blanche Wrote:
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> 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...


They meet every Sunday under the overpass like a bunch of Trolls.

Was it CentreVille Baptist Church?

blanche Wrote:
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> 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...

Ah. The wee church I was referring to is old enough, but of course that doesn't mean there weren't two churches near each other!

1983
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Hechingers Falls Church May 31 1969
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> Hechingers Falls Church May 31 1969


What kind of station wagon is that??

On Oct. 23, 1968, flames gutted Murphy's Five and Dime Store in Clarendon. The blaze was discovered by the crew of Wagon 4 on their return from an alarm at Bergman's Laundry.
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> > Hechingers Falls Church May 31 1969
>
>
> What kind of station wagon is that??


The station wagon is a 1968 Dodge Monaco.

Does anyone know where this was in Arlington? I love old places like this, with the slamming wood screen door and wood floors.
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That store was right in Rosslyn close to where the Metro station ended up. Here's a 1934 aerial excerpt with the building circled.
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Pentagon fire 1959
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Chain Bridge during the great flood of '36....

omg that’s a great picture of chain bridge. Look at that house right next to the bridge. idk, is this really our chain bridge? there are a lot of chain bridge’s named that in the country. That sign says “shell” I don’t think this is Virginia into DC at the end of 123.

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> Chain Bridge during the great flood of '36....
>
>


As I remember the flood of 1936 finished off this bridge that was opened in 1874.

I was a Senior at The University of Maryland when the current day Chain Bridge opened for service in 1939.

8th Chain Bridge Wrote:
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> >
>
>
> As I remember the flood of 1936 finished off this
> bridge that was opened in 1874.
>
> I was a Senior at The University of Maryland when
> the current day Chain Bridge opened for service in
> 1939.

You're that old?

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> > Chain Bridge during the great flood of '36....
> >
> >
>
>
> As I remember the flood of 1936 finished off this
> bridge that was opened in 1874.
>
> I was a Senior at The University of Maryland when
> the current day Chain Bridge opened for service in
> 1939.

Hahahahaha. A senior at the University of Maryland. Hahahahaha

Another view looking across from the other side.
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Does anyone remember Bar-J riding stables ?
It was located where Merrifield industrial park is Dorr ave & Hilltop rd.
Or even the Trampoline center? That was where Koons Ford is in Falls Church.

TNGGX

Jimmy Rae's Trampoline Center, circa 1962. Site of Koons Ford at Seven Corners. Thanks to DV in the Seven Corners and Baileys Crossroads History group on Facebook.
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> TruthSpeaks Wrote:
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> > Chain Bridge during the great flood of '36....
> >
> >
>
>
> As I remember the flood of 1936 finished off this
> bridge that was opened in 1874.
>
> I was a Senior at The University of Maryland when
> the current day Chain Bridge opened for service in
> 1939.


http://digital.lib.umd.edu/image?pid=umd:5165

Route 1 across from Krispy Kreme.
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My first job was as a busboy at the Holiday Inn restaurant. c. 1979

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Tops
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causeican Wrote:
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> omg that’s a great picture of chain bridge.
> Look at that house right next to the bridge. idk,
> is this really our chain bridge? there are a lot
> of chain bridge’s named that in the country.
> That sign says “shell” I don’t think this is
> Virginia into DC at the end of 123.

That picture is of Chain Bridge. I grew up in Arlington and remember the house/gas station in the picture of the flood. I was just thinking about the house/gas station at Chain Bridge when I clicked on the link to see the latest pictures.

I do not recall exactly when the house/gas station was closed/torn down. I am guessing it may have had something to do with widening the intersection of Glebe/123??

I would guess the house was torn down in the early 70's based on my best guess, but I was a younger kid then, but I clearly recall the house/gas station.

I would like to see if anyone has any pictures of the flood in 1985? I recall going down and seeing the water about 10 feet from the bottom of the current Chain Bridge. This may have also been when West VA was flooded badly as well.

Jimmy Rae's Trampoline Center, circa 1962.

There was such a place in California the same time 1962 in San Jose called Bounceville. No pads on the springs, concrete all around the pits. I bounced a bit and my leg went though where the springs were. Nice skin rash and bruise and that was it for me . The place did not last long..

Kewal Paudel 703 624 1878

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> Remember me on channel 5?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVCIjmLzgU


Capt. Tugg sounds like a porn star name.

