AU/Toomer's in 1930's...

[Dixie1860 27]

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[WarTim 3,457]

I actually have a picture of Toomer's from the early 1900s hanging on the wall at home. (Right next to a glossy 8x12 of Golf.......).......

[AU-24 3,108]

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You mean he's not the guy with the Jack Hammer?

[augolf1716 21,305]

Oh the good times. i'm also in this picture

[Elephant Tipper 430]

golf, is that you doing a face plant over by Samford ?

[augolf1716 21,305]

Can't remember what a shock but I did a few face plants at Samford as well as a few other locations. The majority of face plants were accomplished at the Theta Chi house.

[aucanucktiger 1,798]

It's funny virtually every record from the time of our 1957 national title calls us Auburn although we were Alabama Polytech. I asked an old FSU football player about his games against Auburn in the 1950s (when they used to lose to us every time) and he said they always refered to it as playing against Auburn.

fwiw, I like the shots of the UGA cheerleader riding the tricycle.

[AURex 2,033]

Many of the Auburn locations in this video still look pretty much the same as they did back then. And I spent many a day out at Chewacala and the Tuskeegee National Forest.

But it's sad to know that almost everyone you see in the film is now dead.

Salute to those who made Auburn what it became during my time -- and what we make of it for future generations.

[augolf1716 21,305]

Many of the Auburn locations in this video still look pretty much the same as they did back then. And I spent many a day out at Chewacala and the Tuskeegee National Forest.

But it's sad to know that almost everyone you see in the film is now dead.

Salute to those who made Auburn what it became during my time -- and what we make of it for future generations.

DEAD...............don't mention that word... my god I'm starting to feel sick

[Slammer1 409]

Loved the old CCC video of Auburn back then. Something that hit me at the 8:56 point in the video was those barracks that the CCC workers lived in, during their construction of Lake Chewakla. One of those old barracks was converted into a beer joint called, The Gin House. Don't ask me why it was called The Gin House because hard liquor was verboten in Lee county back then If you wanted the hard stuff you had to go to Opelika to the State Liquor store. We usually made a run to the State Store during the week to get ready for the weekend festivities.

I am not sure if The Gin House was even there in Golf's time. Correct me if I am wrong on that Golf because I know you knew where every joint was back then. Not sure when the conversion to The Gin House took place but I went there on a continuous basis during my Freshman year in 1957 because they had the cheapest beer around. A juke box was the only entertainment they had and it was not a place you took a date. Not even sure coeds were allowed to go there. Rules on the girls were very strict back then. The only other places to get a beer was The Casino and the War Eagle Supper Club , both out South College,where you could dance and take a date. Later on in the early 60's The Plainsman came into being, located out the Loachapoka highway and things got a little more liberal for the coeds.

Well, I really appreciated the trip down Memory Lane and for all you youngsters on here, Auburn was a totally different place back then. But I will say this, we had just as much fun, maybe more than the most, but no matter what age group you are in it is still the greatest place I know to get a college education and have fun doing it, even in the Dark Ages.

:wareagle:

[augolf1716 21,305]

Sadly the Gin House was not there :'( :'( :'(

[Slammer1 409]

Sadly the Gin House was not there :'( :'( :'(

Well Golf, as you can tell those buildings were not exactly built for permanence so I knew they wouldn't last forever. I would like to know when it did go away though. Lots of memories there. Maybe someone on here is still alive that remembers the place and when it went away.

[Warbird82 160]

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Golf is the one standing to the left of the big rock at Toomer's...