Poletown/St. Stannies/Ferry School/Medbury/Home Theatre...
I am sooo excited to see this thread!!! I grew up on Medbury too! [[and before that we lived on Grandy!). I went to Ferry and St. Stanislaus. We moved in the late 60's. I am DESPERATE to find photos of this area from the 50's and 60's. I dunno what it is, but I have always been rather obsessed about my childhood home. I loved it so much. We were fairly poor and have no photos of the school/streets/general neighborhood. I live in Ann Arbor now and am definitely going to check out the Bentley Library.
I remember seeing "Flipper" at the Home theatre. And "Pinnochio" at the Fox. Ferry Elementary was fantastic. We had "Auditorium" class, speakers from the DIA came with paintings to discuss, we learned how to put on a radio show and make sound effects. I later learned it was quite a good 'Lab" school for innovative ideas in those days. I was rather traumatized by the switch to St Stannies, where we were in one room all day and frequently had to wear our coats indoors in the winter. And yes, those nuns were very very mean.
How about Ferry Market? Butzel Library [[it was so beautiful! Fireplaces in every room! Huge window seats looking out onto East Grand Blvd. Jo Gees [[spell?) and Werners on Chene St. Oh... anyone else wanna share stories?? And photos... any photos??
I still dream of my house [[ok,, a little upstairs flat) and the neighborhood all these years later. Guess that keeps it in my mind so much.
What happens to all the photos that the schools took? Would Ferry still have any photos of the teachers or children?? What about Stannies?
Thanks for any help or ideas,