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More Girls From the Dennison
First, we’ll have to thank Wes Tremere for his memorable photography in this Dennison brochure of 1943. Here’s Wes behind the camera. And here are a few more of his subjects, the Dennison Girls....
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Nobscot Cleaners
Many years ago, Nobscot Cleaners seemed to be everywhere in Framingham. The store I remember well, was the one on Route 30 in between the Cock a Doodle Doo and the aero-moderne gas station. You know...
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Chets Diner
Chet’s Diner on Route 20 was a popular late night spot for many years. It was built on site, around 1931, and looks like what is called a Worcester Diner. I found these photos at an estate sale a few...
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Cinema Shoppers World
Opened October 4, 1951, the Framingham Cinema in Shoppers World was considered the very first theatre in a shopping center on the east coast. It would’ve been the first one, except that a theatre in...
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What if..The Hollis Today
The E.M. Loews Hollis Theatre closed in 1954. The building is still there, owned by a Church. Imagine if the theatre were still there today. Here’s how the block might look.
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Vincent Mistretta, Saxonville 1933
Memorial Day in Saxonville was an occasion for honoring our Veterans, and each year there was a parade that was attended by all the neighbors. The Civil War had been over for 68 years when this photo...
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The 20th Century Limited
Here’s a photo of the 20th Century Limited going westbound through Framingham probably in the early 1900′s. It looks to me as though this shot was taken from the Fountain St. bridge, as I can see Farm...
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The Cinema, Balcony Closed
The Cinema at Shoppers World, with the Balcony Closed. Wasn’t it always that way? I don’t know how many times on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon we had to chase some kids from the balcony. And yet...
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Game Machines in the Lobby
Circa 1981, here’s a photo of the Cinema Lobby with the game machines of the day. I’m sure there’s a Pac Man there, and an Asteroids, as well as Donkey Kong. There were experts who were regulars, that...
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Modeling Shoppers World
Someone plans on modeling Shoppers World in 3D, and that’s great news! Here’s photo of the scale model at the Framingham Historical Society. Hope it helps.
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The Lone Ranger at Shoppers World
Who is that masked man at the head ot the table? It's the Lone Ranger having lunch with kids before his appearance at Shoppers World in the mid fifties. Joan Fecteau Sullivan's Father, Ernie, was the...
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Junking up Fenway Park
It isn’t bad enough that our team is mediocre, or that the ownership will trade away the wrong players. What goes against my best wishes for a team I want to love, is the junking up of Fenway Park....
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The Jack Alessi Trio
I noticed an obituary in the paper today, for Jack Alessi. The name sounded familiar and when I looked him up, I recalled meeting him at the Monticello between sets when he opened for Jerry Vale,...
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Saturday Matinee At The Hollis, 1950
By C. Douglas Peterson/Guest Columnist Feb. 8, 2016 He was big and I was fast. It wasn’t talked about, it was just understood the way kids understand things among themselves. My cousin Dick at 13 stood...
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The 1957 Framingham Championship
Dick Lavin wrote the following story a few years ago. If you are from Framingham, this will sound familiar, from 1957) It’s a great story, comment if you can. The alley is still there, even though the...
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“We Will Not Lose This Game” Thanksgiving 1958
23 July, 2013, Richard Lavin’s story from high school… A Thanksgiving meeting between 2 brand new coaches, Dan Bennett and Bob Jachowicz and the kids they inspired. Recently my good friend and high...
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