-----Original Message----- From: Bobby Prosser <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, August 14, 1999 5:19 PM Subject: Fw: [TNMARSHA-L] Belfast, Tn > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bobby Prosser <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Saturday, August 14, 1999 5:18 PM >Subject: Fw: [TNMARSHA-L] Belfast, Tn > > >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Bobby Prosser <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>Date: Saturday, August 14, 1999 5:08 PM >>Subject: Re: [TNMARSHA-L] Belfast, Tn >> >> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Julia Brewer <[email protected]> >>>To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>Date: Monday, August 09, 1999 9:01 AM >>>Subject: [TNMARSHA-L] Belfast, Tn >>> >>> >>>>Does anyone out there know the history of Belfast, Tn. and what it looks >>>>like?? >>>>Julia >>>At this time Belfast is not very lively, but I can tell you about Belfast >>in >>>the late 1940's and the early 1950's. I was raised on the Marshall / >>Bedford >>>Co. Line east of Belfast about 5 or 6 Miles. My father and his brothers >>>farmed many farms in this area. During the era that we are talking about >>>there was not a Super Wal Mart and there was not an I65, and at this time >>>Belfast was a thriving community. There was a circle of stores around a >>>common area. On the west side of the circle was J.C. Tate General Store. >>>This store was owned and operated by the Tate Family, and there were many >>>products sold there, but it was also a market for the people to sell their >>>wares. Tate's Store bought: wool, eggs, cured pork (hams, shoulders,ect.), >>>chickens, pelts (hides),wheat, walnuts and probably other items that I am >>>unaware of. They sold food items, clothing, shoes, and a small hardware >>>line. On the same west side was Calahan's Store seperated by High Street. >>>Calahan's was operated by Mr. Jesse Calahan and his son A.L. Calahan. I >can >>>remember a large fish that had been mountd that was displayed over the >>door. >>>Across the street was the Belfast Post Office. Then toward the north >center >>>of the circle was a store that was operated by Rollie Beard. Then on the >>>east side of the circle across Highway 431 was a store that was operated >by >>>S.L. Woods and later Jimmy Collins and adjacent to it was an old railroad >>>building. Behind them was the Belfast Feed Mill that was operated by Earl >>>(Preacher) Glenn. Over on the south east side was a service station / >>garage >>>that was operated by Henry Lee Welch. On the south side was the Bank Of >>>Belfast. There was train service to the Belfast area and the train went on >>>to further points south into Alabama. At that time there was not any major >>>interstates and there was consistent traffic thru Belfast. There was a >>>steady flow of trucks from the Jack Cole Truck Lines out of Birmingham >>going >>>north and south. Not only did these country stores deal in merchandise, >>they >>>were also a focal point for all the folks to visit. Many would go from >>store >>>to store and socialize,especially in the winter time around the warmth of >a >>>potbellied stove. You could buy the small 7 oz. Coca Cola for 5 cents and >>>add a bag of peanuts to the drink for another 5 cents. As I stated earlier >>>dad and his brothers farmed many farms in this area and in doing so they >>>worked many high school boys in the summer months putting up hay, >>>cultivating and picking corn and combining wheat. It was also necessary to >>>provide lunch for them and this was done conveniently by stopping at the >>>store, that Jimmy Collins operated and having Jimmy prepare sandwiches for >>>them. My father is 85 years of age and if anyone is interested I will >prime >>>him for some stories of an earlier era of the Belfast Community. I have >>>heard him tell some good ones over the years, but I would have to go back >>>and hear them again to put them in the form that I could present. >>>Bobby Prosser >>> >>> >> >> > >