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nostalgia

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Nostalgia begins for me with Christmas. What better childhood  memories are there? And where Christmas is concerned the Snow Capital has an advantage. (See Christmas '54 below.)

Whenever I hear "Sleigh Bells" I think of Hengerer's "Santa Claus" Show, since that Christmas song was the theme music. What about you?

The store in the Larkin Building

L.L. Berger's

Hens & Kelly

Kobackers

Sattlers (998 Broadway)

W.T. Grant's

What Ever Happened to Iroquois Beer? 

If you're like me, you just assume it's still there, it'll always be there, a staple of WNY, correct? Apparently not. Gone the way of the Pierce Arrow apparently. But I thought you'd enjoy some friendly reminders.

   

or Simon Pure?

What other extinct brands unique to or headquartered in Buffalo or Western New York do you recall?

What are your Favorite Memories of Home?

Christmas?

Sports?

Stores, such as Hengerer's?

Red Hots? Wings? Beef on Weck?

Commercial Jingles:

• Satler's (998 Broaway..)
• M&T  (M&T, M&T..)
• Iriquois Beer (Have an Iri..) 
• Glen Campbell Chevrolet

Send your nostalgic contributions.

  

 

Buffalo Christmas 1954

 

Take this link to a wonderful site and travel back in time to Christmas 1954 as seen in the Courier Express, which happens to be the first Christmas of my life.

 

A special treat for Ex-Pats on this link.