One of my favs in Annandale prior to becoming Caldwells
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We liked Caldwell's. Guess I moved here too late for JW Bennington.

What's there now?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2016 08:58PM by Greybeard.

"We liked Caldwell's. Guess I moved here too late for JW Bennington.

What's there now?"
Greybeard...now Palace Bar and Grill...Korean...weird, right?

Another Annandale fave...an early MC...FFFFF
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Ref: Steely Dad's "My Old School".... sorry to disappoint many here, it was NOT about Annandale, VA. But rather in New York. Also, there is an Annandale in NJ, and as well in, MN.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Old_School

Holly crap! I completely forgot about Shakey's Pizza. Loved going to that place. Before the traffic got bad around here 1970's, my buddies and I would all pile into a Buick Station wagon and a couple of Ford Mustangs and tear out of the W.T. Woodson H.S. parking lot, drive over into Annandale, stuff ourselves at the buffet and get back to Woodson before class started again after lunch. Friday and Saturday nights were fun too. Cold beer, pizza, and rag time music.

Back in that day. Candy striped shirt piano players, long tables like in a school café, Banjo pickers. And good pizza and cold beer..

I always enjoyed Shakeys Buffet afterward and McGill's too if there still around. Mcgill owned the Shakeys franchise there in the end then operated the buffet and I guess the place now if its still there. Last time I was in they had fantastic Spanish style home made chicken soup, good pizza buffet ,salad bar , but the place was slow and its been about 2 years.

DAJAX

Hey, GREAT THREAD!!!!! Loving these pic's!

Who remembers these u-haul car top cargo boxes? My Dad would rent one sometimes when we went on summertime road trips, they were so cool!
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born in 59 Wrote:
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> Hey, GREAT THREAD!!!!! Loving these pic's!
>
> Who remembers these u-haul car top cargo boxes? My
> Dad would rent one sometimes when we went on
> summertime road trips, they were so cool!


My Dad had a car just like that - Then he got a job.

Hunter motel.
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Andrew Ratlif got this picture from the Hayfield high school 1978 yearbook but we are wondering where this Shakey's was located. Maybe Annandale next to PeP Boys but that was king of far from Hayfield. Could it be the one that was in the Tysons area??
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Remember the old worn out Ford Torino's and Mercury Montego's they used to give driving lessons in? Note the FCPS maintenance truck in the background with men sitting there doing close to nothing just like they still do today!

From the 1977 Lee HS yearbook.
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huntermn Wrote:
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> Note the FCPS maintenance truck in the
> background with men sitting there doing close to
> nothing just like they still do today!
>
> From the 1977 Lee HS yearbook.


And they were paid jack shit just like they still are today.

huntermn Wrote:
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> Andrew Ratlif got this picture from the Hayfield
> high school 1978 yearbook but we are wondering
> where this Shakey's was located. Maybe Annandale
> next to PeP Boys but that was king of far from
> Hayfield. Could it be the one that was in the
> Tysons area??


There was the Shakey's Pizza on RT 1 that was about 10 minutes away from Hayfield HS.

The parking lot looks like the correct size to what was there, plus the trees in the background fit the location as well.

The Tysons location's parking lot was not as big, and there were no trees around the area.

huntermn Wrote:
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> Andrew Ratlif got this picture from the Hayfield
> high school 1978 yearbook but we are wondering
> where this Shakey's was located. Maybe Annandale
> next to PeP Boys but that was king of far from
> Hayfield. Could it be the one that was in the
> Tysons area??


I agree with Mr Pizza Face its the Shakey's on Route 1 across the street from where Lockheed Blvd. ends on Route 1 -- I mean Jefferson Davis Hwy.

That would be the Shakey's closest to Hayfield HS and it was the last one in the area too.

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huntermn Wrote:
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> Remember the old worn out Ford Torino's and
> Mercury Montego's they used to give driving
> lessons in? Note the FCPS maintenance truck in the
> background with men sitting there doing close to
> nothing just like they still do today!
>
> From the 1977 Lee HS yearbook.


Haha, they were still using them in '81 when I had behind the wheel. I got so screwed with that. I got classroom driver's ed early, but they they forgot about me or something for behind the wheel. I had to take it in summer school. I had to ride my bike from near Roundtree Park to 7 Corners and then take the bus from 7 Corners to Marshall high school near Tyson's. Total pain in the ass, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

> Haha, they were still using them in '81 when I had
> behind the wheel. I got so screwed with that. I
> got classroom driver's ed early, but they they
> forgot about me or something for behind the wheel.
> I had to take it in summer school. I had to ride
> my bike from near Roundtree Park to 7 Corners and
> then take the bus from 7 Corners to Marshall high
> school near Tyson's. Total pain in the ass, but
> you gotta do what you gotta do.

