Recent content by Ted

I could look this up somewhere or on Wikipedia, but I'll ask you guys. When did the stamps go away? I remember my mom collecting Green Stamps in the sixties, but not much into the seventies.

Excellent explanation of all that, TGO. I remember you hit some of those same points last year, and it makes more sense to me now. You really did have to be here in Knoxville when a lot of these things were happening. It's very different trying to piece it together from fragments on the...

I think that's where TGO said it was too. White Stores turned into Food Citys, at least some of them, anyway. Mystery solved, for me, anyway! Now I wonder what was in that old white building up on the corner of Merchants and Clinton.. it was empty when I moved here, and then was bought by Tim...

Hurley, where on Clinton Hwy was the White Store located? We had some discussion about this last year. I thought it was on the corner of Merchants and Clinton across Merchants from where the Walgreens is now. TGO thought it was somewhere else on Clinton.

2024:

There aren't many. Amber Restaurant in Halls is locally-owned. It's good. The original owners retired last year after 47 years, but the restaurant reopened under new (family) ownership...

I saw Vette's post from a couple years back and thought I'd post about defunct public and neighborhood swimming pools in Knox County. Public swimming pools have been on the decline everywhere in the country, although I'm sure the demand for backyard swimming pools is still high and growing. I...

I would too! Weren't they great back in the 80's? One would be splendid right now!

Very good read. It would have been nice if the reporter had continued the article on past the 70's, though. There is a lot more history of West Town, but it can be found elsewhere. I had forgotten that "three birds" logo for West Town: I wish Simon had continued their ownership and...

Margie Ison has passed away. Such sad news for east Tennessee. Everyone loved her! She worked at WBIR from 1979 to 1995. Did any of you get to meet her? I never got to, but always adored her. WBIR.com article: Longtime WBIR weather personality Margie Ison dies at 84 Margie's obituary...

Agreed!

Man, TGO! Keep these stories coming. This is what GBNF is all about.

I fixed it. I'm glad the forum software here on Volnation allows a poster to go back and edit past posts. Good stuff, TGO. Thanks for adding it.

After TGO mentioned the Half Shell Restaurant last year, I thought I'd try to find out more. It looks like the full name of the restaurant was Half Shell House of Oyster and Beef. Half Shell was owned by Calvin Shipe, who passed away at the young age of 59 in 2008. Their head chef was Sissy...

Thanks for reporting that, Mad. Probably Knoxville city government acknowledging the currrent (however long-lived) reality that they have been a very liberal governing body which is now under an increasingly less project-funding federal government. They have been spending money on things like...