By Vance Lauderdale |
June 1, 2010
Dear Vance: My parents told me about an old amusement park in East Memphis that had cable cars. One day, the ride somehow got stuck, and many of the riders were stranded overnight.
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By Vance Lauderdale |
May 1, 2010
Dear Vance: What can you tell me about a teenager named Johnny Cole, born with a very unusual handicap, who worked as a shoeshine boy here in the early 1960s? — T.H., Memphis
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By Vance Lauderdale |
April 1, 2010
Dear Vance: They recently tore down the old Colonial Junior High School in East Memphis, built in the 1950s, and I was wondering if they found any relics from the civil defense bomb shelter in the basement. — A.N., Memphis
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By Vance Lauderdale |
March 1, 2010
Dear Vance: When I was just a kid, sometime in the early 1960s, I remember that a grocery store on Macon Road buried a time capsule as part of its grand opening. Is that time capsule still there?
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By Vance Lauderdale |
February 1, 2010
Dear Vance: During World War II, a Memphis artist named Mayze Diamond painted a large mural on the wall of Ellis Auditorium. When the building was demolished, was there an attempt to preserve this amazing painting?
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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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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?
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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.
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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.
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