40 Things Only People From Stockbridge Would Know

Every small town has their own private, personal things that anyone past a ten-mile radius would have no freakin' clue what the townsfolk were talkin' about.

Stockbridge has a wealth of words, places, people & events that mean something to the residents but leave out-of-towners completely clueless and feeling stupid.

That being said, if you're from Stockbridge and under 40, you STILL might not have a clue about the following things.....if so, ask anyone a few years older - they might be able to help.
So here's a list of "40 Things Only People From Stockbridge Would Know".....

BALDWIN FARMS $1 U-CUT CHRISTMAS TREES

BARRY KRUMMREY'S BACKYARD CARNIVALS

BERNIE BLAIR

BILLARDS (This is NOT 'billiards' like a game of pool. Ask an old-timer what it is.)

BLUEBERRY HILL

BRADSHAW'S

BRIEF SUN

BUSTER SIZEMORE

CARNIVALS AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL

CORNER LAUNDROMAT

DANCER'S TOY BASEMENT

EDDIE SPOONER

HAROLD'S COTTON CANDY WAGON

HICKORY RIDGE

ICE SLIDES BEHIND SMITH ELEMENTARY, POURED BY THE JANITORS FOR THE KIDS TO SLIDE DOWN (has since been banned)

LACY WATSON

LIBRARY IN THE TOWN HALL

MILLVILLE ICE CREAM CONES

NEHI, HI-KLAS, TEEM & MASON'S

ORIGINAL LOCATION OF WILDE'S SUPERMARKET, DOWNTOWN

PLAINFIELD

SANDWICH SHOP

SINCLAIR STATION W/ DINOSAUR LOGO

'SLIDE' 10-CENT POP MACHINE AT LANTIS'S

SLOT CAR TRACK

SOUTHERN BOY

"SPAT'S"

SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOODS (the front woods near Elizabeth Street, torn down many decades ago)

STANFIELD'S

STOCKBRIDGE MFG.

STRAWBERRY HILL

SUZIE WEST

SWEET SHOP SODA FOUNTAIN

THE CONCUSSIONS

THE "FACTORY"

THE OLD HERMIT

THE SCREAMING BITCH

TOWN DUMP (closed for decades)

WHO SANG "THE AUCTIONEER SONG"?

WHO WAS THE 6-YEAR-OLD WHO SANG "THE BEATLES DON'T WEAR WIGS"?

If some of you old-timers STILL don't know some of these, let me know and I'll give you the answers. In the meantime, do you have any others? I'm sure. Let me know!