The building in the back held a small store. Getting pushups and walking on the walkway next to the mines with them. Good memories.
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17-Sep-2010 11:24
Back in the day, prior to the 50's, when the mines were working full force and the rock dumps were used everyday, the spell of sulpher rose from the rock dumps around us, especially on hot rainy days. During the summer when there was no school kids could walk out of their house in the morning and not come back until it was time to eat dinner. If a parent need you they just yelled up the street and you better come running, they had no idea where we were, you could play on the ball fields, along the creek and rock dump or up in the woods. Strange how in a time when they were dumping hot coals and the steel cars were running behind the houses that there were no accidents. I guess coal kids knew what to do or not to do.
Patrick (PJ) Collins
25-Feb-2008 14:58
I can't believe that our parents let us play around these abandoned mines when we were little. I grew up in windber, left there at the age of 13 in 1989, and seeing these old places reminds me of my childhood, how about some pics of the Church of the Bretheren Nursing Home on Hoffman Ave. My dad was the administrator there from 1973 until 1989. Thanks for the pictures. I live in Bradford, PA now, oil country, and I miss playing on the rock dumps, etc.
