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Edward McCauley photo of Paul “Hard Rock” Simpson, 1950
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Posted by Elizabeth Hull in Uncategorized
Burlington resident Paul “Hard-Rock” Simpson completes his annual birthday marathon (Burlington to Greensboro and back) in 1950; P082_1.1_50_0722, in the Edward J. McCauley Photographic Materials #P082, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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When I was a young child, Hard Rock was our postman. Every day, regardless of the weather or how busy he was, he always gave us children a stick of Fruit Striped gum as he ran along his route. What a great memory this brings to mind!
I remember seeing Hardrock running his route when I was child. He didn’t care if we ran along with him for as long as we could. He was quite a man.
In the mid 50’s I lived on the corner of Main St and St. John in Burlington with my grandmother; Mr Simpson would deliver the mail. Many times I would run out to meet him and ask him to tell me a joke–he always did. With a big grin, I might add. I had heard the story of the horse many times growing up. By the way, I also got my haircut at Wilson Barber Shop (see T-shirt), Carl Wilson was my mother’s cousin.