tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post35683771960472641..comments2024-03-09T08:49:19.005-05:00Comments on The Scrappy Genealogist: Traveling Back in Time–Texas Road, Butzbach, GermanyJennifer Shoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080992117190219898noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-36941153751549865212023-06-27T17:40:04.646-04:002023-06-27T17:40:04.646-04:00I lived in Butzbach as a dependent 1955-56. Texas...I lived in Butzbach as a dependent 1955-56. Texas road last apartment on right, ground floor. We were the first to move into the apartments. We went to high school in Frankfurt. I would love to go back but to old to travel now. I have great memories of the town.<br /><br />Bob CaddellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-86185008514093398612022-11-04T16:51:12.026-04:002022-11-04T16:51:12.026-04:00Hi Tina, We we’re your across the hall neighbors(...Hi Tina, We we’re your across the hall neighbors(18C)! Ann and Lt. Bob Jones loved you all! I’d love to share memories with you!!!! You were the best neighbors for the newlyweds from Atlanta GA! We keep the Jones Family plaque and the hand painted coal can your Mom gave us in our back door entrance. The little girl on the coal can is Kimberle and she looks just like our little girl who was born in 1986! So many fond memories of you all!<br /><br />Ann Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-65406392042036776742022-05-30T19:57:59.927-04:002022-05-30T19:57:59.927-04:00Lived here 84-85 was only five years old. I do rem...Lived here 84-85 was only five years old. I do remember the hidden tunnels , that was scaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-7258469534996820022022-04-13T09:43:47.086-04:002022-04-13T09:43:47.086-04:004A Texas RD, I think From '64 to '67 and a...4A Texas RD, I think From '64 to '67 and also a Butzbach Little League Allstar for baseball, any one remember the AYA?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669391763033583103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-8221093025558464912022-03-25T17:14:26.800-04:002022-03-25T17:14:26.800-04:00My dad was stationed at Ayers Kaserne from '77...My dad was stationed at Ayers Kaserne from '77-'80 and our family lived in Roman Way housing. My dad was a Capt at that time and we lived in apartment 18-D on Texas Rd. My sister and I attended the elementary school, she grades 2-4 and I grades 4-6. I remember walking across a busy German road on the side of the housing area to get to the Edeka store, buying brotchen from a local baker who rang his bell while driving his bread truck through the housing area and another vendor who would sell authentic nutcrackers and wooded ornaments, eating currywurst and paprika pomme frites from the mobile imbiss, suicide hill behind the elementary school that everyone would slide/sled down in the winter (which turned to a sheet of packed ice very quickly and truly was thrillingly dangerous!), the public schwimmbad where I had my first exposure to co-ed nudity, walking to the shoppette for staples hoping they would last until we would drive to the Giessen or Frankfurt commissary to stand in the check-out line for hours with everyone else on payday, playing tetherball and kickball on the school playground, and being grossed out by all the worms that would be on the sidewalks when we walked to school in the rain, having soccer practice in the top-floor maid quarters of one of the apartment buildings in-between families living there as temp-quarters, and feeling scared to walk down in the basement to the common laundry area and the storage rooms. If anyone was in Mr. Ridge's 4th class 77-78, Ms. Crowder's 5th grade class 78-79, or Ms. Kiltz's 6th grade class 79-80 I would love to connect!Tina Watsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-23998324215191299112022-02-22T00:59:32.137-05:002022-02-22T00:59:32.137-05:00Lived in butzbach from 1955-1959..7c Virginia rd w...Lived in butzbach from 1955-1959..7c Virginia rd was not called Roman way back then.dad was stationed at schloss kaserne and was transferred from ft Knox ky..3rd armored div..division..played baseball for ramblers 2nd base and pitcher.went to elementary school..German teachers were frau post and Fraulein meyer..4th grade teacher was Betty griswald.baseball sched was with kirsch goins..kaiserslauter..Goins....bad newheim..and others. Aya center built around 1957 and baseball field at same time on top of Roman ruins..found lots of cool stuff there.we all played in the massive coal hills at the plant..up behind the school in the forest with a very large pond..pulled sleds to school (American flyers) and then went home on Deadmans hill quickly..brother was Joe gilmore..graduated from Frankfurt high in 1959 and was first president of the youth center...we tried to get Elvis to appear but army flat rejected.can still remember walking down long dirt road to kaserne to see "the creature from the black lagoon" and walking home in the dark(it was a pretty long walk). Interesting to me that kids living there all seemed to do the same things over 50 years..I guess kids will be kidsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991948394539781799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-15393783447912455672022-02-12T15:59:22.958-05:002022-02-12T15:59:22.958-05:00We were there 64_67. Loved it there, we lived in t...We were there 64_67. Loved it there, we lived in the 2nd bldg on right middle stairway 1st floor. I remember Felton Jones was in one of my classes. Dad was a CWO at the site on the hill. