The Good Old Days In Cradock

The Good Old Days In Cradock
Memories of Bob Cutchins & Ruth Ortt Cutchins
(published with permission)
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October 2005

Many Cradock businesses and families..................................................................................................................................	Pg. 1
More Cradock businesses, school dress favorites, Pepsi jingle, carts (horse and push) with vegetables & bakery products, mudflats, half-rubber ball game................................................................................................................................	Pg. 2
Cradock School, teachers, principals, roller skates, Sewanee Stadium, Tommy Dorsey............................................................................................................................................................................................	Pg. 3
Old movies, 1939 news & tidbits, Rodman’s, square-dogs, Caffee’s Bakery....................................................................	Pg. 4

February 2006

The birth of Cradock, trip to Ocean View, by way of Main Street, tattoo shops, burlesque Theatres.................................	Pg. 1
Trip to beach continued, Ocean View memories, Doumars, trip back home........................................................................	Pg. 2
Fertilizer plants, ferries, elevators with operators, 1930 model telephone.............................................................................	Pg. 3
1939 Thanksgiving Day murder in Cradock, cows in Cradock, Navy Yard............................................................................	Pg. 4
Misc. memories (most forgotten now), HMS Illustrious, goats on Afton Sq...........................................................................	Pg. 5
The Golden Years, request for memories to be recorded, history of newsletter...................................................................	Pg. 6
Ads and photo of 1938 - 1939 Monogram Club.......................................................................................................................	Pg. 7

November 2006

Street car bridge across Paradise Creek, Cradock monogram "C" decision, trolley route through Cradock..................	Pg. 1
Brown bagging at school, details on trolley service..................................................................................................................	Pg. 2
Development history of Cradock and other areas.....................................................................................................................	Pg. 3
History continued...........................................................................................................................................................................	Pg. 4
More history, bridges, high school and elementary schools combined, street car route through Cradock........................	Pg. 5
More history, problems after houses purchased by residents, unpaved streets, streets named.........................................	Pg. 6
1963 tragedy on Prospect Parkway...........................................................................................................................................	Pg. 7
All about Paradise Creek............................................................................................................................................................	Pg. 8
More about Paradise Creek.......................................................................................................................................................	Pg. 9
Mrs. Ruth Chapman Griswold, piano player..............................................................................................................................	Pg. 10
Cradock Post Office, 1928 Ammunition Depot explosion, Cradock Garden Club, Wise Beach, The Crescent...............	Pg. 11
Norfolk County War Memorial on Afton Sq. and description including the Cannon..............................................................	Pg. 12
Notes, Cradock namesake, design of houses, Dr. Tabor's roadster, the Freed's newsletter, reason for building Cradock.........................................................................................................................................................................................	Pg. 13
More notes, Jordan Bridge, Bandstand on Prospect Pkwy, Draft Registrar, Mr. James Agee...........................................	Pg. 14
Cradock clubs and leagues, selling terms of homes, Library opens, Cradock Gardens built..............................................	Pg. 15
The building of Cradock...............................................................................................................................................................	Pg. 16
The "First Settlers" of Cradock, Ice delivery, light & power, water supply, early Ads, Scout Cabin................................	Pg. 17
Principals of Cradock High School, 1928 Ads, train to Petersburg........................................................................................	Pg. 18
A thank you from Mr. and Mrs. Cutchins.....................................................................................................................................	Pg. 19