Thomas Goolsby Wrote:
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> This was my Grandfather Hershal Blevins second
> store the first one was on Popeshead rd.. Later my
> mom Louise Blevins took over this store. Old
> timers would remember the turkey shoot down back
> of the store.
> And if you look on the maps it is still called
> Blevins town because him and my Grandmother Bertha
> moved up her from Marian Va. Around 1910.


What the hell are you talking about? Gather your thoughts, quote the posts you are referencing and try to make sense in what you post.

Till Democrats legal weed comes to town and lazy scramble brained bums will be the norm , there will be no sense at all from so many that had so much going for them Joe will have to raise taxes way up there as whos going to pay them , you need a job to do that

Joe and Democrats are job killers not a job makers

1978.
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Then or now, so what's the problem with this Democrat BS climate change crap , ya the earth is warming its been there done that and will get cold and hot again

The smog is less today with newer cars even with far more people and cars, now if Democrats would stop illegals from entering the US and cut way down on legal immigration we don't need , we can keep it just the way it is . Instead of making our lives far worse as they lie about how we need far more illegals sneaking in and public charges they need to really make some more smog they can lie and try to blame on Trump 20 years from now instead of fixing it today

What's wrong with taking care of the US people. ITS OUR COUNTRY !

The photo with the Grants store is a shopping center on West Broad Street in Falls Church, VA. Just to the right, out of line of sight of a photo, was a Dart Drug Store. It is now a Staples. Just west of this shopping center and across a local street is another shopping center with a Giant Food.

Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> 1978.


Back when Tyson's Corner was Tyson's Corner.

Class of 71 Wrote:
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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > 1978.
>
>
> Back when Tyson's Corner was Tyson's Corner.

Yeah when they had all those birds and water fountain things. Plus Lums and Farrell's.

The radio tower is still there, but it is surrounded by high-rise buildings so you can hardly see it.

That Tysons pic has got to be earlier then 1978 , no NADA car dealers building which was the first higher building there up but it may have come in 1980

NO JKJ Chevy Wrote:
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> That Tysons pic has got to be earlier then 1978 ,
> no NADA car dealers building which was the first
> higher building there up but it may have come in
> 1980


On the https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/aerial-photography website the NADA building is in the 1976 image, along with several other large buildings right next to the Government communications tower. One of those buildings, which appears to be where the Doubletree, is in the 1972 photo. So I would suggest this photo is from the very late 60's.

In 1976 , in 1972 there were one of the Honeywell Buildings and the Holiday Inn at Tysons across from the shopping center on Rt 123 and that was it in 1972, by 76 things had started moving at that site with Jack Herrity (R) as Fairfax County Board Chairman
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> That Tysons pic has got to be earlier then 1978 ,
> no NADA car dealers building which was the first
> higher building there up but it may have come in
> 1980


JKJ opened about 1974 and there was a barber shop in the dealership.

Mr John Koons Sr. died young in 1978 at the age of 59 , he opened Koons Ford in 1964. Koons SR was one of the top Shelby GT dealers in the US .

John Koons Jr sold out in the early 90s to his brother after having financial problems, he owned a good number of dealerships and that was when the Keating Savings and Loan scandal occurred hurting many business people when customers could not get loans , it was not a time for overexpansion .

The Keating Five - Four SHOCKER ! DEMOCRAT senators and one RINO slippery eels . IN good conscience two of them one (D) one (R) were all American real US military hero's before they got into contact with other slippery eels in politics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
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Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> 1978.


Can see the Hecht's tire and auto shop stand alone building that operated for many years. Also, tan dirt area known as The Pits for to motorbike riders before Tysons2 mall constructed.

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> Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> > 1978.
>
>
> Can see the Hecht's tire and auto shop stand alone
> building that operated for many years. Also, tan
> dirt area known as The Pits for to motorbike
> riders before Tysons2 mall constructed.

My dad bought suits for work from the Tysons Mall Raleigh's store in 1970's. I was a little guy and always begged to visit the aviary section at Tysons with all the birds.

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> I was a little guy and
> always begged to visit the aviary section at
> Tysons with all the birds.


Well, it wouldn't be an aviary if it housed pigs.

Oh, what year did Tysons Galleria mall open?

Shakey's is not in the photo.

July 4th 1968, Franconia Virginia.
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Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> July 4th 1968, Franconia Virginia.


Just going to ignore your last post with the wrong year? I enjoy your photos but don't post years and locations you have not determined to be accurate. You waste other peoples time having to correct you all the time.

