Guntown goes green: Girardville through history, and the blight of modern times
The history of Girardville is beautiful. Modern times may have blighted a town, but pride is deep.
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The deadly and memorable A-hole in Guntown
For those out of the area, a definition of the A-HOLE in question.. It is a popular swimming and partying spot for generations. It includes a cliff called “the big red”, a beach, and a diving rock Legend has it that on a good day, you can see the junkyard at the bottom.. On a bad … Read moreThe deadly and memorable A-hole in Guntown
Going old school this weekend–something about parades in the coal region remind me of my early childhood days of the 1980s.. But so much has changed in the coal region of Pennsylvania since the Reagan days of the shining cities on hills and Communist threats. Now we are faced with dilapidated structures and hardcore drugs … Read more
The funny things you hear at a Girardville Saint Patrick’s day parade
“I tried to get my doctor to give me Aderall and he said no, and I’m like ‘come on man,’” said the underage teenager as he passed by with a green container clearly containing Miller Lite
Better shoes.. Going green for a Saint Patrick’s days parade in Girardville PA. This time I match. Incidentally my wife wanted me to wear my orange sneakers. So an IRISH themed parade?! Obviously not today, I didn’t want to start an international incident.
For anyone not from the coal region of Pennsylvania, the notion that a hospital being auctioned off and an old school being knocked down may not mean much.. But it meant a lot for me today. It just so happened that Black Friday this year was filled with the voyage back in time, to the … Read more
More Black Friday misery in the coal region of Pennsylvania as immaculate heart elementary school is ripped down to the ground after many years, many memories, and many tears The song slightly muffled in the background playing in my car is fitting to the scene being witnessed
How to kill an area; Leave it
There has been an exodus from the coal region of Pennsylvania over the past generation.. high unemployment, economic conditions worse than other areas, and traveling to better jobs, all have forced younger people away from Schuylkill County .. And now the POTTSVILLE REPUBLICAN is sharing knowledge that has already been assumed: Most people who are … Read moreHow to kill an area; Leave it
A cold and wintry day at the Girardville PA parade..
You’d think since it’s spring I’d be getting some nice sun.. But no, thanks to cold and wintry winds, I am now sporting that lavish mid-January chapped ‘wind burn’ George Hamilton kinda look..
The ties that bind you.. or trap you..
The coal region of Pennsylvania was a quaint little place since I can remember.. I was born and raised (for a bit) in Centralia PA, with a mine fire burning hot under my feet.. My family moved to a nearby town.. my heart and soul has been in this place for a long time. But … Read moreThe ties that bind you.. or trap you..