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Remember when: ‘Golf links,’ pool at early club

RW – the Andalusia Country Club property was purchased from Uncle “Aus” Prestwood. During the early years of the club, the golf course called the ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, July 22, 2017 1:14 am

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Remember when: Down the street in the 50s, 60s

     RW – teenagers used to go hiking on Saturdays on the dirt roads off Lindsey Bridge Road that eventually became the Meadowbrook Subdivision. RW ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, July 15, 2017 12:57 am

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Remember when: Back in another century

     “The Washington Post March” is a march that was composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. Since then, it has remained as one of ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Friday, July 7, 2017 10:24 pm

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Remember when: A wonderful place to live

On February 26, 1922, The Birmingham News, known then as “The South’s Greatest Newspaper,” featured an entire page on “Andalusia Is a Wonderful Place to ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, July 1, 2017 1:00 am

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Remember when: Family-owned businesses were large part of local commerce

President Calvin Coolidge once said, “The business of America is business.” I suppose we can apply that to Andalusia and Covington County as well. In ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, June 24, 2017 12:59 am

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Remember when: Former POWs sent letters

During the summer of 1940, reporters gathered at the White Cliffs of Dover to watch the aerial dogfights between German and British aircraft during the ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, June 17, 2017 1:49 am

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Remember when: The way we were in ‘17

1917 – One hundred years ago! America was right in the middle of World War I, “The First World War,” “The Great War,” “The War ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, June 10, 2017 3:17 am

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Remember when: More WWII letters home

Continuing this column with excerpts from the World War II letters home from Lt. William W. Avant to his mother, father, and sisters, let us ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, June 3, 2017 12:44 am

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Remember when: Vet’s comforting words to mom, ‘I’m safe as a silver dollar in Commercial Bank’

A collection of World War II letters was shared with me a few years ago. These letters written by an Andalusia High School graduate who ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, May 27, 2017 12:15 am

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Remember when: Spring was busy in 1930

The jazz standard “On the Sunny Side of the Street” was introduced in the spring of 1930 in the musical, “International Revue” in the Majestic ... Read more

by Sue Wilson, Saturday, May 20, 2017 1:35 am

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