This video always brings a tear to my eye. I grew up there in the 70s and 80s. It's nothing now but a memory.

I'm fortunate enough to remember when our town looked like this. Now we have nothing but a Wal Mart and a few other stores...

@paullester2676

4 жыл бұрын

Sad, ain't it?

Thats the Grundy I remember. Its sad that it's all gone now. This brought back a lot of good memories, thanks for posting.

The school I went to still exist in this town. Mountain Mission School. Operating since 1921

My whole family is from there. Even had a restaurant, Dotson drive in❤

miss that place i was born there in 1973

Holy Hell. Look at the Giant Coal Miner walking up the mountain with his pick ax and Miner's helmet at .42-.46. Eerie thing.

I worked at The PigglyWiggly at the edge of town I’m in 1977 and some of 78 I stayed with my Grand Parents in Prater Creek. The Pig was Special place we had a Great Crew stocking shelves. Later in 1979 I came back to work in Radio first WNRG then The Great WMJD Rock Station My name was Mike Owens during the Night shift .. Burger Queen Request Line was a hit at night if anyone remembers? Then I was the Morning Dj? Grundy has a special place in my Heart, Ever since I was kid I knew Grundy from visiting Barney n Lena Owens from the 1960’s on!

@blakeclark1133

3 жыл бұрын

I'm turning 47 next month and I remember getting excited to go to the Piggly Wiggly to use my cookie monster card to get a free chocolate chip cookie and play the arcade games at the entrance where you turned in pop bottles. I was around 7 or 8 during that time, around 1980 thru 1984 when I got older and got my first Atari video game system and stopped going. I'll never forget growing up there all the way until I turned 19 then moved to Roanoke because the jobs was dying in Grundy at the time.

I remember when Grundy looked like this. I've since moved away. I was there last year, and I cried when I saw that my home town was gone. Its so sad that my children will never see where their dad grew up.

@paullester2676

3 жыл бұрын

@Craig I'm now in Greene County Virginia. Just north of Charlottesville.

@briancox6134

7 ай бұрын

You know my dad?

@paullester2676

7 ай бұрын

Who is your dad?

@briancox6134

7 ай бұрын

@@paullester2676 brian keith cox

Summer of 1985 was the last time I went through the old original town.. Not been back since.

I was born and grew up there went to all 3 schools shown in the video...definitely alot different now

I go back here mostly for funerals. Sad place

I lived in Big Rock in the 50's til early 60's and Mom and Dad would take us to the movies every month or so in Grundy. I think there were at least three movie houses back then. Lynwood. Lowes and another? Or am I mistaken. Always loved that.

@jeffyork8005

6 жыл бұрын

Lynwood - Morgan - Almm o cost 10cents for ticket in mid 60s

@dlmullins9054

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it's been a long time.

@ronnieharrison6577

11 ай бұрын

Did you know mel street?

My family is from convict holler.

It was HOME.

I had forgotten how big the town was. Grew up in Pocahontas, Virginia -- no too far away.

I miss here

Aunt Bea and Clara wrote that song.

sill have family in hurley , haysi, richlands and paw paw ky

@Lt_Tragg

8 ай бұрын

Beautiful area. We were just there last w/e visiting Breaks and the VA Elk herd (from Shenandoah Valley). Looks to me a push to get the economy going in the Vansant area. Seems the coal company tried to give back to the area too.

Is any of this still around? I don't remember Grundy before the flood so I cannot tell where this is suppose to be.

@d1webmaster

7 жыл бұрын

No they tore down all of it...the courthouse and bank building and the little service station are left...the parking building is now a "community center"/ movie theater...the JR High and PV Dennis Elem. are now a law school...the high school is still there for now though. All the buildings are mostly gone, they built a Walmart complex over where the train depot was after blowing up most of the mountain over there. Even the old road from around Little Prater through town is changed. Look up other newer Grundy videos and you'll see.

@NoName-nw5kn

7 жыл бұрын

I do remember that Walmart. Back in the 90's I use to meet a friend over there after college, but that was so long and 3 states ago. lol Thanks for filling me in. I hate when these small towns disappear. If it's not drugs, it's something else killing them.

@1987olds442

7 жыл бұрын

8BitSloth I think you are thinking about Magic Mart. The Wal-Mart didn't exist in the 90s.

@NoName-nw5kn

7 жыл бұрын

Nope. I remember them building that Walmart, but I couldn't remember what was there before it.

@KaitlynPlayz

7 жыл бұрын

there was an mountain or a fat area I believe

I was there in 86 for a week.the next time was 2012 for a funeral.my birth certificate says Grundy Virginia

@petebentley3156

3 жыл бұрын

Me I was born there in 1959 down at Harmon,we moved in 1966 to richlands across the hill.besides funerals in my family I never go back anymore!!!!!

@randyjohnson6845

3 жыл бұрын

@@petebentley3156 I'm going back one more time and I got to find where my grandfather and grandmother were buried. Somewhere on a hill in Hurley. I have been there maybe twice in 40 years.

@petebentley3156

3 жыл бұрын

@@randyjohnson6845 me well my kin was all up slate creek,and that's where our family grave yard is.but not mine grave yard.its here on my farm down next to raven,I still have my 95 year old dad and my 93 year old mom here on my farm living next to me.with our own family grave yard right here.most of my kin are dead and gone now.my dad was born down in pikeville Kentucky and moved to slate creek and met my mom after the got out of ww2,now with 4 brothers counting me and 4 sisters all still living all around the country were right at home right here on our farm.i do still have 2 sisters that live over at garden creek and at deel but they always come over all the time to see mom and dad.but I do wish you luck at finding them thow!?

@randyjohnson6845

3 жыл бұрын

@@petebentley3156 I know what it looks like when I drive past it....my mothers side is Tester and Hipps.i would bet anything that your family would know my grandfather charlie tester from Hurley. I remember back around 70 I went to go visit him at work. He was security at a bank in Hurley. He openly carried a 45 Thompson machine gun. My grandfather was Burke Johnson

@petebentley3156

3 жыл бұрын

@@randyjohnson6845 I raced motocross bikes back in 1972 until 1984,and raced against a friend of mine over your way.or probably kin to you name Danny tester,he was born in 1957 I think and for some reason he was going to richlands high school hack then and living with his sister and her husband over at wardell.why he wasn't going to Hurley high school beats me now.and I think I have hurd of charles tester because my dads name is Charles bentley and use to be a superintendent at Jewell smokeless coal company for almost 40 years!?

Grundy is not what it was back then