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A Warm Christmas Day in Bluefield Across Town
A vivid Bluefield Christmas Eve ride, starting with warm stoves and coal, moves through shops and landmarks from Pocahontas to Bluefield Virginia. The narrator recalls family errands, holiday decorations, and local haunts like Kroger, Ben Franklin, Montgomery Ward, and the Granada Theatre as the day ends with Christmas cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
General Tire
Uncle Jake
Gulf Station
Grandma Dalton
Morning Star
Charlie Nell’s
Chalk-Eye Myers
Abb
Valley
West Virginia
Hale’s
Virginia
Kroger’s
Virginia Ann Jewelry
Ted White
Ben Franklin’s
Chicago
Graham Pharmacy
Walter Pierce
Emory & Henry
Sam Mitchin
Tennessee
Zane Christian
Virginia Cavaliers
Bluefield Monument
Farm Bureau
Tastee Freeze
Dairy Queen
Duhling Street
Episcopal Church
Dad
Moose Lodge
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ramsey Street
O.C. Young
Ray Brooks
Whisty
Sunset News- Observer
Daily Telegraph
Mom
Kammer’s
Penney’s
Montgomery Ward
Santa
Kresge’s
Clark’s
H&m
Alfred Land
Colonial Theatre
Granada
Bluefield Music
Bing Crosby
Leggett’s
West Virginian
Sarver Candy Company
Acme
Bluefield Avenue
Pearl Muncey
Brad’s
Betsy Ross
Gladys
Rudy
Dottie Miller
Abb’s Valley