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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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YtVdL
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Date: March 02, 2016 08:48AM
YtVdL
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
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Fifty years ago
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Date: March 02, 2016 10:41AM
Opening Day in Charlestown (circa 1966)...
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
LarryInFairfax
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Date: March 03, 2016 03:37PM
Kings Parker Wrote:
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> > Anyone know where this was? hint -70's
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> Is that Gills Amoco??
I don't think so, but it's close. There aren't any Lincolns for sale on the side of the lot :)
I worked for Gil Campbell a couple of times in the late 70's. First as a gas attendant, then as a mechanic.
Gil was a really good man, but that manager he had was an asshole.
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> > Anyone know where this was? hint -70's
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> Is that Gills Amoco??
I don't think so, but it's close. There aren't any Lincolns for sale on the side of the lot :)
I worked for Gil Campbell a couple of times in the late 70's. First as a gas attendant, then as a mechanic.
Gil was a really good man, but that manager he had was an asshole.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
LarryInFairfax
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Date: March 03, 2016 03:39PM
Kings Parker Wrote:
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> I cant take credit for this one. I got it from an
> earlier FFXU thread. The Burke firehouse in the
> 70's.
They had a fire, but I think the complex is still there. That intersection is.
Lived right down the street from there for several years on Kara Place.
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> I cant take credit for this one. I got it from an
> earlier FFXU thread. The Burke firehouse in the
> 70's.
They had a fire, but I think the complex is still there. That intersection is.
Lived right down the street from there for several years on Kara Place.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
LarryInFairfax
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Date: March 03, 2016 03:52PM
Wiki says what? Wrote:
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> Wiki says:
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> Gino's Hamburgers was a fast-food restaurant chain
> founded in Baltimore, Maryland, by Baltimore Colts
> defensive end Gino Marchetti and running back Alan
> Ameche, along with their close friend Louis
> Fischer, in 1957. In Dundalk, Maryland, just
> outside Baltimore, it got its official name in
> 1959 when the owners brought on Colts' captain
> Gino Marchetti. It was an East Coast regional fast
> food restaurant and had 359 company-owned
> locations when it was acquired by Marriott
> Corporation in 1982. Marriott discontinued the
> brand and converted locations to their Roy Rogers
> Restaurants chain. The last Gino's, located in
> Pasadena, Maryland and owned independently from
> Marriott, closed in 1986.
>
> The restaurant was known for high-quality
> hamburgers such as the Sirloiner, which was made
> from sirloin steak, and the Gino Giant, which
> predated and later competed with the Big Mac. The
> company held the franchise for Kentucky Fried
> Chicken in the middle-Atlantic states. The
> company’s jingle, played during radio
> advertisements in the early years was “Everybody
> goes to Gino’s, ‘cause Gino’s is the place
> to go!
As a kid I almost lived at the Gino's in Leesburg. Anyone remember the "Sirloiner" ? Step aside quarter pounder :)
They also carried Kentucky Fried Chicken and their sides and stuff. That was back when they nice little soft rolls instead of today's hard hockey-puck biscuits.
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> Wiki says:
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> Gino's Hamburgers was a fast-food restaurant chain
> founded in Baltimore, Maryland, by Baltimore Colts
> defensive end Gino Marchetti and running back Alan
> Ameche, along with their close friend Louis
> Fischer, in 1957. In Dundalk, Maryland, just
> outside Baltimore, it got its official name in
> 1959 when the owners brought on Colts' captain
> Gino Marchetti. It was an East Coast regional fast
> food restaurant and had 359 company-owned
> locations when it was acquired by Marriott
> Corporation in 1982. Marriott discontinued the
> brand and converted locations to their Roy Rogers
> Restaurants chain. The last Gino's, located in
> Pasadena, Maryland and owned independently from
> Marriott, closed in 1986.
>
> The restaurant was known for high-quality
> hamburgers such as the Sirloiner, which was made
> from sirloin steak, and the Gino Giant, which
> predated and later competed with the Big Mac. The
> company held the franchise for Kentucky Fried
> Chicken in the middle-Atlantic states. The
> company’s jingle, played during radio
> advertisements in the early years was “Everybody
> goes to Gino’s, ‘cause Gino’s is the place
> to go!
As a kid I almost lived at the Gino's in Leesburg. Anyone remember the "Sirloiner" ? Step aside quarter pounder :)
They also carried Kentucky Fried Chicken and their sides and stuff. That was back when they nice little soft rolls instead of today's hard hockey-puck biscuits.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
LarryInFairfax
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Date: March 03, 2016 03:56PM
drive in movie Wrote:
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this one makes me sad :(
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this one makes me sad :(
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
LarryInFairfax
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Date: March 03, 2016 04:04PM
Gordon Blvd Wrote:
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> so if you look at Pike 7 Plaza there, the blue
> part there is TJ Maxx. Red part is Staples.
> Anybody remember what was in the middle before
> DSW?
Woolworths? There was also a wild Bar there at one time. I used to live across the street from this strip mall in the 60's on the other side of Route 7.
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> so if you look at Pike 7 Plaza there, the blue
> part there is TJ Maxx. Red part is Staples.
> Anybody remember what was in the middle before
> DSW?
Woolworths? There was also a wild Bar there at one time. I used to live across the street from this strip mall in the 60's on the other side of Route 7.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
LarryInFairfax
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Date: March 03, 2016 04:05PM
OldFyrMan Wrote:
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> Gordon Blvd Wrote:
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> > for all the crap, I've ever said on this
> > site.....................whelp, this one makes
> up
> > for all of it right here =)
> >
> > yr welcome
> ^^ Johnson's Auto Body in Merrifield?
Yeah LOL That place creeped me out when the Gnomes took it over !
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> Gordon Blvd Wrote:
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> > for all the crap, I've ever said on this
> > site.....................whelp, this one makes
> up
> > for all of it right here =)
> >
> > yr welcome
> ^^ Johnson's Auto Body in Merrifield?
Yeah LOL That place creeped me out when the Gnomes took it over !
