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Warren S. : Jeeeezzzz... guys! Richie... Joe, thanks for the support on this one. Once I had my responding comment out there, I couldn't return for a while just to cycle it out of my system a tad.......

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

unknown: I met my now fiance in a small town. I learned that he was born and raised in CG until he was shot not in his neighbor, but on the southside of the Chi. The......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

robert: As a child, with a group of friends in the late 50s, going to Newton Creek, just for the fun of it and looking for adventures was one of our greatest thrills. Way back then, it......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Neil Sullivan: We, the Sullivans, lived at 3910 Cavendish # 16 for over 20 years. My brothers were Andy, Dan, Mark, David and Peter and we have a sister Beth. I have a lot of great memories......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Warren S.: "Putrid lives" speak for yourself... Simple fact: child abuse is wrong, it's illegal, and children suffer for it well into their adult lives. Nowadays it's illegal to see it and NOT report it. Maybe you......

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

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mary: if the raccoon was living under my house or at the back of my yard or behind my shed that would be an easier solution to take it and dispose but when it lives in......

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

fiona : i spent my childhood holidays playing there with the maguire children (grandmother from lisknaskea), frank & phil where family friends. at a very early age frank stood me on the bar. would love to know......

in response to: Franks by barry

Lexxi: Great to know that the legend of Mr. Rufus Rockhead lives on with the naming of the street near Atwater Market, unfortunately most Montrealers have no idea of the history associated with this brilliant man......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

augydoggy: To all the naive people in here that think raccoons are cute and are their backyard pets: These are wild and cold-hearted omnivores that care nothing about you and would eat you alive if given the......

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

Pia: What a great site. I am soooooooo glad that I fell upon it. Wish I would have before now. It brougt back so many great childhood memories. I often say what a rich childhood I experienced......

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

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

C, B and Ontario: It is great to read all of those who remember how we grew up and how things used to be. It brings back tons of great memories, I moved out of the area once I......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

nk: You may not have intended for this to be a "school-choosing" site, but don't sit there and pretend that coming across a picture like this would not influence your decision in choosing a school for......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Searching Kensington: I never lived in Kensington but my father did live there on and off. I was told that he had an exwife and two children. I have been trying very hard to find anyone who......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

ken vaughan: we used to call this "the old castle, when we played here as children in the fiftys and early sixtys. my father told several ghost stories about the place , one very scary and particulary......

in response to: Portora Castle by barry

Karlo: Wrong.None of the people who walked their children to school were involved in any attacks.There had been a number of incidents involving people from both communities previous to this,and im not going to argue who......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

brett: these public urinals are a solution for late night drinkers at the weekend in our town centre they are set up at about 8pm when most children arent even in town and its getting dark......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Garry Johns: Well why is it that, some always have to find fault? If you don't like it fine, but for crying out loud don't try to crams your views down our throats! As a......

in response to: Ugly, Heritage, or Both? by Cameo

pieter: Hi, I am from Holland, and I once had a Buddybike side by side tandem given to me, and had lots of fun with it. It was the funniest thing I ever had. It is......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Maz, Netherne: Why do they, well I think they think they are helping them, looking after them. We don't have raccoons here in London but we have a lot of foxes raiding our bins at night. If you......

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

Warren S.: Richie, you are right on the money there! It's like it was practice for more violent things to come. I hear that St. Barbara's church is or was closed, and they only say masses on......

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

netherne child: ive lived up in netherne for 7 years now with my parents and 2 siblings, i can say that there are hardly any more memorials of the asylum except for ofcourse the grave yard, water......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

CHRISSY-46: what a cool site. I can't even believe I found people that came from my childhood, teenage, neighborhood. I grew up on Melrose St. between Knickerbock and Wilson in the early 50's. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Warren S.: To: Mary A... I wonder you and I know each other... I blotted out so much of “back then” I forgot exactly when I would have graduated St. B's -- if I had graduated --......

