Wayback Wednesday: 400 Block of N. Liberty Street, 1971.
Let’s travel to May 1971, and take a look at North Liberty Street. The photo above shows the businesses that line N. Liberty Street, looking north. On the right side of the street, you...
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Do You Remember…Major League Bowling Lanes?
Farmer’s Dairy Bar opened on S. Stratford Road in 1954. The Dairy Bar occupied the front part of the building. A wing at the left, behind and perpendicular to the building, housed an A&P...
Holly Avenue House
At the corner of Holly Avenue and Poplar Street, in the parking lot of a busy and popular department store, one house stood as the last residence in the block. This photo was taken in...
Happy Birthday, James Arthur “Jim” Lovell!
Capt. James Arthur “Jim” Lovell, American astronaut and space pioneer, celebrated his 89th birthday on March 25th of 2017. Jim’s life is an extraordinary story of adventure, which began with a little boy who...
Then & Now: West First Street
Several things have changed in downtown Winston-Salem since these photos were made in 1965. The photos were taken looking east on West First Street. The large buildings in the distance at...
October 19,1971: Bermuda Run Officially Opens
Most of the 218 club members gathered this evening in 1971, for the first official buffet dinner and the election of officers at the new Bermuda Run Country Club. Bermuda Run was constructed on...
February 12, 1971: James Lovell Comes to Town
Captain James Lovell spoke to an enthusiastic audience of about 1,500 people at Wake Forest University on this date in 1971. He talked about his four trips into space, and in particular he talked...