This Abandoned General Store Was A County Landmark! Po Biddy Talbot Georgia

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  • @AdventuresIntoHistory
    @AdventuresIntoHistory  6 місяців тому +18

    I’ve wondered about this place my whole life!
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    • @SondraD7676
      @SondraD7676 6 місяців тому +4

      Robert, so very glad you could see it, go inside, hear about it and document it!

  • @PamelaHawkins-nc4sk
    @PamelaHawkins-nc4sk 6 місяців тому +69

    I was afraid the Old Po Biddy store had fallen in on itself by now. I am glad it is being taken care of. When I was a little girl (late 50’s and early 60’s) there were I believe 3 houses and the store left in Po Biddy. We would go through Po Biddy on our way to and from Rough Edge where we visited my father’s second cousin, Mrs. Belle Alexander, her son, Dewey Alexander, wife Molly, and sons Roy and Randy. They lived on the Hawkins land. My father, Mr. Ira Autry Hawkins, was born and raised in Rough Edge. My grandparents were James Edwin Hawkins and Mattie Estelle Howard Hawkins. They had 7 sons and 2 daughters all of whom lived. In either the late 40’s or early 50’s my father and my aunts, Mrs. Leila Hawkins Burgess and Miss Lizzie Hawkins bought my Granny a beautiful, 4 BR, 1 story house with a wraparound porch in Woodland. If you turned left after the downtown section of Woodland on the first street you would see the big yard and then Granny’s house. There was a road that her street intersected with that went out to Rough Edge and through Po Biddy, I believe. Across that road from her house was a big silo. Granny passed on from a stroke in 1968. I was 13. I still miss her a lot and that beautiful old house. I don’t know when it was built but probably early 1900’s. Granny and many of my Hawkins kin are buried in one of Woodland’s cemeteries in an area enclosed with an iron fence. I would love to know any information about her house and even if it is still standing. I have looked on Google maps and can’t find it. I wonder if Mr. Dan would know. Thank you for this post from Po Biddy and for any help you can give me.

    • @cindys.9688
      @cindys.9688 6 місяців тому +9

      Love your story! Thanks for sharing!☺️

    • @PAPYROTECHNICFAN
      @PAPYROTECHNICFAN 6 місяців тому +7

      That is a fantastic story. Thank you

    • @forecon11
      @forecon11 6 місяців тому +5

      You must be kin to Mike Breubaker of Columbus. I his mother was a Hawkins and is buried in Matthews Chapel Cem.

    • @PamelaHawkins-nc4sk
      @PamelaHawkins-nc4sk 6 місяців тому +3

      @@forecon11I could be! My aunt Lizzie Hawkins used to go to church at Matthews Chapel!

    • @PamelaHawkins-nc4sk
      @PamelaHawkins-nc4sk 6 місяців тому +4

      @@forecon11What was Mike’s mother’s name? I do believe I have some Hawkins kin that I have never gotten to meet. I know my Grandpa James E. Hawkins came from a large family.

  • @James-mm6jh
    @James-mm6jh 6 місяців тому +3

    I metal detect and can only imagine what old treasures sit in the ground. Old coins, relics and history right under their feet.

  • @BigMoneyPop
    @BigMoneyPop 6 місяців тому +26

    Perfect to restore and reopen as the Old Byrd Farm store.

  • @mitchmatthews6713
    @mitchmatthews6713 6 місяців тому +26

    That man's voice is the sound of America!

  • @queenb9070
    @queenb9070 6 місяців тому +23

    If I remember correctly, I believe it is "Snap back with Standback"

  • @marypettitt9150
    @marypettitt9150 6 місяців тому +18

    Thanks Joy, Hugh and Robert for this nice Adventure into History.

  • @pamelabugh1812
    @pamelabugh1812 6 місяців тому +12

    Reading History books is nothing compared to the stories the Old Timers can tell us about the past.