Back in 1979 I took the classroom portion at school, and because I didn't want to wait to do the behind the wheel portion I found this driving school that did the entire driving part for $200.00 and only took 5 days.

My parents were horrified because I finished everything on my 16th birthday, and demanded to be taken to the DMV to get my license.

Little did I know that the license would be presented by a judge at a large assembly in Falls Church several weeks later.

Just in time for gas rationing after the Iranians took over the U.S. Embassy in November 1979.

I always thought the large assembly for DL distribution was so bogus, showing gristly pictures of car accidents, someone who had tried to run across 95 near the tank farm on Backlick Road - "we never knew what was so important..." I had mine at TJ "when it was for normal people."

Little did I know that now Fairfax County makes you go up to the courthouse for a presentation which is what I had to do with my son.

'69 Plymouth GTX Wrote:
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> > Haha, they were still using them in '81 when I
> had
> > behind the wheel. I got so screwed with that.
> I
> > got classroom driver's ed early, but they they
> > forgot about me or something for behind the
> wheel.
> > I had to take it in summer school. I had to
> ride
> > my bike from near Roundtree Park to 7 Corners
> and
> > then take the bus from 7 Corners to Marshall
> high
> > school near Tyson's. Total pain in the ass,
> but
> > you gotta do what you gotta do.
>
> Back in 1979 I took the classroom portion at
> school, and because I didn't want to wait to do
> the behind the wheel portion I found this driving
> school that did the entire driving part for
> $200.00 and only took 5 days.
>
> My parents were horrified because I finished
> everything on my 16th birthday, and demanded to be
> taken to the DMV to get my license.
>
> Little did I know that the license would be
> presented by a judge at a large assembly in Falls
> Church several weeks later.
>
> Just in time for gas rationing after the Iranians
> took over the U.S. Embassy in November 1979.


The law requiring Drivers Ed for those under 18 went into effect on July 1, 1969. I turned 16 on July 8, 1969. Talk about PISSED. Eight lousy days!

I think Monday, June 30, 1969 still holds the record for the most behind-the- wheel driving tests given in one day. If you waited until July 1 or later you needed drivers' ed.

Anyway, I was in one of the first FCPS behind-the-wheel classes. The car was a 1969 Chevy Impala. The first few days we drove around the high school parking lot with the car's radio tuned to a certain station on which the instructor could talk to all the cars. (pretty hi-tech for 1969, eh?).

When it was time for us to go out on the road, it was three of us kids and the instructor. One of the kids already had his license and was just taking the course for the insurance discount. We ended up driving around Herndon and the instructor told us to pull over at this particular house...his!

Then the instructor hopped out and told us to come back and pick him up in a couple of hours. So off we went, three kids driving around in a FCPS Driver's Ed car. Can you imagine if we had a wreck with no instructor in the car? That dude took a hell of a chance just to get out of doing his job. But everything turned out OK.

None of us told anybody about it...we didn't want anything to fuck us up getting our licenses. Shit, if it happened today, it'd be on the front page of the fucking Washington Post.

