Signs of Cliffside
 James Harris captured the images of most of the signs you can find around the area.
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Old Mill Tour,
January 2004
Just days before the bidding was closed on the auctioning  off of Cone Mills, we said farewell to the old mill in Cliffside. It was shut down for good the previous month. The usual suspects, the gang that took the “Present Day Tour” in May of 2002 (see below), spent the better part of an afternoon
marvelling at the changes that have been made since we worked there years ago. It's sad to think that, most likely, no one will ever work here again.
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In addition to the pictures, we've written an article about the tour called “One
Last Time.” It's in the History Section.
Cliffside Day 2002
On Saturday, October 12, close to a thousand natives and friends of Cliffside  gathered
for the first annual Remember Cliffside Day. Many arrived early
and enjoyed a hearty breakfast (grits, sausage, country ham,
biscuits) in the dining area in the basement of the Masonic
Lodge. All day, up and down blocked-off Main Street, folks
enjoyed antique cars, old pictures, entertainment by several
musical groups, hayride tours, refreshments—and each
other. New friendships were made and old ones renewed. We've
compiled a group of 49 photographs made that day. Help us with
the names of those we've failed to identify or have misidentified.
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Photos by Charles Humphries, Sam Davis, Bonnie Hines, Diane Reid, Geraldine Wall
Evans and Reno Bailey.
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Cliffside Day, 2003
On a rainy Saturday, October 11, undeterred  natives, former natives and friends of the town came in droves. Until the day brightened around noon, everyone took shelter in the Masonic Lodge and the Fellowship Hall next door. To make sure everyone had enough fun, the Masons (sponsor of the event) held it again the following Saturday, the 18th.
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Photos included here were taken by Ginny
Ann Reid, Louise Wall Price and Sam Davis.
Present Day Tour May 2002
To appreciate what we had, we should compare it what  we
have left. Here's a photo tour of present day Cliffside. We begin north of town and progress south to the “Scout Cabin” (now the Rescue Squad headquarters), take a quick detour out Beason Road, and down the east side of North Main to the mill gate. Then we go back to a spot just south of the funeral home, where we start down the west side of North Main. We then enter the old downtown area (now inside the mill fence), and continue on down to the river bridge. Finally we take a “side trip” west
of Main, following the now abandoned railroad bed from West
3rd Avenue north to an area in the rear of the old Charles
H. Haynes home site.
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Unless otherwise noted, these photos
were made by Reno Bailey in early March and late May, 2002.
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Cliffside Day, 2004
They came back on October 9, from Alabama, Texas and other
far
away places. And the nearby natives swarmed in to talk, laugh,
eat and, did we mention, talk. It was a glorious day, the
weather was fine and the companionship was even better.
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Memorial Day, 2003
In Cliffside it fell on May 11. Also celebrated that day
was Cliffside  Baptist
Church's 100th anniversary. The weekend was gray and chilly
with sporadic rain, so, for the most part, folks came together,
not at the cemetery, but in the Fellowship Hall. Each of
those who attended the service received a keepsake medallion.
Diane Hill Reid and Geraldine Wall Evans had their cameras
ready, and have provided us with snapshots of just some
of the hundreds who were in Cliffside during that special
weekend.
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Memorial Day 2002
Each year Memorial Day is an occasion of homecoming at Ciffside. This year, 2002, we  met and
photographed a number of old and new friends at the Cliffside
Cemetery, at church and other places. On the Monday following,
a small group of us old-timers tromped through the briars
and poison oak in search of our youth. What we found was
one old rusty railroad spike, and only a little evidence
of the Cliffside we remember.
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Unless otherwise noted, these photos were made by Reno
Bailey in early March and late May, 2002.
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