Category: 1980s
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Bon-Ton / Pomeroy’s at the Berkshire Mall
Read more: Bon-Ton / Pomeroy’s at the Berkshire MallEveryone has heard that Bon-Ton had declared bankruptcy and was subsequently closing all of it’s stores back in April. Liquidation began immediately, and finally after 4 months of sales the location at the Berkshire Mall is closing for the final time today, August 28th 2018 at 5:00 pm. Bon-Ton occupied the center anchor at the…
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Blue Marsh Ski Area
Read more: Blue Marsh Ski AreaBlue Marsh Ski Area was a small ski area located in Bernville, just 10 miles north of Reading, PA. The ski complex opened in 1968 as the North Heidelberg Ski Slope by a man named John H. Guenther Jr.. In 1986 Joseph M. Aichholz Jr. and four partners leased the ski area, and in 1987…
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On this Day – September 8th 1987
Read more: On this Day – September 8th 1987On this day 30 years ago – September 8th, 1987, a storm causes major flooding in Berks. According this Reading Eagle article, It was a Tuesday, Sept. 8, in 1987 when the deluge came. It was known as TD Nine. The meandering area of tropical moisture formed near the Bahamas – it never even qualified…
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On this Day June 11th 1982
Read more: On this Day June 11th 1982Above the fold in the June 11th, 1982 Reading Eagle Country Mall Construction In the Theatres
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On this day…May 23rd 1982
Read more: On this day…May 23rd 1982Above the fold in theMay 23rd, 1982 Reading Eagle Kenhorst Fire Company’s 50th anniversary Pacman tournament at the Fairgrounds Square Mall to benefit the YMCA of Berks county. In sports The early stages of a long decline of Penn Square downtown
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222 Drive-In Theatre
Read more: 222 Drive-In TheatreThe 222 Drive-In Theatre was located on Route 222 in Fleetwood, specifically at 8832 Allentown Pike. It was opened in 1975 and had a capacity for 300 cars. Today, the property is occupied by Garage Strength. Typically drive-in’s were established in the 1950s, so 222 was seemingly two decade’s late to the game. While the…
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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 mid-80s. The business also operated a go-kart racing track next…
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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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Did you Boscov today?
Read more: Did you Boscov today?Hey guys, it’s April, and you know what that means…
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The Reading Drive-in Theatre
Read more: The Reading Drive-in TheatreThe Reading Drive-In Theatre opened on August 26, 1949. It cost 65 cents to per adult to watch “Perils of Pauline” on opening night. The Reading Drive-In was located on the 5th Street several miles north of Reading in Temple, Pa. The opening day newspaper ad boasted that the cost to build the entire outdoor theatre and…
