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Gordy: I moved to 41 Eastern Parkway (Copley Plaza) in 1952. I attended P.S. 241. My 3rd grade teacher was Mrs. Lightcap, 4th grade, Miss Sternfeld, 5th grade was in the High School of Homemaking next......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (c-66-177-107-53.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): Wow I am SO glad that I am not the only one who hates living here. I moved here from northern Virginia and its has been hell for me. The whole energy of this city......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Franny Wentzel: I usually tie a few to the side of my boat to keep it from getting damaged by the pier......

in response to: So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by jack

Franny Wentzel: Once served as an apprentice baiter on a fishing boat......

in response to: Live Bait Vending Machine by Gregory St.Pierre

Franny Wentzel: Take a good hard look at the muthaf***** boat!...

in response to: Fancy Yacht and Canal by jack

Franny Wentzel: Wonders if the captain ever had to issue a 'no waltzing' order on that boat......

in response to: Mathilda by CartLegger

Fred Schneider: This old Mayers boat yeard,Worked there as a kid,And also had my boat there,What a shame a lot of memories...

in response to: A Floating Dystopia by Peter

Peter: indeed, thats a half-sunken boat, and a barge behind. ill have to dig up my photos of the adjacent piers... abandoned trucks and piles of random, broken heavy equipment with trees growing through them, etc... dunno......

in response to: A Floating Dystopia by Peter

Marty: Is that a half-sunken boat? Whoa. This place looks familiar. Does anyone know if it's where they shot that battle in Spiderman 2? I can't imagine it'd be strong enough to handle that,......

in response to: A Floating Dystopia by Peter

jordyn : Norton may seem boring to outsiders, but if you take a minute you could have the time of your life. I love living in norton, you can walk 3 or 4 blocks to see friends.......

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

Renee Snell: Hi - I'm wee Boaby's sister - we lived at 37 Marlow Street -I was born in 1948, my sister May Snell was born in 1945, before the war ended. All 3 of us......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Peter: cool... i really want to see that swamped {tugboat} in the first pic though!...

in response to: College Point Coastline by CartLegger

TAP: I have been in JAX now for 4 years. I love the fact it has a river and an ocean. I like the weather - you get a northern autumn here in the winter.......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Beth: I really don't think I needed to further comment on the drugs, crime and racism since everyone else on here did it for me. I have never witnessed any drug use or crime around......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Dennis: Hey Walter, I read your posting regarding Mr.Wilbeck having passed away last year. This has literally brought tears to my eyes and i have'nt cried since my mother passed away ten years ago. Mr.Wilbeck was......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

anon (proxy5.eq.edu.au): The Library pic three is meant to be in the shape of a boat, or so i'm told. ...

in response to: James Cook University by Mime

Sanzay: Jack, is that boat station stays alive now or not anymore? There are several boat piers along the Neptune Avenue behind the parking lots and car shops....

in response to: The Ghost Ships of Coney Island Creek by Peter

jack: i enjoyed this posting. we used to call this creek, 'perfume bay' when i was a kid. i believe the el on mcdonald avenue runs over the top of it at its beginning.......

in response to: The Ghost Ships of Coney Island Creek by Peter

Cindy MARSH: Exactly how long did he spend in Norton Kansas before he got his obvious yuppie viewpoint of this quaint little home town. I grew up in Norton and have spent a lot of years......

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

Steve: great article! lived at 325 E. 79th St. from 1963 to 1970. I got up on the roof one day, and tossed my GI Joe up into the wind with a handmade parachute......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Twitch: A few down from the sub: "S'up dawg? We heard you like to boat. We put a boat in your boat so you can boat while you boat!"...

in response to: The Ghost Ships of Coney Island Creek by Peter

Kirsten Larson: Wow is right. What a weird almost foreboding looking place. I can't believe they still use it to work on boats after so looooong....

in response to: Dry Dock #1, Brooklyn Navy Yard by NWhyC

Sanzay: April 18, 2009 the following groups hosted cleanup event named "Earth Day Restoration Project at Plum Beach" --- "This is a cooperative effort between the National Park Service and the American Littoral Society, NYC Dept. of......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

