Sidewalk downtown

I know it must have been necessary to remove the trees on main street, but I do miss them. They added such beauty to our town. I understand the new trees have to take time to grow and I hope they will add as much beauty as the others. Although, I still miss seeing the streets lined with such beauty as this picture details!! They added such wonderful southern charm to the streets.

My maternal grandparents ( Waldrops ), lived in Pontotoc. My mother was born in Randolph and went to school there
and later their family moved into Pontotoc. I was born in 56.
I remember many trips into downtown Pontotoc in the back
of my Papaw's old Ford truck. Today, my parents and my sis-
ter and I live in Jacksonville, Fl. My mother has always missed her Pontotoc. I found your web site and clicked through all of your pictures and it really made her day. I was there, three years ago for my Uncle Percy Waldrop's funeral in Tupelo. I spent some time in the downtown area and took some pictures. Alot were of these same pictures.
Thank you for this web site and the pictures and the chance
to stroll down good memories lane. Please feel free to reply
to this e-mail.

Jimmy, my mother was born in Randolph along with her 4 sisters and went to school there. I was born in '45 but my early memories are similar to yours. We lived on Oxford St. while daddy was in WWII.,with my maternal grandparents. Mother took me to "town" every day. Her mother worked at Mrs. Page's 5 & 10 cent store. My parents still live in Pontotoc and I visit about once a month. I've heard my grandmother speak many times of Wade Waldrop.

I grew up on Liberty Street behind the Courthouse. Downtown Pontotoc was my playground. My sister and I would walk to the old Sunflower for our mother; we walked to Montgomery Drugs when it was still downtown and we walked to the public swimming pool every summer. I live in another town now and I am always telling my children about growing up in Pontotoc and being able to walk EVERYWHERE. It was a great childhood.