old Wrote:
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> '69 Plymouth GTX Wrote:
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> -----
> > > Haha, they were still using them in '81 when
> I
> > had
> > > behind the wheel. I got so screwed with that.
>
> > I
> > > got classroom driver's ed early, but they
> they
> > > forgot about me or something for behind the
> > wheel.
> > > I had to take it in summer school. I had to
> > ride
> > > my bike from near Roundtree Park to 7 Corners
> > and
> > > then take the bus from 7 Corners to Marshall
> > high
> > > school near Tyson's. Total pain in the ass,
> > but
> > > you gotta do what you gotta do.
> >
> > Back in 1979 I took the classroom portion at
> > school, and because I didn't want to wait to do
> > the behind the wheel portion I found this
> driving
> > school that did the entire driving part for
> > $200.00 and only took 5 days.
> >
> > My parents were horrified because I finished
> > everything on my 16th birthday, and demanded to
> be
> > taken to the DMV to get my license.
> >
> > Little did I know that the license would be
> > presented by a judge at a large assembly in
> Falls
> > Church several weeks later.
> >
> > Just in time for gas rationing after the
> Iranians
> > took over the U.S. Embassy in November 1979.
>
>
> The law requiring Drivers Ed for those under 18
> went into effect on July 1, 1969. I turned 16 on
> July 8, 1969. Talk about PISSED. Eight lousy
> days!
>
> I think Monday, June 30, 1969 still holds the
> record for the most behind-the- wheel driving
> tests given in one day. If you waited until July
> 1 or later you needed drivers' ed.
>
> Anyway, I was in one of the first FCPS
> behind-the-wheel classes. The car was a 1969
> Chevy Impala. The first few days we drove around
> the high school parking lot with the car's radio
> tuned to a certain station on which the instructor
> could talk to all the cars. (pretty hi-tech for
> 1969, eh?).
>
> When it was time for us to go out on the road, it
> was three of us kids and the instructor. One of
> the kids already had his license and was just
> taking the course for the insurance discount. We
> ended up driving around Herndon and the instructor
> told us to pull over at this particular
> house...his!
>
> Then the instructor hopped out and told us to come
> back and pick him up in a couple of hours. So off
> we went, three kids driving around in a FCPS
> Driver's Ed car. Can you imagine if we had a
> wreck with no instructor in the car? That dude
> took a hell of a chance just to get out of doing
> his job. But everything turned out OK.
>
> None of us told anybody about it...we didn't want
> anything to fuck us up getting our licenses.
> Shit, if it happened today, it'd be on the front
> page of the fucking Washington Post.

Great stories + 10

We used to drive those Torinos on breakfast runs for donuts in the mornings, and snacks in the afternoon.

in 82 I took it during the summer at Lee, we had the lime green torino and Chevy Nova. The instructor was cool and preferred the burnouts in the parking lot rather than on the road. It was a little tough since all the driving prior I had done was in a 1980 Datsun 810 Stick.. Automatics goose a little easier...LOL

TJ IN THE DAY Wrote:
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> We used to drive those Torinos on breakfast runs
> for donuts in the mornings, and snacks in the
> afternoon.

We had a couple Torinos and a couple Montegos and one nova. The nova was much easier to parallel park and everyone wanted to take their test in it. The montegos were light green as they were retired park police cars and you could see where the park police letters had been peeled off them.

Was Peoples bank related to peoples drug?
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Springfield mall
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> Was Peoples bank related to peoples drug?

I would bet that it was not. The government actually regulated banks back those days and banking laws were enforced.

I remember the "new" West Springfield High School. I took algebra there the first summer WSHS was open. It was the only air-conditioned high school in FFXCO and that's why they held summer school there.

This place was about 8 miles west of Kamp Washington, on the right! The old guy who owned this also owned the Culpepper antqiue shop about a mile east of the place...it's on 29/211, there are townhouses there now...

Jan Wrote:
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> This place was about 8 miles west of Kamp
> Washington, on the right! The old guy who owned
> this also owned the Culpepper antqiue shop about a
> mile east of the place...it's on 29/211, there are
> townhouses there now...

What place is that?

This picture is supposed to be from Fairfax county. Looks like its from a yearbook but where was/is this shopping center????
What is that little car on the right side? It looks like a modern day Fiat.
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wHVEt

Fran Conia, could that possibly be Ravensworth Shopping Center? Having trouble deciphering the signs. The Safeway was sited horizontally along the back of the shopping center.

Fran Conia Wrote:
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> This picture is supposed to be from Fairfax
> county. Looks like its from a yearbook but where
> was/is this shopping center????
> What is that little car on the right side? It
> looks like a modern day Fiat.

This photo was taken in the summer of 1965, and this is a picture of Rose Hill Shopping Center at the corner of Franconia Road and Rose Hill Drive.

Great picture - Photo Detective.

Photo Detective Wrote:
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> Fran Conia Wrote:
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> > This picture is supposed to be from Fairfax
> > county. Looks like its from a yearbook but
> where
> > was/is this shopping center????
> > What is that little car on the right side? It
> > looks like a modern day Fiat.
>
> This photo was taken in the summer of 1965, and
> this is a picture of Rose Hill Shopping Center at
> the corner of Franconia Road and Rose Hill Drive.
>
> Great picture - Photo Detective.


......and the little car is a 1964 Fiat 500 D

huntermn Wrote:
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> Remember the old worn out Ford Torino's and
> Mercury Montego's they used to give driving
> lessons in? Note the FCPS maintenance truck in the
> background with men sitting there doing close to
> nothing just like they still do today!
>


I'll bet they do more work than you do. Lolz!

