A Trip to Centralia, Pa Circa 1957.wmv

In memory of Charles and Bessie (Elizabeth Welsh) Tighe. Former residence of Centralia, PA . they lived on locust ave and ran a candy store along with sister Gertrude Welsh. Also seen is Bessie's sister Mae Welsh, of Cedar Ave, Philadelphia and various grandchildren. Other towns can be briefly seen in transit.

Would be very interest in your comments.
This is a video capture from 8mm home movies transferred to digital format.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Centralia
• PA Bloomsberg Fair
• 1957

[Francis362003]

Hi do you know an Edward Welsh that lived with Agnes Herbut in Mayfair Philadelphia?

[Jctees]

Hi, Would this be a living or deceased Edward you're inquiring about?

[390merc65]

@sonicepochguy @ 53 is at the top of ashland were you turn right to go to centralia,,this road@:53 still looks the same..that texaco station is still there to this day but, is a private garage now ..@1:08 is the small town of byrnesville just outside of centralia...town is gone but the road is still open ,,and in fact the only to get to centralia from ashland is drive on the secondary road threw byrnesville ..hope that helped

[390merc65]

@sonicepochguy from 2;05 to 2:16 is the road just outside of centralia going north to aristes ..aristes is maybe 1 mile north of centtralia...this road is still in use ,,,that big barn looking building at 2;12 is an old coal breaker..no lonegr there ...and this area is all grown in now where the breaker once was , this film starts at rt 61 outside of pottsville , then you see the rail yard in ST Clair @::29, frackville @:37the 2 miler @:39 ashland @:49 @:53 is at[cont]>

[Milesprower1100]

R.I.P Centralia

[Milesprower1100]

Throwback

[sonicepochguy]

I was born in '83, so I missed this town in its prime and am embarrassed to say I'm not sure how much of this is Centralia proper. When exactly is it visible? It's easily recognized around 1:25 until at least 2:04; is that what is seen as an overlook from 2:05 to 2:16? Obviously after that it's on the way to Bloomsburg. Do any earlier times include Centralia?

[parkside74]

im from nearby mount carmel and growing up in tha 90s, we used to run our beagles through Centralia, never seen it like this though. thanks for tha throwback!

[ssur55]

Thanks for this footage. I used to drive through Centrailia occasionally in the late 70s and it was still quite a nice town. I drove through it about a week and a half ago (10/19/10) for the first time in about 25 years and could not believe it. How sad (and spooky too).

[chuckmanofgod]

I like this footage of Centralia before the disaster took place. It's also neat to see everything the way it was back in the day. Footage like this is very valuable, I would definitely take superb care of it.

[MAMsMom97]

Wow! At :51 the main drag through Ashland looks very much now like it did then! Thank you so much for posting this! This footage is precious! As was said in the movie "The Town That Was," "we know how to start towns, but we don't know how to finish them." Maybe we never really do. Centralia may not exist on any maps anymore, but the town lives on in the hearts of those who called it home.