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Foscone’s Sir Goony Golf
Read more: Foscone’s Sir Goony GolfGoony Golf was located on Penn Avenue in Sinking Spring, right next to the old Sinking Spring Drive-In. Now the site is occupied by the parking lot of a strip shopping center. Foscone’s Golf Center was in operation from the 1960s until sometime in the…
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On This Day April 25th
Read more: On This Day April 25thAbove the fold in the April 25th 1980 Reading Eagle Mohrsville Train Stop eliminated Front page news in the April 25th 1985 Reading Eagle:
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Before Blue Marsh Lake
Read more: Before Blue Marsh LakeTo squelch the rumors… no, there are no buildings standing underneath the waters of Blue Marsh Lake; only foundations and forgotten roadways. Many of these homes and farms were taken by eminent domain, ruining livelihoods and uprooting entire families. The whole process took almost an entire decade,…
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Penn St. 700 block in 1969
Read more: Penn St. 700 block in 1969Source: The Passing Scene
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On this Day April 13
Read more: On this Day April 13Above the fold in the April 13th, 1970 Reading Eagle
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Mt. Penn Diner
Read more: Mt. Penn DinerThe Mt. Penn Glass Front Diner was located at the east end of the Lindbergh Viaduct. It was located at 2101 Howard Blvd in Mount Penn. It was eventually turned into an Arner’s Restaurant, which was then sold as well in the mid-2000s. Now a…