I was the one who posted about the 78 date I also posted the 76 pic , no big deal keep them coming you have put a lot of good pics up this is not the Library of Congress . let me ask Jimmy The Greek of FXU for his take

I say big money hard core pro gamblers want facts on anything they place bets on , God only knows how many millions could be riding on if a pic was taken in 1978 or 1974 or 68 or 66 of some small parade in Virginia !

Andy About The Dates Wrote:
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> I was the one who posted about the 78 date I also
> posted the 76 pic , no big deal keep them coming
> you have put a lot of good pics up this is not the
> Library of Congress . let me ask Jimmy The Greek
> of FXU for his take

1968 looks about right for the date - Women's hairstyles, wearing white gloves, years of the cars in the photo.

Hang in there Andy

Not the parade > I was the one who posted about the 78 date I also
> posted the 76 pic , no big deal keep them coming
> you have put a lot of good pics up this is not the
> Library of Congress . let me ask Jimmy The Greek
> of FXU for his take

Dammit Will You Get It Straight

I've got people asking for odds on that parade pic date coming in from the Casino at Monte Carlo in Monaco , some guy named Bond keeps calling

Stratford Junior high school now known as HB Woodlawn. Then and now.
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Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Stratford Junior high school now known as HB
> Woodlawn. Then and now.


"Busses Only"?

What is the campus being used for now that the school is in Rosslyn?

Both have to be slave plantations with those names , speaking of plantations that's where Democrats want African Americans to stay, on the Democrat Plantation

You have no idea wtf you are talking about. Lived here my whole life and plenty of the original residents were black. They got driven out by yuppies and skyrocketing real estate.

Amazing how time can get past you. These photos have been posted here before, but anyone who lived in the Fairfax Area on Sunday April 1, 1973 will remember what happened to WT Woodson HS, and Pickett Shopping Center.

48 years ago.
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This is the Annandale Lums from 1979.
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Old Iron Wrote:
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> Amazing how time can get past you. These photos
> have been posted here before, but anyone who lived
> in the Fairfax Area on Sunday April 1, 1973 will
> remember what happened to WT Woodson HS, and
> Pickett Shopping Center.
>
> 48 years ago.

I always smile when I see the top photo, not because of the tornado of course, but because my eye is always drawn to the People's sign. People's was my first job out of high school 30 years ago, albeit it was the People's at RT 50/Gallows Rd. Good times. Good memories. The management of that store put a lot of faith in the 18 year old me! I learned a lot about responsibility, integrity and a good work ethic while working there. I wish I could thank them all.

Dropped by Japs or a N Korean invasion ?

It was Brown Onion's BD and a lot of sewer gas escaped then blew higher then his pipes bowl

It was a demonstration of what the US will look like in the future under a total Democrat regime, Wow how accurate they were way back then depicting main st USA

Number 3 just prior to this post is the correct answer to the question of what the Picket center picture is of in 1973, the matter is now settled for history .

The looters did not leave a single shiny Nike or Jordan basketball shoe , what a realist performance of peaceful protesting !

Old Iron Wrote:
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> Amazing how time can get past you. These photos
> have been posted here before, but anyone who lived
> in the Fairfax Area on Sunday April 1, 1973 will
> remember what happened to WT Woodson HS, and
> Pickett Shopping Center.
>
> 48 years ago.

The school bus being thrown into the ABC Store is a classic photo.

Bus that is to add to the irony they were parked out by 236 in the lot and that one must have had its air brakes not set or they bleed off so it rolled with the winds and the weed steered by the hands of god

Commonwealth Christian School Wrote:
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> Bus that is to add to the irony they were parked
> out by 236 in the lot and that one must have had
> its air brakes not set or they bleed off so it
> rolled with the winds and the weed steered by the
> hands of god


Don't think buses back then had air brakes. Stick shift transmissions, drivers smoked while driving and life was good.

dwkuw Wrote:
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> Thomas Goolsby Wrote:
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> > This was my Grandfather Hershal Blevins second
> > store the first one was on Popeshead rd.. Later
> my
> > mom Louise Blevins took over this store. Old
> > timers would remember the turkey shoot down
> back
> > of the store.
> > And if you look on the maps it is still
> called
> > Blevins town because him and my Grandmother
> Bertha
> > moved up her from Marian Va. Around 1910.
>
>
> What the hell are you talking about? Gather your
> thoughts, quote the posts you are referencing and
> try to make sense in what you post.