George D: That looks more like Dead Horse Bay. Barren Island is an island accessible only by skiff [or any shallow water boat] due to submerged abandoned cars. It is located on opposite side of......

in response to: Visit Barren Island by CartLegger

Anais NIN: How can someone just forget about their boats like that?...

in response to: Rosebank Yacht Club by Peter

Jim: Awesome, Love the boat, nice photo. if i had that I'd build a dock for it, who needs water?...

in response to: Rosebank Yacht Club by Peter

Nikita: I love going to Castle Archdale! The campsite is very nice. I would defonitly recommend going there. My family likes to go there in our caravans and tents whatever the weather. We would bring our boat and the......

in response to: Castle Archdale by barry

Franny Wentzel: Poor old boat. Now I want to restore it and live on board......

in response to: Rossville, NY by CartLegger

Franny Wentzel: What? No Olympic sports playing? No stuffing sausages into a cocktail shaker? No kite flying... but hey, there's no rules against recreating the Normandy invasion! I think I can round up an old Nazi shore battery......

in response to: The Cemetery of No by Peter

Franny Wentzel: One problem with the older Digicams is in having a computer that will connect to them or take their cards. I still run a Mac with serial ports and OS9 and thus can still use......

in response to: Apple Quicktake 150 Pix by Franny Wentzel

Franny Wentzel: Did some googling of the company and I beginning to think they're no longer in business. Which perhaps would explain why I've yet to receive a quarterly or annual report... Oh well maybe I can buy......

in response to: Before the Fullers Came Along... by Franny Wentzel

Bayside Watcher: Renee - with all due respects, I think your passion for Bayside Cemetery doesn't quite focus on the right issues if you think that the solution is to have a bunch of ecologists come in......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

CartLegger: I was in a boat! You need to be on land to get close-up photos...

in response to: Sailor\'s Snug Harbor by CartLegger

Peter: hey ive been there :) but wait... were you in a boat or just rocking a telephoto?!...

in response to: Sailor\'s Snug Harbor by CartLegger

Franny Wentzel: Kinda reminds me of the final scene in Videodrome where James Woods' character tops himself in a derelict tugboat in Toronto's harbour......

in response to: Montreal by ortid

hawaiiansong: I had the good fortune to sail into Kauai to repair my sailboat earlier this year. I found the people wonderful, and the chickens remarkable. They seem to have evolved and adapted to......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

jan: My grandparents (Rankin) and my Mom later (Raney) lived on Barren Island for a lot of years-they brought their houses by boat to "Bergan Beach" to continue living, They had to leave because of Floyd......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Steve: Hi from down under. On a recent trip to NY we took a boat ride around Manhattan and were very surprised to see a bridge similar to our famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. We were also......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Nigel Blair: Pictures brought back very happy memories of staying on my uncles boat that was moored on the canal behind the power station in the early 70s. Great site, keep up the good work....

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Peter: ch. 13 is pretty standard for such bridge communications. but beware that if you need the bridge to be opened, you need to contact them well in advance, as they have to work around the......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

VALKYRIE: I brought my boat from upstate NY yesterday and was confronted with the Spyten Dyvil swing bridge in a closed position. There are no signs on the Hudson River side of the bridge with......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

CartLegger: Surely you jest Jack. I am closer than Peter (less inland at least) and I biked it! Boats make it too easy! On a boat, you can't play in the spray at Furman street--which I......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

jack: your correct, i was waiting for shots of the falls, i figured it was gonna be peter since he was the closest. so you took a boat ride around manhattan on the circle line,......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

Peter: nice! its a [[wiki:crankshaft]]... if you spotted it in {red hook}, odds are it came from a {togboat}, large truck or heavy construction equipment, heh......

in response to: Weird Industrial Thing by luna park

Kyle: Only in AMERICA,==In 2008, Do We know have so many prude's verbally speaking out, attempting to perpetuate the FAULTS idea the Penis is Bad or shamefully , or nakedness is shamfull....that is simply for......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Dean, I was telling my older sister about your grandma's dare devil stunts, she wasn't surprised, then went on to recall that while she lived in Harewood road she went to Urmston swimming baths......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James cashan: RE: Rob Walls R Tynan, Totally agree with your strong sentiments, The other night me and my partner Zak (zakia Cassim) Were having our tea at the boathouse , they have built a decking area at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter Creer: None of you Irlam or Cadisheadites seem to remem Morris's Pie shops. On the coner of Kings road oppsite Royles in Cadishead and some where in 20 row in Irlam. I lived on Morris's pies when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James cashan: hi norma , yes i remember brian,may know your brothers by face,we would get anywhere from 1 to 2 hundred people down at tarzan bridge,crossie was a regular face at our shin digs and would often......

