Grew up on Central street moved to NC and missed my hometown and family/friends so much I've decided to move back looking for a house somewhere little past Concord near the great lakes. Love the content!
I remember in the early 90s that mill you showed around the 9 to 10 minute mark contained Mike's Video, a VHS rental place. I was a member there for a short time. Maybe that was the place you went into.
You might be thinking of Forest Hills which used to be on the first floor of 195 McGregor. Soucy's Supermarket was in the basement if I remember correctly. I have a picture of the canal that was where Commercial Street, filled with polluted water
Soucy's market on the West side? I'll have to look into that . Do you know where the first Saindons Market was . In a video I posted about Saindons one of the owners mentioned that the original Saindons was " down the hill " before the urban renewal project of the area of St. Mary's Bank. Maybe Soucy's was the original Saindons and it was simply renamed . It's also crazy that hardly info really exists about that area . Also yes the canals were disgusting , often bodies were found from time to time and they were heavily polluted as well as the Merrimack river .
Yes Forest Hills use to be in that mill on the bottom floor. I have a picture of my mother and brother in the store in the early 60's. It later opened a new store across the street where Osco was.
I worked on the second floor of the Lemay Jewelers building at the Youth Opportunity Center. Best job I ever had, but the good jobs never last. The building is being repurposed into apartments.
What's good is that it's not being torn down and the exterior isn't going to change much . That corner really is the last time capsule left on Elm street as it hasn't been renovated in at least 60 years .
Somehow i missed this video. My mother also worked at Preview products when i was young. She worked in a few of the shoe and other factories. They would be paid by piece work.
Second comment but I wanted to ask your opinion of this: What are your thoughts on what they did to the old refinery buildings by the market basket on elm? That apartment building they are building across from it is the ugliest thing I have ever seen and I'm afraid that more of it is going to replace those cool old gaslight district brick buildings they just demolished. No respect for things that came before us, only to be replaced by garish and ugly vanity projects.
I actually made a video on the subject as I don't like history being erased . .although it would of taken a fortune to restore the place . ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hHFOjcqTNXU.html
