SouthernBoy
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I was raised in Falls Church, right down in the heart of the city on South Virginia Avenue. I went to Madison Elementary, then George Mason Jr.Sr. high school.. both fine public schools back then (of course, Madison was torn down back in the 70's as I recall).
To Hawkflyer;
I well remember the airport where Skyline Towers is now. I also remember the airport at the spot that is now Loehmann's Plaza at route 50 and Graham road. And I also remember when Tyson's Corner was an Esso station and a veternary clinic at the intersection of 123 and route 7.. both two-lane country roads. There was nothing else out there back then. And I remember when Seven Corners was a field and the area was called by its proper name; Fort Buffalo. Falls Church was never considered the stick because it backed up to Arlington which is the Virginia side of D.C. However, Fairfax City and Centreville were definitely out there. Do you remember the Super 29 Drive-In close to the detention center? Or the Lee Highway Drive-In in Merrifield. Or the Mount Vernon Drive-In in eastern Fairfax off route 1? And how about Tops Drive-In.. our favorite hangouts. I certainly do remember the trolley cars in D.C. and the turn around at the Virginia end of Key Bridge in Rosslyn. Since you lived in McLean, do you remember the McLean Teen Club off of Old Chain Bridge road just before the intersection with Old Dominion? I use to play there in a rock band every other week. Do you remember Hangman's tree in Falls Church?
To LEO 229;
Even when I was in high school, the only foreigners I ever saw in the area were occasionally Koreans and the foreign exchange student in our school. That was it. Never saw any hispanic types back then.. didn't even know what the term meant. We did have a neighbor who was a Falls Church police officer who married a German lady and brought her back to the states after WWII. And there was a Hungarian family in our development which had escaped their country when the Soviets overran it in 1956.
To vrwmiller;
I was introduced to drag racing at the Manassas 1/8 mile strip. In my late teens and early 20's, I lived at several of the local tracks, mostly Aquasco. I saw Richard Petty run on the track (yes, the drag strip) at Manassas once. For two years, he campaigned a Barracuda with the obligatory 426 Hemi. Oh, and please don't use the term "redneck". To a Southern male, that's about the same thing as calling a black man a nigger. Not the best of terms for sure.
To Marcus;
I well remember the two movie theaters in Annandale and the Irish pub you mentioned. When Shakey's Pizza, and later the Spagetti Mill, opened up there, that was usually our Friday night fun. I really liked Annandale back then.
I was raised in Falls Church, right down in the heart of the city on South Virginia Avenue. I went to Madison Elementary, then George Mason Jr.Sr. high school.. both fine public schools back then (of course, Madison was torn down back in the 70's as I recall).
To Hawkflyer;
I well remember the airport where Skyline Towers is now. I also remember the airport at the spot that is now Loehmann's Plaza at route 50 and Graham road. And I also remember when Tyson's Corner was an Esso station and a veternary clinic at the intersection of 123 and route 7.. both two-lane country roads. There was nothing else out there back then. And I remember when Seven Corners was a field and the area was called by its proper name; Fort Buffalo. Falls Church was never considered the stick because it backed up to Arlington which is the Virginia side of D.C. However, Fairfax City and Centreville were definitely out there. Do you remember the Super 29 Drive-In close to the detention center? Or the Lee Highway Drive-In in Merrifield. Or the Mount Vernon Drive-In in eastern Fairfax off route 1? And how about Tops Drive-In.. our favorite hangouts. I certainly do remember the trolley cars in D.C. and the turn around at the Virginia end of Key Bridge in Rosslyn. Since you lived in McLean, do you remember the McLean Teen Club off of Old Chain Bridge road just before the intersection with Old Dominion? I use to play there in a rock band every other week. Do you remember Hangman's tree in Falls Church?
To LEO 229;
Even when I was in high school, the only foreigners I ever saw in the area were occasionally Koreans and the foreign exchange student in our school. That was it. Never saw any hispanic types back then.. didn't even know what the term meant. We did have a neighbor who was a Falls Church police officer who married a German lady and brought her back to the states after WWII. And there was a Hungarian family in our development which had escaped their country when the Soviets overran it in 1956.
To vrwmiller;
I was introduced to drag racing at the Manassas 1/8 mile strip. In my late teens and early 20's, I lived at several of the local tracks, mostly Aquasco. I saw Richard Petty run on the track (yes, the drag strip) at Manassas once. For two years, he campaigned a Barracuda with the obligatory 426 Hemi. Oh, and please don't use the term "redneck". To a Southern male, that's about the same thing as calling a black man a nigger. Not the best of terms for sure.
To Marcus;
I well remember the two movie theaters in Annandale and the Irish pub you mentioned. When Shakey's Pizza, and later the Spagetti Mill, opened up there, that was usually our Friday night fun. I really liked Annandale back then.
