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Richie Rubin: WE usta`hitch'on da rear of St.Johns pl.Trolleys & Electric buses,
all da way to`Bridge Plaza'..in Williamsburg,from Utica ave.&
St.Johns pl...cool/l-o-n-g ride..& never got caught!... Keith Bernstein: The actual title is: Vintage Film of Brooklyn Trolleys Circa 1930s
It is a great video memory of a bygone time. I remember trolley tracks on Utica Avenue into the 1950s, before they were paved over,...... Doc S.......: ...you can find the film by going to youtube and typing in 1938 Brooklyn Trolleys. Doc... Doc S.......: ....sorry about the "malformed" video... it was a youtube feature of a film short of the 1930s-40s Brooklyn trolleys coursing thru various neighborhoods - some of which I recognized...maybe if you go to the youtube...... Brad: I love alleys too!... zagg: I've locked myself out many a times.. this is why both my mother, and my best friend have a set of my keys ... and why I have a set kept on my dog's leash...... anon (cpc2-rawt1-0-0-cust122.manc.cable.ntl.com): Thanks for posting these pictures. I actually saw the Chimneys at Barton Power Station being demolished around the mid-seventies.(The rest was demolished later). ... Greys, Reptilians, Masons, Nazi's, NWO: ARe you kidding me?! Three people can't keep a secret amongst themselves, now do we expect there to be ANY secrets when hundreds and hundreds of people are involved in the so-called "Subterranean" Denver Airport...... Chris: Hi, i just wanted to says thanks! my dad (Alan Marsden) also worked at Barton right up to it closing. and i think i actually went inside with him for a tour just before it...... Richie Rubin: Suzy;picture dis:Your Mom[Mrs.gradstein]cranking up that old
PS 167`Victrola'in the auditorium for:`music appreciation'
WE`Rock & Rollers'didn't really dig dat`Longhair'stuff..
`til now!,& WE never imagined having`long hair a decade
or so..in da future!..no?..Mrs.Dreeben & miss Hines also
cranked up dat`victrola'.as did Mr.Lodato[our...... Richie Rubin: Esther H;Dem St.Johns pl.buses*were powered by 2[two]
overhead electric wires[`TRACKLESS TROLLEYS']the last
one ran in 1960..WE[St.Johns Boys]usta`hitch'`em by
hangin'on in back..& jump off @ OUR leisure! as far
as I know,no kid was ever hurt doing this derring-do
feat!..oh,&`SAM ASH'music...... Mime: [[img:29368]]
I was in Melbourne at the end of 2007. I liked the vibe. I was staying in a ratty cheap vomit-stained-carpet backpackers, but I loved roaming the alleys and meeting other travelers who shouted me...... Janet: Before Honey's moved to Eastern Parkway, the store was on St. John's very near the corner of Troy, right next to a little Jewish tailor who worked at the window on his Singer. Once inside...... Chuck: here is a secret of mine......
I LOVE ALLEYS !
these photos are great. please post more !
... Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the...... jaz: i grew up in marikina city before we left the philippines 3 years ago"disiplinado na halos lahat ng marikeno" :) ... and i miss riding those jeepneys and tricycles - they could take you...... Peter: yeah, ana. thats a lyric from a song about the pedantic nature of putting up too many signs to control what people can and cant do. i was poking fun at your reference to the...... Ana: no, what i meant is to ticket people who disobeys the signs or law.. like "speeding ticket" .. not like getting a ticket before you get inside the club.. lol..... The Public Animals - Street Level Nine: This was one of the most inspiring and graffiti-Décollage rich sites I have ever visited in my life. As a young member and founder of The Public Animals, I used to wander in here early...... Marinus Abrahamse: These are very valuable photos. I am a Hydrometric Surveys Technologist with Water Survey of Canada (part of Environment Canada). We have a water level monitoring gauge a few hundred feet below the Pottery Road...... oh word?: I don't see why so many people think this dude's dad is eternally funding his existence, as though this oscar-winning director is going to be real happy that his son ended up a notorious crack-smoking...... Maz, Netherne: So you want to talk about Ikea eyesores do you, well check this one out.
This is Croydon, South London, U.K. You can probably see the chimneys from where you are with their lovely colour...... mary strong: A few weeks back we had entertainment down our clubhouse on the isle of sheepy and was entertained by the barrow boys and i was sure i knew the man dressed in buttons, and when...... Movie Place: I vividly remember the yard south of 72nd Street. I remeber standing on top of a ventalation opening (all those grates that give the tunnel it's beautiful lighting effects) watching the fan on top...... RICHIE .RUBIN: BACK TO CROWN HTS,REMEMBER:`BILLY BOYS'
CANDYSTORE?GREFF'S DELI BOTH ST,JOHNS PL.