  • @bettyboop4263
    @bettyboop4263 6 місяців тому +4

    Awesome video. I love those old stores.👍👍

  • @georginastoliker3358
    @georginastoliker3358 6 місяців тому +14

    Watch this wonderful story from my porch I'm Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 with John Denver playing in the background on the radio 📻
    Thanks for this interesting story.

  • @SondraD7676
    @SondraD7676 6 місяців тому +28

    Super cool! I found myself saying and thinking exactly what y'all were. The windows, doors, hardware, yes, old and handmade, wonderful. Even now the place has a warm homey feel, and one can easily imagine it in operation and hear the hum of conversation. It would be a wonderful venue for a family gathering - picnic outside just for old timey atmosphere. Thank you to Hugh Oliver, and to Joy's cousin Norma, for the stories and history! "Snapback with Stanback" was the advertising line/motto/slogan - Correct, Robert, snap back from a headache, aspirin powders with caffeine. My family always called like items, "headache papers," an envelope of powder before the tablet form came along. Love this not only for history, but it means a lot to you, Robert and Joy - all the more enjoyable to watch.❣❣👍👍

  • @carolparrott1994
    @carolparrott1994 6 місяців тому +13

    The Stanback advertising...I thought I had seen something similar before, but it took me a minute to think where. I saw it on a matchbook - not exactly like that design, but with the same "Snapback" slogan. On the inside, it had an advertisement for buying Defense Savings Bonds. So, the slogan must have at least been used around World War II. From the advertising on the matchbook, it does seem like the "snapback" meant to recover faster from the headache. Really neat explore, and I enjoyed the personal stories and history. I would've loved to have shopped for antiques in there!

  • @cindys.9688
    @cindys.9688 6 місяців тому +9

    I couldn't help imagining the conversations that went on there. The generations of people. Families, friends, and neighbors. This old store is definitely a treasure! Thanks for taking us along.😊

  • @sherrilee230
    @sherrilee230 6 місяців тому +14

    I had the pleasures of being in a store of that nature. My grandma's sister in the Ozarks. Just the essentials is all they carried it was really cool thanks for sharing guys

    • @PamelaHawkins-nc4sk
      @PamelaHawkins-nc4sk 6 місяців тому +1

      I now live in the MO Ozarks in Springfield. Where was this general store located?

    • @tonyaharmon1383
      @tonyaharmon1383 6 місяців тому

      My Grandma Had One In Chadbourne NC! I Spent Lots Of Weekends With Her There in My Childhood!❤

  • @sherrie545
    @sherrie545 6 місяців тому +12

    Awesome piece of community history! I remember my grandparents using Stanback for headaches and arthritis. The snap back slogan was referencing it’s quick effect on pain relief making you feel good again from the caffeine and aspirin combination. I would have bolted if I would have seen a large rat.

  • @suzanneflowers2230
    @suzanneflowers2230 6 місяців тому +12

    Would be wonderful to see that place restored. Hint, hint.

  • @nightstalkerck
    @nightstalkerck 6 місяців тому +9

    Another great video. Am I the only one with a little crush on Joy?

  • @karenchilders2449
    @karenchilders2449 6 місяців тому +6

    Stanback was made here in Salisbury, NC. My husband was on the Stanback Stroke Section of the hospital a couple years ago.

  • @sheilam4964
    @sheilam4964 6 місяців тому +12

    That is amazing. Thx guys for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us.

  • @rikspector
    @rikspector 6 місяців тому +3

    Robert,
    Between you, Joy and the crew, I was smiling from ear to ear.
    Now that's America, real America.
    Rat included for free!
    Cheers,
    Rik Spector

  • @shelliewerner5624
    @shelliewerner5624 6 місяців тому +9

    Kool place..