Photo Detective Wrote:
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> Photo Detective Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Fran Conia Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > This picture is supposed to be from Fairfax
> > > county. Looks like its from a yearbook but
> > where
> > > was/is this shopping center????
> > > What is that little car on the right side? It
> > > looks like a modern day Fiat.
> >
> > This photo was taken in the summer of 1965, and
> > this is a picture of Rose Hill Shopping Center
> at
> > the corner of Franconia Road and Rose Hill
> Drive.
> >
> > Great picture - Photo Detective.
>
>
> ......and the little car is a 1964 Fiat 500 D


Fiats have not changed that much looks-wise in 50 years!
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> > Photo Detective Wrote:
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> > > Fran Conia Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > This picture is supposed to be from Fairfax
> > > > county. Looks like its from a yearbook but
> > > where
> > > > was/is this shopping center????
> > > > What is that little car on the right side?
> It
> > > > looks like a modern day Fiat.
> > >
> > > This photo was taken in the summer of 1965,
> and
> > > this is a picture of Rose Hill Shopping
> Center
> > at
> > > the corner of Franconia Road and Rose Hill
> > Drive.
> > >
> > > Great picture - Photo Detective.
> >
> >
> > ......and the little car is a 1964 Fiat 500 D
>
>
> Fiats have not changed that much looks-wise in 50
> years!


Psssttt... They specifically made it to look like the old one.

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> ccar guyy Wrote:
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> > Photo Detective Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Photo Detective Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Fran Conia Wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > >
> > > > -----
> > > > > This picture is supposed to be from
> Fairfax
> > > > > county. Looks like its from a yearbook
> but
> > > > where
> > > > > was/is this shopping center????
> > > > > What is that little car on the right
> side?
> > It
> > > > > looks like a modern day Fiat.
> > > >
> > > > This photo was taken in the summer of 1965,
> > and
> > > > this is a picture of Rose Hill Shopping
> > Center
> > > at
> > > > the corner of Franconia Road and Rose Hill
> > > Drive.
> > > >
> > > > Great picture - Photo Detective.
> > >
> > >
> > > ......and the little car is a 1964 Fiat 500 D
> >
> >
> > Fiats have not changed that much looks-wise in
> 50
> > years!
>
>
> Psssttt... They specifically made it to look like
> the old one.

Yeah, because they came out with the new design in 1972.
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Fiat again in 88
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And I too got my license after a ceremony (safety lecture) with a judge at Falls Church HS in 1970.Along with a hundred or more other people. I don't remember getting it there.. but had to go and I think they might have sent it out.. They don't do that anymore but if you were under 18 that's the way it was.

DAJAX

ccar guyy Wrote:
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> Carma Wrote:
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> > Psssttt... They specifically made it to look
> like
> > the old one.
>
> Yeah, because they came out with the new design in
> 1972.


*sigh*

Talking about late 70's Drivers Ed in the area.

Arlington used to have a trailer in the school parking lot that had Driving Simulators. Probably from the early to mid 70's. As I recall some sort of video display of a live recorded footage. Had a brake, steering wheel, turn signals and so forth. Any pictures would be interesting.

The other part of this was the Seat Belt simulator which was on trailer that they would bring around to the schools. A seat on a angled sled that they would put against the curb. The seat would be released and slide down the sled with an ABRUPT stop that would be like a 5 mile and hour simulated crash.

Do not think they do the simulators or the sled anymore. I guess with airbags and such this may not be used so much anymore.

How they could do great with Xbox system driving simulators these days!

Seat Belt Convincer

Need to put all kids learning how to drive on one of these.
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This pic from October 2015 on FCPD twitter page. Guess they still do it.
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From classroom drivers ed,

Identify

Predict

Decide

Execute


"IPDE"

huntermn Wrote:
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> Remember the old worn out Ford Torino's and
> Mercury Montego's they used to give driving
> lessons in? Note the FCPS maintenance truck in the
> background with men sitting there doing close to
> nothing just like they still do today!
>
> From the 1977 Lee HS yearbook.


Awful AMC Concord's came about in early 80's for high school driver's ed.