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

Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

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

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

I must be boring and illiterate: Apparently since I was raised and educated in Belleville I am an illiterate and boring person. I left Belleville like all young people, went to college, worked in Manhattan for 8 years and decided......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

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

bombers know whats up: ykk and xtc. what more you need to know? all yall la writers need to get your shit in check and respect the birthplace. yall are like graffiti's bastard child. no one cares about yalls shit......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

TJ Dunn: Peter Caine: "Bottom line- Its childish, I cant waste anymore time at this blog. " I see you really stuck to that one. "I bet iam in the Whitney befor fuckface or any one else wastein time......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Stephanie: As a child I would walk past the ASPCA building and I would hear the yelping of puppies. I still remember the smells. I always wished I could have a puppy but we lived in......

in response to: Forgotten Structure: ASPCA by GGP

mike: I lost my home in this fire and these pictures bring back sad memories of that day.I come from a family of 8 children and we basically lost everything.That knitting mill was abandoned for years.I......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: The All Hands Fire by upfromflames

Bob: Just ran across this site, sounds like old home week. Lived at 887 lincoln Place and went to P.S.138.After graduating went to Boys High at the annex on Park Pl and then to main bldg on Marcy and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Richie--Thanks for the "Gref" reminder. I've been trying to remember the name of our corner deli (the only deli on St. John's until you got to Rochester (or was the next as distant as......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Excuzmepleez: This post is in response to "remember 1966." I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

jsmooth: Reply to OPEN YOUR EYES... I thought that your response made complete sense and that you are right in many aspects of your comments and if my response seemed to come off racial than I apollogize.......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

carol d.: hello to ronald lees and janice seifert...I remember driving down E St. and always seeing a couple of houses near the corner on Wishart St. decorated for each holiday.It was really nice.I worked at Cramers......

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

diverdan363: Thank you jacksonville for lieing to us about the quality of air, its poluted, look at the rise in lung cancer in florida the diesel death zone, jaxport may offer jobs but did they mention......

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

Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and......

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

myeisha: OMG!!! I'm SO glad to see all these posts. I haven't put anything on here since August of last year and I'm just amazed at all the comments from former resident's of Horner. ......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

hope: Where are his three children now? Jackie, Kenny and Rvela?...

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington......

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

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

LUCKY: hairsy ......

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

Elijah: And with his chariots, like a whirlwind.............. That's how Christ is coming back. In the so called mystical thing that you see on the X-Files every Friday night. All the so called U.F.O 's. These......

in response to: Black Hebrew Israelites by serlingrod

ekc: Hi. I loved the book "there are no children here." Does anyone have information as to what's happened with pharoah, lafayette, lajoe, paul sr., lashawn, paul jr., terrance, the tripletts, and dawn mitchell?......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Peter: This is a tale explaining the manner in which my way of life was rotated along a Y axis until it reached a position roughly 180 degrees from that which it started If I could......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Lou Romero: The majority of Puerto Ricans are Catholic in tradition, so of course they gravitated to their local churches, as for education, that was their choice or discretion if the children were to attend the catholic......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes......

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

LSpegal: I didn't grow up in NY but I have a few ancestors who grew up or lived in Brooklyn. I'm researching them and the areas where they used to live and Arthur THAMM lived at......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Lou Romero: Amazing !! I didn't realize the quality of life and safety had began to decline as early as 1962. I know that the "white flight" was in full swing from 1965 onward, many neighboorhoods still had......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics. We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by......

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

jack: nice shot, i forgot about that lighthouse and the grey bridge, there was a children's book written about it when i was a child. i googled it and found out about the book, check......

in response to: Jeffrey\'s Hook Lighthouse by Mike L.

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

carol: To Lp I raised 4 children in Kensington(3 of which went to college),and I thank God that they do not live in the Kensington of today.I am still here and probably will be till I......

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

Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Outside the box...: When you hear and see what is going on down in that part of town I find it difficult to feel sorry for the majority of those folks. The previous post hit the nail on......

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

Eddie : I agree with many of the posts that have been written, having grown up in Chester, PA, Kensington is like park place, at least you can drive out of there to a......

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

surviving: hutch is safer than a lot of big cities, and the commute to work is not so bad,(hour wait traffic jams etc.) I have traveled and it"s not fun to set ,......

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

Sheila Hilton: Hello Sheila V, The Princes (Can't be 100% sure correct name) must hav emigrated long before you left in'65. I was only vey young when they left. I seem to remember (?) that she was called......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Who Cares for Kensington: Serlingrod, It reminds me of something I was told at a very young age, "men lead lives of quiet desperation". I am amazed at myself and others that accept such poor leadership and politics from elected......

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

Jerrod the "Wildchild" Racerboy: Hutch Really isnt as bad as some make it out to be. Great paying jobs arent plentyfull but there are plenty of jobs out there if you REALLY want to work!! Most people in this......