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
TWHmw
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Date: March 03, 2016 06:26PM
TWHmw
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Kingsarms
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Date: March 03, 2016 11:45PM
Old Burke Photo
I grew up in Falls Church but in 1963 my grandparents moved to Red Fox Forest (off of Braddock opposite Kings Park Shopping Center). My grandfather was an avid fisherman and it didn't him long to discover Burke Lake (very primitive back then - nothing more than a bait shed located on the site of what today is the lake's marina).
On his way to the lake he would often stop at Carson's Trading Post (before it became the old house 7-11) across from the fire department to buy bait. He eventually met Roy Carson, the Burke VFD Fire Chief, who told him about other good fishing ponds in the area. As I always enjoyed fishing with my grandfather, I would often ride along in his well-worn '64 Nova, so I got to meet Chief Carson and check out all of the station's fire trucks. Pretty exciting stuff for a 9 or so year old kid!
I found this photo of the second Burke Fire Station online. From the age of the equipment parked in front, I'm guessing this was taken in the mid 1960s. The Burke VFD website's history page mentions that this station opened in 1963.
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I grew up in Falls Church but in 1963 my grandparents moved to Red Fox Forest (off of Braddock opposite Kings Park Shopping Center). My grandfather was an avid fisherman and it didn't him long to discover Burke Lake (very primitive back then - nothing more than a bait shed located on the site of what today is the lake's marina).
On his way to the lake he would often stop at Carson's Trading Post (before it became the old house 7-11) across from the fire department to buy bait. He eventually met Roy Carson, the Burke VFD Fire Chief, who told him about other good fishing ponds in the area. As I always enjoyed fishing with my grandfather, I would often ride along in his well-worn '64 Nova, so I got to meet Chief Carson and check out all of the station's fire trucks. Pretty exciting stuff for a 9 or so year old kid!
I found this photo of the second Burke Fire Station online. From the age of the equipment parked in front, I'm guessing this was taken in the mid 1960s. The Burke VFD website's history page mentions that this station opened in 1963.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Geezerdog
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Date: March 04, 2016 12:37AM
The original Fire House is the white building behind the equipment..
Remember Carson's Trading Post well.. Mrs Olive Carson was my school bus driver..
Remember Carson's Trading Post well.. Mrs Olive Carson was my school bus driver..
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
GyynP
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Date: March 04, 2016 08:06AM
GyynP
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82 bruin
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Date: March 04, 2016 02:37PM
Geezerdog Wrote:
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> The original Fire House is the white building
> behind the equipment..
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> Remember Carson's Trading Post well.. Mrs Olive
> Carson was my school bus driver..
The old firehouse became the post office as I remember.
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> The original Fire House is the white building
> behind the equipment..
>
> Remember Carson's Trading Post well.. Mrs Olive
> Carson was my school bus driver..
The old firehouse became the post office as I remember.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82 bruin
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Date: March 04, 2016 02:40PM
Another view.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
lbss82 bruin
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Date: March 04, 2016 02:50PM
More on Burke. Burke lake was supposed to be an airport till the airport site was moved to dulles.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
giving thread
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Date: March 04, 2016 08:27PM
Looks like this old pictures thread is close to half a million views. Really good stuff!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jacobs Rock
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Date: March 04, 2016 09:25PM
We bought beer at that 7 11 on our way to camp at Fountainhead Lake in the late seventies.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jimnva
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Date: March 05, 2016 10:07AM
I couldn't have said that better myself!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 05, 2016 01:03PM
lbss82 bruin Wrote:
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> Another view.
Thank you for posting this picture. This is my only recollection of Burke, when as a teenager from Arlington in the mid seventies we (friends) drove to Burke one night to rescue our friend who had just moved there with his family. All I remember was this country store that was a 7-11. I couldn’t believe how rural it was to even get there. Lots of dark. Lots of trees. Lots of winding roads. It was truly the boondocks. Sadly, the boy committed suicide shortly after they moved there. I never understood why he would do that. Too country for a suburban boy, I guess.
Thanks again for posting the picture. I knew I had remembered it correctly!
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> Another view.
Thank you for posting this picture. This is my only recollection of Burke, when as a teenager from Arlington in the mid seventies we (friends) drove to Burke one night to rescue our friend who had just moved there with his family. All I remember was this country store that was a 7-11. I couldn’t believe how rural it was to even get there. Lots of dark. Lots of trees. Lots of winding roads. It was truly the boondocks. Sadly, the boy committed suicide shortly after they moved there. I never understood why he would do that. Too country for a suburban boy, I guess.
Thanks again for posting the picture. I knew I had remembered it correctly!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 05, 2016 01:39PM
How does this look? Government property sale map (gray outline) overlay on current goole map.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Hey Causecian
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Date: March 05, 2016 11:25PM
Since you were from Arlington I'm sure you bowled at Play Mor Lanes? Great memories there.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Kingsarms
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Date: March 06, 2016 12:12AM
Causeican - that's a great overlay map. I had forgotten about the government looking at this area for use as an airport even to the point of purchasing the land. Does anyone know if Burke Lake was created before the government purchased the land?
The lake is not shown on the surplus property sale map, so maybe it wasn't created until after the surplus sale in 1959.
The lake is not shown on the surplus property sale map, so maybe it wasn't created until after the surplus sale in 1959.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Silas Burke
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Date: March 06, 2016 12:42AM
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 06, 2016 01:03AM
Play-Mor Lanes. Was that behind the blue building off Glebe? I worked there for a short time but no great memories. Missed out on those, I guess.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Howard "Mr. 300" Sprague
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Date: March 06, 2016 01:19AM
Hey Causecian Wrote:
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> Since you were from Arlington I'm sure you bowled
> at Play Mor Lanes? Great memories there.
Many area bowling alleys from my youth, in addition to Pla-Mor Lanes, are gone.
Fair Lanes Springfield
Penn Daw Lanes (Duck Pin / later converted to half duck / half ten)
Skor-Mor Lanes (Arlington)
Falls Church Lanes (Duck Pin)
Ten Pin Coliseum / Alexandria Bowling Center (closed less than a year ago)
Rinaldi's Lanes (Arlington)
Bowl America Duke / US Bowling (Alexandria City)
Mclean Bowling
Fair Lanes Baileys Crossroads
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> Since you were from Arlington I'm sure you bowled
> at Play Mor Lanes? Great memories there.
