We know that sound in Sylacauga, and even at Lake Joy I can hear the train coming up Trammell Hill across 511 in the edge of the Talladega National Forest. We had overnight guests from Fairhope who got quite alarmed in the early morning hours when they heard that...
Railroad tracks run right through the center of Sylacauga, and most of us have grown up waving at the man in the caboose and hearing our parents complain about having to wait for the train to clear the crossing. If you were a student at Sylacauga High School in the...
Go back with me in time to the years during and after World War II when every family did not own a car, and compare that to today when two or three cars are parked in every carport or at every house. Cars were scarce during and after the War, and gasoline and tires...
The City Bus Line in Sylacauga served a real need in this area in days gone by. Last week we looked at a schedule printed in the Sylacauga Advance in 1946. I was glad to hear from Becky Blair whose grandfather, Lon Rudd, was one of those early drivers. Mr. Rudd also...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020—Elnora Spencer and Friends “Jazzy Blues and More” Award-winning singer, Elnora Spencer, will brighten a cold winter day by opening the Comer Library’s SouthFirst Bank Adult Lecture Series accompanied by outstanding musicians...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019—“Spring Street” Quartet “Feels So Right—Celebrating Alabama’s Musical Heritage” Sylacauga’s own talented singers and musicians— “Spring Street”— will kick off the fall brown bag series by revisiting our state’s rich musical history...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019—Buddy Simpkins & Friends “Celebrating Our Past Through Songs and Music” Retired Sylacauga High School Band Director, Buddy Simpkins, has gathered noted musicians to play for the enjoyment of the Comer Library’s brown bag audience....
Wednesday, September 19, 2018—Elnora Spencer“Jazzy Blues and More” Award-winning singer, Elnora Spencer, will open the Comer Library’s SouthFirst Bank Lecture Series accompanied by piano, bass and drums. Elnora’s style— the “jazzy blues”— will include gospel, jazz,...
Sylacauga Post Office Sylacauga Post office to me suggests remembrances of people and place and a time that is long gone, but still very special. I am certainly not the first person to try to look back at those earlier days, way before any of us lived, and try to...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018—John Sledge “These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War” John Sledge will tell the story of Alabama’s extraordinary military saga during our nation’s most dramatic trial—the American Civil War which left indelible marks on Alabama’s land,...
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