Left to right in the photo are the Circus Grocery operated by Taylor Claiborne, Jr, and Woodson’s Grocery operated by R.L. “Pop” Woodson.

By Charlie Hutson

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – On this Throwback Thursday, we look back to the middle of the block of the south side of East Central Avenue in Downtown La Follette.

Circus Grocery, operated by Taylor Claiborne, Jr., is the Balloff Greenway today or what we call the breeze way from Central to the city parking lot. Woodsons Grocery, operated by R.L. “Pop” Woodson, is now Derreck’s Place Pawn Shop. Then Peoples Department Store, operated by Owen Parks, is part of Derreck’s today.

Many of you may remember that Woodson’s become the location for City & County Bank and later the 3rd National Bank. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 07/21/2022-6AM)

One Reply to “Hutson takes us back to 1960s Downtown La Follette”

  1. When they put the breezeway in back in the 70’s, I helped my Papaw, Nick Testo, with some rooftop brickwork repair/remodeling they needed above Bowman’s. Guess I was about 12 at the time.

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