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by Bill Sapp
Mon December 26, 2016, 12:00 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: 1961 Christmas Corvair giveaway
Replies: 2
Views: 3708

Re: 1961 Christmas Corvair giveaway

Thank you for the follow-up.

I remember Mrs. Melton years ago when I worked for Richmond Memorial Hospital.

Bill Sapp
by Bill Sapp
Sun April 13, 2014, 9:43 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Do you remember??? Mary Rice Store
Replies: 4
Views: 6226

Re: Do you remember???

My mother bought her clothes there. She recalls the store fondly and says you could "just tell" when someone wore an outfit from Mary Rice


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by Bill Sapp
Sun January 26, 2014, 4:37 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: PURPLE TOP
Replies: 11
Views: 13000

Re: PURPLE TOP

I remember going with daddy to West Esso down by City Lake when I was a youngster. Later, Billy and Tommy moved to the location that is now occupied by Hardees. I remember having a set of tires put on my 1980 Mercury Monarch Ghia sometime during the early 80's, probably about 1982. I traded that car...
by Bill Sapp
Fri January 3, 2014, 9:03 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: John Brittingham - Bicycle
Replies: 7
Views: 8316

Re: John Brittingham - Bicycle

My Dad , Dan Smith got his Flat Top at the City Barber Shop once a week I remember he and a barber talking about WWII, and Gen. Patton, and the barber said he still had the Pray Card that Patton gave each troop under his command When I was growing up, my dad also got his Flat top haircut at City Ba...
by Bill Sapp
Fri November 29, 2013, 10:50 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: MARY LOVE CEMETERY
Replies: 12
Views: 17845

Re: MARY LOVE CEMETERY

I have visited this cemetery many times as my great grandparents are buried there (WN Cosby, Sr. and Lorena Folkes Cosby). There must have been a time when it became somewhat rundown as I recall my grandmother talking back in the late 1950's or early 60's that she did not want to be buried there be...
by Bill Sapp
Wed November 6, 2013, 8:55 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: Seaboard Airline Railroad Unknown Year
Replies: 5
Views: 8810

Re: Seaboard Airline Railroad Unknown Year

Bruce Osburn wrote:Looks like a '55 Chevy.
That it is, a "55 Chevrolet...
by Bill Sapp
Wed November 6, 2013, 6:34 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Seaboard Terminal and Hotel
Replies: 4
Views: 6669

Re: Seaboard Terminal and Hotel

On the subject of the Cosbys, when mom, dad, and I lived on Spring Street in the 1960's, our back yard adjoined theirs. They lived on Wilmington Street and I recall Mrs. Cosby having a beautiful back yard and rose garden. There is a picture my mother took of myself and the granddaughter of Mrs. Iren...
by Bill Sapp
Tue October 29, 2013, 7:49 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: SEABOARD FESTIVAL & CAR SHOW
Replies: 3
Views: 8067

Re: SEABOARD FESTIVAL & CAR SHOW

Love that Avanti II (in the picture behind the motorcycle and next to the red Corvette). One item on the bucket list of life is to acquire an original '63 or '64 Studebaker Avanti. (Notice my icon).

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by Bill Sapp
Mon October 28, 2013, 9:57 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Gulledge Motors 1958
Replies: 2
Views: 3856

Re: Gulledge Motors 1958

I wonder how many British cars they sold? Not many I am thinking. However, I believe I recall a Morris Minor sedan like the one pictured here being driven in Hamlet many, many years ago - probably back in the 1960's. Although my dad liked Studebakers, he did drive mid, late-fifties, and early 60's M...
by Bill Sapp
Wed August 10, 2011, 3:59 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: When Was The Hamlet Theater Closed?
Replies: 14
Views: 16435

Interesting, The Crowded Sky was released in 1960 according to the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB). I wonder why the theater would have a marquee for such an old film displayed at the end? I'm just recounting what someone told me some years ago when the subject of the old theater came up. Bill Sapp
by Bill Sapp
Wed August 10, 2011, 3:53 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: When Was The Hamlet Theater Closed?
Replies: 14
Views: 16435

I remember someone telling me that they thought Jaws was the last movie shown at The Hamlet Theater. Jaws was released in '75, therefore the closing was probably 1975.

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by Bill Sapp
Mon July 18, 2011, 6:03 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Homecoming Parade 1962
Replies: 1
Views: 3897

One thing is for sure, a lot of Hamlet folks drove Chevrolets!

I do think I see my Godmother's (Andy Andrews) 1961 Ford Galaxie 500 4-door hardtop in this shot.
by Bill Sapp
Sat January 8, 2011, 9:13 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Peachtree 1972
Replies: 14
Views: 25208

I have a good friend who attended Peachtree Festival and is always on the look out for information about it. I'll be sure to pass this along.

Bill Sapp
by Bill Sapp
Sat January 8, 2011, 9:11 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Campbell Pharmacy
Replies: 16
Views: 17443

A very good picture of the Campbell Pharmacy Staff. I hope Linda Bryant Saunders see this. I saw Linda the other day and she is doing well. Mr. Clarkin is deceased as well as Mr. Campbell and Orene Reynolds. I am not sure about Mary Killough. The article and picture is from 1962. Mother worked for M...
by Bill Sapp
Sun January 2, 2011, 4:02 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Campbell Pharmacy
Replies: 16
Views: 17443

Bill: You are absolutely right in describing Mrs. Campbell as the epitome of a fine Southern lady. Both Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were fine people and always very kind to me. My mother worked for Mr. Campbell for many years at Campbell Pharmacy. The pharmacy was initially located on Hamlet Avenue and la...
by Bill Sapp
Thu November 4, 2010, 7:26 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Christmas Parade 1955 or 1956
Replies: 10
Views: 12314

Re: 55/56 Parade

I remember Roses Dime or Department Store on Hamlet Avenue. Mrs. Fincher worked there. I believe that is the store you see in the background. I also remember Popes 5 & 10 across the street. I do not know when it opened, but I remember as a child going in there during the early 1970's. Roses had ...
by Bill Sapp
Sat October 23, 2010, 9:22 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Classic year at Russell Bennett Chevy
Replies: 1
Views: 4239

I'd go for the 69 Impala Custom Coupe as it is the only advertised car with factory installed (Four Seasons) air conditioning.