Wednesday, May 14th 2008

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Peter: woah! especially that last video... nice.

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Jamie: Robotfaces selling us stuff we don't want www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_ezAe5KNRI www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Z5tvzoKsE i guess everything is derivative of something

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Jamie: i've missed your stories Jack

in response to The Werewolf of Dogdyke

Jamie: I've never been to Germany, but photo #3 in an odd way i think sums up just how i imagine germany to be. nice photos. as always ;)

in response to May 11 2008 Berlin

austin: great post.

in response to 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost

Leftin1991: I left for college in '91 and have only been back to visit. Hutchinson is a retirement community and sports one of the largest populations of nursing homes per capita in the midwest. You can't drive 2 miles without seeing a nursing home or "retirement village". I...

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

Sammy Perez: Pinky: I was in the class after, 1976, so I remember Mr. Tillman and Mr. Sperber quite well. As a matter of fact, Mr. Sperber along with Mr. Shor, the chorus teacher, were my favorite teachers also. For the record, after some searching, I found my 1976 yearbook from...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

Michael clark: Ausm photo of the black widow

in response to Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles

Seeking Contact: To: Ella Street Do you know Dave Raby? Did you know Mike Stever, Dennis Morton, Patty Renyolds, Rose Pote, Mike Fiolo or Danny K.? We used to hang at Clearfield and Swanson St.(between A and Front Streets) until 1973. I remember the Wishart, Jerry's Shirt Shack (Frank Caruso, Matt Fricker and...

in response to Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004

elaine: ta. actually, it makes me think of the 70s and early 80s. very 'life on mars'

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Ella Street: Any corner boys out there. grew up at A and clearfield. Anyone remember the wishart movie at front and allegheny or jerry's shrit shack or the big lot on clearfield between A and b streets.How about Webbs bakery on front street and Cross Brothers.

in response to Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004

jack: i believe i can believe that story because many years ago i met a woman in a bar and we talked for a spell and said she was from the UK and her father had a horrible ending and that her grandfather is buried out in the fields of some...

in response to The Werewolf of Dogdyke

Rob Tynan: Hi Craig, Yep, I remember you as well. Hows it going Rob

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

craig redmond: are you the rob tynan that went to st teresas and then st pats if so do you remember me

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Rob Tynan: Hi Ron, This is a 1926 Map. The photo was taken at the junction of Whitfield Street and Atherton Lane. You can see the George on the corner of Liverpool Road and Atherton Lane

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

yep its me: Hutch may not be a metropolis--but thats what I like about it. Its just like anywhere you live it is what you make of it. If you have a shitty attitude about this town, go away, chances are that we don't want you here anyway. I have always managed to...

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

bryaN: heh... the last photo, "Welcome to Chicago, the Windy City!"

in response to Oct 17 2007 Chicago

upfromflames: t'aint so, my friend. Though, he did ramble round these parts back in the day, part of the F & R gang. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery, on the other side of the hill in Queens.

in response to Rust and Remembrance: Walking Bushwick\'s Fringe

bushwick gs: i go with peter on that one

in response to Bushwick: the Next Hot Neighborhood?

bushwick gs: thats brooklyn for ya

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bushwick gs: i do this for my hood bushwick i love you

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bushwick gs: if iam not mistaking this pic was shot on decatur an irving

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mcpherson: i feel very uncomfortable why peoples are treating human beings like animals..every has to has his/her liberty .

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bushwick gs: john gotti r.i.p. in this cementery true story peace

in response to Rust and Remembrance: Walking Bushwick\'s Fringe

anon (pool-71-254-206-237.hrbgpa.east.verizon.net): keep hip hop keep it bushwick peace

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David Warrior: Ron, I looked on an old 1917 map of Cadishead and Whitfield Street ran off Atherton Lane,(in the area where Anglers Rest is now) The George Hotel is still on the corner of Atherton and Liverpool Road. Have a look at http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.htm Good web site for old Irlam/Cadishead maps

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Peter: friendship? you should just go out and meet some people. try some local bars. or maybe craigslist.

in response to NYC: Do you buy friendship and companionship with cocaine?

Rain Palmer: "Those Chevvies were pretty lousy cars, IMHO. You don't see a lot on th road today" Bullfuck. they are everywhere and they are the best, i have a 66 chevy truck that was built there, a 65 c50 that was built there, used to have a buick too. Two Of my...

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anon (rrcs-24-39-141-66.nyc.biz.rr.com): ok so where can I find it... out-of-towner talking here

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anon (ool-182ffebf.dyn.optonline.net): Janet You are correct. Ronnie Bly was a huge star for Tilden. He went on to play football at Notre Dame and briefly in the NFL for the Giants and Eagles. (I don't think he was in charge of disciplinary cases-- but I can't be sure) Regards Steve

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hi: zit illegel??

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Peter: i walk past this address every day now, going to the train. so after rereading this, i packed my camera in my bag, and snapped some shots of the plot on the way home today: its a side-yard/cookout-spot to the church (to the right) now.

in response to 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Stuart, no need to apologise, it was all done in good fun - at school on my last day. (and you are right - it was probably all Gaz!!). You and Garry ran off with the book and wrote on quite a few pages... always puts a big smile on...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Atasha: It's wonderful hearing all these stories about my hometown. I was born in 1991 and attended PS 123K and JS 291. I used to live on Stockholm St., between Irving and Wyckoff Avenues, but 5 years ago, my family moved to Long Island. To tell the truth, I knew Bushwick had...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

Roland Lees: Nice site, I grew up at E street and Wishart. I still work around the old house, anybody remenber the corner store at E and Clearfield BEE's and Teddy Pizza at Clemtine street. Yo Big O. (Otis Taylor) Hows it going. Long time there buddy hope alls well.

in response to Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004

Ron Urry: Hi , seeking some more info... I have the 1901 census for Cadishead , RG 13 / 3662 / 113 / 15 with my grandmother on it. They were living at 64 Whitfield Street. Almost the next dwelling on the record is the George Hotel.Did the George Hotel stand on the corner of...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Ron Urry: Hi Rob.... Thanks for the photos.from the correspondance I see at least 1 person lived at no 19 Atherton Lane, where my mother was bn in 1922. The house look in remarkably good condition for 100 yrs old. Ron

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