There seems to be something missing.

In the early 1980s I worked with a woman named Blevins. I remember her telling me about her ex-husband's family and Blevins town but she never told me where it was.

Almost 1/3 of the people of Pound are named Blevins, the other 1/3 are named Mullins and then there are Meades and others and many of them work mines down southwest Va.

In the late 50' and all during the 60's many came to NOVA due to mine shutdowns and black lung 60's . Hard working decent American people they are . Some went to "Wise Teachers College" now known as UVA Wise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blevinstown,_Virginia

Blevinstown is a area on Braddock Rd . Marion not Marian Virginia is on I 81 between Abingdon and Wytheville not far from Hungry Mother State Park down southwest Va as well about 60 miles southeast from Pound

But more live in the area they call Pound . Francis Gary Powers was from Pound Va . He was a US Air Force U2 pilot shot down by Russia in the early 1960's . He died in 1977 in a helicopter accident .

His son was trying to establish a Cold War museum at the Lorton prison site where the Nike missiles were at about 15 years ago , the hot armed real nuke ones as a final air defense to protect Washington DC against Soviet bombers it would have been a interesting place and a memorial to those who served during the cold war.

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/u-2-pilot-francis-gary-powers/

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This is a pic of some college girl in my old neighborhood in Alexandria from the 1970s. Total fashion statement!
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Fast forward a few decades......
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Commonwealth Christian School Wrote:
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Please PM me, CCS.

Tate Wrote:
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> This is a pic of some college girl in my old
> neighborhood in Alexandria from the 1970s. Total
> fashion statement!

Not true, Tate.

The image is from my collection posted at Dreamstime, My ID there is 22596753. The photograph was not created in Alexandria.
22596753_4413516275461338192_n.jpg

People like you Tate, are the problem with the world. You have no vision, you lack any semblance of kindness, and you are completely devoid of personal integrity. You're a sociopathic narcissist.

Tate Wrote:
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> This is a pic of some college girl in my old
> neighborhood in Alexandria from the 1970s. Total
> fashion statement!

That is a great picture, thank you for posting that Tate.

Tate Wrote:
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> This is a pic of some college girl in my old
> neighborhood in Alexandria from the 1970s. Total
> fashion statement!


OK - Not to create drama. This is a cool picture, but I have a doubt about when it was taken.

Look at the trash can in front of the house. We didn't have those large plastic rolling cans back in 1972

Maybe someone's Grand Daughter is posing in Grand Ma's vintage bell bottoms that have been stored in a trunk for the last 45 years.
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Is what those real plates used to say, after 7-1-21 its anyone's guess in Virginia how many kids will become worthless weed leeches for life always voting (D), looking under park bench seats for those roach blunts

2027 Pimmit drive Falls Church Virginia, then and now.
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From FCPD archives 1960
Officer Frank Angelo & the patrol wagon.
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We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike, just east of the Madera School and walk to this quarry - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else go there?
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backwhen Wrote:
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> We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike, just
> east of the Madera School and walk to this quarry
> - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else go
> there?

Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978; about the same time that your posted image was made. We would skip class at McLean High School and drive up to Difficult Run, then hike over to the Black Pond Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the afternoon on the rocks at the quarry or along the river. It was a popular spot on weekends and during the summer months too. On occasion we would meet some of the gals from Madeira.

There were a few places to park back then along Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed, although some were under construction.

Gosh I miss living in McLean at that time, and I feel fortunate for the experience. Especially NoVA during the fall and winter holidays. Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in those days.

Some Other Transient Wrote:
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> backwhen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike, just
> > east of the Madera School and walk to this
> quarry
> > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else go
> > there?
>
> Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978; about the same
> time that your posted image was made. We would
> skip class at McLean High School and drive up to
> Difficult Run, then hike over to the Black Pond
> Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the afternoon on
> the rocks at the quarry or along the river. It
> was a popular spot on weekends and during the
> summer months too. On occasion we would meet some
> of the gals from Madeira.
>
> There were a few places to park back then along
> Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed, although
> some were under construction.
>
> Gosh I miss living in McLean at that time, and I
> feel fortunate for the experience. Especially
> NoVA during the fall and winter holidays.
> Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in those days.


That is awesome. My daughter went to summer camp at Madera. I lived in Western Fairfax County in the 80's and we would go out to Beaverdam Reservoir and smoke pot, try to catch fish and canoe the reservoir. Different times! Hahahahahaha!!!

