Added by Peggy Kunatz-Woodruff on 12/31/1969
I loved reading everyone's great memories of Western Springs..I lived there from 1958 until I got married in 1968 where my husband and I got married at the Methodist Church across from Field Park Elementary. I so remember Kirschbaum's Bakery where I got my first job (I believe Lillian hired me). My sister and I purchased a memorial brick from Grant Dixon in memory of my dad, hat is placed under the big clock that faces Kirschbaums on Burlington. Kirschbaum's was my dad's favorite bakery. I don't know if any of you remember, but my dad was part of the musical group "Captain Stubby and the Buccanneers"..a popular local group of musicians who appeared on the variety show "Beat the Buccs" in the early 60's.
I too, remember the small delicatesen near Gilbert and Burlington..my friend's and I used to also buy our "dot"candy, popsicles, licorice there...The store was then called Lillians...I lived right across the tracks from her store in the duplex on the corner of Hillgrove and Harvey Ave. Great memories of the swim club, too. Coach Max was the greatest and some of my best memories are of hanging around the pool with my friends and family each summer.
This spring I am bringing my daughter and her husband to Western Springs for a "tour". .We all now live in Atlanta, GA, but my heart is still in Western Springs...my daughter loves hearing the stories of this wonderful village. She once visited a few years ago with me when my folks still lived there and she still talks about it to her friends and how she wishes she could live and raise her children in such a beautiful town
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Comment by Patricia ptacek
This memory was submitted in conjuction with the Thomas Ford Project and has been reposted here.
Posted on April 15, 2008 at 01:26 PM