Many area bowling alleys from my youth, in addition to Pla-Mor Lanes, are gone.
Fair Lanes Springfield
Penn Daw Lanes (Duck Pin / later converted to half duck / half ten)
Skor-Mor Lanes (Arlington)
Falls Church Lanes (Duck Pin)
Ten Pin Coliseum / Alexandria Bowling Center (closed less than a year ago)
Rinaldi's Lanes (Arlington)
Bowl America Duke / US Bowling (Alexandria City)
Mclean Bowling
Fair Lanes Baileys Crossroads
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 06, 2016 01:35AM
Did you get this one on Quincy across from W&L? I played there two or three times.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 06, 2016 01:39AM
How about roller rinks and ice rinks? I use to love to skate.
Alexandria Roller Rink
Franconia Roller Rink
Tysons Ice Rink
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Tysons Ice Rink
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Hey Causeican
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Date: March 06, 2016 01:40AM
Play-Mor Lanes. Was that behind the blue building off Glebe? I worked there for a short time but no great memories. Missed out on those, I guess.
Next to blue building. Shit every kid who lived in the area bowled there on Sat.. in the late 60's.. Remember the game room? What was the most popular?
Next to blue building. Shit every kid who lived in the area bowled there on Sat.. in the late 60's.. Remember the game room? What was the most popular?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Howard "Mr 300" Sprague
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Date: March 06, 2016 01:42AM
causeican Wrote:
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> Did you get this one on Quincy across from W&L? I
> played there two or three times
That was Skor-Mor Lanes. Another one I just remembered was Seminary Lanes in Alexandria
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> Did you get this one on Quincy across from W&L? I
> played there two or three times
That was Skor-Mor Lanes. Another one I just remembered was Seminary Lanes in Alexandria
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 06, 2016 02:07AM
Hey Causeican Wrote:
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> Play-Mor Lanes. Was that behind the blue building
> off Glebe? I worked there for a short time but no
> great memories. Missed out on those, I guess.
>
> Next to blue building. Shit every kid who lived in
> the area bowled there on Sat.. in the late 60's..
> Remember the game room? What was the most
> popular?
I’m not that old. Late 70s. Graduated HS 1980.
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> Play-Mor Lanes. Was that behind the blue building
> off Glebe? I worked there for a short time but no
> great memories. Missed out on those, I guess.
>
> Next to blue building. Shit every kid who lived in
> the area bowled there on Sat.. in the late 60's..
> Remember the game room? What was the most
> popular?
I’m not that old. Late 70s. Graduated HS 1980.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Burke Racetrack
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Date: March 06, 2016 02:24AM
from another thread
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 06, 2016 03:00AM
Kingsarms Wrote:
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> Causeican - that's a great overlay map. I had
> forgotten about the government looking at this
> area for use as an airport even to the point of
> purchasing the land. Does anyone know if Burke
> Lake was created before the government purchased
> the land?
>
> The lake is not shown on the surplus property sale
> map, so maybe it wasn't created until after the
> surplus sale in 1959.
From link Silas Burke posted above;
Description
.... When an alternate site in Chantilly was chosen, almost 900 acres of land formerly designated for the airport passed to the Fairfax County Park Authority. Burke Lake and Burke Lake Park were built on that land.
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> Causeican - that's a great overlay map. I had
> forgotten about the government looking at this
> area for use as an airport even to the point of
> purchasing the land. Does anyone know if Burke
> Lake was created before the government purchased
> the land?
>
> The lake is not shown on the surplus property sale
> map, so maybe it wasn't created until after the
> surplus sale in 1959.
From link Silas Burke posted above;
Description
.... When an alternate site in Chantilly was chosen, almost 900 acres of land formerly designated for the airport passed to the Fairfax County Park Authority. Burke Lake and Burke Lake Park were built on that land.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
white fang
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Date: March 06, 2016 06:05AM
Falls Church metro station under construction 1982.
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Posted by:
white fang
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Date: March 06, 2016 06:18AM
Richell Slepetz posted this.
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Posted by:
white fang
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Date: March 06, 2016 06:31AM
1966.
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Posted by:
element
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Date: March 06, 2016 06:41AM
Love that "white fang" pic!
Back then the police really did "protect and serve", not "harass and collect revenue for the county".
Many a time I got pulled over by them and was let go on minor infractions (open beer, expired plates (I had honestly forgotten to renew it was by a day or 2), etc)- today they are ready to impound your car over an expired inspection sticker and lock you up for having one beer!
Those were the days!!
Back then the police really did "protect and serve", not "harass and collect revenue for the county".
Many a time I got pulled over by them and was let go on minor infractions (open beer, expired plates (I had honestly forgotten to renew it was by a day or 2), etc)- today they are ready to impound your car over an expired inspection sticker and lock you up for having one beer!
Those were the days!!
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Posted by:
Suckered again
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Date: March 06, 2016 08:30AM
white fang Wrote:
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> Richell Slepetz posted this.
And the secret mesdage is:
"Be sure to watch channel 20"
Stupid commercial!!
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> Richell Slepetz posted this.
And the secret mesdage is:
"Be sure to watch channel 20"
Stupid commercial!!
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Posted by:
Dave Henery
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Date: March 06, 2016 09:19AM
white fang Wrote:
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> Richell Slepetz posted this.
Captain 20 was Dan Dyszel and he also played Count Gore De Vol. He is still at it.
http://www.countgore.com/
Channel 20 was great back in those days. Of course it seemed great as there were only about 5 or 6 stations to watch.
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> Richell Slepetz posted this.
Captain 20 was Dan Dyszel and he also played Count Gore De Vol. He is still at it.
http://www.countgore.com/
Channel 20 was great back in those days. Of course it seemed great as there were only about 5 or 6 stations to watch.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Ying Ko
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Date: March 06, 2016 09:33AM
Dave Henery Wrote:
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> white fang Wrote:
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> > Richell Slepetz posted this.
