Yes, THE store windows to see at Christmas were at Loveman's and Pizitz! Especially on the corners. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PsychSW@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:28 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station When I decorate for Xmas I go all out and every room is done. I have a number of villages, i.e. Snow Village, Bedford Falls and now, one with all the significant locales of Ralphie's adventures including Higbee's Dept. Store and I am indeed reminded of Loveman's. I also have a couple of boxes...sweater, gloves, etc. that came from Loveman's and have their name in gold on them. They came from my grandmother's cedar chest. In a message dated 11/9/2007 7:36:33 A.M. Central Standard Time, lowhandicap@gmail.com writes: The movie "A Christmas Story" (Ralphie and his quest for a BB gun...) has a scene where the family is looking through a department store window at a Christmas display. It is so much like what we used to see in the old Loveman's window. The inside of the store even looks like Loveman's. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Melba was built after WWII and was, I think, on 3rd Avenue in the vicinity of the Empire Theatre. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PsychSW@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 10:31 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary Yay! Jim, do you know which ones? I don't even know what's left there. The Lyric? The Ritz? The Melba? Shame on me for not paying more attention to downtown. I love photography and my husband and I have been planning to go downtown on a Sunday so I can photograph some of the old buildings....there is some great architecture and even more... memories. Laura In a message dated 11/9/2007 7:50:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, lowhandicap@gmail.com writes: Also, there's a move afoot to restore one or more of the other old theaters downtown. Jim Nix ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What families in Blount? I have gobs of relatives up there through my Hendricks settler families who seem to have married into everybody. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Geniesleuth@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:58 AM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station Ah, those wonderful memories ... My uncle used to call out the trains at the Southern Railway station. We used to ride the train to TN and other parts of our great country and I really loved seeing the marvelous countryside go by. You had to have a certain "knack" to do his particular job. The old train station: I loved the marble floors, it's huge dome. The same architect built one almost exactly like it in St Louis, BUT they chose to immortalize it by turning it into a tourist attraction, also a hotel of sorts and many stores. Making a fortune from it. Ours went to rubble and who knows what happened to the beautiful marble all in it, or to the wonderful stone from which it was built. Heavy Sigh !!! I have an article written about my uncle that was in the Birmingham news, also have a photo of him in his SR cap. The article starts off with ALL Abooaaarrrd. I had heard him call that out many times. Even went to his little work cubby-hole with my aunt to take him his lunch/supper depending on the shift he was working. Thanks Delilah for dredging up so many wonderful memories for all of us. How wonderful for you to have your father's diary. What a benevolent thing for you to do to share it with us too. My brother-in-law is a VP at the Alabama Theater. My cousin was here doing family research (she is from Australia, father with the Blount Co roots went to Australia in WW ll and met her lovely mother, married her, and stayed there). I took her down to the theater and he gave her a personal tour. We both had a wonderful time!! PS: The pipe organ's name is: Big Bertha. PSS: List Admin. Please do not fuss at us too much for all this nostaligia. After all it is, "history". History is memories, and "memoirs" have made many a person famous! Perhaps it is also that the holiday season is upon us and we are all waxing nostalgic for those ancestors/relatives no longer among us with whom we used to celebrate the holidays. They also used to tell us about the holidays of their youth and from that we have all hopefully gleaned many a clue on some of those elusive ancestors ... Aunt so and so did this, Grandpa so and so did this, and on and on. Judi in Pinson ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barry, My Aunt-in-law, Armie (Allred) Erwin was one of the numerous Cullman County Allreds (out of Randolph County, N. C.) who go back to a Revolutionary War veteran who settled there. Also, my friend David Crider's family is Cullman County. Did you see the Cullman newspapers online (Ancestry, I guess) full of local names in the 20th century)? Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barry Jernigan Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:18 PM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALJEFF] AL Marriage Index Ancestry.com has the Alabama Marriage Index from 1936 to 1969. It's in the "Alabama Marriage Collection" database. Couples aren't listed together but you can search by surname, county and/or date. Click the link to the microfilm image of the marriage index itself. Note the county number (alphabetically in order -- 1 is Autauga County and 67 is Winston County. Jefferson County is 37); the date (sometimes a full date or sometimes just the month and year); volume # and certificate # and then search by the county and date for a match. Sometimes kind of tedious but very often ultimately rewarding. Then, if you wanted, you could order a copy of the marriage license. I thought about the people in that diary from 1930. Perhaps someone might be interested in searching for those names in the marriage index and seeing who they married. Might jog some memories a little more? Just an idea. Also, a little OT -- Ancestry has a similar database for Georgia and Florida marriages. Florida marriages go up to 2001. Those do list the couples if you follow the links to information about the actual certificates and it usually gives women's maiden names as well. I haven't checked out the Georgia marriage database but I will be doing so soon. Also there is a divorce index for Florida (same time frame as the marriage index) and a divorce index for Alabama but I think it's only from 1950 to 1959. I haven't checked it out yet. Anyone know of an online database of marriages for Jefferson County for the early 1900s? Prior to 1936? Several of my great aunts and uncles married there during that time frame as well as my great-grandparents. I'm going to have to make Birmingham my next research trip. I've already got one to Cullman Co under my belt and it was a very good learning trip. One of those trips where once you get there you wish you could just go off by yourself and spend hours and hours just digging through everything rather than sticking to some pre-arranged itinerary ;-) Especially in the court house and also in the library. Barry Jernigan College Grove, Rutherford Co, TN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From the 1930s until 1957 we used the L & N Station, the building and the covered concourse surviving from the early years of the city. The Terminal Station always made me think of something from the Southwest. My streetcar and trolly bus, No. 22, Boyles Tarrant, went right by it. In 1957 I first used the Terminal Station for the first time, my first ride on the "Southerner" traveling to Durham,N. C., where I remain. I rode the Southern & Seaboard from there many times, including the "Silver Comet," of the Seaboard. Bill Erwin -----Original Message----- From: aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PsychSW@aol.com Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 10:18 PM To: aljeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary In a message dated 11/8/2007 9:13:07 P.M. Central Standard Time, huban@graceba.net writes: Does anyone remember the old train station? The one they tore down to put a project in? Other cities turn their train stations into museums and shopping areas with restaurants, preserve the beauty. Birmingham is not the most imaginative of cities. But yes, I remember going with mother to pick up daddy who had been working out of town. I remember how my patent leather slippers sounded on the marble floors. Laura ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I probably have some photos of some of these people, also I would love to see the info and article on your uncle, I also may have some old ticket stubs to some of these theatres, I know I have the train schedule - also the Chattanooga Station was done when they had the world's fiar there years ago, I have not seen it but heard about it, but I have been to the one in Indianapolis, there is something in that station not a lot of people know about - list admin - if you got any problem with us and my memories, write to me off list - I got an old book of photos of Birmingham, so some of these may be in that book - these were coal mining camps and it was like one great big family as they all lived and worked and did everything with those in the mining camps - the Docena camp was one where my EVANS were and I got a note in the diary that says he worked at the Hamilton Slope - I wish I knew how to make a web page so I could put all these memories of my dad so everybody could see - I have photos of the "Docena football team", they roamed all over looking for work, he mentions Lynch, Ky., Harlan, Ky, Detroit, MI (they had one boarding house they stayed at there, wish I could find it), also I believe I had a reaal good friend who worked at Loveman's, will check with her neice. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: <Geniesleuth@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:57 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station | Ah, those wonderful memories ... | | My uncle used to call out the trains at the Southern Railway | station. We used to ride the train to TN and other parts of | our great country and I really loved seeing the marvelous | countryside go by. You had to have a certain "knack" to do his | particular job. | | The old train station: | I loved the marble floors, it's huge dome. The same | architect built one almost exactly like it in St Louis, | BUT they chose to immortalize it by turning it into a tourist | attraction, also a hotel of sorts and many stores. Making | a fortune from it. Ours went to rubble and who knows | what happened to the beautiful marble all in it, or to the | wonderful stone from which it was built. Heavy Sigh !!! | | I have an article written about my uncle that was in the Birmingham | news, also have a photo of him in his SR cap. The article starts | off with ALL Abooaaarrrd. I had heard him call that out | many times. Even went to his little work cubby-hole with my | aunt to take him his lunch/supper depending on the shift he | was working. | | Thanks Delilah for dredging up so many wonderful memories | for all of us. How wonderful for you to have your father's diary. | What a benevolent thing for you to do to share it with us too. | | My brother-in-law is a VP at the Alabama Theater. | My cousin was here doing family research (she is from Australia, | father with the Blount Co roots went to Australia in WW ll and | met her lovely mother, married her, and stayed there). | I took her down to the theater and he gave her a personal tour. | We both had a wonderful time!! | | PS: The pipe organ's name is: Big Bertha. | | PSS: List Admin. Please do not fuss at us too much | for all this nostaligia. After all it is, "history". History is | memories, and "memoirs" have made many a person famous! | | Perhaps it is also that the holiday season is upon us and we | are all waxing nostalgic for those ancestors/relatives no | longer among us with whom we used to celebrate the holidays. | They also used to tell us about the holidays of their youth and | from that we have all hopefully gleaned many a clue on some | of those elusive ancestors ... Aunt so and so did this, Grandpa | so and so did this, and on and on. | | Judi in Pinson | | | ************************************** | See what's new at | http://www.aol.com | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Thats fine, it connects me to what and where my dad was and did - I am real interested in the lady named Velma. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: <PsychSW@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary | Delilah, | We may not be helping you much with the names from your dad's diary, but you | sure opened the door for some good memories. Thanks. | Laura | | | | ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Yay! Jim, do you know which ones? I don't even know what's left there. The Lyric? The Ritz? The Melba? Shame on me for not paying more attention to downtown. I love photography and my husband and I have been planning to go downtown on a Sunday so I can photograph some of the old buildings....there is some great architecture and even more... memories. Laura In a message dated 11/9/2007 7:50:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, lowhandicap@gmail.com writes: Also, there's a move afoot to restore one or more of the other old theaters downtown. Jim Nix ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

When I decorate for Xmas I go all out and every room is done. I have a number of villages, i.e. Snow Village, Bedford Falls and now, one with all the significant locales of Ralphie's adventures including Higbee's Dept. Store and I am indeed reminded of Loveman's. I also have a couple of boxes...sweater, gloves, etc. that came from Loveman's and have their name in gold on them. They came from my grandmother's cedar chest. In a message dated 11/9/2007 7:36:33 A.M. Central Standard Time, lowhandicap@gmail.com writes: The movie "A Christmas Story" (Ralphie and his quest for a BB gun...) has a scene where the family is looking through a department store window at a Christmas display. It is so much like what we used to see in the old Loveman's window. The inside of the store even looks like Loveman's. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

In a message dated 11/9/2007 7:10:40 A.M. Central Standard Time, RAdams505@aol.com writes: Losing the Terminal Station left a big gap in Birmingham's history. Not one of the prouder moments of the city planners at the time. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

In a message dated 11/9/2007 6:41:20 A.M. Central Standard Time, lowhandicap@gmail.com writes: They'll get to see the new domed stadium go up. (Or not.) Not to start any political stuff on this site, but hope it's "or not". Don't think anyone would wax nostalgic about that, especially if they tear down the Boutwell as part of the deal. I remember the "old" Boutwell and all the school trips to the children's concerts and theater there. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Judi, thanks for the nice memories you shared. Laura PS: Anyone go to the Mickey Mouse Club at the Alabama. And when you went shopping in different directions from your friends, didn't you always plan to meet back "under the clock" at Lovemans and of course you had lunch either at Britlings or on the mezzanine at Loveman's. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