I see nothing but white people in these pics. Fairfax is definitely seeing better times today.

Haley Joel osmond Wrote:
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> I see nothing but white people in these pics.
> Fairfax is definitely seeing better times today.


Not this crap again.......
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Haley Joel osmond Wrote:
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> I see nothing but white people in these pics.
> Fairfax is definitely seeing better times today.



Vienna Elementary School class circa 1959.

Western Fairfax Wrote:
>
> That is awesome. My daughter went to summer camp
> at Madera. I lived in Western Fairfax County in
> the 80's and we would go out to Beaverdam
> Reservoir and smoke pot, try to catch fish and
> canoe the reservoir. Different times!
> Hahahahahaha!!!

Madeira had a large chain link fence around it; you could see it from some places over by the quarry. It kept the students in and the riff-raff river rats out. The gals had a hole cut in it so they could sneak through, they could put the chainlink back so you couldn't really tell.

About half the student body were locals, the other from privileged elitist locales elsewhere. They scored some weed from us periodically.

Back then an oz of columbian gold or panama red went for about $30 to $35 dollars an ounce. A quarter pound was about 90 to 105. Thai Stick and Black Bud showed up about that time, it was a bit more expensive. A singleton gram of hash typically sold for 5 to 8 to 10 dollars, depending on quality and supply, Pot was common, and rarely in short supply; there would be an occasional dry spell from time to time.

McLean was the epitome of privilege, albeit very cosmopolitan. Still is. There were people from all of the world attending McLean's Fairfax County public schools in 1970s. It was fairly diverse in that regard. I lived there as a kid through most of the 1970s, Madeira was elitist, no doubt about it.

backwhen Wrote:
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> We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike, just
> east of the Madera School and walk to this quarry
> - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else go
> there?


No I did not go there, twice. No I was not there one night and had left just before the cops showed up. The Quarry it seems was a rite of passage. It was one of those things you did so you could say you did it. The great stories that came out of it always started "A friend of mine...." If you lived in the western half of the county there were plenty of more convenient places you could go to party. I suspect the Nike site was similar.

Not a confession Wrote:
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> backwhen Wrote:
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> > We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike, just
> > east of the Madera School and walk to this
> quarry
> > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else go
> > there?
>
>
> No I did not go there, twice. No I was not there
> one night and had left just before the cops showed
> up. The Quarry it seems was a rite of passage.
> It was one of those things you did so you could
> say you did it. The great stories that came out
> of it always started "A friend of mine...." If
> you lived in the western half of the county there
> were plenty of more convenient places you could go
> to party. I suspect the Nike site was similar.

No the Nike Site WAS NOT similar. There WAS NOT swimming at the Nike Site.

Fairfax city dog catcher. Date unknown.
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WAS NOT Wrote:
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> Not a confession Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > backwhen Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike,
> just
> > > east of the Madera School and walk to this
> > quarry
> > > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else
> go
> > > there?
> >
> >
> > No I did not go there, twice. No I was not
> there
> > one night and had left just before the cops
> showed
> > up. The Quarry it seems was a rite of passage.
>
> > It was one of those things you did so you could
> > say you did it. The great stories that came
> out
> > of it always started "A friend of mine...." If
> > you lived in the western half of the county
> there
> > were plenty of more convenient places you could
> go
> > to party. I suspect the Nike site was similar.
>
> No the Nike Site WAS NOT similar. There WAS NOT
> swimming at the Nike Site.


He meant rite of passage site.

A history of the Key Bridge Marriott and earlier buildings on the site.

https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Key-Bridge-Marriott-Historic-Pres-Memo_9-27-19.pdf

Some Other Transient Wrote:
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> backwhen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike, just
> > east of the Madera School and walk to this
> quarry
> > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else go
> > there?
>
> Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978; about the same
> time that your posted image was made. We would
> skip class at McLean High School and drive up to
> Difficult Run, then hike over to the Black Pond
> Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the afternoon on
> the rocks at the quarry or along the river. It
> was a popular spot on weekends and during the
> summer months too. On occasion we would meet some
> of the gals from Madeira.
>
> There were a few places to park back then along
> Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed, although
> some were under construction.
>
> Gosh I miss living in McLean at that time, and I
> feel fortunate for the experience. Especially
> NoVA during the fall and winter holidays.
> Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in those days.