Good comments on the FCPS behind the wheel driver training. When I took it in the summer of 1970 at Falls Church High School, they were using mostly Ford Galaxies. Many of the instructors were high school athletic coaches. I remember them having us drive out to Herndon a few times (considered the boonies back then) to practice freeway driving on the beltway and Dulles Access Road (no tolls but you had to drive to the airport and then turn around to head back to the Elden Street exit).

After finishing the class I remember going to the old DMV office on South Glebe Road in Arlington to take the test. Long line but the examiner was pretty friendly. At least I passed on the first attempt.

I don't remember the ceremony with the judge. Must not have impressed me very much.

pJnXT

I guess I must have taken Drivers Ed in 1979?? As mentioned, usually the PE Teachers were the primary instructors. I do not think this was part of the PE program, but it could have been. What I do recall is the behind the wheel and the simulator/classroom was all during school hours. Was kind of nice being able to drive around the area outside of rush hour which back then was no where like the mess we have today.

Trying to get my kids behind the wheel time after school and on the weekends with today's asshole drivers that are always in a hurry was NO fun. But I finally found a big development in Maryland off of Falls Road that was easy for the kids to drive around in without a lot of traffic to deal with.

I also do not recall going before a judge to get my license. I do recall doing the behind the wheel test with a driving test person from the DMV.

Not my drivers ed story, but my brother's.

Summer of 1981 he had to take behind the wheel at Edison as a summer school class. The class met in the back parking lot. I was the little sister who whined about having to get up early and ride drive to Edison. We did the same routine every morning with my mom driving and dropping off brother in the back.

We noticed the same guy every day who parked in the front of the school and jogged to the back lot. He simply drove himself to/from behind the wheel of course without a license. Easy! Oh! They were Gran Torinos

One of my hs friends drove a carload of us girls to school every morning for months BEFORE she even had a license! He parents had an extra car and left for work together...early. They never found out.

Likely because of these two examples that we have all sorts of rules and restrictions that werent there in the 80s.

Remember the old driver's ed movies?

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Hell yeah I remember them!

The "Signal 30" series were the goriest that I saw. They were produced by the Ohio State Police. They even played the audio of the final cries and moans of people trapped in cars or on stretchers. You can watch 'em on YouTube.

No way they would show that shit to today's precious snowflakes.

Death on the Highway was pretty grisly, as well as Red Asphalt and the other California scare flicks.

I remember "Rails of Thunder" very well. It was very badly acted, and in one scene there is a drunk approaching a rail crossing. You think he's just going to cross without looking, but he stops for the train. When the train passes, he drives across when *BAM!* he gets hit by a train from the other direction.

Quality stuff.

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Are you really a 100 year old man using this forum? Thats depressing

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Who remembers the CONELRAD system?
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I remember having several cars that had the Civil Defense symbol on the AM radio dial. These were the Conelrad settings, and in the event of an emergency, important info was to be broadcast on these frequencies.

I asked my dad what those things were on the radio of our '61 Ford Station Wagon, and he said "We could listen to those radio stations if the commies drop the big one on us".

This Godfathers was at Springfield mall in a little strip of stores out in the corner of the parking lot. Early 80s.
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I loved the Taco Pizza they made, not a bad salad bar.

Where is this? I know.
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Glen Echo.

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How do you know?

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Because I've seen it before.

https://www.popscreen.com/prod/MTMwNDMzNDIw/-Print-M-Glen-Echo-Amusement-Co-Maryland-Home-Kitchen

ok ok I’ll try again.

Roller coaster in Glen Echo?

Where is Minor’s Hill exactly?
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The top of Minor's Hill is actually in Arlington, VA. It is where Williamsburg, Yorktown, Sycamore and Powhatan all converge. There is a small park there now along with an underground reservoir. A long time ago, I believe there were tennis courts, but I could be mistaken on that. The base of Minor's hill is in both Fairfax and Arlington. It overlooks the city and unincorporated areas of Falls Church.

In your picture, the answer to the question is that those are signal towers. Being the highest point in Arlington, Minor's Hill was ideally suited to serve as a signal station.

That is good info. I have learned so much history because of this thread, thanks!
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Very cool. I never knew... and with that, I found this:

Union forces began erecting lines of high wooden towers for use as signal stations in August 1861. Using flags and torches atop the towers, these became the first fixed lines of signal communications. The Signal Corps used the towers with great success, cementing the unquestionable significance of signal communications toward victory in warfare.

http://cecomhistorian.armylive.dodlive.mil/2011/06/03/signal-corps-equipment-in-the-civil-war/
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