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

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

danny: does any one know about the amusement park that was located on garret mountain back in the 20's ? or the boat house and train ? need old photos please....

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Cyril Bagshaw: Hello Sheila V Joe Nelson did take over from his Dad, must have been just after the war because Joe made a trailer for me in 1947 to carry my greengrocery from Smithfield Market at Shudehill......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Vaudrey: hello anon, I remember the smithy on Boat Lane,but I recall the name Joe Nelson, could he be the son of bob, I think Joe would be in his late eighty's now...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon (d58-106-114-187.adl2.sa.optusnet.com.au): Hi Sheila Thats right,that is the cottage I was thinking of, I didnt know it had been a blacksmiths in its time. There was a blacksmiths in Boat lane behind the White Lion in Higher irlam, which......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Gary Sparkes: found this site by accident,great to see so many of my childhood memories i went to irlam endowed, irlam high,used to play at tarzan bridge ,steel works ,jezzies,princess park,the maypole,we once stole a wooden rowing......

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

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril I still prefer your version of events - exploits on the high seas has a much better flavour to it. Changing the subject back to Goodier's bakery shop on the corner of Boat Lane, after......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

cyril bagshaw: Hi Susan The bakery which you knew as Potter's Bakery for many years previous, was owned by James Goodier, brother of Joseph Goodier, who incidentally was the organist at St John's church in Vicar Lee's era,and......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): OK guys.... What's a "jubbly"???!!! I have only ever heard the word used in the Austin Powers movies and I'm guessing that's not what you are referring to!!! ps: Steve, interesting to read about......

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

Steve M: Hi Deb I was brought up in Collins Close during the 1970s. I remember the cat story. I can't confirm whether this was true or not, even though I worked at the pub briefly......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Sheila, the name Crossfield House rings a bell - I know I heard nanna discussing it in the past. I think you may be right! Steve - I lived at 103 Broadway, in the mid......

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

Marissa Chaplin from Laura Young (not that you know me!) : Hello! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting these pictures! Marissa, I am now 31 and living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and was just looking on the internet for some pictures......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Marissa, a little more from Venice... "When I was about 5 years old I lived at No.3 (The White House), Fiddlers Lane. I had a happy childhood until my mother died. She doted on me and......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Marissa There was a reason it was named as such, because that piece of ground they were built on and the land stretching back to where it meets Boat lane, has only a couple of......

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

jack: you know, 86th street, under the el, in the summer, hot, sweltering days, but the shadows of the el always kept me cool, that was my area for awhile because all my family was housed......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Debbie, I remember when you and Stephen first arrived from Australia and lived on Broadway up near the Boathouse end. I went to school and hung around with stephen. He had sunbleached blonde......

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

Rob Tynan: Before the "new road" was built through Irlam in the early 1800s Platts brook was open with a bridge over it. The Old Road, going towards Cadishead, went up Boat Lane, down Ferry Road,......

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

anon (d58-106-117-137.adl2.sa.optusnet.com.au): Hi Anne I was brought up in one of those small cottages (Claybank Cottages) on Liverpool road opposite the old Twenty Row where your grandparents had their business. To go down to the Old River was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

anon (d58-111-103-252.adl2.sa.optusnet.com.au): Hi Anne No private fireworks for us now, the danger of bushfires is too great.Leaving Irlam after spending 55 years there was a big pull, and came about after visiting my wife's sister Edith (nee Jaques)......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hi Helen, I think perhaps your mum is exaggerating a little; I've been in the Boathouse several times for a drink and a bite to eat, in......

