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| Scott and Chris Irving Lived at 87 Cannon Road from 1963 through 1970. Thank you Scott for these great contributions. |
| Scott, Thornton Heights |
| Scott, Thornton Heights |
| Scott, Thornton Heights |
| Scott and Chris, Thornton Heights |
| 87 Cannon Road |
| Chris |
| Scott and Chris |
| The next four are from when Scott was in Headstart. Other Redbank kids participated as well. |
| Pre-redbank years, on Main Street in Thornton Heights |
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| This was my place in maybe late 1960 to maybe 62. 576 Main St. Thornton Heights, SP, ME. It's the first place I really have any significant memories of, not too mention, some pictures as well. I was born in 59. My brother was born while we were living there in Dec. 61. Taylor's pharmacy was across the street and the IGA just down the street a little heading toward Cash Corner. I believe Taylor's later moved into the IGA place. There used to be a porch in front of the doors, and a 2nd floor porch as well. But my mother said it was tough to heat so we moved to Congress St. near Shaws sometime in 62. |
| This is where we lived before moving to Redbank. We lived on the right side, 1st floor. It was a big apartment with a fireplace or 2. My mother really liked it. But we had really bad neighbors. But it was those neighbors that caused us to meet and become very good friends with one of the better families you would ever be lucky enough to meet, the Gerardos, on the left side of the building on the 2nd floor. Our neighbors across the street were also a good family and long standing friends who led us to Redbank, the McNeils. We used to walk to Arlan's Dept. store and Deering Oaks, my brother in a stroller most of the time. The McNeils would often go with us. The McNeils moved to Redbank before we did in 63. We moved from here in Oct. 63. |
| It is now the Gorham Bike and Ski Shop, in front of Shaws. Shaws used to be on the other side where Advance Auto now is. And just after Gorham Bike and Ski was a large patch of woods concealing part of Westgate shopping center when we lived there. Just in front of Bike and Ski shop there is a side street. On or near that corner was a big red barn and just beyond it was a tiny little house. That is where the McNeils lived. Our bad neighbors in the bottom apt. to the right and the buiding to the right caused us to move again, to 87 Cannon Rd., Redbank, SP, ME. For me, it was providence for Redbank would be full of nature and good places to play and plenty of kids for friends. Those were things lacking in these 2 previous homes. I am very glad we ended up in Redbank. |
| On the right was a City car building inspectors got to take home back then. That was the City of Portland. Directly behind us to the left was a patch of ground my father grew some flower bushes in. The Hustons lived just to the right though it is not seen in this pic. And out back beyond the garden was my fort/playhouse. Very far in back, though very faint due to its white color, was Diamond Engineers on Westbrook St. Look how vacant it is out back and how far back lawns were maintained. They are not nearly that far back now. |
| This was taken in Feb. 69. In the back near the house is a British car, Morse or Morris. It never did run and we got rid of it within the year. That's a 67 Dodge Dart directly in back of us, my brother Chris to the left, me on the right and our father. That's a 51 Mercury to the right, rather out of date even by that time. The city car is on the far right. |
| To the right in the Huston's place and just in back of them is half of Gallagher's farm. |
| That's my mom between us. You can better see Diamond Engineering far in back. My brother and I slept in the room/window on the right, 2nd floor behind, and my parent's room was the left window. The sun would rise and shine through our windows there and set on the other side. |
| Look what they did to our wonderful back yard. They ruined and desecrated the holy ground. There were spring ponds, frogs, and blueberries back there when we were there. How dare they! And that big Apartment complex is a lot closer than it looks in this picture. You have to be careful when you open the back door to our former apt now or you might hit the monstrosity and cause it to collapse. I am told by a tenant of one of those buildings that they are noisy and the heating/cooling units are combined and cold air blows in through it. It goes without saying that the view we had is ruined and there is hardly any back yard now. The Huston house is now yellow. |
| In this photo, you can see the old Gallagher farm. It has been kept but turned into apartments. Cosmetically, Redbank has never looked better. Streets have curbs, lawns look nice, houses have vinyl siding and more landscaping. But the beautiful world, relatively speaking, that I grew up in is gone. I'd rather have the more run down appearance of say, 67, and what went with it. |
| 1969 |
| 1969 |