It looked something like this, except for that natural water slide which looks really, by the way.
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memories Wrote:
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> Some Other Transient Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > backwhen Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike,
> just
> > > east of the Madera School and walk to this
> > quarry
> > > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else
> go
> > > there?
> >
> > Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978; about the
> same
> > time that your posted image was made. We would
> > skip class at McLean High School and drive up
> to
> > Difficult Run, then hike over to the Black Pond
> > Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the afternoon
> on
> > the rocks at the quarry or along the river. It
> > was a popular spot on weekends and during the
> > summer months too. On occasion we would meet
> some
> > of the gals from Madeira.
> >
> > There were a few places to park back then along
> > Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed, although
> > some were under construction.
> >
> > Gosh I miss living in McLean at that time, and
> I
> > feel fortunate for the experience. Especially
> > NoVA during the fall and winter holidays.
> > Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in those
> days.
>
> It looked something like this, except for that
> natural water slide which looks really, by the
> way.

That IS NOT in Virginia -

memories Wrote:
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> Some Other Transient Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > backwhen Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike,
> just
> > > east of the Madera School and walk to this
> > quarry
> > > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else
> go
> > > there?
> >
> > Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978; about the
> same
> > time that your posted image was made. We would
> > skip class at McLean High School and drive up
> to
> > Difficult Run, then hike over to the Black Pond
> > Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the afternoon
> on
> > the rocks at the quarry or along the river. It
> > was a popular spot on weekends and during the
> > summer months too. On occasion we would meet
> some
> > of the gals from Madeira.
> >
> > There were a few places to park back then along
> > Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed, although
> > some were under construction.
> >
> > Gosh I miss living in McLean at that time, and
> I
> > feel fortunate for the experience. Especially
> > NoVA during the fall and winter holidays.
> > Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in those
> days.
>
> It looked something like this, except for that
> natural water slide which looks really, by the
> way.


Mouse over the photo and it will tell you it is a 1904 photo taken in Deluth Minnesota.

chlhv Wrote:
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> memories Wrote:
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> > Some Other Transient Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > backwhen Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike,
> > just
> > > > east of the Madera School and walk to this
> > > quarry
> > > > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone else
> > go
> > > > there?
> > >
> > > Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978; about the
> > same
> > > time that your posted image was made. We
> would
> > > skip class at McLean High School and drive up
> > to
> > > Difficult Run, then hike over to the Black
> Pond
> > > Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the
> afternoon
> > on
> > > the rocks at the quarry or along the river.
> It
> > > was a popular spot on weekends and during the
> > > summer months too. On occasion we would meet
> > some
> > > of the gals from Madeira.
> > >
> > > There were a few places to park back then
> along
> > > Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed,
> although
> > > some were under construction.
> > >
> > > Gosh I miss living in McLean at that time,
> and
> > I
> > > feel fortunate for the experience.
> Especially
> > > NoVA during the fall and winter holidays.
> > > Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in those
> > days.
> >
> > It looked something like this, except for that
> > natural water slide which looks really, by the
> > way.
>
>
> Mouse over the photo and it will tell you it is a
> 1904 photo taken in Deluth Minnesota.

No shit Sherlock! Go play somewhere else.

It LOOKED like the Black water quarry. That's all. Anyone remember?

idiotsgalore Wrote:
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> chlhv Wrote:
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> > memories Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > Some Other Transient Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > backwhen Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > We use to park alongside Georgetown Pike,
> > > just
> > > > > east of the Madera School and walk to
> this
> > > > quarry
> > > > > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone
> else
> > > go
> > > > > there?
> > > >
> > > > Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978; about
> the
> > > same
> > > > time that your posted image was made. We
> > would
> > > > skip class at McLean High School and drive
> up
> > > to
> > > > Difficult Run, then hike over to the Black
> > Pond
> > > > Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the
> > afternoon
> > > on
> > > > the rocks at the quarry or along the river.
>
> > It
> > > > was a popular spot on weekends and during
> the
> > > > summer months too. On occasion we would
> meet
> > > some
> > > > of the gals from Madeira.
> > > >
> > > > There were a few places to park back then
> > along
> > > > Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed,
> > although
> > > > some were under construction.
> > > >
> > > > Gosh I miss living in McLean at that time,
> > and
> > > I
> > > > feel fortunate for the experience.
> > Especially
> > > > NoVA during the fall and winter holidays.
> > > > Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in
> those
> > > days.
> > >
> > > It looked something like this, except for
> that
> > > natural water slide which looks really, by
> the
> > > way.
> >
> >
> > Mouse over the photo and it will tell you it is
> a
> > 1904 photo taken in Deluth Minnesota.
>
> No shit Sherlock! Go play somewhere else.