There has been a lot of work done on the Estes/Eastis families. For the DNA studies, see https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=X10768&special=true Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi" <sandi@doubleman.us> To: "PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis" <PEGGYSOGADDIS@bham.rr.com>; <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Wheelers and Eastics > Peggy- > Who are your Eastis. Our's was Anthony who married Ellie Vera Smith - > they > had 2 children. He was shot -- the killer thought he was someone else! > Ellis later re-married and had 4 more children. Are your Eastis Italian? > We've often wondered if he was but don't know. There was a royal family > in > Italy -- in the middle ages or so - by that name. > Sandi >

I hate to say that I don't remember which ones it was. I noticed a blurb about one recently (the Carver?) that was being looked at for renovation. Also, I saw that there was some renovation going on in Woodlawn. There are some great buildings still there that need to be saved. (That was my neighborhood. I remember going to the Krystal, the 5&10, the Rexall drug store, Nick's [which sold comic books], Hill's Grocery, and other places which were already old by the 50's.) Even the neighborhood where I grew up is starting to be revived. We lived in a Craftsman style home in Woodlawn Highlands that was built almost 100 years ago. Back then, it was just "old." Now it's a "classic." Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <PsychSW@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > > Yay! Jim, do you know which ones? I don't even know what's left there. > The Lyric? The Ritz? The Melba? Shame on me for not paying more > attention to > downtown. I love photography and my husband and I have been planning to > go > downtown on a Sunday so I can photograph some of the old > buildings....there > is some great architecture and even more... memories. > Laura > > In a message dated 11/9/2007 7:50:21 A.M. Central Standard Time, > lowhandicap@gmail.com writes: > > Also, there's a move afoot to restore one or more of the other old > theaters > downtown. > > Jim Nix > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would like that pre-1936 marriages for AL, also. We went to the courthouse in B'ham and looked through the books the last time we were there, and couldn't find the marriage we are trying to find. Looking for Eastis/Estis/Estes married to Ellie Smith about 1925. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Jernigan" <bjernigan7040@bellsouth.net> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:17 PM Subject: [ALJEFF] AL Marriage Index > Ancestry.com has the Alabama Marriage Index from 1936 to 1969. It's in the > "Alabama Marriage Collection" database. Couples aren't listed together but > you can search by surname, county and/or date. Click the link to the > microfilm image of the marriage index itself. Note the county number > (alphabetically in order -- 1 is Autauga County and 67 is Winston County. > Jefferson County is 37); the date (sometimes a full date or sometimes just > the month and year); volume # and certificate # and then search by the > county and date for a match. Sometimes kind of tedious but very often > ultimately rewarding. Then, if you wanted, you could order a copy of the > marriage license. > > I thought about the people in that diary from 1930. Perhaps someone might > be interested in searching for those names in the marriage index and > seeing who they married. Might jog some memories a little more? Just an > idea. > > Also, a little OT -- Ancestry has a similar database for Georgia and > Florida marriages. Florida marriages go up to 2001. Those do list the > couples if you follow the links to information about the actual > certificates and it usually gives women's maiden names as well. > > I haven't checked out the Georgia marriage database but I will be doing so > soon. Also there is a divorce index for Florida (same time frame as the > marriage index) and a divorce index for Alabama but I think it's only from > 1950 to 1959. I haven't checked it out yet. > > Anyone know of an online database of marriages for Jefferson County for > the early 1900s? Prior to 1936? Several of my great aunts and uncles > married there during that time frame as well as my great-grandparents. > > I'm going to have to make Birmingham my next research trip. I've already > got one to Cullman Co under my belt and it was a very good learning trip. > One of those trips where once you get there you wish you could just go off > by yourself and spend hours and hours just digging through everything > rather than sticking to some pre-arranged itinerary ;-) Especially in the > court house and also in the library. > > Barry Jernigan > College Grove, Rutherford Co, TN > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Vulcan's up and the view is beautiful. We went up a couple of years ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAdams505@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > When I visited Birmingham for the first time in 1944 as a "war bride" from > the Midwest, > there were three places on the must see list. (1) Terminal Station (2) > Alabama Theatre > (3) Vulcan (when you climbed steps to the observation tower). Last time I > visited in Birmingham, one of Vulcan's arms was lying on the ground. > Hopefully, > he has been restored. Losing the Terminal Station left a big gap in > Birmingham's history. > > RAdams > > > > > ************************************** > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

