Flashback Friday: Former Enfield Businesses

ENFIELD, CT — Our recent discovery of old advertisements in telephone directories and high school yearbooks has prompted a number of requests to feature more of our usual Throwback Thursday column, so we now also offer Flashback Friday, giving readers two opportunities a week to reminisce about an Enfield business of the past.

Today we feature a 1976 yearbook ad from the Bull Pen Army Navy store, which was in a small strip plaza at 132 South Road, next to Klug's Bakery. The Bull Pen sold a full line of camping and outdoor supplies, as well as surplus Army and Navy clothing.

The plaza is still in place, though it is outdated and mostly vacant, with just a handful of businesses operating there, including the Great Wall Chinese restaurant. By the way, the former Klug's Bakery is now the Moose Lodge.

Enfield Patch invites readers to share their memories in the comments section below.

Do you have a photo of a former Enfield business or landmark? Email it to tim.jensen@patch.com and we’ll feature it in an upcoming column.