  • @venturesoutside-ht8sm
    @venturesoutside-ht8sm 6 місяців тому +8

    Great team work

  • @danawildman8766
    @danawildman8766 6 місяців тому +1

    So happy to see Joy in the video! 😊

  • @debbieblaylock9997
    @debbieblaylock9997 6 місяців тому +7

    That is a cool place Thanks for sharing the history of that place

  • @helenwenzel7603
    @helenwenzel7603 6 місяців тому +5

    I am glad you got to show us Old "Po-Biddy." Its almost like imagining about living in the past! Maybe you can find more folks with their history or stories on it. Thank Robert and all the folks with you! ❤❤❤❤

  • @glennyork6800
    @glennyork6800 6 місяців тому +5

    Another Good one Joy & Robert.

  • @jenniferhooks2454
    @jenniferhooks2454 6 місяців тому +3

    There was a very similar store just about a half mile from my grandmother's house. They were the original convenience stores. The inventory wasn't large , but for sure there were soft drinks, candy, bread, milk and a few other necessities. You could go in there grab a couple of things and save yourself the 5 mile trip to town. It was a gathering place for the old men to come and swap stories. The Primitive Baptist church was across the road.

  • @frankscarborough1428
    @frankscarborough1428 6 місяців тому +4

    Great to see the old store. Thanks Norma joy Hugh and Robert. Stanback was a headache powder

    • @cindys.9688
      @cindys.9688 6 місяців тому

      A headache *powder*?? That's very interesting! Did they mix it in water, or another kind of drink? Do you know what it was made of? I should Google it - see what I can find.
      Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Now I'm curious. I'll be setting off on a new adventure...Google-style!☺️

    • @DeepSouthTechie
      @DeepSouthTechie 6 місяців тому

      @@cindys.9688 Aspirin with a good dose of Caffeine to make it work quicker, lol. Although Goody Powders were the "powder" of choice there were a few Stanback fans around too back when I was a kid. They still sell these things but doctors cringe if you tell them you use them. Although very effective they are bad on the stomach.

  • @mercedithcompala8148
    @mercedithcompala8148 6 місяців тому +3

    This was a treat. I always wondered what it was like inside these old country stores..very cool ❤

  • @nobodynothing9950
    @nobodynothing9950 6 місяців тому +1

    I sooo miss the ole country stores where all the old men of the neighborhood would hang out and tell stories. I grew up about eighth of a mile from a crossroad where one was. I'd ride my bike or 3 wheeler down there back in the 80s. There were many others in the area but they have one by one disappeared or left for dead and fell into disrepair. Each store had it's own character and were usually full of characters too. Miss those days.

  • @nancysantamarialatica1141
    @nancysantamarialatica1141 6 місяців тому +4

    See even tho I never finished high school. Things like this make’s me appreciate history . It would have been my favorite subject in school.

    • @cindys.9688
      @cindys.9688 6 місяців тому +2

      Same here. History was always interesting, tho, but I had a hard time keeping up (life problems). That was then...I'm 62 now and a survivor. But I wished I'd been more into history back then. We learned some interesting things!
      I'm so thankful for Robert's channels. I'm getting my history lessons and loving it. Keeping up just fine.😊
      Take care!🌼

  • @melissalane-q7m
    @melissalane-q7m 6 місяців тому +4

    What a treat! Thanks to Robert and friends for showing us this fabulous old store with the unique name of PO Biddy. It’s easy to imagine the men of the community gathered around trading gossip along with tidbits of news. Really great to experience this!

  • @NoelLucas
    @NoelLucas 6 місяців тому

    I grew up as a kid playing in and around the woods there and fondly remember playing hide-n-seek in and around that old store. MANY good memories made in that area. Thank you, Mr. Hugh.

  • @celleduffel1533
    @celleduffel1533 6 місяців тому +7

    That was a sweet video :)

  • @lovebuzz1979
    @lovebuzz1979 6 місяців тому +4

    Thanks!

