Putt-Putt Golf & Games in Chamblee

I remember the Putt-Putt Golf & Games at the corner of Shallowford and Chamblee Tucker Road well, because I went there many times with friends and family.

I asked a group of Chamblee High School alumni who have been helpful in the past by sharing their memories, what they remembered about Putt-Putt Golf & Games. I am not an alumnus of Chamblee but of Henderson back when it was a high school.

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Drummond family narrowly escapes Doraville Triangle Refinery fire of 1972

When I first wrote about the Doraville Triangle Refinery fire that began on April 6, 1972 for the Dunwoody Crier newspaper, I received an email from Todd Drummond of Dunwoody. He shared the story of living on Doral Circle, the street adjacent to the refinery, when the tragic fire took place. The family home was closest house to the fire, but miraculously did not burn. He was five years old at the time.

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