That 70's Blacksburg

This is just a fun nostalgia page for those of us who came to Blacksburg VA around 1970 (more or less)and for those that have been around even longer. Click on the photos to enlarge and enjoy.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Joe's Jail

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A balding and bearded older fellow named Joe Calloway had a little shop near Progress Street in which he created jewelry and leather goods,...

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Fall 1972

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Humble Pie

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If there ever was a cool head shop in town it was Humble Pie. The newspaper ads, lifted straight from the pages of our favorite undergroun...

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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Saturday Night Fever

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Remember Disco? It came boogeying into the American culture sometime in the mid Seventies and didn't let go until MTV finally saved u...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Before McDonalds

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Rays Restaurant - next to Radford Brothers on North Main Street Before Ronald McDonald rolled into town there was Ray's. In fact, ...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Bluegrass Music

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(click to enlarge) Despite the fact that in the late 1960's and into the 1970's many saw the youth of the day as "hippies...

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Monday, September 5, 2011

That Steak Place

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"A new kind of dining" is what the local newspaper called "That Steak Place". We all thought it was a pretty elegant r...

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