Historical Articles
December 15, 2018
THANK YOU MARY WOOD FOR HOSTING BOROUGH RESIDENTS FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS By Jack Coll 12-15-18 The Mary Wood Parkhouse is located at 120 […]
November 20, 2018
CONSHOHOCKEN & WEST CONSHOHOCKEN NEIGHBORHOODSWHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN?By Jack Coll Tracy Terraces in front of 1410 Fayette Street, Conshohocken embedded in the concrete sidewalk. […]
November 10, 2018
CONSHOHOCKEN’S BIGGEST PARADEIT HAPPENED 100 YEARS AGOBy Jack Coll11-10-18 November 11, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice at Complegne, France. The […]
August 23, 2018
EMIDIO CARDAMONE WAS THE MANCARDAMONE ESTABLISHED CONSHOHOCKEN LITTLE LEAGUEBy Jack Coll8-23-18 My wife Donna and son Brian were quick to point out to me a photograph […]
August 9, 2018
FRONT STREET IN WEST CONSHOHOCKENRecalling The Gas Explosions In 1931, 1947, And 1971.By Jack Coll8-10-18 I have a tendency to travel to Upper Merion Township quite […]
May 2, 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 […]
April 9, 2018
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” […]
April 5, 2018
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, […]
March 14, 2018
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 […]
March 3, 2018
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 […]
May 6, 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 […]
May 2, 2017
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 […]