On this Day – Feb 7th 1967 – Blizzard Staggers Berks

February 7, 2021October 7, 2020 by Alexa Freyman

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Above the fold in the February 7th, 1967 Reading Eagle

16 inches of snow dumps on Berks, closing schools across the county.

Nothing can compare to the end result – fastnacht in the mouth – as Mrs. Lillian Seidel, Gibraltar, tastes one. – Eagle Photos

Lets see a movie…

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Hi Letitia, sounds like the Hitching Post, but that closed more than 20 years ago: https://berksnostalgia.com/the-hitching-post-3337-penn-ave-west-lawn/
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Thank you for this history......complete and thorough!!!! I was hoping to find the name of a restaurant I had visited…
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