Jacob, Thanks for the great perspective from the 60s-70s. It reminds me of the photos when Andy would re-visit Mt Airy, and how the town was then. That simple 8x10 at the bus station was so succinct that it says it all. A simple town with little pretense and a 'town notable' at the bus station. Just as Andy didn't want the movie made about Mayberry, it seems that that 8x10 was as extravagant as the original town wanted to be, at the time.
Thanks, Clyde "Barn" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:13:48 -0400 From: Jacob Shepherd <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: re: Mayberry Days Report 2017 Message-ID: <CAF8M5tSY+x5Duc6O8KtpwzybEH0M9ESLNs6gpD=r5lgpxnx...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Nice report Allan. I listened to the podcast too. Sounds like a fun time. I lived in Mount Airy from 1964 to 1972 and at that time, there was no 'Mayberry' themed influence in the town at all. The Snappy Lunch was there, of course, but it was not well-known that it had been mentioned in the show. Everyone knew that Andy had been born in Mount Airy, but he seemed to make a conscious effort to distance the show from the town and he seldom, if ever, visited. There was a black and white 8X10 photo of Andy on the bulletin board of the local bus station; that was the only Andy Griffith-related item in town at that time. Jake Shepherd Newnan GA _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.wbmutbb.com/