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214780284548942670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-66856996148590877292022-02-07T22:37:26.897-05:002022-02-07T22:37:26.897-05:00Lived at Roman way from 1955 -1959..7c Virginia wa...Lived at Roman way from 1955 -1959..7c Virginia way...teen car just being built...spent lots of times in the huge coal plant piles...used to pull a sled to school..then fly down Deadmans hill..walk to schloss kaserne to see the latest Elvis movie..found all kinds of Kool stuff digging in Roman ruins..dad was with 3rd armored division and sent from ft Knox in 1955Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991948394539781799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-60648214846641105352021-10-31T18:35:39.402-04:002021-10-31T18:35:39.402-04:00Lived in Roman Way 70-72, first in temp quarters o...Lived in Roman Way 70-72, first in temp quarters on top floor, then moved to 2d floor. I have good memories of the sledding hill, and the little trailer there where they sold American style hamburgers.Our unit would train in the wooded area behind the housing,we called it area 44.My wife taught at the military school. Randy K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-50497110529901385702021-10-20T19:23:07.073-04:002021-10-20T19:23:07.073-04:00Lorrie Brasfield this is Diana Smith then I reme...Lorrie Brasfield this is Diana Smith then I remember you and your family. We were friends for a little bit, along with Debbie. Mines in the 6th grade I believe.<br />Faith Hansen lived across from me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00935958054908716355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-86552049693509277692021-10-20T19:17:52.764-04:002021-10-20T19:17:52.764-04:00Lorrie Brasfield this is Diana Smith then I reme...Lorrie Brasfield this is Diana Smith then I remember you and your family. We were friends for a little bit, along with Debbie Mines in the 6th grade I believe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00935958054908716355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-31354964010512869872021-10-20T19:12:38.715-04:002021-10-20T19:12:38.715-04:00Yes I lived there too back in 73-75. Best place gr...Yes I lived there too back in 73-75. Best place growing up, good memories. My apartment was 4B Ohio road.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00935958054908716355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-8493779980131726552021-09-19T18:51:24.066-04:002021-09-19T18:51:24.066-04:00We lived on the corner of Texas and Roman Way 1962...We lived on the corner of Texas and Roman Way 1962-1964. It is sad to see it empty and of little use to anyone. I remember the long basement tunnels we used to play hide and seek in. The maids quarters in the very top of the building where I attempted to become a ballerina. The playground out back with what seemed the longest and highest teeter-totters in the world. I remember the German kids that passed through base on their way to school as we headed up the hill to elementary school. They dressed in the traditional lederhosen. They reminded me of Hummel figurines and were as curious of us as we were of them. I too remember the gummi-bear type candy we would purchase in a little shop in Butzbach. We played baseball and sledded down the long hill behind the quarters coming up Roman Way. We learned to bail off just before the ditch at the end. My brothers loved to take the hose and flood out the field mice at the end of our building complex. I remember my brothers good friend, Willy Craft, the colonel's son that lived at the bottom of the big hill. My favorite thing to do was walk down the hill to the AYA and get a hamburger or other treat and visit the castles. It was a venture of a lifetime. Thanks for the memories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-70985674917973616942021-08-31T10:20:16.578-04:002021-08-31T10:20:16.578-04:00I lived at the opposite end of the building from A...I lived at the opposite end of the building from Alex. What is your name? My name was Frances StarlingFranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03794843974817588198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-13309970850118050662021-08-31T10:16:33.032-04:002021-08-31T10:16:33.032-04:00That is when I lived there. Frances Starling. My D...That is when I lived there. Frances Starling. My Dad was in charge of the NCO Club. I had friends named Joyce Riedel, Prissy Shields, Donnie Leggett, Felix , Alex Morales, David Johnston, Mike Bucci, Andrea Brown, Pam King and some I can't think of. Joyce and I played softball ( the Shamrocks) She was the pitcher and I was the catcher, and best friends. We were really like sisters. We still see each other as much as we can. She lives in Dayton Tenn. and I live in Wilmington, N.C. The time I spent in Germany at Butzbach was the best memories in my life. I wish I could go back in time and do it all over again. Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03794843974817588198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-21345931566682959362021-05-22T21:44:19.285-04:002021-05-22T21:44:19.285-04:00Lived in Romanway.9a MichiganRd.59 through 62.Have...Lived in Romanway.9a MichiganRd.59 through 62.Have same memories.It was very speacial at that time as a kid.Started 1st Grade there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15203873442757053933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-90025542725433262852021-05-19T20:34:56.864-04:002021-05-19T20:34:56.864-04:00We lived there in 1966,reading these comments brou...We lived there in 1966,reading these comments brought back many memories.i was 6 at the time,like the old German blind guy that would come in the evening and play taps on his bugle,the bunker on the corner,the candy store up the street,cub scouts,the woods we played in,the prison breakout.and many more memories. C.Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953482449312752098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-68645747734950526472021-05-19T20:34:55.381-04:002021-05-19T20:34:55.381-04:00We lived there in 1966,reading these comments brou...We lived there in 1966,reading these comments brought back many memories.i was 6 at the time,like the old German blind guy that would come in the evening and play taps on his bugle,the bunker on the corner,the candy store up the street,cub scouts,the woods we played in,the prison breakout.and many more memories. C.Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953482449312752098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-40253686291504223292021-05-19T20:34:53.779-04:002021-05-19T20:34:53.779-04:00We lived there in 1966,reading these comments brou...We lived there in 1966,reading these comments brought back many memories.i was 6 at the time,like the old German blind guy that would come in the evening and play taps on his bugle,the bunker on the corner,the candy store up the street,cub scouts,the woods we played in,the prison breakout.and many more memories. C.Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953482449312752098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-3678650426744110622021-05-05T05:26:30.074-04:002021-05-05T05:26:30.074-04:00Hi and thanks for sharing this website. Went to sc...Hi and thanks for sharing this website. Went to school in Butzbach and was often at "Pizza Shack" :-DJenshttps://www.instagram.com/jens.distler/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-59546650144122134492021-02-07T18:08:04.521-05:002021-02-07T18:08:04.521-05:00Live there 84-85 I was only 5, but I do remember u...Live there 84-85 I was only 5, but I do remember us kids found some underground tunnels wouldn't go to far cuzz we was scared. And I remember eating at a burger king all the timeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00909513921795310608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-49301817497390218662021-01-20T17:58:48.680-05:002021-01-20T17:58:48.680-05:00Hi, I'm Chris, I grew up in Butzbach. I'm...Hi, I'm Chris, I grew up in Butzbach. I'm American but my family is German and they moved over there when I was 4. I used to walk through Roman Way on my way to school - I believe Michigan Rd was the street I passed through. My mom worked for the legal center down at Schlosskaserne (forgot what the US name was for it) until the late 80s and later in Gießen for logistics until they closed it in the mid 90s.<br /><br />It's nice to read others having fond memories of the place...<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08206856588237674538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-6224164128097217302020-12-28T06:08:39.243-05:002020-12-28T06:08:39.243-05:00Dont remember exact address where we were living.I...Dont remember exact address where we were living.I remember that a german man named Herr Minck owned the candy store right beside the grocery store, he always walked a few Afghan dogs. had a elementary teacher named miss henson..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12618774314246497662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-32468389735073978022020-09-15T16:51:41.197-04:002020-09-15T16:51:41.197-04:00We lived there at the same time.
I was there from...We lived there at the same time.<br /><br />I was there from 82 to 84. Texas road. Second stairwell on the right coming in from the main road. 2nd story, left side, leftmost stairwell. <br /><br />Was in 6th grade in 83-84. Mrs... Uh... Mcmillan? We took a trip (us 6th graders) to Salzburg. Rolf Karlstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992332459211334814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740260252500385997.post-59816873339032130652020-08-16T21:10:44.446-04:002020-08-16T21:10:44.446-04:00Hi I'm Robert Place I live in butzbach for 197...Hi I'm Robert Place I live in butzbach for 1973 to 1979 at 6530 3 r gorgae rd if anyone one has any pics can u please share them my email is okmowtonmangmail.com I miss that place Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420744474783911522noreply@blogger.com