Comments on: Bridge Jewelry (1955)

By: Shirley

Shirley — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:36:37 +0000

Is this the same Coutrakon family that in the 1950′s ran the candy store and cafe near the Pantheon Theatre on North Grand Avenue? They had the best caramel apples in the world.

By: Pat Ryan

Pat Ryan — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:49:28 +0000

We still get Fannie May candies for Christmas! We also used to visit Pease’s when we went to Blessed Sacrament School in the early 50s. Long since moved west.

By: Laurel Coutrakon Rice

Laurel Coutrakon Rice — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:13:46 +0000

My father, Basil Coutrakon, told me that his father had a candy store where Bridges Jewelers was and is. He used to take me to the back room in the late ’50′s and early ’60′s — where there had been no re modeling or building improvements for the jewelry store– and there was that beautiful octagonal porcelain and marble tile on the floor. It may still be there.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:48:17 +0000

Why not buy your caramels from Pease’s Candy. A Springfield tradition for 80 years or so.

By: emilyb

emilyb — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:19:52 +0000

There was a candy kitchen in the back of that Fannie May store. You could buy wrapped caramels that were soft and buttery and still warm from the kitchen. I still buy the @#&* frozen ones when I’m in town. Bah!