Doc Warren

I grew up in the big city of Bristol, Connecticut (Population 60,062). We were a big city as I said; we had public transportation in the form of one bus that made a horse shoe pattern run several times a day that I learned about it when I was about 18 or so; though it did not run that close to me and I never used it, it was there. We even had a taxi company for a while. I never used that either but I heard it lasted a few years before it folded. We had a few buildings that were large and made of brick; some of them were over 3-4 stories tall. One downtown building which was once called the Bristol Hotel (no relation to the one mentioned in that rap song many years ago) was once home to the folks that had to be bussed into Bristol to supply labor for the largest employer at the time which was New Departure (GMC) and I believe is likely 10 stories tall or so. The factory is gone as is GMC , but the hotel has found life as an office building where you can apply for Social Security, visit the CT Marshals, Probation department and even get your teeth fixed.