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>
> Captain 20 was Dan Dyszel and he also played Count
> Gore De Vol. He is still at it.
>
> http://www.countgore.com/
>
> Channel 20 was great back in those days. Of course
> it seemed great as there were only about 5 or 6
> stations to watch.
I think he took over from Milt Grant's teen dance show.
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> > Richell Slepetz posted this.
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>
> Captain 20 was Dan Dyszel and he also played Count
> Gore De Vol. He is still at it.
>
> http://www.countgore.com/
>
> Channel 20 was great back in those days. Of course
> it seemed great as there were only about 5 or 6
> stations to watch.
I think he took over from Milt Grant's teen dance show.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 06, 2016 10:12AM
When I was 5, or so, I was on the Ranger Howel Show, or something like that. All the kids sat around a big table having, what seemed like, a birthday party. Later, we all got to pick a prize.
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Posted by:
Chuck Thompson
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Date: March 06, 2016 10:25AM
The Bullets, Caps, and Orioles were on WDCA during the 80's and early 90's. Then the smart people began to realize that there was a better way.
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Posted by:
Dave Henery
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Date: March 06, 2016 10:42AM
causeican Wrote:
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> When I was 5, or so, I was on the Ranger Howel
> Show, or something like that. All the kids sat
> around a big table having, what seemed like, a
> birthday party. Later, we all got to pick a
> prize.
Ranger Hal was on channel 9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nay4Gye4r9A
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> When I was 5, or so, I was on the Ranger Howel
> Show, or something like that. All the kids sat
> around a big table having, what seemed like, a
> birthday party. Later, we all got to pick a
> prize.
Ranger Hal was on channel 9.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nay4Gye4r9A
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Posted by:
Basement tapes
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Date: March 06, 2016 10:59AM
Locally produced shows back then were about as bad as YouTube garbage is now.
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Posted by:
No Beer For Me
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Date: March 06, 2016 11:09AM
>We bought beer at that 7 11 on our way to camp at Fountainhead Lake in the late seventies.
I tried to buy beer there in the early 70's. They carded me every time..I thought that 7-11 was a Handy Dandy before it was a 7-11.
Been a long time now that I saw Jacobs Rock on the Occoquan. Late 80's and remember the rope swing by a creek off Hampton Rd.
DAJAX
I tried to buy beer there in the early 70's. They carded me every time..I thought that 7-11 was a Handy Dandy before it was a 7-11.
Been a long time now that I saw Jacobs Rock on the Occoquan. Late 80's and remember the rope swing by a creek off Hampton Rd.
DAJAX
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jacobs Rock
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Date: March 06, 2016 11:55AM
Asian guy sold us the beer, we had fake ID. The Hampton Rd. rope swing had a nasty stump near the shoreline, I saw some big dummy lose his grip and raked his back pretty bad. Sometimes we hiked on land to the rope swing, other times we swam across the lake to get there.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 06, 2016 12:40PM
Not Arlington but wasn’t this a bowling alley once?
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Posted by:
PBA Asso.
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Date: March 06, 2016 02:06PM
It was a bowling alley until 1973 or 1974. Then became an restaurant/club "The Alibi".
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Posted by:
Ernest
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Date: March 06, 2016 02:44PM
Yep - you'd go through the doubles doors at the far right and go downstairs. Duckpin is all they had is if I remember correctly.
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Posted by:
old
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Date: March 06, 2016 03:39PM
causeican Wrote:
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> Not Arlington but wasn’t this a bowling alley
> once?
Don't remember that, but I got my drivers license there in 1966. It was not a DMV office like we know today. I think it was called a license agency, sort of run under a contract with DMV for license plates. Traveling examiners (when they wore cop uniforms) gave tests there a few days a week. When they opened a regular DMV office in that shopping center on Lee Highway (where Hooters is today) in '68 or '69, the office on Main Street closed.
Also in that building in the pic, was the Selective Service (draft board). Trying to stay out of 'Nam, I appealed my 1-A classification. My hearing was right there in that building. They denied my appeal so I joined the Navy, LOL.
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> Not Arlington but wasn’t this a bowling alley
> once?
Don't remember that, but I got my drivers license there in 1966. It was not a DMV office like we know today. I think it was called a license agency, sort of run under a contract with DMV for license plates. Traveling examiners (when they wore cop uniforms) gave tests there a few days a week. When they opened a regular DMV office in that shopping center on Lee Highway (where Hooters is today) in '68 or '69, the office on Main Street closed.
Also in that building in the pic, was the Selective Service (draft board). Trying to stay out of 'Nam, I appealed my 1-A classification. My hearing was right there in that building. They denied my appeal so I joined the Navy, LOL.
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Date: March 06, 2016 04:01PM
Hot shoppes lyon village shopping center cherrydale date unknown.
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Date: March 06, 2016 04:48PM
old Wrote:
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > Not Arlington but wasn’t this a bowling alley
> > once?
>
> Don't remember that, but I got my drivers license
> there in 1966. It was not a DMV office like we
> know today. I think it was called a license
> agency, sort of run under a contract with DMV for
> license plates. Traveling examiners (when they
> wore cop uniforms) gave tests there a few days a
> week. When they opened a regular DMV office in
> that shopping center on Lee Highway (where Hooters
> is today) in '68 or '69, the office on Main Street
> closed.
>
> Also in that building in the pic, was the
> Selective Service (draft board). Trying to stay
> out of 'Nam, I appealed my 1-A classification. My
> hearing was right there in that building. They
> denied my appeal so I joined the Navy, LOL.
Can’t say you didn’t try. Thanks for the story. I didn’t know any of that.
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> causeican Wrote:
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> > Not Arlington but wasn’t this a bowling alley
> > once?
>
> Don't remember that, but I got my drivers license
> there in 1966. It was not a DMV office like we
> know today. I think it was called a license
> agency, sort of run under a contract with DMV for
> license plates. Traveling examiners (when they
> wore cop uniforms) gave tests there a few days a
> week. When they opened a regular DMV office in
> that shopping center on Lee Highway (where Hooters
> is today) in '68 or '69, the office on Main Street
> closed.