So rather than finding a photo of the Great Falls area, which is amazingly easy, he posted of photo of Minnesota and said "Virginia looked like this". Duh. How stupid is that. Go fuck yourself.

Yikes! So, pics posted in this thread are traceable back to origin poster??!!

Great eatery in area of Lower Lorton that has great eats.
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> Yikes! So, pics posted in this thread are
> traceable back to origin poster??!!


That's why you do not attach pics, you link to them.

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> That's why you do not attach pics, you link to
> them.

You are a absolute fucking idiot if you click on any link on this forum. If you do click on a link, and your shit gets infected, the you deserve to rot in hell and die.

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> > > > > > We use to park alongside Georgetown
> Pike,
> > > > just
> > > > > > east of the Madera School and walk to
> > this
> > > > > quarry
> > > > > > - Black Water or Black Quarry. Anyone
> > else
> > > > go
> > > > > > there?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978; about
> > the
> > > > same
> > > > > time that your posted image was made. We
> > > would
> > > > > skip class at McLean High School and
> drive
> > up
> > > > to
> > > > > Difficult Run, then hike over to the
> Black
> > > Pond
> > > > > Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the
> > > afternoon
> > > > on
> > > > > the rocks at the quarry or along the
> river.
> >
> > > It
> > > > > was a popular spot on weekends and during
> > the
> > > > > summer months too. On occasion we would
> > meet
> > > > some
> > > > > of the gals from Madeira.
> > > > >
> > > > > There were a few places to park back then
> > > along
> > > > > Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed,
> > > although
> > > > > some were under construction.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gosh I miss living in McLean at that
> time,
> > > and
> > > > I
> > > > > feel fortunate for the experience.
> > > Especially
> > > > > NoVA during the fall and winter holidays.
>
> > > > > Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in
> > those
> > > > days.
> > > >
> > > > It looked something like this, except for
> > that
> > > > natural water slide which looks really, by
> > the
> > > > way.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mouse over the photo and it will tell you it
> is
> > a
> > > 1904 photo taken in Deluth Minnesota.
> >
> > No shit Sherlock! Go play somewhere else.
>
>
> So rather than finding a photo of the Great Falls
> area, which is amazingly easy, he posted of photo
> of Minnesota and said "Virginia looked like this".
> Duh. How stupid is that. Go fuck yourself.

First of all, why do you have to be a dick?

Second of all, I'm not the guy who posted the photo. Just sayin'.

Third of all, it was clear (at least to me) that this was NOT the actual Black Pond, more, it was a representative of it.

Finally, a photo of the "Great Falls Area"? What the hell would that do, when trying to show what Black Pond was LIKE? Which, you should know, his photo was in fact a good representation.

You sound like a heyyyooooge Jagoff.

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> > > > > > > We use to park alongside Georgetown
> > Pike,
> > > > > just
> > > > > > > east of the Madera School and walk to
> > > this
> > > > > > quarry
> > > > > > > - Black Water or Black Quarry.
> Anyone
> > > else
> > > > > go
> > > > > > > there?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes. Quite often, circa 1976-1978;
> about
> > > the
> > > > > same
> > > > > > time that your posted image was made.
> We
> > > > would
> > > > > > skip class at McLean High School and
> > drive
> > > up
> > > > > to
> > > > > > Difficult Run, then hike over to the
> > Black
> > > > Pond
> > > > > > Quarry, and smoke pot for most of the
> > > > afternoon
> > > > > on
> > > > > > the rocks at the quarry or along the
> > river.
> > >
> > > > It
> > > > > > was a popular spot on weekends and
> during
> > > the
> > > > > > summer months too. On occasion we
> would
> > > meet
> > > > > some
> > > > > > of the gals from Madeira.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There were a few places to park back
> then
> > > > along
> > > > > > Georgetown Pike. Fewer homes existed,
> > > > although
> > > > > > some were under construction.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gosh I miss living in McLean at that
> > time,
> > > > and
> > > > > I
> > > > > > feel fortunate for the experience.
> > > > Especially
> > > > > > NoVA during the fall and winter
> holidays.
> >
> > > > > > Christmas was always fun at Tyson's in
> > > those
> > > > > days.
> > > > >
> > > > > It looked something like this, except for
> > > that
> > > > > natural water slide which looks really,
> by
> > > the
> > > > > way.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mouse over the photo and it will tell you
> it
> > is
> > > a
> > > > 1904 photo taken in Deluth Minnesota.
> > >
> > > No shit Sherlock! Go play somewhere else.
> >
> >
> > So rather than finding a photo of the Great
> Falls
> > area, which is amazingly easy, he posted of
> photo
> > of Minnesota and said "Virginia looked like
> this".
> > Duh. How stupid is that. Go fuck yourself.
>
> First of all, why do you have to be a dick?
>
> Second of all, I'm not the guy who posted the
> photo. Just sayin'.
>
> Third of all, it was clear (at least to me) that
> this was NOT the actual Black Pond, more, it was a
> representative of it.
>
> Finally, a photo of the "Great Falls Area"? What
> the hell would that do, when trying to show what
> Black Pond was LIKE? Which, you should know, his
> photo was in fact a good representation.
>
> You sound like a heyyyooooge Jagoff.

