Dangerous Place from my Past

o when I was so much younger and living in my hometown of Hamburg, there were a number of times that I wanted to go swimming at the Hamburg Park where the swimming pool was located.  There was always a small problem about getting in, because my Mother just didn’t have the money to pay

RETURN TO THE LOCK HOUSE

I’m pretty sure that all my followers know that I enjoy photographing historic places & structures in or close by my area. For this one, I returned to the ole’ Leesport Lock House that is located about a 20 min. drive from my home. I did this because I found out that the Leesport Historical

TAMAQUA RE-VISITED

Just North of my home is the historic Coal Mining town of Tamaqua that has been a important place of history in the early 20th century. I have been here once or twice before, but this time there have been some little changes to the area where Coal was King long ago. This is the

HIDDEN AWAY!

Back in the middle 50’s when I was growing up in Hamburg, PA the area here that you see did not look anything like it does now. This place is deceiving to the eye. To the left of this Image is the Hamburg Swimming Pool & out of the picture. The Pool is one place

OLD TRACKS

Located outside the small town of Leesport, PA is this railroad that has been here for so long. Once used to haul Coal & other goods via steam train in the past, it is no longer used at all. The tracks just sit there rusting away. The tracks extend all the way into Leesport where

BAHRS MILL

Bahr’s Mill is a stone mill building built in 1897 to house Jacob Bahr’s (pronounced Bear) woodworking and grist mill business. It is part of a farm complex in the village of Gabelsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1 mile north and west of the center of Boyertown. The site was home to a linseed oil mill

IN THE RAIN

When I left to go see the cars that were on display at my ole’ Fleetwood Park, the sun was out and I thought it was going to be a nice sunny day. Nope. Didn’t turn out that way. Not too long after arriving here, the dark clouds starting coming in. Gone was the sun.

OLD ARMY BARRACKS

This past Saturday while I was being transported via school bus to the Reading Air Show, I happen to notice one of the old Army Barracks left over from WWII. I had known about these before, but totally forgot about them. In passing one of the old buildings my memory returned to what these were

JUST A OLD FOUNTAIN

Located in the town of Hamburg, PA where I grew up is this old Fountain that has been here for way before I can remember. To all of you it’s just a nice fountain, but to me it has many memories. When I was so much younger, I used to climb over the fence and

OPERA HOUSE FIRE

Located in the cemetery where you enter Boyertown stands this grave marker to mark where the victims of the fire that could not be identified were laid to rest. It’s a big plot. No one knows who they were. The names of some victims are here on the Stone. After that horrid fire which burned