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Tracy 3rd Sep 2008 21:30 GMT: All I want to say is I walked that road day in and day out for one reason being to take my daughters to school . On the odd Occision when I looked around me I......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

herb weitz: got to union & kingston around 1938-9 went to 167 for 1 semester then the crown heights yeshiva (310 crown)next to ps161 at 13 I discovered Shwabies poolroom HEAVEN, a warm place to play hookey and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Dusty : Hey all, that's some great work. This is gonna sound odd, but my church needs a good street artist for a project they're doing for hamilton kids. Nobody has to admit to anything, but if......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Warren S.: "...I think Father Zimmer was reading the weekly anouncements and DP and some other nuns were being sent to other Parishes. When Father said her name, I was stunned and looked at her with a......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Gabi: - Anyway you slice it - it's still a shithole. Thirty + years in that pit was enough. ...

in response to: Diss Me by Cosmo

jon: Hey guys to make posters like the pros your going to have to learn the two fields of reproduction. The first one is printmaking, this includes wood cuts, Linocuts, dry point, etching, engraving, color......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

POWcityblog: In Toronto the authorities are pretty quick to get rid of abandoned cars. They never last more than a day or so. Having said that there is a '89 or '90 black Honda Civic hatchback......

in response to: A Sign of Past Times? by CartLegger

Peter: weve had the discussion re: graf versus vandalism on here like 500 times, and its surprising how every other person has their own specific definition of the term "graffiti", to the point where it becomes......

in response to: The Black Cat: Poetry in Spanish Graffiti by The Hapless Hobo

cycles-past: Hello editor thank you for allowing my post.....as i find photo's,or any items im searching for relating to brooklyn's motorcycle history i will definatly post more scan's.....i do have other memorabilia but very little relating to......

in response to: Brooklyn Motorcycle History by cycles-past

serlingrod: the city skyline embodies an idea of the collective imagination of the city's inhabitants and institutions. The silhouette of man's built environment provides and essential image for a city's dreams and aspirations. thanks so much......

in response to: Downtown MinneApple by Tyfoid Kid

Who Cares for Kensington: River Otters complains about the mass exodus from the city and that those folks should have stayed and are now paying the price for leaving with long commutes and 4 buck gas. I left Philly......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

sandy: my opinion is that Kensington was designated to be a dumping ground for section 8 .It is an abused program to say the least.slumlords are even getting sick of fixing up the houses that these......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Cecilia Midiri: Ok Joseph I'm sorry about your father, that he went through that. He didn't move from here after that, that speaks volumes. My mother and I were in a similar situation, we found our 84......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

EvilGentleman: To me, it would depend heavily on the particulars of the location where the photo was shot. If the man in the photo was in the midst of a well-frequented public space, then public domain......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

Amanda: Unbelievable! Someone needs to break in and rescue all the memorabilia and old treasures (if they're not already ruined by mold...) So sad! ...

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Debbie, I remember you very well, Matt often talks about Jennifer. He still speaks to a few of his old friends, pretty good really as he was only seven when we left. He......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: after watching this thread for almost two years, the inability to earn a good wage is the least of many reasons why id never live in {hutchinson}, hahaha......

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

Mary: I love this shot. What memories it brings to mind. Some good, some bad. Bad was when I had to walk home after dark. The giant factory building enhanced my fear and the darkness.......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: I remember as a child in 1980, sitting in an Ocala, Florida parking lot with my dad while my mother shopped in a _HOPPING ___TER. We have made random "hopping ter" jokes ever since. And Jamie is......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

Kate: We have a mother and 2 babies on our roof. The porch has this metal box on top (no one knows why, it's a very old house). Anyway, a few years ago my......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello to all the musicians, I came across this in leaflet from the Eccles Library about a Music exhibition that is being held at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, on the Crescent at Salford:-......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Mitch: Been very quiet since the June 3rd ruling to knock it down. Ben's is still unchanged, no one has even collected the memorabilia stacked up inside. Any news on what's happening, or when the demolition is......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

vanillamay: Thank you, Peter, for sharing all these strange and beautiful pictures and feelings with us.This is a reality which is as usual at times a "wonder", which we don't notice and the role of the......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Darren: I have a cat which has food outside and every so often Raccoons come and eat the food even if my cat is near and my cat doesn't attack and neither do the raccoons and......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Samantha: Hi... I've just come across this site accidentally as most of you did... I'm currently living in Dubai but I spent most of my life living in Irlam in between living in France and Abu-Dhabi... I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jamie: hmmm... arabic doesn't translate very well into english does it. i'm fairly sure that including the word {sixy} in any post here is a sure-fire way of collecting thousands of (albeit misguided) pageviews...

