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We could spend an entire afternoon out on Wilmington St. in the late 50's and 60's. While my mom was shopping in The Charles Store, my brother and I would check out the planes at the airport. Afterwards, while my mom was visiting grave sites at Mount Lawn, we were on the driving range or playing the "chip and putt" at Par Golf.(Par Golf used to be beside Mount Lawn on the same side of the road.) On the way back into town we alway stopped at the Planters Peanut Store
Anyway....the remaining evidence of the old runways were recently scraped away, and new homes are now taking over the site
The orphanage mentioned by a previous poster was the Borden Building in Fletcher Park in downtown Raleigh (off Glenwood near Peace). I got married there!
While that is where an orphanage was (the Methodist Orphanage), that's not the haunted one.
From Mike Legeros' site:
Dormitory at Catholic orphanage burns. Fire reported about 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning in the four-story "Priest's building." Five young men, students at the orphanage preparing for the priesthood, escape by jumping from the windows. Three are injured after leaping from the roof, one of whom later dies that evening. Four priests also escape from third-story windows. They survive unscathed. The building is almost a total loss, with only the walls left standing. A "squad of cadets" from nearby A&M college assist with the firefighting. Members of the Rescue and Hook and Ladder companies also respond, but can only prevent the spread of the fire to nearby buildings. Several decades later, the fire inspires the legend of "Cry Baby Lane," a nearby road upon which visitors purportedly hear the screaming of children and smell smoke. Loss $20,000. The orphanage is located in the Nazareth Community, two and a half miles from Raleigh. [MF] (October 29, 1905) mp29oct05
From Legeros' again:
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History: The northern end of Avent Ferry Road was moved to its present location between 1950 and 1980. Previously, it weaved through Nazareth just north of the Catholic Orphanage and intersected Western Boulevard just west of Ashe Avenue.[/SIZE]
Regarding the time and temp, 833-2511 was the number in the 70s; back then they didn't even have exchanges like "780-" (with a 0 in them) so that one may be from a newer era.
COLONY RAT: We were not IBMers but we were one of the few who weren't! Yep, it seemed like about half the people I grew up with in QH, Fairfax Hills, and North Ridge were here because of IBM.
As for those ghost stories you cite, I don't recall any of the except the lady at Millbrook/Old Wake Forest. I do remember that "haunted house" that was near where the North Raleigh Hilton is now--the Jaycees would have their haunted house there at Halloween, which might be why there were fake coffins in it.
There is a Facebook group, if you belong to FB, similar to this thread, for folks who grew up in Raleigh. It's mentioned in today's N&O: (http://www.newsobserver.com/print/wednesday/other/story/1291251.html - broken link)
I had NO idea Uncle Paul was blind!? They must have meant legally? He sure led the kids around the studio pretty well for a blind dude.
When I read the article last night I thought of this thread...lol
I had NO idea Uncle Paul was blind!? They must have meant legally? He sure led the kids around the studio pretty well for a blind dude.
When I read the article last night I thought of this thread...lol
We had a huge family debate about this. My brother-in-law insisted he couldn't have been blind because of the way he went around the studio.
I finally got the answer from a friend who knew him personally. He did have the ability to perceive light and dark, and that enabled him to see major objects and navigate the studio. He lost that ability in his later years. He was a graduate of the Governor Morehead School For The Blind.
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