First Federal Savings and Loan of Orlando had the locations above back in 1965. The bank was successful until the savings and loan crash in the late 1980s and the bank was gone by 1990. I know three of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This appears to be from the 1950s. All of this greenery is gone now. I’m not aware of any spot along the edge of Daytona Beach that has such lush greenery.I originally scanned this in 10 years ago and can’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Vernon, the raccoon, strums a country tune for Country Music Day. A nod to country music legend and Florida born Mel Tillis, who was born August 8th, 1932 in Dover (near Tampa). Tillis was raised mostly down in Pahokee after[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Unfortunately, the church doesn’t have a website and there are no markings on the building telling when the building was built. Fortunately the Facebook page added since I took this photo in 2013 reveals the building was opened in 1912.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy celebrates International Day of Charity. Here are just a few of the charities that Swampy is involved with and supports. We hope you’ll get involved, too! There are so many charities involving our state of Florida that could use[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
About midway through the new film ‘Reagan’ is a cut to a scene with the opening above. Clearly the image is of a version of Lake Eola Park. However, that is an odd bit of video. It certainly not 1983’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Announced today is a pilot to be made of Charles Willeford’s ‘Hoke Moseley’. The deeply dark set of novels are set in Miami and have quite a cult following. The books haven’t been in print for many years, so this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This recipe is from Hillsborough County school lunchroom mangers collection of recipes. The lot was gathered in a 1966 book, ‘A Book for Cooking’. Many of the recipes are from meals made and served back when full meals were made[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Earlier saw Larry Luckey II was elected to the Glades County school board Tuesday. That got me wondering how his father, Larry Luckey Sr. is doing. A search revealed a wonderful 5 part series of the Ortona area in Glades[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From the Daily Mail: ‘oman’s Pizzeria was rated a 7.4 by the Barstool Sports founder in April 2022 – a feat that should have brought owner, Jesus Roman, heaps of positive reviews and new customers. Instead, it only brought[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wednesday during Swampy’s Florida live, I inked the above live. No plan. Made up as I drew. The entire drawing illustrates the Florida historical happenings from August 7th. Below is the list of the happenings I referred to. Can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a recipe from ‘Pride of Ocala – Ocala Royal Dames for Cancer Research. Inc.’ in Salt Springs, Marion County. This one submitted by the “Cookbook Committee”. This is scanned directly from the book. The book is from 2002. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…