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Originally Posted by Kasept
Bob..
You're from Wilbraham? You got to be kidding.. Home of Friendly's. I spent a tremendous amount of time in Springfield growing up.. My first job at 16 was with Forbes & Wallace. My dad built a lot in and around Springfield. Plus, we had season Whalers tix when the Civic Center roof went down and we had to come to games there. Remember Ciro's? Fabulous Italian joint. Ray's Grinders... Gus & Paul's..
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But do they still have the immortal Mass Pike hedges display for FIC. There was something very cool about seeing that driving the pike from Springfield to Boston when I went to UMASS when Eisenhower ws president.
"And the Bershire's seem dreamlike on account of that frosting......8 miles behind me and so many more to go........"
...........sorry I know it's hokey but JT put out some great music back then.
I had a roommate in college who used to produce the news for channel 10 out in Springfield in the late 70's who gave me a board job at that station on weekends and we made that drive hundreds of times over the years. Great memories of that area.