When I visited Birmingham for the first time in 1944 as a "war bride" from the Midwest, there were three places on the must see list. (1) Terminal Station (2) Alabama Theatre (3) Vulcan (when you climbed steps to the observation tower). Last time I visited in Birmingham, one of Vulcan's arms was lying on the ground. Hopefully, he has been restored. Losing the Terminal Station left a big gap in Birmingham's history. RAdams ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Peggy- Who are your Eastis. Our's was Anthony who married Ellie Vera Smith - they had 2 children. He was shot -- the killer thought he was someone else! Ellis later re-married and had 4 more children. Are your Eastis Italian? We've often wondered if he was but don't know. There was a royal family in Italy -- in the middle ages or so - by that name. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis" <PEGGYSOGADDIS@bham.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] Wheelers and Eastics >I have some Eastis, but it has several spellings to the name. > Mine are buried at the Bivens Chapel Cemetery in Brookside. > > Peggy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RaeSunshin@aol.com> > To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:21 PM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > > >> The Pleasant Grove Wheelers are my Wheelers -- but my mom and I both >> think >> we've run across Estelle. >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's new at >> http://www.aol.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I didn't mention in my last email - for those who haven't been to Birmingham in a long time - that Vulcan has been restored along with his original pedestal (but with an elevator added). The Alabama Theater was restored a number of years ago and hosts a variety of events every year. (And my grandchildren have been to those, so those experiences will be theirs also.) No terminal Station, sadly, but I guess that was inevitable with the demise of train travel. Also, there's a move afoot to restore one or more of the other old theaters downtown. Jim Nix ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAdams505@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > When I visited Birmingham for the first time in 1944 as a "war bride" from > the Midwest, > there were three places on the must see list. (1) Terminal Station (2) > Alabama Theatre > (3) Vulcan (when you climbed steps to the observation tower). Last time I > visited in Birmingham, one of Vulcan's arms was lying on the ground. > Hopefully, > he has been restored. Losing the Terminal Station left a big gap in > Birmingham's history. > > RAdams > > > > > ************************************** > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Peggy, The movie "A Christmas Story" (Ralphie and his quest for a BB gun...) has a scene where the family is looking through a department store window at a Christmas display. It is so much like what we used to see in the old Loveman's window. The inside of the store even looks like Loveman's. That movie is such a great nostalgia trip itself. It's set in Cleveland in the late 40's, which makes it right about the time we're all remembering. I always enjoy it just for a chance to relive a lot of memories from my childhood. (My dad bought me a BB gun. I didn't shoot my eye out, but I did shoot my brother. I got it for that!) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "PEGGYSUE O'Shields Gaddis" <PEGGYSOGADDIS@bham.rr.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 7:04 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station > Jim, speaking of the Holidays, remember the old Loveman's at the > Christmas > time, all of the things in the widow. What a memory.. that our > children > did not get to see. much less our Grand Children. > > Peggy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Nix" <lowhandicap@gmail.com> > To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:40 AM > Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary/Train Station > > >> All, >> >> I love these nostalgia trips. I saved all the emails we passed back and >> forth when we did this for several days this same time last year. (Most >> loved it; some didn't.) >> >> Being a grandfather now puts everything in a different perspective. I >> wish >> my grandchildren could see all those places that were in their heyday in >> my >> youth. And thank goodness there are people who are trying to preserve >> and >> restore some of those that still exist. >> >> But, my grandchildren will develop their own memories. They already >> have. >> They love the "new" Zoo. They love the McWane Center. They'll get to >> see >> the new domed stadium go up. (Or not.) In any case, they'll have their >> own >> memories that they look back on with fondness just as we're doing now. >> >> Have a great day! >> >> Jim Nix >> Birmingham, AL >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message