&`SKIN-NECK-TITTY'AVE[LOCAL JOKE,AS MANY
OF US KID'S COULDN'T SPELL THE REAL STREET
NAME!WHEN THE B'KLYN DODGERS WON THE 1955
WORLD SERIES ALL DELIS GAVE OUT FREE`FRANKS'
& PIZZA JOINTS FREE SLICES!WHAT A...... 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...... Peter: ooh, this one is good. i love the confluence of all the different materials... it also makes me feel sort of bummed that {brooklyn} no longer has trolleys...... luna park: hmmm, sorry to disappoint, but i didn't photograph any of the trolleys. these tracks are from a disused station on the grounds of the 1972 munich olympics complex. ... kms: My life got flipped turned upside down. I want to type this up and tell you all about how I came to the town called Bellaire.
In Cabrini Green, where I grew up and played on...... BRUSHMAN: Front st ? pork pies ? im not sure , i grew up at lee and westmoreland , from 1980 till about 1987 . i would like to let the people on this site know...... Sheila Hilton: Re above rrrrrrrr(?)
I lived at no. 14 Harewood road with my family (Davies). Next door (12) was a Mrs Harrop. On the other side (16) lived the Hapgoods. Throughout this site you should see a...... serlingrod: I don't think I paint a rosy picture of Kensington at all. If you read what I wrote I actually said there's lots of crime, disinvestment, and the schools are broken. Those were my words....... Sheila Vaudrey:
Thanks for the photo's legal or otherwise. I remember standing on Barton Lane, to watch the chimneys fall, you should have seen the clouds of dust. also Another first for our area, Trafford...... Cathy Tarkowski Grant: Belleville Kansas is full of potential with many creative artisans and entrepreneurs. It also is ripe for development with the Republican River running nearby, beautiful old 81 highway running north of town with it's...... Peter: for the record, i love how people surf into this post to complain about ZOMG ILLEGAL GRAFFITI when everything pictured in this post was done legally on what appears to be out-of-the-way back alleys. ... Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Natalie, I think you might be talking about my twin brother, his full name being Mark Leonard Austin-Seal, my brother did go through a phase in which we did refer to him as Leonard,...... michelle: need I say more...the post up above. HAHAHAHAHHAH.....what a choad! I really believe you. That's why the lames write their shit in broken English and make absolutely no sense. And if the "POLICE DEPARTMENT" wants...... 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...... James cashan: Re: jon burgess,
I agree, on the one hand people say every body knows your business on the other its good to have a sense of community and roots which a lot of people...... treee: do some hiking around where the old bridge ranch is, see troy regas has had teh ranch and licence and property in his name a few years ago ( cuz he owns...... The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time.
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We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When...... Anne Fahy: Hi Cyril,
The man your sister-in-law married - J Massey could this be the son of Millie and Dick? Years ago before we came here we would go to the Cadisheads Cons on a Saturday...... Sheila Hilton: Hello Sheila V
Yes, the Hapgoods lived next door to us. Their son Arnold, later worked at Shell in Carrington with my husband. Still exchange Christmas cards every year. The Bromleys lived on the first corner...... Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Sheila H, Yes I do remember the Davies's, Catherine like you said and also Mary, did you go to St. Teresers School?, one of your sister came to work at GUS where I worked,...... bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56...... kim : he he jim if you do write that book maybe i will join you and air my views about stolen titles too. still find it funny when i look on the different web pages that...... Pearlykingjim: i would like to thank the person or persons for the vile and nasty E-mail that was sent to my address, it is someone on this forum
form what was said
i only hope we bump it...... db66: i grew up at Sergeant and Coral street....went to HA Brown....Jones Jr. High and then to Frankford class of 1984. Hung out at "The Lot" and loved every minute of growing up there!!!!! ...... Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Sheila
Thanks for telling me about this site, brings back many memories of Irlam and Cadishead.
Someone mentioned Tramway Road Irlam, which lead to the Steelworks. This was where may dad, Thomas O'Reilly had an allotment....... Peter: i gotta second it as {rems}... the new stuff on that wall is much more intricate and better; its generally ok to go over a simple piece with something of higher quality, which definitely seems...... Michael Waugh: Directions:
Recalling since '75, west of the SAPI mill about 5-10 km I would say. There was a small post office/store. Dirt road went north over the railroad tracks, just beyond it turned to the...... The Irlam weather watcher: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook England early on Wednesday morning. One man was injured when a chimney fell through his bedroom ceiling and many homes and businesses were damaged by...... Steven E: Norton Kansas is truly a wonderful place. It is so much more than pictures of it's alleys and a closed dealership. My little home town is surrounded by beautiful green wheatfields, big blue skies and...... Rob Tynan: Alison
Back in December you said you couldnt find any pics of the cottages at hurst fold. I have found these. They are a bit grainy Im afraid.