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

abiona thompson: aww...

in response to: Kitten and Roosters by lunapark

abiona thompson: dude you should get picks of the shit curtis and ster did when walking over the williamsburg bridge from brooklyn to manhattan if you walk on the right side when getting on the bridge and......

in response to: Ster by Peter

Condo nuisance: Wow... great testimonials! I say, get rid of them any way possible - before they take over. Having an open garbage dumpster at these condos doesn't help. They eat then live in our our garage......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Peter: ive gotten in the habit of just carrying mine with me in my pocket every time i leave the house. wallet, keys, phone, camera all go into my pockets on the way out. it helps......

in response to: No Parking by Peter

Fabian: No doubt.... that brother is one of the best known bombers in all of NYC....

in response to: Jesus Saves by Geoff R.

Jon Burgess: My Gran lived on Atherton Lane for 50+ years, I always remember the massive bonfires on the bammer throughout the 70's / early 80's. Down the bammer was a newt pond with protected species of......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

SCW: Norman is one of the more scenic and interesting communities in Oklahoma. I lived there and in Oklahoma City (just north of Norman) for 13 years; moved in 1989 to coastal Texas, south of......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

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in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

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in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

Alan Taylor: Explanation of OCCUPATION ROAD, but does not resolve the question of 'where in Irlam'. My finding regarding the ‘Bolton to York’ route has caused me to re-assess Francis White’s Map of the Ainsty particularly with regard to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sue Hadingham:24th April 2008 -19:50 GMT: My Grandfather was the senior administrator at Netherne for many years and similarly my Grandmother worked on the wards as a nurse. My fondest memories were also visiting the pantomime and staying at my......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Mitch: Passed by Bens today, as of April 22nd it's still standing as it's always been...no sign of any demolition yet. In fact someone removed the brown papers covering the inside windows and ripped off one......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

A Fan: Les Canadiens! Le Bleu-Blanc-et-Rouge! La Sainte-Flanelle! Le Tricolore! Les Glorieux! Les Habitants! Le Grand Club! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO! GO HABS GO!...

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

dirana1: PS EvilGentleman, there's more to a tower at KP than an mop and a squeegee believe me, I myself would have a couple of rounds of the indigenous firearm in the tower fired if someone......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

saul altman: i wonder where the city of New York will build the next death town just like the one they created in Coney? They just don't get it, we need to build a community where all......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

victoras: sal...sunt victor si fac parkour de aproape o luna cu niste prieteni de la bloc......nu prea ma pricep dar invat repede.......noi sarim peste ce putem am ajuns sa sar si peste cladiri......abia astept sa ma......

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

CartLegger: I see a fancy new link-ability in the above article. Pray tell more, good editor. ...

in response to: No Standing Anytime by Peter

Sheila Hilton: Hya Sue, Have just been catching up on this site. I remember Mrs potter's shop and that. Don't think I ever went in there but I remember all......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Ess: To Unsure- I don't know about all the "God's children" stuff and the worn-out (and not-very-helpful) phrases like "don't give up, seek help", but I can say, as a recovered meth addict, you need to......

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

David Stonehouse: All of us at Evergreen were thrilled with Toronto's embrace of Earth Hour and indeed all staff went to enormous lengths to do our part. Unfortunately, when it comes to Brick Works site we are......