>
> Also in that building in the pic, was the
> Selective Service (draft board). Trying to stay
> out of 'Nam, I appealed my 1-A classification. My
> hearing was right there in that building. They
> denied my appeal so I joined the Navy, LOL.
Can’t say you didn’t try. Thanks for the story. I didn’t know any of that.
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Kingsarms
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Date: March 06, 2016 11:11PM
There was a bowling alley in the basement in the 1960s, then the Alibi restaurant in the late 1970s through most of the 1980s. My wife and I had our wedding reception there in 1985 when it was still the Alibi. After the Alibi, there was a pretty good Indian restaurant there. On the street level, on the left side, there was an office equipment store that sold both new and used typewriters. I bought an old IBM Selectric from them somewhere in the late 70s. I think there was also a copy shop in there at one time.
Old mentioned the draft board being here. They might have been at one time, but by 1973 the draft board had moved a block down 123 and was in the basement of the old post office building. I had a student deferment but got lucky in the draft lottery that year and my birthdate was assigned #294. The national selective service indicated that they would only draft up to #225 that year so I requested reclassification to 1A and sat out my year of eligibility without (much) concern about being called up for 'Nam duty.
Old mentioned the draft board being here. They might have been at one time, but by 1973 the draft board had moved a block down 123 and was in the basement of the old post office building. I had a student deferment but got lucky in the draft lottery that year and my birthdate was assigned #294. The national selective service indicated that they would only draft up to #225 that year so I requested reclassification to 1A and sat out my year of eligibility without (much) concern about being called up for 'Nam duty.
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Date: March 06, 2016 11:13PM
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Date: March 07, 2016 02:23AM
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> Remember me on channel 5?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVCIjmLzgU
Absolutely, Captain!
We used to run Carnivals for MD to get on your show!
Hey, how's Commander Salamander? (he guards the coast, you know)
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> Remember me on channel 5?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVCIjmLzgU
Absolutely, Captain!
We used to run Carnivals for MD to get on your show!
Hey, how's Commander Salamander? (he guards the coast, you know)
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lbss82 bruin
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Date: March 07, 2016 04:53AM
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Date: March 07, 2016 06:24AM
Dave Henery Wrote:
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> > When I was 5, or so, I was on the Ranger Howel
> > Show, or something like that. All the kids sat
> > around a big table having, what seemed like, a
> > birthday party. Later, we all got to pick a
> > prize.
>
>
> Ranger Hal was on channel 9.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nay4Gye4r9A
I have a letter that my Mom wrote to her mother --letters how quaint-- dated November 22, 1963, thanking her for some birthday gelt for my little sister. She mentioned that I was going to see Ranger Hal at Annandale High School for some show there the next day.
Guess I didn't make it...
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> > When I was 5, or so, I was on the Ranger Howel
> > Show, or something like that. All the kids sat
> > around a big table having, what seemed like, a
> > birthday party. Later, we all got to pick a
> > prize.
>
>
> Ranger Hal was on channel 9.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nay4Gye4r9A
I have a letter that my Mom wrote to her mother --letters how quaint-- dated November 22, 1963, thanking her for some birthday gelt for my little sister. She mentioned that I was going to see Ranger Hal at Annandale High School for some show there the next day.
Guess I didn't make it...
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Date: March 07, 2016 05:47PM
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Joke Insurance
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Date: March 08, 2016 12:01PM
Fair Lanes Springfield, was that where the Long & Foster location is now located? Used to be a Kids R Us, as well.
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Dave Henery
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Date: March 09, 2016 07:43PM
Joke Insurance Wrote:
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> Fair Lanes Springfield, was that where the Long &
> Foster location is now located? Used to be a Kids
> R Us, as well.
Is this it?
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> Fair Lanes Springfield, was that where the Long &
> Foster location is now located? Used to be a Kids
> R Us, as well.
Is this it?
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Dusty Springfield
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Date: March 10, 2016 07:15AM
And directly behind the BOWL sign is the Springfield Independent office.
What are the other stores? Is that House of Music (or Lance? The was a House of Lance next to OKM Giant forever).
Cool photo!
What are the other stores? Is that House of Music (or Lance? The was a House of Lance next to OKM Giant forever).
Cool photo!
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Ringo Starr
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Date: March 10, 2016 10:45AM
Dusty Springfield Wrote:
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> And directly behind the BOWL sign is the
> Springfield Independent office.
>
> What are the other stores? Is that House of Music
> (or Lance? The was a House of Lance next to OKM
> Giant forever).
>
> Cool photo!
That was House of Music. I remember getting my 1st drom there.
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> And directly behind the BOWL sign is the
> Springfield Independent office.
>
> What are the other stores? Is that House of Music
> (or Lance? The was a House of Lance next to OKM
> Giant forever).
>
> Cool photo!
That was House of Music. I remember getting my 1st drom there.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 10, 2016 10:22PM
An old issue, but a great story: The Old Fairfax Theater & Sharpe’s Field, by William Page Johnson, II, pages 9-10 of The Fair Facs Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 4, Fall 2005. http://www.historicfairfax.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/HFCI34-2005.pdf
It reminds me of when I was a kid. We use to have such fun. Especially, out after dark.
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Many Moons Ago
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Date: March 10, 2016 10:35PM
>
The Hampton Rd. rope swing had a nasty stump near the shoreline, I saw some big dummy lose his grip and raked his back pretty bad. Sometimes we hiked on land to the rope swing, other times we swam across the lake to get there.
I swam across the lake to get their too. Been a long time ago summer 1970.
And we stopped at Reid's store a old wooden place on 123 on the left not far from Hampton Rd for Cokes and Sweets on the way down. I think that place closed soon after but the building was there many more years. There's some tall large trees at the at spot today, all that's left.
DAJAX
The Hampton Rd. rope swing had a nasty stump near the shoreline, I saw some big dummy lose his grip and raked his back pretty bad. Sometimes we hiked on land to the rope swing, other times we swam across the lake to get there.
I swam across the lake to get their too. Been a long time ago summer 1970.
