Yes, it was in 1973. This video is a treasure. The old 8MM film camera low quality fits perfectly with my aging memories of all the places seen in this video. I'll be back to comment further, because I am now going to share this with my family, friends and people all over the USA who have similar memories as me of the Town of Sparrows Point, Maryland.
I'm just glad the quality is old 8MM film style, because if it was digital video clear, with more of an impact nearly fully reviving Sparrows Point memories, I would barely be able to see the video through my tears. dale7142, thank you.
Great video and it tells the story of a once great steel town built for the workers and families. The last few minutes are through the bungalows on Forrest Road where I was born and raised. Thanks for sharing.
Many memories flash through my mind : the corner drugstore , the old high school , the cinder fields we played on . The Sparrows Point YMCA football field and so on. Thanks for sharing this video. I was in the last Junior Class in the school and was in the first Senior Class to graduate from the new school in 1957. Pictures show so much and trigger many different pictures in the mind. Life moves on and sometimes all we have are the memories. Thanks again. Bob W.
So cool, hard to think it was like this. My dad always tells stories of the mill, the town. we went down about 10 years ago, and his sidewalk for his house was still there on C street.
Ahhh, 1108 F street. I can still see myself playing in the winter snow, sometimes black with soot, sometimes orange. Remember when the blast furnace exploded?
A great video. I worked at the plant while it was Bethlehem, and through its owners who operated it, from 1962 unti 2012. I didn't live in the town, but I'm involved in a project to make a map of the town as it was prior to # 4 Open Hearth and "L" Blast Furnace. I'd like to share the information that I have with anyone who's interested and who might be able to give me information. The map project is a labor of love for me, for my own interest and for freely sharing with anyone .
Born on the point, my whole family worked there my dad Craig Cartwright,uncles Doug and Jack Cartwright,grandfather Graham Cartwright, Great granddad Pop Weston those of you who know the story, he was killed when a ladle full of steel fell on him. My gradmother lived on D street across from the school until they forced everybody out. i am the last one left in the steel business in Birmingham,AL. This was a great video.
I guess there was no security. I started selling tools to this plant in 2004 until it closed. I heard of the town, but i was told it was where the L furnace was. Was there no guards at the gates? Were the gates moved?
Yes, it was in 1973. This video is a treasure. The old 8MM film camera low quality fits perfectly with my aging memories of all the places seen in this video. I'll be back to comment further, because I am now going to share this with my family, friends and people all over the USA who have similar memories as me of the Town of Sparrows Point, Maryland.
I'm just glad the quality is old 8MM film style, because if it was digital video clear, with more of an impact nearly fully reviving Sparrows Point memories, I would barely be able to see the video through my tears.
dale7142, thank you.
Great video and it tells the story of a once great steel town built for the workers and families. The last few minutes are through the bungalows on Forrest Road where I was born and raised. Thanks for sharing.
Many memories flash through my mind : the corner drugstore , the old high school , the cinder fields we played on . The Sparrows Point YMCA football field and so on. Thanks for sharing this video. I was in the last Junior Class in the school and was in the first Senior Class to graduate from the new school in 1957. Pictures show so much and trigger many different pictures in the mind. Life moves on and sometimes all we have are the memories. Thanks again. Bob W.
So cool, hard to think it was like this. My dad always tells stories of the mill, the town. we went down about 10 years ago, and his sidewalk for his house was still there on C street.
Ahhh, 1108 F street. I can still see myself playing in the winter snow, sometimes black with soot, sometimes orange. Remember when the blast furnace exploded?
A great video. I worked at the plant while it was Bethlehem, and through its owners who operated it, from 1962 unti 2012. I didn't live in the town, but I'm involved in a project to make a map of the town as it was prior to # 4 Open Hearth and "L" Blast Furnace. I'd like to share the information that I have with anyone who's interested and who might be able to give me information. The map project is a labor of love for me, for my own interest and for freely sharing with anyone .
Priceless..... Thank You for sharing this.
Was born in 1992 in edgemere md grew up on Waldman Avenue wish I could of experienced all the amazing things of sparrows point
Outstanding. Thanks for posting.
Born on the point, my whole family worked there my dad Craig Cartwright,uncles Doug and Jack Cartwright,grandfather Graham Cartwright, Great granddad Pop Weston those of you who know the story, he was killed when a ladle full of steel fell on him. My gradmother lived on D street across from the school until they forced everybody out. i am the last one left in the steel business in Birmingham,AL. This was a great video.
Good job :) remember it all I was 22
Born and raised in edgemere my child hood was awsome wouldnt chanve. A Thing
I guess there was no security. I started selling tools to this plant in 2004 until it closed. I heard of the town, but i was told it was where the L furnace was. Was there no guards at the gates? Were the gates moved?
So the houses were where there is kind of nothing but a grassy unused field area is now?
By any chance do you know what road the old sparrows point high school was on?
D Street
The video only shows the white community. I never saw my street I grew up on. So much for the tour. Waste of my time.