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

jeeff: bloor west village in toronto was the very first BIA in the 1970s. for those from out of town, danforth becomes bloor as it passes west through the city, so essentially along the same......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

bubba: What I dont understand is....if so many people dont like the HA, why do you "know" so much about them. I cant count how many times I have just read that they are dope......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Deb, Sorry, my grandparents surname was Gillet (Mum's parents)... There was a girl who came from South Africa (with her family), and stayed with her grandparents on Oak Ave, for 12 months, she was......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Bonnie: Is Kensington High School still around? Perhaps you can contact the schools alumni association. They may even have a directory. I have a question about the Episcopal Hospital. Is it true that it is......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Bonnie: Is Kensington High School still around? Perhaps you can contact the schools alumni association. They may even have a directory. I have a question about the Episcopal Hospital. Is it true that it is......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

cyril bagshaw: Hi Alan Father-in-law once showed me "his" soaking pit. Looking down into that gas heated pit watching with what had to be an experienced eye the"cooking"(bringing up to an even temperature) those giant steel ingots......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: I really have to dig out some of my old pictures and get them scanned. I know I have one that shows me sweeping up dead flies. Like about 2000 of them. The hazards of......

in response to: Lunches and Sandwiches by Elicar

Pho Phreak: [[img:26226]] The place at 14th and Jackson is Pho Bac, I believe. It is, actually, pretty damn good, though I don't go there often, for some reason. Old habits die hard, I guess. [[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/GetOut?restaurant=24422]]...

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Elicar: EvilG, please explain why it would be a "destruction". Wouldn't be more appropriate to use "restoration", "resurrection". "refurbishment", etc.? In my mind, destruction is putting something out of commission, making something unusable. This is just......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Questioning: I have a question...I am a white non hipster brought up by a single parent working 2 jobs in brooklyn so i know what its like not to been the one looking for rent stabilization......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Alan Taylor: Dear Ian Clover, I don't think any harm to your income was intended, or if the posting had in fact damaged your income, although I do agree with your sentiments on copyright, which everyone can read......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Alan Taylor: Hi Joanne, Perhaps you think of Janet FOWLER who had metal braces on her legs from the polio outbreak in the late 1940's, I believe 9 such people [babies/youngsters] from the Cadishead/Irlam area survived polio and......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Joanne Amorello-minor: Didnt one of the shops collect used stamps for charity or something?I seem to remember having a stamp collection as a kid(I know!!)and getting fed up with it and giving them my stamps there were......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

noname: Hunter, First off I am self employed. I have not needed to explore other towns. My complaint comes from the lack of people with money in this town. Thank God for the internet... I do......

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

Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent......

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

noname: Re: Former Hutchinsonite. I have to agree. Seems odd to has some asshole in California commenting about a town that he does not inhabit. Hutchinson is truly the worst of the worst. These statistic that......

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

Tex: Re: to Tex: "Why if you hated something, anything, so much would you devote so much of your time to it, to degrading it, to bashing it. Why if you had such a void in your life from......

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

Ken : Beautiful pic of Tour de la Bourse, it's a fine example of 1960's architecture in Montreal along with Place Ville Marie & Habitat 67. You don't get cool looking buildings like these in Toronto, the CN......

in response to: Tour De La Bourse by Cinic

eyeofodin: Jack, I want to have babies with you, even if it is not physically possible. ...

in response to: Inside The Machine by eyeofodin

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Great pics Marissa, I can't believe the state of Irlam High school............what the????? How do Governments expect children to function to the best of their ability in an unaesthetically pleasing environment such as that? ......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Hi Alison, Cadishead & Irlam schools class photos at [[http://cadisheadandirlamschools.homestead.com]] with names, did put it in but it didn't appear, so it's above again, if it doesn't appear email me direct for the link at memorabilia@ntlworld.com ...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

KTMTL: The architect, Moshe Safdie, was born in Israel but he grew up in Montreal. Habitat 67 was based his master's thesis at McGil.. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Safdie]] ...

in response to: Habitat by jeeff

Alan Taylor: Artist's sketch of The Ship Hotel Irlam. Bet it's changed a little now! [[img:25498]] Last time I recall seeing the Ship Hotel there was a LUT bus shelter in front of it. Hope the picture comes through, if......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Al_abiad:79: Plias sind to amig syx Gthmi tha img six ...

