More Remembrances of Old Doylestown

The "Grand Opening" of Doylestown Shopping Center in 1960.

The Doylestown Fireman's Carnival on the 4th of July (where Heritage & Center Square Towers now stand) with the big fireworks show.

Chicken dinners at Bargers on State Street.

Quarter Midget races every Friday night in the summer at Doylestown Fair.

The Hy-Lit dances at the Key Roller Rink - saw "Little Stevie Wonder" there singing "Fingertips, Part II".

The Hiway Diner and Hazel the waitress.

The Cherry crumb pie at the Cross Keys Diner.

Alex's Sandwich Shop.

Rex Brown's Bar (now B. Maxwell's).

Don Sands Shoe Store with the foot x-ray machine.

Breaking a balloon at Woolworth's lunch counter to try to get your banana split for a penny.

When Hillside Avenue was the last residential street on the south side.

When we had to get under our desks for air raid drills.

When all the men wore hats and the women wore dresses.

When the Acme Market gave Green Stamps and we redeemed them on Court Street where the Domestic Relations Court now stands.

Mr. Nelson's Barber Shop and his painting of the dogs playing poker.

When the CB High School kids painted scenes on the shop windows on Halloween.

When the CBHS colors were Gold & Grey, not Gold & Black.

Clempy's Blacksmith Shop on South Hamilton Street near the old Post Office.

The Vogue Shop with it's huge windows.

The billboards on south Main Street between Bridge Street & Hillside Avenue.

......and the true test of a native Doylestonian: they don't say "we're going downtown", they say, "we're going uptown."

Submitted by Sue Jarose

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