Sign reads, "Helen's Place - New and Used Clothingfor Men, Women, Children and Transvestite"
Another something for a slow news day, as it is barely radio related.
When I moved to Knoxville in 1974 and settled into a house way out the Chapman Highway, I quickly discovered there was no way to get to the WKGN studios on the Alcoa Highway except by driving all the way back into the city, or by cutting through the mountains on roads that even angels feared to tread. I chose the latter, and at 4:30 am, it was just me (and occasionally Robert Mitchum) on the road. And every day, I passed this tiny store that advertised "clothing for transvestites", rather avant guard for East Tennessee at that time. I was afraid to go in, but did stop on my way home to take a photo. Does anybody remember this place, or what the hell was going on there? Robert Murphy (fka Smokey Burns)
When I moved to Knoxville in 1974 and settled into a house way out the Chapman Highway, I quickly discovered there was no way to get to the WKGN studios on the Alcoa Highway except by driving all the way back into the city, or by cutting through the mountains on roads that even angels feared to tread. I chose the latter, and at 4:30 am, it was just me (and occasionally Robert Mitchum) on the road. And every day, I passed this tiny store that advertised "clothing for transvestites", rather avant guard for East Tennessee at that time. I was afraid to go in, but did stop on my way home to take a photo. Does anybody remember this place, or what the hell was going on there? Robert Murphy (fka Smokey Burns)