Okay, so originally, I was going to do a bit on each August 1st of the 1980s using my local newspaper, Daily Press. There was so much intrigue and drama just for 1980 alone.
Don’t put off shoveling the walk. Your wife might sue you.
“we smoke dope and drink alcohol until 4am!”
If the term “ooh, so edgy” was around in 1980, this dude would be it.
I had never heard of this place in Portsmouth before, so I looked it up. They closed just a few years later, in 1985.
How is that couch comfortable. They still sell that couch for $850. A similar desk costs about $780 today. geez louise. The Coliseum Mall location lasted well into the 90s.
I made this one on the website and it wound up being nearly $1500. Maybe since I work in a library and I’m broke all the time, that seems so expensive.
and they were right! Here’s a nice history on the K Cars from Chrysler. (another one here)
Dang, my Newmarket North Mall history is rusty, I think this later became K&K toys (oof awful name), and then KayBee. Then dead in the mid 90s like the remainder of the mall. But look at that sweet, sweet Newmarket North logo.
…is it just me or do those hatchback Chevys already look old and beat up on the lot?
~merica~
sure enough, L.A.’s flag flew in Moscow.
Days before this baseball player, J. R. Richard was about to have a stroke, the media didn’t believe his complaint of a “dead arm”. Maybe because I was in a mood the day I made this screencaps due to the Olympics, but man I had a lot of Simone Biles feels reading this. The way some pundits tore her up last week.
This next story is just straight out of Matlock or something. A stagehand threw Hagnes down an airshaft after a confrontation inside an elevator during intermission. 1 Last I could see, he’s been denied parole every two years since 2001. 2
Soo, this Sheraton in Hampton was torn down last year after being downgraded to a Quality Inn and then becoming abandoned for years. A few days/weeks/i forgot after it was torn down rats began appearing at the Target across the street! The food section had to be shut down for two weeks. There were rumors that the rats came from the old hotel, but the city manager said “there was no evidence of that”. 3
It seems like back then, there were way more fun things to do at night in Hampton. I mean a seafood buffet at a fancy hotel.
When Hampton first got Steak and Ale, it had to be called Jolly Fox due to some Virginia law about not having alcohol in a restaurants name.
Sup!
Guess what Milton. Nobody is going to be caught dead wearing that visor. I looked up the 127 Fox Hill Road location and looks like it was where Kindercare was when I was a kid?? Um. ok.
stupid question time, why was the dentist buying gold? Was the receptionist assessing the gold? Was the dentist doing it in-between patients?
Finally, I just wanted to share some dreamy lookin’ apartment ads.
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1. Shipp, E. R. “CONFESSION DETAILS GIVEN AS OPERA MURDER TRIAL STARTS.” The New York Times, April 28, 1981, sec. New York. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/28/nyregion/confession-details-given-as-opera-murder-trial-starts.html.
2. Hughes, Bill. “Even Model NYS Inmates Face Steep Barriers to Parole.” City Limits, September 17, 2014. https://citylimits.org/2014/09/17/even-model-nys-inmates-face-steep-barriers-to-parole/.
3. Sparks, Lisa Vernon. “Rat Invasion Has Kept the Hampton Target from Selling Food for 2 Weeks.” dailypress.com. April 14, 2021. https://archive.is/SftTG
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