nostalgia – Page 4 – The Coal Speaker

September 26, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

Own the past.. call the future

A Facebook ad of a an old phone booth caught our eye tonight.. It’s being sold by a user in Ashland, and it’s the real deal.

….we are tempted to buy!

September 5, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

If nothing changes, nothing changes: The Coffee and Teagarden that was ahead of its time

Late 90s in the city of Pottsville.. a little gem of a place that popped up serving the city expressos, fresh coffee and teas.. A home blend of vanilla chai.. Sandwiches. A spicy soup that could cure hangovers and the common cold. And a sandwich they called Thanksgiving Every Day. And now 20 years later, Sage in Pottsville is closing its doors…

April 22, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

Mike Mulligan still has his steam shovel

Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel

This was a children’s book by Virginia Lee Burton.

It was first published in 1939, in the wake of the Great Depression, it features Mike Mulligan, a steam shovel operator, and his steam shovel Mary Anne.

March 1, 2020 THE COAL SPEAKER

Vanishing phone booths in New York City

This weekend, we received a photo of pay phones on 37th St in New York City.

For those who don’t know, we collect these images around here.. those vestiges of the past are actually quite amazing..

Well, it just so happens that only hours after receiving this image, news broke in the city that these, and all other pay phones across Gotham, will become a distant memory!

It’s over..

November 25, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

Getting ready for Christmas shopping at the Schuylkill Mall with these Chick-Fil-A coupons!

Coupons from the past!

October 21, 2019 THE COAL SPEAKER

WITHOUT WARNING 25 years later

When WITHOUT WARNING aired in 1994, it was 56 years after Orson Welles’ famous WAR OF THE WORLDS tricked radio audiences across America that aliens were landing on the planet earth..

While the WITHOUT WARNING show was not critically acclaimed–actually was critically evicerated by reviewers at the time–it seemingly wanted to do exactly the same thing that WAR OF THE WORLDS did: Trick some people into thinking the story was true..