Pewter Pot, followed by Lemon Grass, and now White Coconut, 211 Middlesex Turnpike.
Camel on the common c. 1960
Andy Strazdins, his mother, Steve Swanson, Ricky Simeone (maybe), Normal Einarson, Mary Hatfield, Governor Endicott Peabody, Elle Hunter, Howie Hunter, Bob Hatfield, Edgar Strazdins, George DeMattia. Photo credit: Chris Harris
Stoneybrook Road, top end and bottom end.
Sun Luck was Burlington’s first big restaurant.
Winn Street at Cambridge St.
Burlington’s high-tech lineup, early 1960s:
RCA Burlington MA
Dr. R.C. Seamans Jr., chief engineer of RCA’s missile electronics and controls division, Burlington, MA
The sand pit at the top of the image is now Wegmans. The white dome is now the movie theater but was Microwave Associates in this pic. Across the street, the Burlington Mall area was Acme Sand & Gravel.
Pine Glen Elementary School students, grades four and five, 1963
West School restoration and dedication, 1964. This was one of four neighborhood schools later consolidated into one, the Union School (now the police station) in 1897. The other three schools are the North School (still standing at the corner of Chestnut Ave. and Wilmington Road, currently painted purple and red), the South School (Lexington Street near the Mall Road, now long gone), the East School (on Mountain Road, long gone).
Photos courtesy of Michelle Locke.
West School, built in 1794 and restored in 1964
Charles P. Casassa did most of the West School restoration. The corner of Bedford Street and Francis Wyman Road is named after him.
West School dedication ceremony 1964 1
West School dedication ceremony 1964 2
West School dedication ceremony 1964 3
West School dedication ceremony 1964 4
West School dedication ceremony 1964 5
West School dedication ceremony 1964 6
West School dedication ceremony 1964 7
An 1896 pic of the West School, which still stands at the corner of Francis Wyman Road and Bedford St. It’s amazing that the photographer didn’t cry fowl and insist on a re-take.
Burlington Lumber, on Chestnut Ave. behind La Cascia’s.
Bob Murray, Burlington developer
Memorial Day parade 1963. Far left is the sign for Hub Carriage, a stroller and toy store. Next door is IGA Foodliner, the town’s first grocery store. The mini-plaza nearest the fire truck was just demolished for the Shoppes at Simonds Park. Besides the businesses pictured, it also held Captain Pizza, Pizzeria Villafranca, Gigi’s Pizzeria, and Orange Leaf. Photo credit: David Chisholm
First Federal Savings, 13 Center Street, next to the fire station
1963 Chevy Bel Air in woods near Fox Hill Elementary School. Note the Fisher body emblem. Those were billed as “time-proof.” Well, the body hasn’t lived up to that billing, but the emblem has!
This is now the Gulf station on the corner of Terry Ave.
This building is still next to AJ Rose
Under construction early 1960s.
Carbone’s Super Market, now Domino’s Pizza and Burlington Family Dental
Bare Bottom Tanning Salon now has this same address.
what was the chinese restaurant? spelled something like Tien Ku Gardens