And we stopped at Reid's store a old wooden place on 123 on the left not far from Hampton Rd for Cokes and Sweets on the way down. I think that place closed soon after but the building was there many more years. There's some tall large trees at the at spot today, all that's left.
DAJAX
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Springfielder1
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Date: March 10, 2016 10:54PM
Wasn't House of Lance (or something like that) a hair salon at the far end of Cardinal Forest Shopping Center in West Springfield, close to the church? It was next to a dry cleaners if I remember correctly.
House of Music was on the corner of the Springfield Plaza Shopping Center along OKM in main Springfield. Springfield Plaza also had a Mr. Donut that we visited every Sunday after church.
I love these pictures!
Dusty Springfield Wrote:
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> And directly behind the BOWL sign is the
> Springfield Independent office.
>
> What are the other stores? Is that House of Music
> (or Lance? The was a House of Lance next to OKM
> Giant forever).
>
> Cool photo!
House of Music was on the corner of the Springfield Plaza Shopping Center along OKM in main Springfield. Springfield Plaza also had a Mr. Donut that we visited every Sunday after church.
I love these pictures!
Dusty Springfield Wrote:
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> And directly behind the BOWL sign is the
> Springfield Independent office.
>
> What are the other stores? Is that House of Music
> (or Lance? The was a House of Lance next to OKM
> Giant forever).
>
> Cool photo!
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Posted by:
Dusty Springfield
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Date: March 11, 2016 07:37AM
House of Lance was owned by Lance Marchiafava.
I thought his original location was at the end of the strip shopping center in WS down from Giant and yes, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church just beyond the parking lot.
Some of the stores in this strip were Nortgern Virginia Bank(other end at Keene Mill and Rolling), then Kinneys (great window display), drugstore (Peoples?), Giant. Burger Chef was across the street.
I thought his original location was at the end of the strip shopping center in WS down from Giant and yes, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church just beyond the parking lot.
Some of the stores in this strip were Nortgern Virginia Bank(other end at Keene Mill and Rolling), then Kinneys (great window display), drugstore (Peoples?), Giant. Burger Chef was across the street.
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causeican
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Date: March 11, 2016 12:50PM
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Mike Tysons chicken
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Date: March 12, 2016 04:39AM
I know this picture has been posted before, it is Tysons corner center from 1984.
A question for old time Tysons mall rats like me- Who remembers the giant mechanical coat rack they had there? I never used the damn thing but it sort of looked like a conveyor belt deal with some way your coat would get locked on there or maybe there was an attendant that secured the coats. I have a definite memory of that coat rack but not too many details.
Who remembers the names of all the courts of the original Tysons?
Fountain court- had to stop with the fountains because of fear of Legionnaires' disease.
Aviary court- had to be done away with because of fear of bird flu or something
Fashion court- that one was okay
Was there a Food court? I know they had Lums, Farrells, Hot shoppes, Roy rogers and I thought there was a Hardee's or burger king there at one time.
What were the other courts named?
Who remembers Bar mart with the live parrot?
Ritz camera?
Who remembers the Farrells ice cream employees that would run around with one type of ice cream dish that was brought out on a stretcher?
Orange Julius?
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A question for old time Tysons mall rats like me- Who remembers the giant mechanical coat rack they had there? I never used the damn thing but it sort of looked like a conveyor belt deal with some way your coat would get locked on there or maybe there was an attendant that secured the coats. I have a definite memory of that coat rack but not too many details.
Who remembers the names of all the courts of the original Tysons?
Fountain court- had to stop with the fountains because of fear of Legionnaires' disease.
Aviary court- had to be done away with because of fear of bird flu or something
Fashion court- that one was okay
Was there a Food court? I know they had Lums, Farrells, Hot shoppes, Roy rogers and I thought there was a Hardee's or burger king there at one time.
What were the other courts named?
Who remembers Bar mart with the live parrot?
Ritz camera?
Who remembers the Farrells ice cream employees that would run around with one type of ice cream dish that was brought out on a stretcher?
Orange Julius?
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Date: March 12, 2016 05:24AM
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John Benn
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Date: March 12, 2016 10:39AM
Here's a good history of the airport at Baileys. My dad had a Cessna there.
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/VA/Airfields_VA_Fairfax_NE.htm
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/VA/Airfields_VA_Fairfax_NE.htm
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A Random Fairfax Co Farm
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Date: March 12, 2016 11:03AM
2002
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A Random Fairfax Co Farm
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Date: March 12, 2016 11:04AM
1937
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A Random Fairfax Co Farm
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Date: March 12, 2016 11:04AM
1997
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Date: March 12, 2016 11:05AM
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A Random Fairfax Co Farm
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Date: March 12, 2016 11:05AM
2016
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A Random Fairfax Co Farm
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Date: March 12, 2016 11:06AM
T&N
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Date: March 12, 2016 11:46AM
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> T&N
Were the buildings demolished, by any chance?
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> T&N
Were the buildings demolished, by any chance?
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Date: March 12, 2016 12:12PM
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> T&N
Looks like a scene from Night of The Living Dead.
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> T&N
Looks like a scene from Night of The Living Dead.
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Posted by:
A Random Fairfax Co Farm
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Date: March 12, 2016 01:32PM
Am told the buildings all pretty much collapsed from deterioration but the main farm house was burned by FCFD training exercise.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 12, 2016 08:56PM
Sad. Why don’t we need farms anymore? Seems like a mistake.
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Posted by:
blanche
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Date: March 13, 2016 06:38AM
Look at 28 in the picture with the circle where the farm was located - two lanes in each direction. I can remember when 50 and 28 crossed each other at an intersection that was controlled by a traffic light. 28 was two lanes and 50 was four lanes. There was a little church on the southeast corner.
I might have mentioned this before that my grandfather's brothers' land was taken by imminent domain for Dulles Airport. They were dairy farmers and the milk was taken into the city by the Washington and Old Dominion trains from Herndon.
The cows were too relentless for my grandfather, building homes seemed like a better option.
As far as why there are no farms in Fairfax anymore, the land is too valuable.
