Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
Read the January 1967 article by Ed Dybicz and view some photos of the area which became the site of the Upper Merion Township building and park. Followers of this page may recall these posts in late August, 2016 when the last remaining structure was demolished to make room for the new skate park. History of the family farm with
Can you identify anything in this 80 year old photo? The Colonial Village residential development is visible at the bottom of the photo. J. Howard Mecke, a realtor and well known developer, started building Colonial Village in 1928 in Upper Merion Township. Mecke’s houses were enhanced by the addition of garages with rooms above. For the local residents, Mecke also
Remember any of these restaurants? Here are some of their ads from the 80s, along with a few of their Thanksgiving specials.
The November 1989 Tornado Outbreak was a destructive tornado outbreak on November 15 and 16, 1989 across a wide swath of the southern and eastern United States and into Canada. It produced at least 40 tornadoes and caused 30 deaths as a result of two deadly tornadoes. The most devastating was the Huntsville, Alabama tornado, an F4 which killed 21