Actually, Black Pond never looked like that. I've been there many times, I grew up and lived in McLean and Great Falls. I own property in the vicinity. The geology is completely different, as are the surrounding trees and other flora.
In addition, there is no slope like that, with a stream inlet into a shallow wading area.

Drownings at Black Pond and also along that stretch of the adjacent Potomac are fairly common. It's easy to become entangled in deadfall or other semi-submerged detritus and drown at Black Pond and the Potomac.

The water is Black Pond is unhealthy. Swimming in Black Pond could easily result in a serious bacterial or amoebic infection, including tetanus or gangrene.

In addition, cottonmouths and copperheads are native there. Swim in Black Pond, run into a nest of cottonmouths, it will be your last mortal day on earth.

The only semblance in that posted Deluth image to Black Pond is that, it too is a body of water with a cliff. In Black Pond's case it's pretty much still water surrounded by cliff since it was once a quarry.

The "dickishness" in this thread is mostly from people posting off-topic images not of Fairfax County, off topic trite drivel, political rants, sock puppet trolls with their narcissistic and sociopathic behavior, and a general lack of kindness, courtesy, politeness and consideration displayed by a small number of posters (most especially by one mentally unstable and emotionally fragile and immature individual in particular).

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If you are going to spout off your crap, get it right. Cottonmouths ARE NOT found in the DMV area. Southern Virginia in the swampy eastern portion is where THEY ARE found.

Get it right or go home -

I've been to Black Pond MANY a time, and, the photo of the quarry, while not an exact match, gives a pretty good idea of what it looks like.

And yes, cottonmouths are NO WHERE near northern Virginia. Found occasionally in Dismal Swamp, no further. And they don't "nest".

So, you sound like a typical redneck who, every snake they see, suddenly becomes, "I done seen a cottonmouth!!! It was ten-twelve FOOT long, and it was a chasin me all through the brush!!!"

Impressed that you own land, or whatever you claimed, near Great Falls. Said no one ever.

oh, hey, jagoff... Wrote:
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> I've been to Black Pond MANY a time, and, the
> photo of the quarry, while not an exact match,
> gives a pretty good idea of what it looks like.
>
> And yes, cottonmouths are NO WHERE near northern
> Virginia. Found occasionally in Dismal Swamp, no
> further. And they don't "nest".
>
> So, you sound like a typical redneck who, every
> snake they see, suddenly becomes, "I done seen a
> cottonmouth!!! It was ten-twelve FOOT long, and it
> was a chasin me all through the brush!!!"
>
> Impressed that you own land, or whatever you
> claimed, near Great Falls. Said no one ever.

oh, hey, jagoff...

You're about the most idiotic useless piece of shit on the face of the earth, with no redeeming qualities. Go do something good for once in your life, do the world a favor and kill yourself.

There are no snakes in Black Pond. The water is clean and pristine.

Come swim in the warm healing waters and enjoy Black Pond's many pleasures. Among Black Pond's many benefits are ever lasting youth and prosperity. Research shows that people who swim in Black Pond are generally healthier, wealthier, and happier than those who do not.

Drinking from Black Pond's waters brings joy, tranquility, peace and serenity, and it cures high blood pressure, arthritis and gout! Just one cup per day has restorative properties, a pint per day is phenomenal in its effect!

Clothing is optional at Black Pond. Research conducted by numerous experts in their field suggests that Black Pond's many health benefits are far more pronounced when one swims skyclad in Black Pond.

Donald Trumps superior intellect and prowess is directly attributable to Black Pond's miraculous waters! There's a reason his golf course lies nearby. It also results in great hair, skin tone, and clarity of thought and mind.

Parking is FREE at Madeira.

