1st Day of Fall...Tuesday, Sept 22, 2009

Fall again. Winter Coming.
Wonderful fall. Today is the first day of Fall. The beauty of it is irresistible and the attractions of festivals and Sunday drives will put you in the best of moods. But when Fall comes in the Midwest, we know that the mighty winter is bearing down upon us. The winter could be a bad one or it could be a good one....in this part of the country we just don't know how the weather will be tomorrow.



Collection of Springfield Area Interesting Sites
Some of you have a thirst for history and will be interested in these sites. Some contain some very interesting vintage pictures which some of us/you will remember.

The first site is Springfield Rewind and is a great site to visit to learn things about Springfield's olden days.
http://www.springfieldrewind.com/

Another Springfield site, but it is older and not kept up:
http://lookbackspringfield.blogspot.com/



But the following site is the almighty best site of all. It indicates all kinds of history about Sandy's Restuarants which were bought by the Hardee's chain. I remember Sandy's in Springfield and Decatur....and I remember the Decatur Sandy's stood proud long after the Springfield Sandy's fell under the clutches of the Hardee's chain. Being a history buff plus my love of the old Sandy's burgers, I just love this site. Be sure to click on the section showing info on the Springfield (near the bottom) and Decatur sites.
http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/sandys

A person can find really great information by just looking around the internet. One day when I was hunting for Orpheum Theater information, I found that Springfield once had a theater called the "Casino" and one called "Amuse U Theater" and one called "Lyric Theater" and one called Pantheon (I remember this building and marquee) and one called Pekin Theater" and one called "Royal Theater" and one called Southtown (I remember this building and Marqee and is still standing on South Grand) and one called "Tivoli Theater". The theaters I can remember and some are still in existence: Lincoln, Esquire, Cinema Arts, Orpheum, Pantheon, Route 66 Drive-In, Roxy, Senate, Strand, Southown, Springfield, Drive-In, Capitol City, White Oaks Theater (just announced a church is taking over this spot in the mall). The onslought of television really harmed the theater business. And in today's marketplace, dvds, rental, netflix and movies on the web have further harmed the business.

Here's some info on I found on very old theaters theaters in Springfield.
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/4252/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/23638/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3179/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7040/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/6957/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7042/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7043/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/6279/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7042/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7043/
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/6959/


Today's Quote....by Mark Twain
"To Succeed in Life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

May we all succeed in life or come close to it.



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