Every week on Friday (1961-1964), my wife & I (newly weds) purchased the special Sweetheart Ice Cream (for her) & the Frozen Custard (for me) @ the Sweetheart Market in North Syracuse; while I was stationed @ NORAD-SAGE, Hancock Field AFB. We lived in a small Cabin on Thompson Rd @ the Floyd & Beulah Austin Family Farm near the AFB front Gate! During this blizzard, we lived in Honeoye Falls, NY, 15 miles south of Rochester, NY & were SNOWED IN for 3 Days, with the snow over 6 feet ABOVE the house! This brings back some wonderful memories of living in Upstate NY for 10 years! Thanks for posting! Montague On The Hill, Texas
I lived in the Valley, south of Seneca Turnpike and was only 1 y/o in 1966.... I recall my mom and dad discussing this storm and have home movies and photos of the snow in our drive way with drifts up over our attached 2 car garage door frame. My dad had a 4x4 pickup with a snow plow blade on it - spent 2 days plowing out our Valley Oaks neighborhood and shuttling people to/fro Green Hills market
That was great from my 8 year old perspective! We loved it! We were in Fayetteville at that time. Your channel is a time warp back to the past. Thanks for posting all your videos!
That's a somewhat younger me in the footage at about the :36 second mark....reporting while standing in front of a helicopter in Oswego. The pilots began by flying to and from the parking lot behind what was then WHEN Radio and TV and I was part of a small crew of news people who managed to get to the station as the storm was starting, and didn't go home until several days later. I had a small Renault that I parked at the station and when I tried to start it to go home, turned the key and heard only a very muffled and far away sound of ignition. I opened the hood and the snow had filled the entire engine compartment from underneath -- so much so that the impression of the hood was etched into the surface of the snowblock from fender to fender. Quent Neufeld was also one of the reporters appearing here.....almost 50 years ago and still the biggest blizzard I've seen in my life.
I remember this well. Feb. 1966, the number one song in the country was Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walking." We couldn't get out of our house in Canandaigua for several days. It was kind of great when you're 13.
I was in USAF , going to Russian School at Skytop . From Tn, had never seen snow like that . I traipsed across Drumlin's Golf course , to a mom-n-pop grocery on Colvin St(Ave?) . Got into snowdrift over my head . Bought two bags of food , including 6pack of beer , walked the streets back to Skytop .Snow was max knee-deep in the roads , due to wind . Live near Atlanta. Said if I ever get back south , I would never complain about the heat again . Give me 95 degrees over 35 any day !!! Also , within a week of the snow , woke up to 26 deg below ZERO !! People down here can't comprehend of either that much snow or that degree of cold .
Yes. It certainly makes the list for "snow dumps" of the world. It's quite interesting, while growing up there, we never even thought of it in that light.
BLIZZARD OF 1966 Syracuse, Oswego : Our family lived in Syracuse, N.Y. My husband's employer sent men out to pick him up in a truck . He then drove his truck to get his deliveries out to the local supermarkets and stores his route coved.
I played with a band in Sam Chido's "Little Brown Jug" on Salina St. Sept.- Nov. 1964...Came from Myrtle Beach, SC...now live in West Columbia,SC I remember the old V shaped bldg. downtown. Not much else.............
WSYR Radio and TV....our prime competitor was down James Street in the other direction and their small storm crew and ours would meet in between at a local hotel dining room. By the end of the storm, we were happily signing each other's meal tabs and figuring the accountants would sort it all out. In those days of course, it was all 16 mm film that had to be processed and then edited. That editing was normally the job of the camera guys, but I had learned it because I was interested and it turned out to be useful then because we were so short handed.
Every week on Friday (1961-1964), my wife & I (newly weds) purchased the special Sweetheart Ice Cream (for her) & the Frozen Custard (for me) @ the Sweetheart Market in North Syracuse; while I was stationed @ NORAD-SAGE, Hancock Field AFB.
We lived in a small Cabin on Thompson Rd @ the Floyd & Beulah Austin Family Farm near the AFB front Gate!
