20 Years ago

[old377guy]

Wow!

[fund razor]

50 years ago

• When workers opened a wall at El Salvador Methodist Church at Grinnell and Virginia streets, they found a beehive containing more than 500 pounds of honey.

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.”

[Bobcat]

Pooh and honey......

[Bobcat]

This is funny, because most of what they tell you on the Conch Train is BS

50 years ago:

Key West Police Chief Armando Perez Jr. ordered all policemen to ride the Conch Train so they would know the history of the Island. Bill Kroll, owner of the train, said that the men in blue could ride free.

[Bobcat]

A post card with five views of Indies Inn and Yacht Club on Duck Key C 1960. Monroe County Library Collection.

[Ratickle]

We looked at some places to possibly buy on Duck Key. There was one really sweet one on the northwest corner, (kind of), with a lot of rock walls inside the house. Including rock showers etc. It would be a tough one to keep clean!

[Bobcat]

50 years ago.

• An empty gravel truck was apparently picked up by a waterspout and turned around and dropped on the shoulder of U.S. 1 on Big Pine Key. The driver and truck were not hurt but heavy equipment was needed to put the truck back on the highway.

• Six Key West police officers rode the Conch Train as part of the chief's plan to train all the officers on the historical points of interest on the island

[Bobcat]

50 years ago

• An armed expedition against Cuba failed when the attempt to launch the boat ended with the truck in the water. Three men were arrested with ammunition and guns.

[Ratickle]

"The" boat? What kind of takeover force fits on one boat?

[old377guy]

"The" boat? What kind of takeover force fits on one boat?

Seal Team Six?

[Bobcat]

50 years ago

A heavily armed Cuban helicopter landed at Key West International Airport without being detected by the maze of radar installation ringing the island.

[Ratickle]

That is crazy. Kinda like losing a Malaysian Air 777!!

[Bobcat]

50 years ago

• The Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board placed the Oldest Bar at 428 Greene St. off limits because it was considered a contact point for homosexuals.(Capt. Tony's)

[Bobcat]

50 years ago

• "Escape From Hell Island," the revised Key West-produced movie had its world premiere in Miami at a Wometco theater. The film was originally titled "Man in the Water.

(never heard of this one)

[Bobcat]

50 years ago

Key West was working to reduce the budget because of a drop in cigarette money because of the government's warning about cigarettes and cancer.

A Navy helicopter rescued a man and woman when their 36-foot fishing boat sank 46 miles southwest of Key West.

[Bobcat]

Sheriff Henry Haskins warned that the spring was bad check season and that Monroe County businesses lost nearly $50,000 in 1963.

[Bobcat]

Now showing
Filmmaking on location in the Florida Keys is nothing new. Since 1940, the Keys have appeared in at least a couple of movies and T.V. shows each decade. Here is a partial list of those films/shows:

1940 Island City Republic (March of Time)

1942 Reap the Wild Wind Ray Milland, John Wayne

1948 Key Largo Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall

1951 The Frogmen Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill

1954 The Rose Tattoo Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster

1959 Operation Petticoat Cary Grant, Tony Curtis

1960 All Fall Down Warren Beatty, Eva Marie Saint

1974 92 in the Shade Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Margot Kidder

1979 The Final Countdown Katherine Ross, Martin Sheen

1985 Running Scared Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer

1986 Russkies Peter Billingsley, Leaf Phoenix

1988 Licence to Kill Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell

1991-1992 Criss Cross Goldie Hawn, Arliss Howard

1992-1993 Matinee John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty

1993 True Lies Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis

1994 Drop Zone Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey

1995 Blood and Wine Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez

1995 Up Close & Personal Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing

1996 The Spanish Prisoner Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara

1996 Speed 2: Cruise Control Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric

1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce

1998 Office Space Jennifer Aniston, Ron Livingston

2000 Heartbreakers Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt

2002 Red Dragon Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton

2004 Meet The Fockers Barbra Streisand, Robert DeNiro

2004 The Pacifier Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow

2005 Miami Vice Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx

2005-2006 MTV's The Real World Key West

2008 I Love You, Phillip Morris Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor

2008 Repo Men Jude Law, Forest Whitaker

2010 I Am Number Four Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant

Source: The Florida Keys and Key West Film and Entertainment Commission

[Blue Oval]

All the movies filmed in Northern Michigan-Some Where in Time-Christopher Reeves, Mackinaw Island. Think that covers it!

[BBB725]

Key Colony Beach 50 years ago and today

[Bobcat]

50 years ago
• The Castro government rejected U.S. claims to the right to send reconnaissance planes over Cuba.