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By Vance Lauderdale | January 1, 2010

Dear Vance: When I was a kid, my parents made me attend Safety Town out in Whitehaven. Do you know anything about this place?

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Crump's Folly

December 1, 2009

Dear Vance:: A friend of mine claims that a totem pole once stood in a Memphis park, but I've never heard that before. Is it true? »

School Days

By Vance Lauderdale | November 2, 2009

Dear Vance: Whatever happened to the old Lauderdale School? I can't find it listed in the phone book. »

Jack Ruby

By Vance Lauderdale | October 1, 2009

What can you tell me about the old Jack Ruby ambulance company? This was before the fire department started providing emergency services. »

Logan's Run

By Vance Lauderdale | September 1, 2009

Dear Vance: When I worked at the Claridge Hotel in the late 1950s, there was an ex-prize fighter who hung around the place called Shifty Logan. What can you tell me about him? »

The Vance Lauderdale Trivia Quiz

By Vance Lauderdale | August 1, 2009

1. For years and years, what well-known Memphian kept telling listeners, "Keep dialing and smiling. »

The Wilson Siamese Twins

By Vance Lauderdale | July 1, 2009

Dear Vance: Is it true that in the 1950s, a family in Memphis gave birth to conjoined twins? What happened to them? »

Dirty Dancing

By Vance Lauderdale | June 1, 2009

Dear Vance: What can you tell me about the old Whirlaway Club? I remember my dad saying it was a pretty wild place. »

Park With A Past

By Vance Lauderdale | May 1, 2009

Dear Vance: I found an old book about Memphis that contained a photo of Confederate Park (above), and the statue of Jefferson Davis is missing. Wasn't that an important element of the park from the beginning? »

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