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Great video. Tiki Gardens is the stuff of my dreams.

Let me add a detail that is not well-known. The dredging project to create the islands was awarded to Stone & Webster Engineering and Construction out of Boston. The construction superintendent on the project was my grandfather, Jack MePherson. He rented a house on Swann Ave. with his wife and 2 daughters during the project. One of the daughters was my mom, Claudia McPherson and she went to Gorrie School. When the project was done, he moved to Louisiana for his next project, building power lines through the swamp.

Very interesting.

Cool Rex! Elizabeth Nelson was Gasparilla Queen to King Curtis Sparkman Sr., my mom's uncle, in 1925 and that's when D. P. Davis said "I'm gonna marry that girl!"

Rear train sta. was moved out on sharpsferry rd. private prop. can see from rd.

Went there when opened as kid, thru all school days with girlfriends. Train in Jefferson Bayou, Tx. ,operating. '85 watched the giant skyride tower cut, laid down cut scrap. House develop. strip mall their now! 😭

As a kid in the early 60s, I used to buy my split-shot sinkers there at Maves and fished in the Hillsborough River for brim. The Arcade was like entering a royal palace. Capitalism has no conscience or soul. 😥

In 1974 my Plant teammate Judd Semeyn ran for 254 yards in the last Turkey day game. What a beast he was.

These women are absolutely precious! I love their stories!

Another fantastic oral history lesson.

What a wonderful verbal history of Tampa. And now that it's on video, it should last forever.

My uncle Reggie on the basketball ball team #25 Reggie # 35 jimmy

For me as an European it's fun to see videos like this showing smaller towns history.

great work Rex!

My Great Uncle, James (Jimmy) Lingerfelt and his wife Hattie, owned the Arcade Barber and Beauty Shops. Not sure when they took ownership but I know they had been there for several years until the arcade was no more. He opened his new Barber shop after the arcade was torn down in a building just to the north of old arcade and it was in that shop he gave my oldest son his first haircut. I have such strong memories of growing up in Sulphur Springs. Life was simple.

Great History of this landmark

Sadly, we lost one alumni. Jamie Dietrich passed away in 2004 at the age of 26.

Duval High may have won a football game, but they are now ancient history! HHS is still here and still thriving!

Great video! I would have graduated from this class if I did not move during my high school years. This class looked like so much fun.

Cool

Thank you for posting this, my Father loved it.. He was number 65 on the Football team and this was his senior year..❤

Good memories

This episode was so meaningful to me. This was my first year. How did I know the chronicler and I shared a year together. I was c/o 86. Love your HHS videos.

My Grandfather Edwin Crews was a Coach at HHS in the 60’s and maybe the early 70’s, but I do not know the exact years. I was born in the late 60’s and he was living in Tampa just a few blocks from the school. He was a Colonel in the Army and then became a Coach and Drivers Ed. Teacher at HHS. My Mom, Peggy Crews also went there. I am enjoying seeing a graduation that is very close to what my Mom would have experienced! Thank you for all your efforts.

Thank you for finding this film. I was born in the late 60’s and I have so many fond memories of visiting here with my Grandmother many times!

I am Black History. I attended Howard W Blake when it first opened. Thank you Mr. Hearns!

Great video does any one remember the old address of the school.

Didn't have the poles and chains until after '79

I loved my time at this school ..i had fun and met the love of my life there..68 years later he passed but we had a great life !!!!

I started in 1953

I have our year books

Class of 1954 1955 my husband 1954 me 1955 been married68 years untll he recent passing ..miss him terribly !!!!

graduated last may and i already miss hillsborough

OK Rex, the statues were destroyed, not "lost". The question is a) By whom? and b) why was/were the guilty parties not required to replace them? I done by contractors, their insurance would have to have covered this!

I am of ghe class of 1955

Good years Good times 👍

Terrierific!

One of the best you ever did. Thanks Rex!

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I was a Jr that year and since we were sharing a campus and going to school at noon, my "after school" job at Robinson's Department Store started at 6 AM. I would paint the store until it opened, grab some lunch and then go to school.

I remember doing safety village in the mid 1970s as a kid. They had it set up as a bicycle safety course, and provided bikes for all of us going through "day camp" at Lowery Park sponsored by the city. It's a shame it is gone.

I'll probably be accused of being old fashioned but I think the style of the original design was in a class all its own and rivaled many colleges. I understand the need to bring the facilities up to standards but much of the prestigious look of the original is lost.

Great video. As always. You know. Even though I went there for three years (c/o 86) I have no memory of ever entering the media center. Hmmm....

I lived through this and hated all of the renovation

Fine job Rex. I was so disappointed to miss my Jr year due to the renovation. I am so happy that a lot of the "renovation" was corrected years later. Cheers

This was so nice and brought back so many memories!

Thanks!!!

My class 93 ❤ Great video

This was very nice. I actually designed the drill for Mr farmers last halftime show. It was an honor to work with him and the big red band.

I've also heard a rumor about a goat or cow being taken up there. Not sure if that's true. Great video!