Fordham's CLEANERS is located at 1900 Spring Garden Street, a couple of miles west of the campus of the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Fordham is a well-known name in Greensboro. Fordham's Drug Store was open on South Elm Street for over 100 years. We're not sure if the Fordham of the cleaners is related to Dr. Fordham who worked at the drug store. We do know that the cleaners was established in 1948 and that people have been trusting them with their dry cleaning for over sixty years! We love this photo because it shows a group of UNCG students walking to campus to play a soccer on Saturday afternoon. We're going to try to get by to learn a little more about the history of the cleaners. In the meantime, if you know something, do post a comment!
In the meantime, this is our contribution to Ruby Tuesday.
Great shot and very interesting history!
Posted by: Janis | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 07:43 AM
It looks a lot warmer there than it is here!
Posted by: EG Wow | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 09:41 AM
Interesting! The brick buildings looks great against the pale blue sky. Enjoy the day.
Posted by: Linnea | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 09:44 AM
I got taken to the cleaners once, but I don't think the name was Fordham. And I know a whole bunch of folks that got their clock cleaned by someone named Maddox.
Oh, wait, this is a clothes cleaning establishment! Golly. :-)
Well, we do have springs in Florida...lots and lots of them...and most stay at 72 degrees year round. The one at Silver Springs Park is a biggie, spewing out about 556 million gallons of fresh water every 24 hours...this water flows into the Silver River, then into the Ocklawaha, then into the St. Johns and from there into the Atlantic Ocean.
When it comes out of the spring at Silver Springs it is 99.4% pure!
Hope you're having a great week!
Posted by: Jacob | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 08:30 PM
looks like a quaint institution in your community already. have a good week!
Posted by: Marites | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 at 12:39 AM
Love the old style font on the sign. The building however does not look very much like a cleaners - maybe I expect to see a narrow shop with full windows in the front.
Posted by: VioletSky | Wednesday, December 01, 2010 at 07:27 AM
This was considered the best dry cleaner in town. My mother always took her clothing there including her wedding dress. I remember they stuffed the dress with crisp blue paper and I was so impressed with the attn. to detail.
Posted by: Emily | Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 12:18 AM