. Flinn, horse apples and horse apple tree. You have a great station and provide great joy.” -Erv Robinson
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The Pocket Watch
Very interesting piece of History. If you were in the market for a watch in 1880, would you know where to get one? You would go to a store, right? Well, of course you could do that, but if you wanted one that was cheaper and a bit better than most of the store watches,…
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Archie Jumbo Comics
Found some of George Junior’s books looking for his autographed cards he got signed by visiting cowboy’s that visited Memphis at the fairgrounds. Not sure what date 1970-1980 I will send more as I find them.
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