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A series on the Dallas-Ft Worth area from a backward-looking perspective


A miller

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I wanted to share a series of photos that I took a couple of months ago while visiting Dallas.

 

The Dallas-Forth Worth area has become incredibly modern in many ways, whether it is its infrastructure, architecture and demographics. Having said this, many parts of the DFW area are frozen in time from the hay-days of the 1980's (when I was growing in the area). Below is a perspective on this old-fashioned character.

 

To enhance to mood, I have attached a link to an old country music song that was stuck in my mind as I edited these photos. For fun, I would encourage anyone who has the time and interest to do the same.

 

 

Enjoy and let me know what you think if you have a spare moment!!

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Wow, that's fascinating that you knew that, JD.

I took these during my schlep back and forth to Cowboy Stadium, where my son was participating in football camp. He is such a kind and gentle boy generally; but the Cowboys are turning him into a man. His prized possession is a T-shirt that we bought in the Stockyards that says "If you aint' a Cowboy fan, you aint' shit!". He wears it whenever he can, and plans to wear it in the bars in NYC when we go there to watch the Cowboy games that aren't televised.

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Wow, that's fascinating that you knew that, JD.

I took these during my schlep back and forth to Cowboy Stadium, where my son was participating in football camp. He is such a kind and gentle boy generally; but the Cowboys are turning him into a man. His prized possession is a T-shirt that we bought in the Stockyards that says "If you aint' a Cowboy fan, you aint' shit!". He wears it whenever he can, and plans to wear it in the bars in NYC when we go there to watch the Cowboy games that aren't televised.

 

Git any Stockyard pics? I love that place.

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I haven't been to Dallas-Fort Worth in a few years (except to the airport en route to somewhere else), but I was born in Texas in 1938 and have lived here most of my life and I can say for sure that some of those places have been there since the '70s! Well shot and great use of color.

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Hi Tom and Tom - thank you very much for stopping by and viewing my series.

These images bring back fond memories of busing around the DFW area on Friday evenings during my "Friday Night Lights" high school football days back in the 80's. I have particularly fond memories of Grand Prarie, as we always won by large margins.

 

All the best,

Adam

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Hi Tom and Tom - thank you very much for stopping by and viewing my series.

These images bring back fond memories of busing around the DFW area on Friday evenings during my "Friday Night Lights" high school football days back in the 80's. I have particularly fond memories of Grand Prarie, as we always won by large margins.

 

All the best,

Adam

 

Next time I'm up there I must check and see if the "County Line" strip of establishments is still there. Grand Prairie went dry at one point due to a disaster involving a Sheriff's child. The only liquor sold in Grand Prairie was at the Naval Air Station.

 

Fond memories.........

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JD - very interesting. Didn't know about the disaster. I wonder, though, whether having establishments like this (also from Grand Prairie) in one's town could tend to facilitate a disaster or two. :eek:

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