Norfolk Photos

JD's Pics from Norfolk:

I lived in Norfolk, Virginia, from September 1978 through October 1981, and I was blessed to have
been part of the UUGC, Unitarian Universalist Gay Community, the group that seemed to
have done everything "gay" that needed done in Norfolk. Here are some pics from those days.

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above, Dennis Buckland, our peaceful gay activist (1/30/50--12/24/93)

above, from left, clockwise, Jim Early, Susan Stratner, ?, Fred Osgood, JD Doyle, and Debbie Lassiter
[there's a lot of folks on this page for which I just can't retrieve those roughly 30-year old
memory files for their names, so if you can help out, please email me

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In pic #4, ? and Bob Halcums; in #5, Terry Hanlon, and ?
from the 1979 Tidewater Conference, I believe.
below, Bob Halcums and his lover Dick Cash (deceased in 1986)
and in pic #7, Jack Whitlow. Bob is now (2020) living in the South of France.

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above, Jim Early and Dennis Buckland
and below, Steve Brown, owner of the Nickelodeon, in a pose
I conned him into, to resemble his long-running bar ad

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above, don't remember his name, maybe Randy? a Navy guy who briefly attended the UUGC

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above in #12, Scott Wyatt and Carl Harrell; in #13, Ken ? and ?

below, Carleton Biscoe, Joe Peppin, and Allen Carter, at Ghent Arts Festival, not sure what year, probably '79

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Joe Amos and Scott Wyatt in #15, and in #16, Fred Osgood, Terry Hanlon, Dennis Buckland

below, in #17, ?, Jayr Ellis, Mike Gordon, and in #18, Garland Tillery and Jim Early

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above, Del Morrissette and ?

all of us loved the Ghent Arts Festival...here are some pics from May, 1980

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above, Jack Whitlow and Ken ?; above right, Ken Russell, Dennis Buckman, Daniel Gary...

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above, Joe Amos, Chip Howe, Ken Wilson; above right, Janelle Holland (deceased) and her daughter (?)

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above left, Brad Dunham (in yellow) and Corey Hanson, and at right, crowd shots,
below right, Mike Gordon & ?; above right, Bob Scott (deceased)

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above left, Joe Amos, and I had no idea then who
pic #29 was, but would have loved to have find out
below, Bill Davis and Ken Russell

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above, Fred Osgood with young friend; below, Ken Wilson, Tony Santucci and ?

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and, here's some from the May 1982 Festival...

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above, Del Morrissette, Ken Russell and John Chappel
below, Bill Davis, Fred Osgood, Jack Jacknik (deceased) in background

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above left, Wayne Artman, above right, Jack Whitlow
below left, Ken Wilson, below right, Mike Peppler & Bill Pheiffer (both deceased)

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I sure loved the Ghent Arts Festival, cause I was back again visiting Norfolk, in May 1983...

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See Jack Whitlow Obituary and Gallery

above, Dennis Buckland in front of The Belmont
below, Scott Wyatt, and right, me...wasn't I a punk?

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below, back to 1981, with my only Norfolk boyfriend, Dick Massa

and below, Fall 1981, one of my farewell parties...behind me is Brian O'Boyle,
back row: Fred Casey, Bill St. Clair, Terry Huffman., John Chappel, Mike Peppler and Bill Pheiffer;
(sadly, from that row, all but John are deceased)

above, Brian O'Boyle, Bill Pheiffer and me, with Mike Peppler in front;
below, Fred Osgood, JD, Bill Davis

Above, Fred Osgood, Jack Whitlow, Bill Davis, 1977
Below, Wayne Artman, 1979

This one was sent to me after I moved to Houston, of the Our Own staff, circa '83?
front row: Steve Brown, Scott Wyatt, Mark Hiers, Doug Thompson, Jim Early, Garland Tillery,
back row: ?, Carl Harrell, Cliff ?, Joe Amos, ?, Don Seamans (deceased)

In 1984 I visited Norfolk again, this time with my then-lover, Kim Spradling,
and Scott Wyatt had a reunion party

Front row, from left, Jim Early, John C., Scott Wyatt, Carole Nelson,
Kim Spradling, back row, ?, Fred Osgood, Janelle Holland, Bill Davis, and, me

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some more shots, this time you can spot Ken Wilson at the front right
below, a doorway shot of me and John Chappel

and below, a couple more, with Jack Whitlow claiming the easy chair

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a couple from my 1994 visit...very rare shots of me with a beard...with Fred Osgood and Scott Wyatt,
and behind chair, Mike Marcucci and his friend David

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