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Time Travel: Bridgeport Little League All Stars from 1983 and Barbeque in Shinnston from the 1930s

By Dick Duez on February 22, 2015 from History Blog via Connect-Bridgeport.com

This photo is courtesy of Tim Casten and is of the 1983 Bridgeport 12-Year-Old Little League All Stars. Casten, on the right in the back row was the manager, while the coach in the middle is Mark Trippett and the coach on the right is Carlos Barrett. See any players you recognize? If so, add them to the bottom.
 
This photo fro 1930 is of Phil Griffin's Drive In Barbeque in Shinnston. Today, the site is home to another well known place to get a good meal - Jimmy's Diner.
 
Editor's Note: This ongoing photo feature of pictures from Bridgeport and throughout the Mountain State is part of local historian Richard "Dick" Duez's collection. Duez, the unofficial historian of Bridgeport, would appreciate any scanned photos emailed to him for use here or to include in his ongoing efforts to preserve local history. You can email photos, or let him know how to acquire copies of photos you may have in your possession, to Duez at grinder12@frontier.com.
 


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