During this blizzard, we lived in Honeoye Falls, NY, 15 miles south of Rochester, NY & were SNOWED IN for 3 Days, with the snow over 6 feet ABOVE the house!
This brings back some wonderful memories of living in Upstate NY for 10 years!
Thanks for posting!
Montague On The Hill, Texas
The blizzard of "66 was one of my favorite childhood memories. I was 13 and lovin' it.
I was born in February in Oswego, lived in Cato Meridian. Love hearing stories about it.
I lived in the Valley, south of Seneca Turnpike and was only 1 y/o in 1966.... I recall my mom and dad discussing this storm and have home movies and photos of the snow in our drive way with drifts up over our attached 2 car garage door frame. My dad had a 4x4 pickup with a snow plow blade on it - spent 2 days plowing out our Valley Oaks neighborhood and shuttling people to/fro Green Hills market
That was great from my 8 year old perspective! We loved it! We were in Fayetteville at that time. Your channel is a time warp back to the past. Thanks for posting all your videos!
That's a somewhat younger me in the footage at about the :36 second mark....reporting while standing in front of a helicopter in Oswego. The pilots began by flying to and from the parking lot behind what was then WHEN Radio and TV and I was part of a small crew of news people who managed to get to the station as the storm was starting, and didn't go home until several days later. I had a small Renault that I parked at the station and when I tried to start it to go home, turned the key and heard only a very muffled and far away sound of ignition. I opened the hood and the snow had filled the entire engine compartment from underneath -- so much so that the impression of the hood was etched into the surface of the snowblock from fender to fender. Quent Neufeld was also one of the reporters appearing here.....almost 50 years ago and still the biggest blizzard I've seen in my life.
i was a kid back then
i remember it to be great
I remember this well. Feb. 1966, the number one song in the country was Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walking." We couldn't get out of our house in Canandaigua for several days. It was kind of great when you're 13.
I was in USAF , going to Russian School at Skytop . From Tn, had never seen snow like that . I traipsed across Drumlin's
Golf course , to a mom-n-pop grocery on Colvin St(Ave?) . Got into snowdrift over my head . Bought two bags of food , including 6pack of beer , walked the streets back to Skytop .Snow was max knee-deep in the roads , due to wind . Live near Atlanta. Said if I ever get back south , I would never complain about the heat again . Give me 95 degrees over 35 any day !!! Also , within a week of the snow , woke up to 26 deg below ZERO !! People down here can't comprehend of either
that much snow or that degree of cold .
As most "'Cuseans" know, historically, Syracuse gets more snow than ANY OTHER major city in the northern hemisphere!
Yes. It certainly makes the list for "snow dumps" of the world. It's quite interesting, while growing up there, we never even thought of it in that light.
Classic scene!
I was 5 but kind of remember this. Lived in mattydale
i had just turn 10yr old those shots of downtown bring back memories!!
Ron Curtis a real community Treasure
I was small when ths happened but people talked about this for years. :)
BLIZZARD OF 1966 Syracuse, Oswego : Our family lived in Syracuse, N.Y. My husband's employer sent men out to pick him up in a truck . He then drove his truck to get his deliveries out to the local supermarkets and stores his route coved.
Good Lord how well I do remember that storm!!!
I played with a band in Sam Chido's "Little Brown Jug" on Salina St. Sept.- Nov. 1964...Came from Myrtle Beach, SC...now live in West Columbia,SC I remember the old V shaped bldg. downtown. Not much else.............
We didn't have any eggs, or bacon, or ham....we had to make due with prime rib. It was the worst of times.
im from from syracuse mmichael deretz
imagine staying at work for days LOL, no thanks
WSYR Radio and TV....our prime competitor was down James Street in the other direction and their small storm crew and ours would meet in between at a local hotel dining room. By the end of the storm, we were happily signing each other's meal tabs and figuring the accountants would sort it all out. In those days of course, it was all 16 mm film that had to be processed and then edited. That editing was normally the job of the camera guys, but I had learned it because I was interested and it turned out to be useful then because we were so short handed.