Free Beer, Brats and Pizza on Weekends and All National Holidays!

Black Pond, Northern Virginia's Best Kept Secret. Don't miss out, go there NOW!

I had male pattern baldness, depression, impotence, and I was infected with Covid-19. My wife brought me two gallons of Black Pond water. The effect was miraculous. Almost overnight my hair started growing again, my covid symptoms completely disappeared, I'm always happy, and our sex life couldn't be better, we get it on several times a day now. After almost a year, I can actually pull my hair back in a pony tail. The wife loves it, she just won't stop! (*wink* *wink*)

Black Pond Water is now part of our daily routine, A couple cups before bed every night. We make our coffee with it in the morning, and its great for afternoon tea too!

Now that the weather is turning warm, we will be there partying it up at Black Pond, and jumping off the rocks into the naturally warm waters below.

I just can't say enough good things about Black Pond and how it turned my life around. Even my business improved, with an influx of new paying clients; and my creditors forgave all my account's payable too! My employees are much happier. I started using it for the office water cooler. Simply filling old Diamond Springs jugs every couple weeks. Saves more money, Thanks to Black Pond Water, they are much healthier, I can cut back on their health insurance too.

Oh, gotta go, wife is beckoning for more attention; we mix our lube up with Black Pond Water, drives her crazy she just can't stop...

Thar's a nest a' cottonmouths ovar thar in that thar black pond!!! They's a twelve FOOT long and they's a comin to gitcha!! I swar its true!

-Guy that "grew up in Mclean and Great Falls" (big whoopdy fu**in doo) and "owns property nearby" (even bigger whoopdy fu**in doo)

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> Thar's a nest a' cottonmouths ovar thar in that
> thar black pond!!! They's a twelve FOOT long and
> they's a comin to gitcha!! I swar its true!
>
> -Guy that "grew up in Mclean and Great Falls" (big
> whoopdy fu**in doo) and "owns property nearby"
> (even bigger whoopdy fu**in doo)


Ware is dim cotton mouthers, ware?

Having grown up next to Black Pond, in a van down by the river, I can honestly say the only cottonmouths at Black Pond are from the potheads passing their joints and toking on their bongs. While their bong water may look like Black Pond water, it's more than likely the opposite. They dump their bong water in the pond when they leave for the day.

oh, hey, jagoff... Wrote:
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> I've been to Black Pond MANY a time, and, the
> photo of the quarry, while not an exact match,
> gives a pretty good idea of what it looks like.
>
> And yes, cottonmouths are NO WHERE near northern
> Virginia. Found occasionally in Dismal Swamp, no
> further. And they don't "nest".
>
> So, you sound like a typical redneck who, every
> snake they see, suddenly becomes, "I done seen a
> cottonmouth!!! It was ten-twelve FOOT long, and it
> was a chasin me all through the brush!!!"
>
> Impressed that you own land, or whatever you
> claimed, near Great Falls. Said no one ever.

Correct. Water moccasins(cottonmouth) most northern habitat in Virginia is the southern shoreline of the James River.

Where are brown and white ponds

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They got woke and co-mingled, decided to runoff.

Anyone remember that barn that stuck out in the road on West Ox, heading south just before Oxon Road? It seemed like a hairpin turn as you went around that barn but looking at the 1976 aerial, it doesn't look that way at all. Driving on the road now, it's almost impossible to remember how it use to be.
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I remember it being a old house with a front porch that had been hit several times. The house had black shingles used siding. Back when West Ox Road was 2 lanes.

Thanks for a fantastic photo.

Later it had junk on the porch. I thought it was a old store. I think it was in the last 20 that it was removed and the bend straightened out a bit just before Floris the once black School on the left heading up to Herndon/ Reston. It was beat back as long as I saw it from the early 70's .

Looking eastbound on Route 7 at Shreve Road, Date unknown.
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> that had been hit several times. The house had
> black shingles used siding. Back when West Ox Road
> was 2 lanes.
>
> Thanks for a fantastic photo.


There was a stone house on Waples Mill Rd.; down in the lowlands, before the split to Oakton Road. That thing was literally inches from the road. It had a cement front porch and you could see where cars hit it/brushed up against it and chipped off some cement.

That pics from when we were clearing old crummy houses to build another Giant Food . We built so many and I ran a union shop probably about 1966 was when the pic was taken we were expanding out into Virginia with my pal Herb who was buying property to open more Dart Drugs

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Signed,

Eptein's Mother