I might have mentioned this before that my grandfather's brothers' land was taken by imminent domain for Dulles Airport. They were dairy farmers and the milk was taken into the city by the Washington and Old Dominion trains from Herndon.
The cows were too relentless for my grandfather, building homes seemed like a better option.
As far as why there are no farms in Fairfax anymore, the land is too valuable.
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Fran Connia
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Date: March 13, 2016 08:17AM
The Governor house inn Falls church then and now.
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Date: March 13, 2016 08:28AM
Oh no! Looks like there was an accident at west ox and route 50! Good thing that never happens any more. Not sure what year this is, 60s?
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Date: March 13, 2016 08:49AM
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> The Governor house inn Falls church then and now.
I really like that little coffee house attached to the Governor House.
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> The Governor house inn Falls church then and now.
I really like that little coffee house attached to the Governor House.
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slim 1989
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Date: March 13, 2016 07:56PM
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> The Governor house inn Falls church then and now.
Great picture! I lived in Mayfair House apartments for 3 years right behind that motel. This was 1980s.
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> The Governor house inn Falls church then and now.
Great picture! I lived in Mayfair House apartments for 3 years right behind that motel. This was 1980s.
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Date: March 13, 2016 08:21PM
Fran Connia Wrote:
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> Oh no! Looks like there was an accident at west ox
> and route 50! Good thing that never happens any
> more. Not sure what year this is, 60s?
This photo was taken in the summer of 1967. Great picture of the '61 Ford Galaxie, and the '66 Ford Galaxie county police car.
Looks like the '56 Ford and the '64 Caddy met each other in the fender bender.
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> Oh no! Looks like there was an accident at west ox
> and route 50! Good thing that never happens any
> more. Not sure what year this is, 60s?
This photo was taken in the summer of 1967. Great picture of the '61 Ford Galaxie, and the '66 Ford Galaxie county police car.
Looks like the '56 Ford and the '64 Caddy met each other in the fender bender.
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causeican
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Date: March 13, 2016 09:03PM
Okay, I give - why 1967 summer? Also, I thought maybe the Ford pick-up was just going around the accident. What about the 1950-something car on West Ox? Maybe the other car in accident is out of view.
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Date: March 13, 2016 09:33PM
causeican Wrote:
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> Okay, I give - why 1967 summer? Also, I thought
> maybe the Ford pick-up was just going around the
> accident. What about the 1950-something car on
> West Ox? Maybe the other car in accident is out
> of view.
The 1950-something car on West Ox Road is a 1956 Ford. To date the photo is simple enough.
First we look at the season of the year. It is summer. The folks in the '61 Ford have their windows down, and the trees are full of leaves.
Second we have the police car. It is a 1966. New model years were released in September of every year, so using that fact, the 1966 police car would not have been built until at least September 1965. Plus and it would have taken several months to set up the cars with lights and such, so that car would not be in service until early winter 1966.
Third we have the license plates on the cars. They are 1967 plates. Odd year plates are white plates with black letters, and even years are black plates with white letters. This pattern continued until 1972.
When the 1973 plates came out in early 1973 they were white with blue letters like we have today. Prior to 1973 everyone got new plates every spring, and there no stickers to deal with.
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> Okay, I give - why 1967 summer? Also, I thought
> maybe the Ford pick-up was just going around the
> accident. What about the 1950-something car on
> West Ox? Maybe the other car in accident is out
> of view.
The 1950-something car on West Ox Road is a 1956 Ford. To date the photo is simple enough.
First we look at the season of the year. It is summer. The folks in the '61 Ford have their windows down, and the trees are full of leaves.
Second we have the police car. It is a 1966. New model years were released in September of every year, so using that fact, the 1966 police car would not have been built until at least September 1965. Plus and it would have taken several months to set up the cars with lights and such, so that car would not be in service until early winter 1966.
Third we have the license plates on the cars. They are 1967 plates. Odd year plates are white plates with black letters, and even years are black plates with white letters. This pattern continued until 1972.
When the 1973 plates came out in early 1973 they were white with blue letters like we have today. Prior to 1973 everyone got new plates every spring, and there no stickers to deal with.
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Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 13, 2016 11:10PM
That is so cool. I didn’t even know that about the plates. Thanks for explanation.
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Date: March 13, 2016 11:28PM
i dunno where you are getting House of Lords or House of Music, etc.....
to me it looks like a House Of Fine Fabrics which used to have stores all over at that time. I remember that strip of shops... pizza shop and barber where there forever. McDonalds was there a while. Is it still there?
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Yes It Was The Way It Was in Va
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Date: March 13, 2016 11:42PM
Black Plates One Year White the Other and a metal tag hanging on to the front plate saying what county you where in. A County tag. Before County Decals on the windshield. It was a huge waste till they got with it on the yearly stickers. But that said can you imagine what it would be like to be a cop back then, How much computerization at the DMV ??. Licenses with no pictures from many states. All they could do was call into dispatch for any info like if your car was stolen .Or a APB was out. Good strong men those old coppers were. Did not scare easy.. Like all of us old timers..we have been through plenty of it..in our time.
DAJAX the old man..
DAJAX the old man..
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John Taylor
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Date: March 14, 2016 12:30AM
Fran Connia Wrote:
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> The Governor house inn Falls church then and now.
I really like that little coffee house attached to the Governor House.
Used to work at the Governor when I was in high school in the 70's. Three Chefs was the restaurant located there. Great pancakes and fried chicken. Motel was owned by the former sheriff of FFX John Taylor. Bill Page and Robertson who had a 5 and dime store in Arlington.
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> The Governor house inn Falls church then and now.
I really like that little coffee house attached to the Governor House.
Used to work at the Governor when I was in high school in the 70's. Three Chefs was the restaurant located there. Great pancakes and fried chicken. Motel was owned by the former sheriff of FFX John Taylor. Bill Page and Robertson who had a 5 and dime store in Arlington.
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Unit 8
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Date: March 14, 2016 03:49AM
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Shit man, I moved into a house in the background when that was painted. My picture says 89.
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Shit man, I moved into a house in the background when that was painted. My picture says 89.
