• Ray Hale and his fishing licenses in the back of his store;

  • Debbie Reynolds dropping out of the sky to visit us at the Family Bargain Center

  • Dunk and Dinah’s 20th Century Lanes on league night

  • Stan in front of the bank; the Bainbridge train wreck

  • outracing Anne Summerville’s horses to get to the Sidney Pool

  • teachers like Mr. Redmond, Mrs. Halbert and Mrs. Spinelli

  • “The Seven Sons of Sidney Center” who died in Vietnam

  • Borden Getman and the Sidney Bank

  • the Great Northeast Blackout

  • Louie D’Imperio’s shoe shop

  • the old Rec Center

  • Cable’s Ice Cream parlor; a nocturnal game of “kick the can”

  • Von Kampen’s and Logan’s markets

  • Mary Wright buried in her rocking chair

  • Masonville Pond

  • Dr’s. Hust, Jayne, Danforth and others

  • a “hamburger on homemade” at the Welcome Inn

  • the Bi-Centennial parade

  • the “Caution: Planes Crossing Highway” sign

  • colorful old-timers like Olive Duel, Burt Fairbanks, Toots Rossini, and “Mr. Mac” at his Sidney Record-Enterprise newspaper

  • Snel’s Bakery, Ken’s Diner and Elsie at the Hotel DeCumber

  • our neighborhoods like Campmeeting, Brooklyn and The Project

  • the Cartwright Hotel Fire, the old Sidney Theater with the great neon marquee

  • Spencer’s Milk Company

  • the “Barber Shop Brothers-In-Law” Paul Van Woert and Sammy Provenzon

  • the rope swing at the Gravel Pit swimming hole

  • the Unadilla Drive-In; the Hillcrest roller rink

  • Taffy Jones’ Aquacades

  • the Penguin ice cream stand; Smitty’s Pool Hall

  • and many many more!