The Good Old Days In Cradock
Memories of Bob Cutchins and Ruth Orcutt Cutchins
(published with permission)
April 2005  
Restaurants and Department Stores in Norfolk, Portsmouth & County Area Pg. 01
   
October 2005  
Many Cradock Businesses and Families Pg. 01
More Cradock businesses, school dress favorites, Pepsi jingle, carts (horse and push) with vegetables & bakery products, mudflats, half-rubber ball Game Pg. 02
Cradock School, teachers, principals, roller skates, Sewanee Stadium, Tommy Dorsey Pg. 03
Old movies, 1939 news & tidbits, Rodman’s, square-dogs, Caffee’s Bakery Pg. 04
   
February 2006  
 The birth of Cradock, trip to Ocean View, by way of Main Street, tattoo shops, burlesque Theatres Pg. 01
Trip to beach continued, Ocean View memories, Doumars, trip back home Pg. 02
Fertilizer plants, ferries, elevators with operators, 1930 model telephone Pg. 03
1939 Thanksgiving Day murder in Cradock, cows in Cradock, Navy Yard Pg. 04
Misc. memories (most forgotten now), HMS Illustrious, goats on Afton Sq. Pg. 05
The Golden Years, request for memories to be recorded, history of newsletter Pg. 06
Ads and photo of 1938 - 1939 Monogram Club Pg. 07
   
November 2006  
Street car bridge across Paradise Creek, Cradock monogram "C" decision, trolley route through Cradock Pg. 01
Brown bagging at school, details on trolley service Pg. 02
Development history of Cradock and other areas Pg. 03
History continued Pg. 04
More history, bridges, high school and elementary schools combined, street car route through Cradock Pg. 05
More history, problems after houses purchased by residents, unpaved streets, streets named Pg. 06
1963 tragedy on Prospect Parkway Pg. 07
All about Paradise Creek Pg. 08
More about Paradise Creek Pg. 09
Mrs. Ruth Chapman Griswold, piano player Pg. 10
Cradock Post Office, 1928 Ammunition Depot explosion, Cradock Garden Club, Wise Beach, The Crescent Pg. 11
Norfolk County War Memorial on Afton Sq. and description including the Cannon Pg. 12
Notes, Cradock namesake, design of houses, Dr. Tabor's roadster, the Freed's newsletter, reason for building Cradock Pg. 13
More notes, Jordan Bridge, Bandstand on Prospect Pkwy, Draft Registrar, Mr. James Agee Pg. 14
Cradock clubs and leagues, selling terms of homes, Library opens, Cradock Gardens built Pg. 15
The building of Cradock Pg. 16
The "First Settlers" of Cradock, Ice delivery, light & power, water supply, early Ads, Scout Cabin Pg. 17
Principals of Cradock High School, 1928 Ads, train to Petersburg Pg. 18
A thank you from Mr. and Mrs. Cutchins Pg. 19
 
Cradock High School
First Session Began in The Fall of 1920
School & Trolley