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

Violet Birchall: Hello Anne and Brian, Seems such a long time ago when we all went out for a drink together and such a suprise to find you on this site ,we are both enjoying retirement there is......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Me: Re to surviving You go into any town or city,and you will find many women with a dozen kids,milking the system.Happens everywhere,all the time,not just in Hutchinson Kansas.But I understand how you feel.I have been upset......

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

Cecilia Midiri: All the people up there who are talking about when Kensington changed are talking about when the neighborhood became desegregated and people of color started moving in. Anyway...I work every day and so does......

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

Joseph Bridge: my dad was a grease monkey... who paid his bills...took care of his home...sent his children to college...oh..and no goverment assistance...people like you are bullshittin the entire community...do you even know what kensington was like......

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

Renee Harrold: Hi, I lived in 111,1957-1968 and 120 until 1972, 1847 until 1974. I, read the book there are no children here and I remember a much better time. We could sleep with our doors......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Everyone has someone else to blame and I guess that's the ameriacan way for losers these days. Buildings, streets and real estate agents do no breed ignorance, but sub-cultures do and Kensington is definitely a......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

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

Snoop: reading about these buildings is one thing and living in them is a whole different story...i lived in these projects for 10 years at 120 north Hermitage and it is not like that book there......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

sue: I lived at 4250 Benny ave apt. 12 People in our building were the Robichauds, The Gonczas, The Withers, The Fletchers. (All I can remenber anyway. What a great place. I was an only child......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Annon I am one of the O'Reilly's from Caroline Street. Very respectable family! You will see an earlier entry about my dad Tom, he had an allotment on Tramway Road. Both he and my......

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

Sandra Hampton aka Sand 120, 111... 1956: RIP Alfred, Harold, Gladys, Keith Hampton i am the grandmother of 5 of the grandchildren of lajoes older sons i have had recent contact with the family of the book. they are doing fine and......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

luna park: not to mention what new yorker uses the word wee (except to refer to something little dogs and small children do)?...

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

BigBankHank: I was horrified when this went out 8 years ago but some of the same people that were walking their children to school via Glenbryn were the same persons that carried out attacks against the......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Hutchinson Escapee: That's it? That's all you got? Knowing Hutchinson to be the seething cesspool of child rapists and pedifiles that it is, I am going to suggest in the strongest language possible that the Dateline NBC people......

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

Hutchinson Escapee: Really? Why? I have the case number - it's public record. You could go to the 4th floor of the courthouse and get a copy of the file (cost you about $2-$4.00). But why are......

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

Debbie from Irlam: Hi Norma and Anne, My maiden name is Buck, and I am sure Norma you will remember me, I used to knock about with you, not often, but used to come to your house in Cadishead.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

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

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

IT: Is there any way of stopping the raccoons using your properity as an outhouse. I have a family of them in our neighborhood taking their business on the side of the house. Luckily......

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

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi John I believe you have captured the feelings of most of the contributors to this page most eloquently.No matter how far away from the nest some of us have flown, those childhood images are still......

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

Jamie: Orlando is the one and only US city I have ever visited. As a child. I don't remember much. Disneyland obviously. And really really dangerously fat people. Everywhere....

in response to: I Went to Florida and Wound Up in San Francisco, Which Is the Answer to the Question by jack

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

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

Cheyenne : I hope that people start to open their eyes about these things because teens,children,friends,and family die everyday! its so much more serious then people think it is. Texting, and other distractions need to be illiminated......

in response to: One Car Accident by groovehouse

Joanne Amorello Minor: Hello Sheila, Yes thats right about my nanna and grandad and mum, my nan was Jessie and my grandad was Bob, my nan was an auxillary nurse at Bridgewater Hospital and my grandad an ambulance......

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

Mark Sidman: Bravo Jim! I just visited your castle this last weekend with my son and grandchildren. I googled to find out more information on the history behind your castle when I returned home to Wyoming. I......

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

hugglez924: I have lived in Hutchinson nearly all my life and it is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. My children are grown and dont plan on moving to any other town.......

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

MrBrenzo: Hutchinson Kansas is a boring place, if you are a boring person. I lived in Hutch until I was 15 and remember it fondly. the state fair only happens once a year, but it was......

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

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Thanks James, for the photo's of the train, my children played on it when it was in the park. Sorry to hear that your granddad passed away, as I remember him being in the next......

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