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

aslgirl: I moved to {staten island} from {park slope}, {brooklyn} and almost two years later I'm still suffering from culture shock. We live in Prince's Bay, one of the "most desireable" neighborhoods. It's quiet and......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

He He: James baby,you are right on and honest. I have to submit to a UA in order to get a job,shouldnt the welfare people have to submit to a UA before collecting a welfare check? I......

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

Plasticbricks: Hahaha...love the 'tude Austin. Help me hook one of these babies up and your invite will be in the mail asap! ...

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Karl Daniels - any relation to Roland Daniels florist in cadishead? ... or Lesley Daniels, who used to work at St.Paul's Playgroup opposite Ferry Road, Irlam? I lived in Cadishead until married, then worked......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Topic for discussion: This appeared in the Hutch News on 1/16/08. A routine traffic stop resulting in these charges: "The officer then arrested him on suspicion of having a stolen Kansas license decal, possessing drug paraphernalia, obstruction, theft,......

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

rosco out tha abilene tx: i like his art its very moving he has meaning be hind it keep it up banksy...

in response to: Banksy Rocks! by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Finally dropped below freezing again last night. It's now -4 out there. Oh well, only 2 1/2 months until REAL spring... And in the Arctic, I had whole years where the highest temperature was 19. I......

in response to: Spring in January? by Elicar

YESiam: "Isn't is great having a city employee driving a city truck drunk and on painkillers." No offense, but actually the city employee you're referring to is a county employee. Let's not get the......

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

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

the most boring of all is......: watertown ny. this city is retail america. everything you do is involving eating and shopping. the city council has no ideas to enable a family fun lifestyle. every activity is in doors and costs you......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Padre Island: I graduated from HCC in the late 70's, back when Hutchinson still had somewhat of a downtown. I remember our business law class one day invited the Pres. of the Hutch Chamber to come speak.......

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

Anonymous: the Democrats for more than 50 years has had a run of Brooklyn, NYC. Left the Bushwick and surrounding areas in total ruin, with crime rampant, profound social apathy, and proliferating vermin to name a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Keith Smith: Hi Cadisheaders,I used to live on Atherton lane behind the George hotel,and spent years down the bamas fishing on the newt pond,had a great bonfire every year on the bamas,shooting slug guns on the railway......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Tex: That's the way a corrupt system works If you have corrupt lawyers and they become corrupt judges then you really have problems. The working middle class who built this country, are usually the main ones that......

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

anon (214.87-241-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be): [[img:24845]] View of Belgium(1) [[img:24846]] View of Belgium(2) Everyone can have one's own opinion. Over almost anything or everything. But is it the place that makes the people rather than the people who make the place? 1. Look at......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

norman : hey hairsy,that name sounds familiar. doyou know a bill miller,he lived on front st. at cambria.I was born and raised in kensington,and it makes me laugh when I read some of the comments from peoplewho......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

GD: Wow i have never seen so many negative people in my life in one place i to have seen alot of the good & bad things in hutch but then again i try to be......

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

Kathleen from SC: My husband and I were driving home from a hunt in Nebraska. We stopped and rented a cabin for the night about 5 miles from the castle. The owner of the cabins told......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Dee Dee: Racoons are wild animals and should never be fed. They carry rabies and can give a vicious bite. They can be fearless. You should respect them and observe them but not interact with them. They......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

my misgivings: NORTH Wales’ Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is calling for the legalisation and regulation of all drugs – and next week will ask North Wales Police Authority to back him. The region’s top cop reckons existing......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

JCB: I lived in this area 50 years ago. My father owned one of these buildings. He was chased out in the late 1960s by the street crime and inability to find stable tenants.......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

Peter: er, japanese. lol. i knew that. just said "korean" out of habit, i guess!...

in response to: Osaka Part Four by chiamattt

MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger. I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

CartLegger: What the hell has gone on here? Another comment deleted, again??? This one, commenting on the censorship... Is someone hacking in that hates diversity? Is there a secret editorial board? Come on, citynoise. You are......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

UpFromFlames: As I am fond of saying, Memory is the surest antidote to history. That is the main issue I have with your perspective. While I have done a lot of documentary research [[www.upfromflames.com]] I could......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.