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Remembering Marmsie

Posted in biography, memorabilia, tagged , , on September 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I started this blog New Year’s Eve 2007, a little over a year after my grandfather, Larry Polite, died about six weeks short of his 98th birthday. As we moved my grandmother, Gladys Polite (or Marmsie as we and many others knew her), out of their apartment and into assisted living we needed to move [...]

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Meet You At The Cow

Posted in chester county, exton pa, history, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I just passed by the pile of newspaper clippings and paper in The Guernsey Cow bin and this card caught my eye. I read it and realized it has a little more ‘story’ and ‘hype’ than an earlier version of the history of The Cow that appeared on the back of a menu. Permit us [...]

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Exton, PA through the ages from above

Posted in chester county, exton pa, history, tagged , , , , , on July 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I was digging around on West Chester Jim‘s history site recently and stumbled on a link for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey’s site for historical aerial photography of Pennsylvania. In 1937, this is what the crossroads in Exton looked like: Mostly farm fields and woods. Here’s the same photo zoomed in on the crossroads of Routes [...]

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Flooded World War II Era Exton, PA

Posted in chester county, exton pa, history, tagged , , , , , , on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

At some time during World War II Exton apparently suffered a significant flood. The Valley Creek that runs along the road across from what was then The Exton Dairy Grill looks to have overflowed its banks. A Brandywine Farms truck navigates the waters along with two cars. Before there was The Guernsey Cow billboard, during [...]

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Chester County Tours & Walks: The Guernsey Cow, Sleepy Hollow Hall & the Zook House Aug 21

Posted in current events, history, tagged , , , , , , on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

From the Chester County Parks & Recreation page and hosted by the West Whiteland Historic Commission (edits are mine): “Tour three of West Whiteland’s most prominent historical structures located on Lincoln Highway at the intersection of Pottstown Pike, the crossroads of Chester County. The resources, all located at the perimeter of the Exton Square Mall [...]

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Before The Cow, there was The Exton Dairy Grille

Posted in history, tagged , , , , , , , on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »

from L to R: Gladys Polite, Millie “Dolly” Polite (Ilario’s sister), Elmer Polite (Ilario’s brother), Ilario “Larry” Polite A few posts (and months) back I mentioned an upcoming visit with my grandmother, Gladys Polite. On that visit we spent several hours going over the photos, documents, menus and material she still had from her various [...]

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Preparing for Change

Posted in history, working life, tagged , , , , , , , on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

When I first started working at The Guernsey Cow, it was the last year the business was run by Horn & Hardart (my grandfather still owned the property but had leased the business to H&H in 1976. More about the history of the business to come in a later post.) My grandfather continued to walk [...]

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What’s Good To Eat?

Posted in famous, history, memorabilia, tagged , , , , , , , on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is the outside cover of a menu I picked up on eBay a few years ago. I’ll follow up this week with the inside to see what’s cooking and at what prices. Here’s the text on the back of the menu that provides some history. Permit us to welcome you to the Guernsey Cow, [...]

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