  • @dorenedaniels7493
    @dorenedaniels7493 6 місяців тому

    You know this is very old but it's a wonderful thing to have this and kids today don't know about this old place. And how it helped so much for great thing and bad days to. Thank you both for letting us see this God bless you both 🙏❤️🌹

  • @foxywolf1777
    @foxywolf1777 6 місяців тому +3

    I grew up on HWY 19 South in Upson County, and then was a nurse at Upson County Hospital, back in the 1980's. I remember a group of folks lived under the Po Biddy Bridge, on 19, and boy did some more things happen down there If those people had not been homeless "drunks" back in the day, they would not have survived to see another day, after some of the things that went on down there🐾🦊🐺

  • @Lorriann63
    @Lorriann63 6 місяців тому +2

    That was a cool place! Thank you all for showing us a rich part of history.

  • @nadineveitch5837
    @nadineveitch5837 6 місяців тому +3

    What a cool old store, great to see Joy again too!

  • @kepperMN
    @kepperMN 6 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @sw8741
    @sw8741 6 місяців тому +5

    Imagine the conversation that gave the store its name. They must have been laughing and joking about that "po' biddy" to the point they named the place it.
    "I'm taking the last of that po' biddy."
    "You like that po' biddy?"
    "That po' biddy good! Wish there were more of that po' biddy"
    "Man, I make better po' biddy than that! That po' biddy ain't that good"
    "Shoot....I had your chicken. This po' biddy puts your po' biddy to shame!"
    "Don't be talking about my 'po biddy like that"
    "You know what? We're gonna put 'po biddy right up there so you can see this po' biddy every time you go by".
    Diving by....

  • @DeepSouthTechie
    @DeepSouthTechie 6 місяців тому +1

    Stanback and Goody Powders are raw aspirin with caffeine. I've taken my share many years ago but didn't know at the time that they are terrible for the stomach. They were very effective though and gave you a nice boost of energy. They were so popular that if you were out all you had to do is ask someone near you for one and there was a good chance someone had a pack in their pocket. I grew up farming so backaches were common and these things would have you pain free and hyped up in minutes, lol.

  • @jenniferdeleon8954
    @jenniferdeleon8954 6 місяців тому +4

    That’s so cool!

  • @oldblackford
    @oldblackford 6 місяців тому

    The art work on the awning is great

  • @alanmoberly64
    @alanmoberly64 6 місяців тому

    In the early 1970’s my dad and I went to the home place of a man he was doing some farming with. This was Philipp, Mississippi in the delta country. At any rate this man’s son and I walked down the rail road tracks and ended up at a little country store like you have been showing. I’m desperately trying to pull details out of my memory but it has been fifty years. I was probably seven maybe eight at the time. I enjoy your back road adventures so much as it helps jog my memories of living in Greenwood.

  • @misskitty2133
    @misskitty2133 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow! I think I need to move to Georgia!! Thank you!

  • @gigicostlow4414
    @gigicostlow4414 6 місяців тому

    Super cool! I love these old stores. Be really cool to restore it and use it for something such as a museum or meeting place/venue etc. Stanback powder is the same thing as BC headache powder which is the best stuff ever for quick headache relief imo. Sold tons of it at my dad and grandpa's old gas station/store. Thanks y'all for showing us this beautiful old store.

  • @Pstanich
    @Pstanich Місяць тому

    Front door was really cool❤❤

  • @anngatlin9680
    @anngatlin9680 6 місяців тому +5

    The Stanback sign is an advertisement for headache powders from the 60’s.

    • @Tomatohater64
      @Tomatohater64 6 місяців тому

      Did Bufferin have something similar?

  • @LaurieHallberg-z1d
    @LaurieHallberg-z1d 6 місяців тому

    Lived in El Roy Texas which is east of Austin. Got to vote in the old General store. Had many of the old items dating back to at least the 40's.

  • @MillerMeteor74
    @MillerMeteor74 6 місяців тому

    2:52 - We had giant candles like that, that my Dad would set up on the front stoop of our house every Christmas when I was growing up in the 70s. Anyway, that's awesome to see inside that place. Nice to see Joy again too, if I may say so.🙂

  • @SeekingFreedom369
    @SeekingFreedom369 6 місяців тому

    Freakin love this man! Makes me want to get out and explore my state more (Michigan) 👍🏾

  • @sandysue202
    @sandysue202 6 місяців тому +1

    There is what's left of a tiny little town about 30 miles north and slightly west of where I live in SW Missouri. The town is called Filley, and years ago, I used to go to a flea market there. It was in an old country store building. That was a cool old place. I never go thru Filly anymore, so I don't know if that old building has survived the storms that nature delivers to us here on the eastern edge of the vast Kansas prairies that we live near.

