Picture Enfield - A Year of Throwbacks, Memories and Nostalgia

ENFIELD, CT — As 2020 comes to a close, it will be forever remembered as one of the strangest, most disruptive years in history. However, throughout the year, memories of Enfield in days past were revived on a weekly basis, via the Picture Enfield - Then And Now column on Patch.

A wide variety of historical images were presented during the past year: institutions like Shaker Park, Hayden Wayside Furniture, E.C. Allen's, Javorski's and Moore Rug; long-gone retailers like Hartley & White, Gateway Foods, Lee's Variety and Crichton's; automotive outlets like Egan Motors, Knight's Garage and Dominick Auto Parts; and restaurants such as Hotzy's and Eugene's.

Picture Enfield - Then And Now has become one of the most popular features on Enfield Patch. More than 90,000 views were recorded on that column alone during the year, averaging nearly 2,000 readers per week.

In case you missed any, here are the 51 Picture Enfield - Then And Now feature stories we published in 2020. Thanks for reading.

JANUARY

• Southwood Pharmacy
• Provencher's Carpets
• Country Drug
• 1987 Fermi High School yearbook
• Enfield Square

FEBRUARY

• Grossman's Lumber
• Pet-Agree
• Real's Spirit Shop
• Bickford's Restaurant

MARCH

• Egan Motors
• Dominick Auto Parts
• Moore Rug
• Vail's Sanatorium

APRIL

• Knight's Garage
• Don Kegler
• Lee's Variety
• Hotzy's Restaurant

MAY

• Shaker Park
• Whitworth Street
• King Street land
• I-91 Exit 48 construction

JUNE

• St. Adalbert School
• Hazardville Pharmacy
• Kosciuszko baseball field
• Crichton's Lingerie, Cards & Gifts

JULY

• 1976 Bicentennial parade
• Bess Eaton Donuts
• Hayden Wayside Furniture
• Gayle's Thyme Herbal Apothecary
• Enfield Dek Hockey Park

AUGUST

• E.C. Allen's
• Eugene's Restaurant
• Amos D. Bridge's Sons
• Gateway Foods

SEPTEMBER

• 19 North Main Street
• Olympic Sales
• United States Envelope
• "We Love U Kristin" barn

OCTOBER

• Hartley and White general store
• original Dunkin' Donuts
• Enfield Cinema
• Lewin's Boutique
• St. Joseph's School

NOVEMBER

• First Presbyterian Church
• New England Glass Burial Case Co.
• Javorski's
• Prospect Street bridge

DECEMBER

• Eddie's Cafe
• Hazardville Youth Center
• Polish National Home
• holidays on Pearl Street

Last week's trivia answer:
Last week's trivia question was, "This picture of the 1961 Enfield High School baseball team includes a player who went on to head up one of the most high-profile law firms in all of Connecticut. Who is he?" The answer: Hubert Santos, standing at far right. He graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1969, and from 1972 to 1974, he served as a federal public defender in the United States District Court. He has been in private practice since 1974, and is one of the best-known criminal defense attorneys in the state. The first person to provide the correct answer was Arnie Grimaldi.

This week's trivia question:
Of the 51 Picture Enfield stories from 2020 listed above, which one garnered the most readers? Post the answer in the comments section below, or on the Enfield Patch Facebook page.

Do you have a photo of an old Enfield business which no longer exists, to which you own the copyright and which we could feature in this column? Email tim.jensen@patch.com.

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