Welcome to your new reality America… Pennsylvania… Schuylkill County. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 13 people and injured 20 at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999… They were called the ‘trench coat mafia’ in the media. With this newfound glory of fame that the killers reached, copycat threats reigned across the country from … Read moreTHE SOCIALS BECOME THE BOTTOM DWELLING GUTTERS OF THE NET
This is a mush share old newspaper clipping from June 1930.. A fine example of news reporting from the coal region, or as the 30s paper described it as, the ‘depressed anthracite region.’ ……those were the days.
Jack Black performs an amazing POLKA
The Pearl Theater has closed at the Schuylkill Mall. The final move before demolition.. It was a fine place.
Oh how the region has changed.. How coal county, once might in anthracite hills, has basically detonated into oblivion. There are positive silver linings at times.. But what so often local fishwrappers won’t tell you is that property value has dramatically fallen.. that population levels in the region have taken a nose dive. That poverty … Read moreMaking regress with Progress: A coal region Christmas message
The photo with this post was uploaded to the Ashland Pennsylvania Facebook page today with the comment: The Roxy Movie Theater and the star and green garland Christmas light decorations over Centre Street must of been an amazing scenery years ago. Now year on the photo. So true, too. The image is like that of … Read moreA CHRISTMAS NIGHT AT THE ROXY
I was made a member of a group on Facebook called Holy Spirit Alumni in Mt. Carmel.. The now defunct school is a part of the ever collective memory hole of so many who attended there. I left Holy Spirit some time around 6th grade and went to Immaculate Heart in Girardville.. I am thrilled … Read moreHOLY SPIRIT NOSTALGIC GYMNASTICS
On the matter of nothing really being sacred, Ashland Pennsylvania police are looking for whoever painted the Mother’s Memorial red at some point recently.. While the paint vandalism has no pinpoint date as to when it occurred, it was noticed this week. It has received some attention not only from local fishwrappers but also WNEP. … Read morePAINTING THE TOWN RED
Memories of rewinding videos from yesterday
The coal miner from the Schuylkill mall is now at Knoebels.. from Tumblr http://ift.tt/2tOsh0x