September 22, 2009
Picture of the Day
At the Champlain Valley Fair, Steve's Coffee Shop has an electric train set that circles above the front counter.OLD FAIRFAX SAYINGSI was talking with a longtime Fairfax resident Monday, and she mentioned that the young people today do not know of some of the old sayings people used to use concerning Fairfax.
Such as...............
"I am going to run downstreet to get something." Where are you going? You are heading into the center of the village where the post office, Parsons' Store(or Simon's Store), and the barber shop used to be.
"I need to go to the city and run a few errands." Again, where are you going? St. Albans. Very rarely did you go to Burlington.
And nowadays, if you say, Want to go shopping?, more than likely, you may head to Williston.
"Down in the Pine Woods." Down in back of the school, where at one time, there were no houses, or sewer plant, just trees.
Of course, before 1998, and the new elementary was added, you had the Old Gym and the New Gym. The Old Gym in the old end, and the New Gym in the High School end. Now we have the Elementary Gym, Middle School Gym(old), and High School Gym(new).
"Up on the Plains" was the area starting at Fairfax Commons, and ending at the hill before Fairfax Falls.
The Old Parade Grounds was the corn field on the left as you get onto McNall Road, or as we used to call it,
Georgia Mountain Road/Georgia Hill Road depending on your preference.
And of course, across from the Old Parade Grounds is
the Old McNall Field where they used to play football.
The empty building on the corner of 104/128 will forever be known as
Ramsay's Garage.
Before Fairfax switched to 9-1-1 services, and all the roads had to be re-named, Dad always refered to Woodward Road as
The Other End of Huntville.
The Old Parish Center is where St. Luke's is now.
Reggie Broe always told stories about hanging out at
Andrew King's Old Place. That's where Ross's is now.
Some annual events that used to take place in town were:
The Country Fair, The Firemen's Lawn Party, and the Harvest Supper.
Trouble is, you get started, it's hard to stop.
