on the subject of closed nepa businesses. (house, school)

[61scout80]

if anyone has any photos of the bar that used to stand at the corner of mundy street and spring street in wilkes-barre please send them my way. the bar closed in 1985 and is now a jiffy lube. the bar was opened by my grandfather, it was called farrell's bar and grill

[poconoproud]

I don't have any pics, sorry - but I remember the place.from passing by. I often ate at the Pizza II East right up the road. Good luck on getting those photos!

[61scout80]

Originally Posted by poconoproud

I don't have any pics, sorry - but I remember the place.from passing by. I often ate at the Pizza II East right up the road. Good luck on getting those photos!

i vaguely remember pizza II. i was only 4 going on 5 when my parents closed the bar and we moved to bear creek.

Didn't they move to plains? are they still around?

[poconoproud]

Yes, my mom tells me it has moved. The pizza was fried and had a very crispy crust.

What a coinkydink -

I, too, moved to bear creek when I was 5. Went to Bear Creek Elementary - now the charter school. I graduated from Coughlin in 1990.

[61scout80]

Originally Posted by poconoproud

Yes, my mom tells me it has moved. The pizza was fried and had a very crispy crust.

What a coinkydink -

I, too, moved to bear creek when I was 5. Went to Bear Creek Elementary - now the charter school. I graduated from Coughlin in 1990.

i was 9 years behind you, graduated in '99. went to BC elem, Plains jr high and Coughlin.

i'm thinking you may have gone to W-B twp for your Jr high?

[poconoproud]

OMG! yep, closed long ago.

I feel old!!

Do you prefer desert living to Pocono living?

[61scout80]

Originally Posted by poconoproud

OMG! yep, closed long ago.

I feel old!!

Do you prefer desert living to Pocono living?

both. i love the desert scenery, and i'm into cars. arizona has a very lax vehicle code and no annual inspection. plus there is no rust here.

i love the warm winters, but i miss the snow a little. love the lack of humidity but get a little grumpy when the temperature stays above 105 for weeks on end.

my favorite part of arizona is how every type of scenery is a close drive. deserts, pine trees, oak trees and grassy meadows can all be seen in a few hour drive. i'm dying to get up north and see some elk, and the are hundreds of thousands of acres of national forest to enjoy. fishing, hunting, boating, 4 wheeling and hiking are all available, state funded and supported.

i miss my hometown for the good food, the feeling of the first warm day after a long winter, and the security i felt there. i miss being able to hop in a car and head any direction to discover a small old town with some sort of neat shoppes or history. arizona is so expansive you really need to preplan a trip to avoid running out of fuel. i never cared for fall, i miss the first few snow storms but i used to hate the bitter cold.

to me the grass is green on both sides of the fence, and i wouldn't mind having a house in each. my soon to be wife and i plan on taking some traveling nurse assignments to see the entire country before we decide where to settle. we both love travel and we each have a nomad spirit, so we are really looking forward to the change of scenery every few months

[61scout80]

Bump. Going through some of my old threads, so i figured i would give this a nudge. Hopefully one of our newer members will have something.