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The Good Old Days In Cradock
Memories of Bob Cutchins & Ruth Ortt Cutchins
(published with permission)
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April 2005
 

Restaurants & department stores in Norfolk, Portsmouth & County area............................................................................

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October 2005
 

Many Cradock businesses and families..................................................................................................................................

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More Cradock businesses, school dress favorites, Pepsi jingle, carts (horse and push) with vegetables & bakery products, mudflats, half-rubber ball game................................................................................................................................


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Cradock School, teachers, principals, roller skates, Sewanee Stadium, Tommy Dorsey............................................................................................................................................................................................


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Old movies, 1939 news & tidbits, Rodman’s, square-dogs, Caffee’s Bakery....................................................................

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February 2006
 

The birth of Cradock, trip to Ocean View, by way of Main Street, tattoo shops, burlesque Theatres.................................

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Trip to beach continued, Ocean View memories, Doumars, trip back home........................................................................

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Fertilizer plants, ferries, elevators with operators, 1930 model telephone.............................................................................

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1939 Thanksgiving Day murder in Cradock, cows in Cradock, Navy Yard............................................................................

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Misc. memories (most forgotten now), HMS Illustrious, goats on Afton Sq...........................................................................

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The Golden Years, request for memories to be recorded, history of newsletter...................................................................

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Ads and photo of 1938 - 1939 Monogram Club.......................................................................................................................

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November 2006
 

Street car bridge across Paradise Creek, Cradock monogram "C" decision, trolley route through Cradock..................

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Brown bagging at school, details on trolley service..................................................................................................................

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Development history of Cradock and other areas.....................................................................................................................

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History continued...........................................................................................................................................................................

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More history, bridges, high school and elementary schools combined, street car route through Cradock........................

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More history, problems after houses purchased by residents, unpaved streets, streets named.........................................

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1963 tragedy on Prospect Parkway...........................................................................................................................................

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All about Paradise Creek............................................................................................................................................................

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More about Paradise Creek.......................................................................................................................................................

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Mrs. Ruth Chapman Griswold, piano player..............................................................................................................................

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Cradock Post Office, 1928 Ammunition Depot explosion, Cradock Garden Club, Wise Beach, The Crescent...............

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Norfolk County War Memorial on Afton Sq. and description including the Cannon..............................................................

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Notes, Cradock namesake, design of houses, Dr. Tabor's roadster, the Freed's newsletter, reason for building Cradock.........................................................................................................................................................................................


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More notes, Jordan Bridge, Bandstand on Prospect Pkwy, Draft Registrar, Mr. James Agee...........................................


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Cradock clubs and leagues, selling terms of homes, Library opens, Cradock Gardens built..............................................

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The building of Cradock...............................................................................................................................................................

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The "First Settlers" of Cradock, Ice delivery, light & power, water supply, early Ads, Scout Cabin................................

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Principals of Cradock High School, 1928 Ads, train to Petersburg........................................................................................

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A thank you from Mr. and Mrs. Cutchins.....................................................................................................................................

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