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

Helen Salmon: Hi Auntie Sheila! I don't know why but I always remember thinking to myself when I was younger "I can't wait until I'm old enough to go in pubs, I'm going to go to the boathouse"!......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, The whole area around what was known as the jerry works, including Kwik Save has been redeveloped. The raised area where the Jerry works existed has been lowered and has been completely built......

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

Sheila Hilton: Lovely to see all the old photographs of Irlam and Cadishead. I came across this one that I took 2 or 3 years ago when the Boathouse had its most recent makeover. I think I......

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

Glenn Wrench: Hi, does anyone remember my father "Alan Wrench" he is 55 now, used to be the local boat boy taking people across the canal......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: A few more oldies The Boathouse [[img:26017]] Irlam Locks showing the completed sluice gates [[img:26018]] Digging their way under the rail bridge [[img:26019]] ...

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

Marje Givens-Eames: What a wonderful site for Irlam/Cadishead and what memories, many I had forgotten. I remember Goodiers living in the house on Ferry Road/Boat Lane. We lived in Gerrards Close and our house backed onto......

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

Barbara Schneider: My Grandparents had the first store on Barron Island the Hilinski General store and butcher shop. in the early 1900's. I have and old picture of it, but I have heard there is a picture......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

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

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma The building at the junction of Ferry rd was James Goodier, wholesale potato and corn merchants.They supplied the area chip shop and greengrocery businesses with a very wide variety of potatoes from......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): The building on the corner of Ferry Rd/Boat Lane - was that called Goodyers? I recall they had geese that ran to the gate and scared the hell out of my children......

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

Rob Tynan: Found more pics. This is one of the cottage on the corner of Boat Lane and Ferry Road during demolition!! [[img:25512]] This one is of Hulme farm opposite taken from Ferry Road during demolition for the......

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

Janet .Witcomb(nee Sutton): To add to the info. from my sister Jenny Foster. .we lived at 48 Harewood Road. I went to Eccles Grammar School in 1952. I also attended St Johns Sunday School . Does anyone rember......

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

zagg: I love the falls. It seems so weird seeing photographs of them without any Maid of the Mist boats out on the water! ...

in response to: Onguiaahra by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Thanks for the photos. I love the simplistic paint job on this boat....

in response to: Montreal by ortid

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

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

JOEY-THE PUBLIC ANIMALS: Wow.. The stories I have about this creek! I used to deliver the Long Island Press to Mr. Raab, born in the 1890's who used to take a rowboat down this creek from East Elmhurst,......

in response to: Newtown Creek: Dirty Water by CartLegger

JOEY TPA - THE PUBLIC ANIMALS: Fantastic pics of a place I knew well. People used to live under the openings anywhere they could find a place along Newtown Creek. Iwas a vicious cut-throat lifestyle. When I was a kid, there......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Peter

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

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

Michael: I grew up in Yorkville in the 1950's. We lived on 90th St between First and York. I remember the fireboat station at the foot of 90th St just outside the fence at Schurz park.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Stephen Weir: What a great site for all those that grew up in Irlam & Cadishead, a real trip down memory lane.I spent the best part of my childhood (60's early 70's) in Irlam.Bestmemories include venturing on......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Torch Lake: The most beautiful, clean, sandy lake in Michigan! A must to swim in! Boating is amazing! Truly to be enjoyed as much as possible!!!!!...

in response to: Torch Lake by Torch Lake

jack: red hook was developed by the dutch in the middle 1600's, the clay was red which was great for english tennis courts and if you boated down river from queens and passed under the brooklyn......

in response to: They\'ll Need a Crane by CartLegger

serlingrod: not only is that a really cool bridge, that's also a really great lookin' tugboat. it almost looks like a children's toy. ...

in response to: The Passing of the Ocean Ranger by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: I dunno how terrorism is supposed to be stopped by more guns. If the terrorists are deterred by machine guns on USCG boats, then they are pretty lame terrorists. Fact is, America and Canada are......

in response to: Did You Bring Protection ? by joey

2less2: it's to bad that you guys haven't taken the time to see the actual truths as they relate Las Vegas and all you've managed to find fault with. first, one of the biggest reasons the......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Roy Bamber: Does anybody remember the day that the Manchester Ship Canal burst into flames trapping a rowing boat that was ferrying passengers across the canal? One on the passengers who was badly burned but survived lived......

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