Tom Bridges:
CLASS OF 1962
Shades Valley High SchoolClass of 1962
Birmingham, AL
Tom's Story
After Shades Valley I joined the Navy, got married, was stationed aboard two aircraft carriers, The USS Shangri-La and the USS Saratoga, based at Jacksonville, FL, My daughter Gail was born there on may 29,1963. I got out of the Navy, moved back to Birmingham and my son was born June 29, 1964. My first job was as a VW mechanic working for Roy Bridges VW Then Roebuck VW then as service manager at Eastside VW in Jasper, AL then Universal VW in Huntsville, AL. In 1968 I opened my own VW repair shop, Bridges Sinclair-VW, in Huntsville. Early in 1969 I got divorced, closed my shop, married my second wife and moved to St. Petersburg, FL. I continued wor...Expand for more
king in VW service, adopted my second wife's daughter from her first marriage. 1973 my children, Gail and Toby came to live with me. 1978 I divorced the second wife and V Conti came to live with Gail, Toby and me. December 25, 1981 V and I were married and I got two step daughters, Nina and Lisa, from V's first marriage. WOW! I now have five children. We opened and ran a boat sales and service business for 8 years. 1993 we sold our house and moved aboard our boat "Boat Doc" then sold our business. April 15, 1994 we cast off for a life of cruising. January 1996 we moved into our present home on a barrier Island (Pine Island) West of Cape Coral, FL.
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