June 20, 2018
CONSHOHOCKEN—A CENTURY AGO By Jack Coll It was springtime in Conshohocken, the year was 1918, a hundred years ago. Trolley cars rumbled up-and-down the picturesque tree-lined Fayette Street. Trolley passengers admired the many mansions they rode past. There were the Lukens mansions, the ...
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REMEMBERING THE CONSHOHOCKEN HULLABALOO By Jack Coll April 10, 2018 The following is an excerpt taken from the book, “Conshohocken & West Conshohocken-People, Places and Stories” Volume One. The Book is sold out with about a dozen copies of Volume Two remaining for sale at Coll’s Custom ...
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REMEMBERING GRAND OPENINGS They Really Were Grand Back Then! By Jack Coll There was a time in this tight-knit community when everybody knew everything about everybody, and I mention that in a good way. Residents in up-town and downtown knew what was going in in the shopping ...
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CONSHOHOCKEN PROS VS. THE PHILADELPHIA YELLOW JACKETS YES, THE TWO TEAMS PLAYED EACH OTHER TWICE By Jack Coll A week ago or so I gave a very brief history of Conshohocken’s Golden Era of early professional football and an elderly gentleman stopped by our shop to ask me if the early ...
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Philadelphia Eagles Championship Stirs memories of Conshohocken’s Professional Football Teams By Jack Coll 2-27-18 During the early part of last century the borough of Conshohocken fielded some pretty good professional football teams. In the fall of 1893 the first organized ...
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Rare Video of Battery C of Conshohocken World War 2 12/30/2017 by Jack Coll Here is rare Video of Battery C parading down to the train station during World War 2. This originally appeared in the movie A Century of Football, Conshohocken, PA. By Jack Coll This video, is unique and ...
Read MoreRemembering When Conshohocken Dealt with A Major Tragedy 8/31/2017 by Brian Coll As I watch the tragedy unfold in Texas on TV (our thoughts and prayers are with them) and as we end August my mind wandered to the largest fire in Conshohocken history. I know there was a worse tragedy in ...
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Conshohocken (old) Borough Hall is REALLY for Sale 8/4/2017 by Brian Coll I posted a photo of borough hall or Leeland mansion on Facebook the other night with the caption…. For Sale by Owner. I was actually surprised to read some of the comments. It appeared some people didn’t ...
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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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