The WVU men's basketball team played a game at what is now known as the community center in March and 1941. They lost that game to West Virginia Wesleyan. Then Massachusetts Senator John Kennedy visited our town when campaigning for the presidency in 1960.
I remember summers in Mt. Hope with the grandparents. One summer, our father gave us some change to goto the movies...they made my sister and I sit in the balcony. When we returned to my grandparents house, my father asked us how the movie was...we were excited to sit in the balcony. When father heard that, he put his shoes on...and we walked back to town, to the same movie...where we sat downstairs....I'm 69 now...and remember that vividly. Didn't know what was going on at the time...but yeah....they made my sis and I sit in the balcony. Interesting stuff.
I used to live in that abandoned house that was built in 1905. My family rented it in 1965-1966 while my father was stationed there at the Army recruiting station. Very fond memories of the area. I believe the lady that owned it it was Mrs. Roby or Robie. Nice video.
The WVU men's basketball team played a game at what is now known as the community center in March and 1941. They lost that game to West Virginia Wesleyan. Then Massachusetts Senator John Kennedy visited our town when campaigning for the presidency in 1960.
Super cool, thank you for sharing that but of history!
At 11:50 my dad used to tell me stories how kids used to throw rocks through those windows and i think it also caught fire
6:43 i went to that elementary school about 14 years ago
I remember summers in Mt. Hope with the grandparents. One summer, our father gave us some change to goto the movies...they made my sister and I sit in the balcony. When we returned to my grandparents house, my father asked us how the movie was...we were excited to sit in the balcony. When father heard that, he put his shoes on...and we walked back to town, to the same movie...where we sat downstairs....I'm 69 now...and remember that vividly. Didn't know what was going on at the time...but yeah....they made my sis and I sit in the balcony. Interesting stuff.
My uncle Floyd Bonifacio owned an operated that theater.
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I used to live in that abandoned house that was built in 1905. My family rented it in 1965-1966 while my father was stationed there at the Army recruiting station. Very fond memories of the area. I believe the lady that owned it it was Mrs. Roby or Robie. Nice video.
That's amazing!!
I lived there until 2011 when my dad passed away
Nice a quiet out there I’ve also been to west Va it wasn’t wasn’t what I though it was
I saw ghe film "Little Giants" at the movie theater there back in middle school in the 90s.
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