  • @pats9055
    @pats9055 6 місяців тому

    This was so enjoyable. Appreciate the walk through. It brought back memories of doing things like this with my dad. Oh, the joys of my childhood and simpler times! I will say, my first thought was...she is walking right in there without checking for rats!

  • @Carolbearce
    @Carolbearce 6 місяців тому

    Very cool old store and I love the name!

  • @debbieroland2807
    @debbieroland2807 6 місяців тому +1

    So awesome!

  • @Shawnroberts1980
    @Shawnroberts1980 6 місяців тому

    Such cool interesting history and I know I keep saying this but, with my 4K monitor the 4K video looks AMAZING. Thank you!

  • @artillerest43rdva7
    @artillerest43rdva7 6 днів тому

    what was that huge book on the T V ? it looked 6-7 inches thick. nice piece of history! we have a
    shop at the “four corners” old goodrich and clarence center roads 1870 shop, when I was a kid
    it had tons of candy! but still open to this day.

  • @Mossyz.
    @Mossyz. 6 місяців тому +3

    Greetings from England

  • @Wootangtw
    @Wootangtw 6 місяців тому

    It’s snap back with Stan back… that was the commercial on tv when I was a kid

  • @baka75
    @baka75 6 місяців тому

    We use to hunt off po biddy rd when I was very young.

  • @Sam-k8q2k
    @Sam-k8q2k 6 місяців тому

    Cow riding is world wide. My grandfather and his brother rode one back in the day. Early 1920s

  • @mrrs8118
    @mrrs8118 6 місяців тому

    “Snap back with Stanback” was an advertising slogan. I remember it.

  • @GlenCannon239
    @GlenCannon239 6 місяців тому +3

    Hey Joy. Good to see you back in Georgia. Maybe Walter and I can get you to go eat World Famous Hot dogs with us soon.

    • @joyfisher2128
      @joyfisher2128 6 місяців тому

      That would be fun, Glen. I'll be around again in August!

  • @101egals
    @101egals 6 місяців тому

    Stanback, it's an old headache powder, and it also came in a pill form and was in a small tin. I remember it as a kid in the 70s. It was made in my home state of NC in Salisbury. It's still made today. I want to think that all three of the powder forms of headache powders are now onwed by the same pharmaceutical company.

  • @karenchilders2449
    @karenchilders2449 6 місяців тому +5

    Stap back with Stanback was their advertising. Headache powder.

  • @peggyharris3301
    @peggyharris3301 6 місяців тому

    Great little video ❤

  • @JohnMarciaShackelford
    @JohnMarciaShackelford 6 місяців тому +1

    I would have loved to see it with the door and windows open and light flooding in!

  • @retaylor6587
    @retaylor6587 6 місяців тому +4

    Snap back with STANDBACK.

  • @douglasweaving3659
    @douglasweaving3659 6 місяців тому +1

    Love this material, makes you think about how life is so short,

  • @larrykluckoutdoors8227
    @larrykluckoutdoors8227 6 місяців тому

    Great video

  • @Court75
    @Court75 6 місяців тому

    Amazing history. I'm glad all you saw was a rat. 😂 I worried about things that slither! That old chair in the back was cool. Those old shelves are wise, filled with decades of stories to tell if they could.

  • @scclif
    @scclif 6 місяців тому +1

    Snap back with Standback ! Robert is correct. It was the advertising slogan . With BC powders you come back strong ! 💪 I don't remember the Goodys slogan .

    • @jameswalters9516
      @jameswalters9516 6 місяців тому

      Goody's slogans "take a good look" and "Goody's feels like you" were splashed across all of their products.