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causeican
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Date: March 14, 2016 04:06AM
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> Black Plates One Year White the Other and a metal
> tag hanging on to the front plate saying what
> county you where in. A County tag. Before County
> Decals on the windshield. It was a huge waste till
> they got with it on the yearly stickers. But that
> said can you imagine what it would be like to be a
> cop back then, How much computerization at the DMV
> ??. Licenses with no pictures from many states.
> All they could do was call into dispatch for any
> info like if your car was stolen .Or a APB was
> out. Good strong men those old coppers were. Did
> not scare easy.. Like all of us old timers..we
> have been through plenty of it..in our time.
>
> DAJAX the old man..
Good points. There were not so many people to contend with either. That makes a big difference. Different kinds of people, either Back then, you just understood things. Now you have to explain everything.
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> Black Plates One Year White the Other and a metal
> tag hanging on to the front plate saying what
> county you where in. A County tag. Before County
> Decals on the windshield. It was a huge waste till
> they got with it on the yearly stickers. But that
> said can you imagine what it would be like to be a
> cop back then, How much computerization at the DMV
> ??. Licenses with no pictures from many states.
> All they could do was call into dispatch for any
> info like if your car was stolen .Or a APB was
> out. Good strong men those old coppers were. Did
> not scare easy.. Like all of us old timers..we
> have been through plenty of it..in our time.
>
> DAJAX the old man..
Good points. There were not so many people to contend with either. That makes a big difference. Different kinds of people, either Back then, you just understood things. Now you have to explain everything.
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Date: March 14, 2016 03:19PM
7nhGJ
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Date: March 14, 2016 03:57PM
Yes It Was The Way It Was in Va Wrote:
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> Black Plates One Year White the Other and a metal
> tag hanging on to the front plate saying what
> county you where in. A County tag. Before County
> Decals on the windshield. It was a huge waste till
> they got with it on the yearly stickers. But that
> said can you imagine what it would be like to be a
> cop back then, How much computerization at the DMV
> ??. Licenses with no pictures from many states.
> All they could do was call into dispatch for any
> info like if your car was stolen .Or a APB was
> out. Good strong men those old coppers were. Did
> not scare easy.. Like all of us old timers..we
> have been through plenty of it..in our time.
>
> DAJAX the old man..
I grew up at the tail end of the hickory shampoo days, we learned a smart mouth caused headaches. By and large FFX LEOs were cool, usually scared the shit out of us and sent us packing, whatever mischief we were into. Honestly, we could near always out run them!
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> Black Plates One Year White the Other and a metal
> tag hanging on to the front plate saying what
> county you where in. A County tag. Before County
> Decals on the windshield. It was a huge waste till
> they got with it on the yearly stickers. But that
> said can you imagine what it would be like to be a
> cop back then, How much computerization at the DMV
> ??. Licenses with no pictures from many states.
> All they could do was call into dispatch for any
> info like if your car was stolen .Or a APB was
> out. Good strong men those old coppers were. Did
> not scare easy.. Like all of us old timers..we
> have been through plenty of it..in our time.
>
> DAJAX the old man..
I grew up at the tail end of the hickory shampoo days, we learned a smart mouth caused headaches. By and large FFX LEOs were cool, usually scared the shit out of us and sent us packing, whatever mischief we were into. Honestly, we could near always out run them!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Olde Hombre
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Date: March 14, 2016 05:19PM
It's the remnants of Horsepen Farm... some of which were taken for the construction of Dulles Airport. There were still limited cattle and crop operations on the property (in the photo's) into the late 1980's. Don't know for sure if the main residence house was used for FCFD burning/training but that would make sense. It's still an interesting bit of property that will probably soon become another office for one of the biggie gov contractors. The existing pond on the property is still full of frogs that have been 'peeping' in the last couple of weeks. Silo structure remains for now amidst the rest of the collapsed structures and worth a look if you're inclined to view old properties that won't last much longer.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Robert Shmurda
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Date: March 14, 2016 05:27PM
By the way, when did the nearby Redskins Park last until? There doesn't seem to be any online info.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Ringo Starr
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Date: March 14, 2016 06:40PM
skeev Wrote:
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> i dunno where you are getting House of Lords or
> House of Music, etc.....
> to me it looks like a House Of Fine Fabrics which
> used to have stores all over at that time. I
> remember that strip of shops... pizza shop and
> barber where there forever. McDonalds was there a
> while. Is it still there?
I realize it's not that easy to tell but that sign does say "House of Music". There is still a McDonald's in that strip.
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> i dunno where you are getting House of Lords or
> House of Music, etc.....
> to me it looks like a House Of Fine Fabrics which
> used to have stores all over at that time. I
> remember that strip of shops... pizza shop and
> barber where there forever. McDonalds was there a
> while. Is it still there?
I realize it's not that easy to tell but that sign does say "House of Music". There is still a McDonald's in that strip.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Greybeard
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Date: March 14, 2016 08:22PM
blanche Wrote:
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> Look at 28 in the picture with the circle where
> the farm was located - two lanes in each
> direction. I can remember when 50 and 28 crossed
> each other at an intersection that was controlled
> by a traffic light. 28 was two lanes and 50 was
> four lanes. There was a little church on the
> southeast corner.
Pretty sure that church is still there! Google "oakton baptist church chantilly va"
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> Look at 28 in the picture with the circle where
> the farm was located - two lanes in each
> direction. I can remember when 50 and 28 crossed
> each other at an intersection that was controlled
> by a traffic light. 28 was two lanes and 50 was
> four lanes. There was a little church on the
> southeast corner.
Pretty sure that church is still there! Google "oakton baptist church chantilly va"
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: March 15, 2016 05:44AM
The building is LONG gone it was located where the overpass of 28 crosses over 50. The congregation might be somewhere else.
I need to look at my ancient ADC map of Northern VA to figure out what the name of the church was. The copy where there are large swaths of Fairfax that actually had open spaces...
I need to look at my ancient ADC map of Northern VA to figure out what the name of the church was. The copy where there are large swaths of Fairfax that actually had open spaces...