Before George's

According to the the inscription found on the back of this photo, this is our building under construction circa 1909 as an emerging South Norwood was coming to life. The man in front I assumed was the owner and the two children, his daughters. This father built a home for his daughters and a rental income for his family. A close examination of the photo reveals that dirt roads were still the norm.
He most likely would never have allowed his daughters into any of the succession of bars that would be some its occupants. We were of course one of those bars, but I would like to believe we would have been viewed as acceptable for his daughters.

This picture hung on the wall forever  and was even described as being Dottie McDevitt's wedding picture. Anyway who knows who it was! It was up when the place was Aladdin's so more than likely she is an Arab bride. Certainly not a bridal gown that seems too familiar.

This picture is Subway Hill being constructed to bring the turn of the century population to South Norwood. I believe it opened  up the area for business and the trolley to Boston sure must have been better than the a horse. On the left side there is a picture of a bus descending into South Norwood on Subway Hill as it exists today . As I type, the face of South Norwood is again experiencing a dramatic and inevitable changing expression as it becomes molded by the shifting economy. We are less and less blue collar and more a reflection of the Auto Dealerships and growing High Tech offices on Route 1.
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