  • @cosmyccowboy
    @cosmyccowboy Місяць тому

    2
    When I was a kid (60’s) my granddaddy ran a little one pump country store like this one. The front porch had a bench on each side where all the old men would sit and smoke, chew and tell stories. Uncle Howard used to tell about taking Hank Williams fishing on Lake Seminole! I figured it was all BS when years later at a Hank concert in Pelham Georgia in between songs Hank says I want to introduce y’all to someone who used to take me fishing…. Howard stand up!!!

  • @Katmcb-r5u
    @Katmcb-r5u 6 місяців тому

    Love y’all. Hate the graffiti which shows disrespect 😢. Imagine it’s history! Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @scottbatzler412
    @scottbatzler412 6 місяців тому +1

    Hi joy

  • @MarshaShelley-t3n
    @MarshaShelley-t3n 6 місяців тому

    We dont have many places left from the pioneers out here. They just teat them down. So sad.

  • @CHAVAH_ISRAEL
    @CHAVAH_ISRAEL 10 днів тому

    My grandfather worked at po diddy do anyone have any old photos

  • @rudyb1178
    @rudyb1178 6 місяців тому

    cool

  • @broberts2043
    @broberts2043 6 місяців тому +3

    I think that store needs a new home at The Old Byrd Farm.

  • @TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no
    @TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no 6 місяців тому

    A little bit of paint, n cleaning I believe you've a fine old building

  • @twentynineteen4687
    @twentynineteen4687 6 місяців тому

    I still don't understand how these buildings were moved! Piece by piece? Or on a flatbed?

  • @pattiwhite9575
    @pattiwhite9575 6 місяців тому

    Wow such good condition. People should really cut out all the little trees up against it. I love those old little places people would gather.
    It brings back memories of a little gas / store that use to be in Lizella. The last I saw it I was 12 while we were on a vacation to visit relatives. We would walk down to it and get candy and pop. There would always be an old black man just sitting outside. He would question us as to who we were and where we were from. Us kids had extremely blonde hair and just stood out. Come to find out that man was a worker for my great grandpa and he very well knew who my daddy was. Later my dad went down there and talked to the man for a long while. My dad had worked side by side with that man when my dad was just a young boy.

  • @jimmybrock6593
    @jimmybrock6593 6 місяців тому

    Cw farron young TV ad "snap back with stand back "

  • @sherryleonard8514
    @sherryleonard8514 5 місяців тому

    Snap back with stand back is the headache powder

  • @daveperryman291
    @daveperryman291 6 місяців тому

    Lee and Ruby Loftus would be proud.

  • @jillgebauer1292
    @jillgebauer1292 6 місяців тому

    Could it be restored?

  • @leekorten1791
    @leekorten1791 6 місяців тому +1

    💞

  • @joannewall5499
    @joannewall5499 6 місяців тому +3

    Those blow moulds are worth a bit

  • @jenniwebster7122
    @jenniwebster7122 4 місяці тому

    Hard to believe there are no windows, what did they do for light???

  • @benniebarrow348
    @benniebarrow348 6 місяців тому +1

    How old is it ?

  • @andrewfischer8564
    @andrewfischer8564 6 місяців тому

    they just knocked down the red apple rest stop on 17 in ny

  • @paulhoffman6371
    @paulhoffman6371 6 місяців тому +2

    That spot screams "Po Biddy" Bar-b-que to me. Big grill-smokehouse in the rear and brisket platters up front. Cole slaw, beans, potato salad, greens, and a cold hoppy adult beverage.

  • @oldbamadirt2148
    @oldbamadirt2148 6 місяців тому

    😎👍✌

  • @FarmerBrian68
    @FarmerBrian68 6 місяців тому

    Hugh Oliver is as my dads name and my grandfathers name

  • @raecrowe9514
    @raecrowe9514 6 місяців тому +1

    Po biddy = "poor" "young chicken".

  • @brandonlollis1506
    @brandonlollis1506 6 місяців тому

    Snap back