Welcome to the home of memories and images of Carpentersville and the surrounding area from days gone by.
Do you remember...
- The Meadowdale Jet Slide, Burlap Bags and burns on your arms and legs
- Chicagoland Theme Parks of the 60's and 70's
- Thresher Pool
- Mr. Lion King of Treats
- Wintergarden Pharmacy
- Baseball in the Street
- Meadowdale Cinema I & II
- Dundale Drive In
- Wiebolts, Grants, Clarks, Cooks, Woolworth, Three Sisters, Kinney Shoes...
- Charlie - the bird at Grants - 'Hello'
- Homecoming Bonfires
- Donkey Basketball
- Building Homcoming Floats
- The Homecoming Parade
- 30 Mile Hike for Hunger
- Real Estate Prices
- Tennis Courts that became Skating Rinks
- Bessinger Community Center
- Science Fairs
- Josephine Perry Middle School
- Kings Road Elementary
- The Crown Vikings
- The Crown Imperials
- The Dundee Scots
- Seeing Styx, REO and Chase in concert at local High Schools
- Sitting Through Movies at the Cinema 3 times in a row
- When Hutch Cut Your Hair at the Village Squire Barber Shop
- Fire at the McDonalds
- All Those Forest Preserves
- The Good Humor Man
- Paper Routes and the Cardunal Free Press
- JFK Speaking at the Meadowdale Shopping Center October 25, 1960
- Frazier Thomas and Garfield Goose
- The Ray Rayner Show
- Links To Other Carpentersville Area Sites
- The Gas Station Bell
- Gas Wars and 23 cents per gallon, Regular, Premium or Ethyl?
- Black Lights and Black Light Posters
- Lots More; Photos, Maps, Newspaper Clippings Coming Soon....
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