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

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

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 |