July 24, 2017
Trolley’s on Fayette Street and a Death 5/6/2017 by Brian Coll We are down to our final few days of taking orders at the pre order price of $120 for the set of Conshohocken & West Conshohocken books… call us at 610-825-7072 and order yours….. Trolley ...
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Conshohocken Man HUNG for Committing Murder 5/2/2017 by Jack Coll Most residents won’t recognize this hood. It was THE HOOD placed over the head of Conshohocken resident James Clemmer moments before he was hung at the Montgomery County prison gallows on May 4th, 1899. Clemmer ...
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Conshohocken Industry – a Few Rare Photos and Story 4/19/2017 by Jack Coll photo by Gene Walsh photo by Doris Markley photo by Doris Markley If you, your parents, your grandparents or relatives ever worked an industrial job in Conshohocken or West Conshohocken chances are their ...
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Does Anyone Else Miss or Remember Toad’s Tavern? 4/18/2017 by Brian Coll Sometimes time has a way of playing tricks on your mind…. I think I was around 21 years old when Toad’s opened. It wasn’t the nicest place in Conshy, but for me and a group of friends it was ...
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It’s One of Those Mysteries…. 4/15/2017 by Jack Coll Is there really an underground river flowing under Conshohocken? In the chapter “Murders, Mysteries & Scandals” in the books Conshohocken & West Conshohocken – People, Places and Stories. You ...
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Medgar Evers He Fought for his Country-Our Country Then He Fought for his Country By Jack Coll I didn’t know much about Medgar Evers, but I did know this, he was an American civil rights activist from Mississippi. He was a college graduate and he was a World War II veteran who fought in the... ...
Read MoreSeptember 1st, 2016 Conshystuff learned earlier today that a Conshohocken treasure is closing its doors. Lower Fayette Street will most definitely look different in the near future as Light Parker Furniture will be closing its doors for good. There is a strong possibility that a small ...
Read More7/14/16 photos by Gene Walsh and Brian Coll We noticed scaffolding going up around Calvary Church at 4th and Fayette this week. It made us think about the last time that church was “pointed” and we thought it was in or around 1984… we were right. We pulled up an old photo from ...
Read MoreA HALF A CENTURY AGO Michael Dennis Became Conshy’s 15th Derby Champion By Jack Coll July 4, 2016 By 1966 the borough was beginning to feel the overseas steel import crunch, hard-times laid ahead for the borough and its residents. Although Alan Wood Steel was still a decade away from ...
Read More6/29/16 by Brian Coll We heard a rumor about a house being tore down to make way for parking. Once we started asking about that rumor, it seems like there is a little smoke and that other houses or properties may be turned into a larger parking lot. We are talking about a few... Read More
