They used to have a carnival wher the train station is now every year in late 70s and early 80s i grew up there. Worked for the town 4 summers on the jtpa program they had for youths back in the day. Emmett Painter was our boss.
Cool, i had an 'encounter' with someone in Welch about 8 years ago, she had a nice house and the neighborhood was fine, a drug store down the street had the 1908 flood marked on their building, wondering if thats the same drug store?
Another dead town. Over the decades ma and pa shops closed and the shopping centers/walmart took people out of the downtowns. In Athens, Ohio, Walmart moved in and the small downtown of Athens died, as did JC Penny, Kmart, and every other clothes shop. Walmart literally destroyed and shut down the only shpping mall they had.
Wytheville, there's only one!! Named for George Wythe, first Virginian, to sign the Declaration of Independence! He was also the mentor of Thomas Jefferson!
Thank you James for this tour. I studied at VPI and lived in Blacksburg in 1972-73. I think I recognized the place where a sub shop called Choosie Mothers was located, at the crossing of Main & College Streets, it was owned by Bruce Thompson. I worked there along with several friends who also studied at VPI and were from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, and, of course, the USA. We all had a great time there and have fond memories of the town. Looks quite different now, but really good.
That's my neck of the woods not in bluefied I know it very well I lived in. Matoaka. I remember the old beaver high school. Played. In that gym. Before. Because. Wva. Loved. Basketball. 1975. 1975. Wow wer did time go. 🙏😂👍
Basketball back in that time was boss. Late 60s early 70s. Teams like matoaka. Spanishburg. Oakdale. Athens. We played. In the Charleston. State. Basketball tournament in 1975. Lost. To. A team call Kermit. That was so long. Ago .great memories 👍😂🤗
Covington is the root of my mother's side of the family. Many great childhood memories here when I visited my great grandmother. Also, my family is well known here. Huge family.
Grew Up to of the MOUNTAIN IN BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA...BUT HAD LOTS OF FAMILY IN WEST VIRGINIA...USED TO BE CALLED LITTLE NYC BECAUSE IT WAS VIBRANT BACK IN 1960s...now sadly it's a DEad ZONE..RIP COAL & RAILROAD
I grew up in all over that area and I'm telling you it's sickening to look what they did to this place .. if you say you grew up in it, you must not have grown up very long ago. it makes me sick to look at Logan now.. I don't need one get started on it because I get very angry and I don't want to say some shit that I'm going to not regret.. so you younger people take over and if I don't like what you're saying I'm going to show you.! And I'll tell you
You ruined Logan. And I cannot believe that the people Sat by and watched it believed these assholes as they were sucking up the jobs for themselves how many locals do you think work on that job in the mess up Logan???
