wilkes

Hesters; on top of second street hill where the quick lube is.

mom on the go right beside the ice shop a lady made the most dilisious pies they were great she made all kinds in her house we bought 4 a week 2 chocolate 2 cocunut don't remember her name would love to have her recipes

KOA Camp Ground up in Wilbar, This was the first place I had every seen that had peddle boats. My grandapa and grandma lived near there and they tooks us out there and bought us a ice cream and paid for us to ride the peddle boats.

Runt Eller's Swim place on US 421 North right past Pligrime Baptist Church Rd on the right

Hey Cyrus...I remember the old Country Club on old 421, owned by Bryant Rhymer! LOL Went there a few times, although my mama didn't know about it! ROFLMAO

Enlighten me about The LIttle Red Hen. Where was it?

Lowes Foods on corner of old 60 & 115.
Ithaca on 268 west which is now Key City Furniture.
Service Distributor (gas station) on 115.

BB was on 16 past the middle school

Century Lounge -- Main St. NW
Friendly Billiards --- Down Steps beside what is now NW Police Dept.
City Cafe --- Main St. NW
Tommy Johnsons --- 10th St. NW
Beechs Cafe ---- 10th St. NW
Amy's Place ---- 10th St. NW
Ideal Grill --- 10th St. NW
Stardust Inn, then it was Pappys. then The Brickhouse, then Bogarts
Golden Oaks ---- 421 where Nissan Dealership is now
Riverside Inn ---- Traphill Rd out past NWHS
The Castaway Lounge ---- Wilkesboro
The Hideaway Lounge --- 421 beside what is now Wykes
The Orange Room ---- Boone Trail NW where Wade Faw Shoe Shop is .

All beer joints but, hey, I remember them.

what about the forest furniture coke cola bottle comp. the drive in movie on 18 and where the lowes supper market sets on 421 and oakwook exit or road i think might be wrong on the loc.

- Dixie Billards - Man oh Man, what a fine pool hall that was. Will never be another one like it in Wilkes!

Tom William's Garage, a couple of miles above the hospital on old 421. Later Frank Church's Body Shop... home of the $50.00 paint job, lol.

Dose anyone remember the LITTLE RED HEN or the old COUNTRY CLUB in purlear!!!!

Adams Seafood on 268E that burnt down years ago

Drug World....in the Monte Del Ray's location

There was an ice cream shop sort of across from Smoot Park where the eye doc's office is now...can't remember the name of it....

I can also remember when the A-frame building on 2nd St. Hill was a drug store....was it Blue Ridge Pharmacy????

And, Lowes Foods was across from that A-frame building beside the Duke Power Building!

dose anyone remember Riverside Cafe and Eckerds at down at sky city they had the best hotdogs and bakers dozen at the bottom of second street.

autreys flea market
jubilee junction

one of the things i remember the most and miss the most is NW auto parts it was on 6th street. my grandfather worked there for his brother who owned it i used to go there all the time. it would have stayed in the family and in buisiness if my grandfathers brother wouldnt have given it to his son-in-law who in turn sold it to flowers auto.

i also remember

sky city
A&P
red cross pharmacy
brendles
corn dog 7
lowes hardware- where the stone center is now
mom and pops- on 268 past the dam
captains table
hardees- where hampton inn is
hardees- above west park
little caesars
holly farms
speinhours
burkes pawn shop
gaddy motors
macs steakhouse
mcdonalds- where carolina west now sits
putt putt
skylite skate rink
the mall in its hay day not the small mall
roses
the old old k-mart
revco
the cadillac dealer on 268
the plantation house
on que
movie max
movie time
the chicken restraunt at the end of school street

Rathers was my First Job!! Oops....I'm Telling my Age now! LOL

I GOT COME SOME OF THAT GOV'T CHEESE, BUT I WAS DISTURBED TO LEARN TO THAT THEY WERE ALL OUT OF THE "COMPLIMENTARY WINE & CAVIAR"! THAT'S JUST WRONG! I WROTE MY SENATOR TO VOICE MY DISCONTENT!!! HOW DARE THEM GIVE OUT CHEESE WITH NO WINE!!!! WHAT'S THIS NATION COMING TO???

Buster Brown