Thursday, January 31st 2008

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Peter: eg: for real. any info you have/get, send it my way. i promise ill seek out any locations youre interested in and send photos/info your way. im down in that area often. try to get the information before memories fade and photos get lost in the shuffle. were your relatives...

in response to Under the Bridges

Rob Tynan: Anyone remember Len Jackson the milkman? He ran Jacksons Dairy from a shop opposite the Coach & horses with his wife. They both smoked like chimneys. They were both real characters. Next door to lens was a small toy shop. I remember being allowed to...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan Thanks for that info. I need to find out what what wills middle initial was for starters I think. I have managed to trace the main part of the family tree back to the early 1800s. I just need more time to get stuck in.

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Deborah Kemp 30th Jan 2008: Like Lucy Hart I grew up in Netherne Lane also as my father worked at Netherne, we spent many a day on the estate playing in and around the hospital, in Boxers wood (end of Park Lane, to your left). Our parents never worried about us as we never wandered...

in response to Netherne Mental Asylum

little ukraine: I'm with Lefty, EG, you should post them. I have similar regrets; my grandmother grew up on Chauncey Street (right next to the Kramdens, right?) and my father says he remembers her talking about going to Coney Island as a little girl, and other similarly classic Brooklyn stories. ...

in response to Under the Bridges

EvilGentleman: Thank you, Lefty. It may take me a while to be able to do that, as my father has the photos. I have been planning to ask him to let me digitally archive the family photo album, so once that is done, I would be able to post the pictures.

in response to Under the Bridges

youre basted ja: JA himself is no stranger to Hollywood, with a handful of minor roles on television and in films, including “The Karate Kid Part III” and “Rocky V,” both directed by his dad. In “Rocky V,” JA plays a drug addict - a case, police sources say, of art imitating life,...

in response to JA: A True NYC King

Dekotastone/Levon : P.S. Doz Anyone Have Photos Of The Devils Rebels Please Send Me A Copy Devils.Rebels@hotmail.com

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

youre basted ja: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Avildsen heehe... fucking vandals !! !

in response to JA: A True NYC King

youre basted ja: Recently, finally, writers are finding out exactly who JA is. Already known widely throughout the graffiti community, Jonathan Avildsen has already been “tagged” Mr. Parascandola. Better luck with “tagging” other writers next time. Nice read though, by the way.

in response to JA: A True NYC King

Dekotastone/Levon : Mad Props To All Of You For Keeping This History Alive And Mad Respect To All Of You That Have Move On To A Better Life.. I To Was There And Seen It All.. I Wish You All Well In Life.. For I Also Am Doing Well.. I Am Levon...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

Lefty: Evil Gentleman, Please post your Grandparents' wedding pictures! I would be glad to try to help you identify it, and I'm sure the other Brooklynites would, too.

in response to Under the Bridges

zzzz: how exciting...

in response to Montreal

zzzz: EvilGent has such a thin skin, like most Montrealers. Trop insecure. Thank god I left!

in response to The Top 15 Skylines in the World

Camara: "And all u Toronto losers. Nobody in your country likes you, i spent 2 months in canada last yr and everyone agrees you ppl are butt ugly, im sorry but its true. me and my sis went to "t. dot" and only spent 3 hours there bfor we wanted to...

in response to The Top 15 Skylines in the World

MR GOOF: WAT ABOUT MS13 AND SUR 13 SOUTH SIDER 4 LIFE ......RIP 2 GILLIE AND MONKEY SOUTH SIDERS 4 LIFE

in response to Albuquerque Graffiti Flood

lil droopy: were all da gang tags at SUR,BREWTOWN,SAN JOSE,BARALEZ,WSL,ESL ,ESK,NHC 40Z, ETC.......505 LIVIN IN NUEVO MEXICO 4 LIFE REPRESENT

in response to Albuquerque Graffiti Flood

Alison: Hi Alan Whats the websit called please

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, We lived just off Victory Road, Rosebank Road. My mum still lives there. It was me and my dad that were in Cadishead Band. I still am. My dad was called Hubert tynan. he passed away 10 years ago. My mum is...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

jack: i once got an upright piano from the salvation army, paid $50 brought it home, stripped it down and reassembled it with a new paint job, it was tuned and worth then around $1500. my children played on it and my youngest son went on and became a classical...

in response to Jan 27 2007 Toronto

Alan Taylor: Hello Rob, Your great aunt Isa Taylor died aged 68 1Qtr 1952 Barton 10b/271 your great uncle Will Taylor I find 3 possibilities - William F Taylor aged 79 3Qtr 1960 Salford 10f/432 [most likely died in hospital] William H Taylor aged 75 4Qtr 1961 Barton 10b/338 [most likely died at home] William H Taylor...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type. Sheffield England uk.: Would that be Bernards House in Riverside Tunnel? I did five pices down there. I met Ment in the tunnels. I have a docmentary from English TV on video with Freedom paintin in Riverside Tunnel and he goes to see a homeless guy called Bernard. Also there was a documentary film...

in response to Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Rob - I meant to add this before I pressed send... hope you find the info re your Aunt in Ferry Road, sorry I couldn't be of any help. Are you related to the Tynan family who lived in Victory Rd, Cadishead, during the 60's - 80's (maybe still...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Alan Taylor: Cyril & ex-pats, For those that don't have the '£' (pound) symbol on their keyboard, try = hold down left hand 'Alt' key and type '1' '5' '6' from the number pad on the right of keyboard, NOT those across the top. [Alt 156 = £]. Rob, Thanks Rob for the update on Longfield...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Wow Longfield Lodge... you are right Rob, it did have a distinct 'hospital' smell. Now you've taken me back to the good old days when the Tar works was really smelly and Mum used to drag us through the haze and smoke to take my baby brothers to the...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Zenblonde: It just amazes me how provincial and small minded some of the people here are. It also amazes me that Gary is quite happy to make money from whom he thinks are such dreadful people, but then I guess most people with no morals or sense of respect will jump...

in response to Hell\'s Angels - New York City

EvilGentleman: The first picture is very close to my grandparents' old apartment, which was at the corner of Water and Fulton. Of course, Fulton is now known as either Old Fulton or Cadman Plaza West, but my grandmother always referred to Fulton Street when she would reminisce about the 1940's. I...

in response to Under the Bridges

"PRIZ-ONE TS5, CACITY.": "I STILL HIT THOSE INSIDES WITH A COMBINATION OF FLOMASTER,MARSH INK AND GARVEY." MTA BUFFS IT, THEN I DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN ................NUFF SAID!

in response to Snatch

bow baskets: who remembers a nigga named Kems from the sick dirty kids- big ups to him and all the other graffiti toys from lantana that quit but still remember the game

in response to Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\':

Emily: I smiled to see a posting here with a pic of York and Emerald -- the same site I see outside my bedroom window every day. Things here aren't great but they're definitely moving up and visibly. The neighbors here are working their tails off (come pick up...

in response to Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004

joey: green trees in january in new york ? i like the bridge from the row boat shot.

in response to Under the Bridges

Richard: Great place to live.

in response to America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10

Ken: What are you people talking about? Kensington (at least parts of it) are getting better not worse, there are many great things going on here and I am offended by some of the comments that were posted. I purchased a home here about a year ago, and there are...

in response to Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004

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