I think the three chimneys in...... 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. ...... pearlykingjim: Wotch ya Tammy
Long time no see as you can tell by the post on this forum
someone got the hump with pearly kings and queens
your not alone in your comments
i have in the past been acused...... HutchGrrl: I'm from Hutchinson and I can spell! I graduated from HHS in 2001. I don't know anyone from my graduating class who chose to stay in town. Hutchinson is adorable. Many...... FRED MEGLIO: HI JIM I ALSO RECALL THE HALSEY BOBS AND ELLERY BOBS I RE CALL SINGING DO OPP MUSIC WITH A GROUP OF DUDES ON MY CORNER ANYONE RE CALL BRANDLERS BAKERY 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN...... joey: oops. correction. the date of my jazz club story, keystone korner, sf is 1977. i was there with thiel and janet.... joey: little. i'm was cleveland east sider and i rarely went to lakewood. i remember going to club on W25th street and my uncle john's house on W65th.
my jazz club story (1997) was seeing pharaoh...... john taylor: along with my father,i worked for t.w.ward(dismantlers)of sheffield on the power station at barton ,i can't remember exactly how long it took to clear the site and drop the the two enormous chimneys but when...... Robyn: I think it was Honeys toy store.Those were the days lol... kdb: you said theres tracks to the north and south?
that seems incorrect...
also theres a few non paved alleys in ndg..... 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...... Queen LaLa: Yes. Broadway Street Fair, complete with donkeys, plaintains, jumping jacks, and health insurance booths! Only in Astoria.... Jamie: i used to have a [[wiki:kraftwerk]] tshirt. nice power station though. quite pretty with it's paited chimneys.... Mark: Thanks for posting the photos of Barton power station; they have assisted me enormously with my research. I'm a legal academic in the field of environmental law and am putting the final touches to a...... anon (p179n5.ruraltel.net): I live in Norton, and I have to say that these pictures are seriously not typical of the town. They are of alleys, and how many people are hanging out in alleys? Well, if they...... EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible.
Reminds me of this guy...... serlingrod: haha! this is great! this is two blocks from my apartment! vz, you live at 20th & chestnut? if you look closely outside of Wawa you'll see a bike locked up on that rack by...... joey: like he said, the building looks like piano keys... Fran: I grew up on Rorer St and Tioga during the 50's until 77. What a wonderful place to be raised. That big white parking garage building was not there and when the circus trains...... 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’...... karlo: P.S
The first one is at the corner of Beechmount ave,and the Falls road in west Belfast.
If you look closely,you'll see that the name of the street is 'R.P.G avenue'.
( For those who don't know,R.P.G stands...... Isabella: Just back back from Quin Dao. I walked into my first "bath room" to find the hole in the floor. To top it all off, there was a hose!
Yee Ha! Good thing I have...... Franny Wentzel: The last train to use that was back in 1981 when a load of Thanksgiving turkeys were delivered. Amazing to see how quickly Nature reclaims what man thought was his own.... EvilGentleman: The pasteups are now gone, but they were in one of the alleys in the Club Metropolis/Foufounes Electriques area, NE of Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Laurent.
[[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=45.511246,-73.562981&spn=0.001823,0.003616&z=18]]... CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility...... EvilGentleman: Yeah, some kids have been having fun acting all stupid here lately. Wonder if they realize some of the regulars here are veeeery familiar with writing computer code, and are also pretty good at finding...... Joan: I looked at the pictures and yes, those places do exist. Of course two of the four were taken of alleys. How many beautiful alleys do most towns have? I could go to the...... CartLegger: Why stop at NYC? Moses travelled far and wide in his journeys. So snap away, oh Canadian brethren.... Guy McLaren: Canon Rebel Xti, 75mm focal length, F/5.6 1/160th shutter ISO 100, Jack its an awesome camera
Catherine, He is part Husky, Part German Shepherd, Also a great watchdog, He watches me pick up the car...... SULLIVAN: The Prospect Park zoo had elephants, polar bears, monkeys, lions, tigers, and a pony track where kids could get a ride in a poney wagon. In addition, there were row boats & peddle boats on...... jack: catherine i love your shots. this is something you would see but not pay attention to. i have to say you have a bit of genius. if you were to look at the...... Dave: I remember it being demolished and the chimneys being blown up hundreds Watched it,it would of been around 27 years a ago.Unless some one else could give a better date ?
Yes your right it is...... jack: pic 1- gee, i got two different shoes on.
pic 2- honey, is it too early for the easter bunny?
pic 3- now can you see into my ear better this way?
pic 4- i have to get...... mr. Bearclan Thompson: Don't feel bad my relation was beat be Gary the Staroid filled pig of the F.C.P. He had charges laid aginst Fredericton Police and won! They are old and out of date ,and can't change...... Jerry Pflugh: 17th Oct 2006 : My dad, Ted Pflugh, was Commander of that VFW post, the Mohr-Christie Post #158, several times during the fifties, and my mom, Eileen, was President of the Ladies Auxiliary. They were in office when the...... aer suzuki: big rubber hats that look exactly like turkeys for humans, and those green caps with a feather that people who wear lederhosen and yodel wear for the turkeys. little turkey-sized ones of course.... Yea-Yo: Exactly Culture Club. I'd love to understand more about these deep roots people claim they've laid into Humboldt Park. The dirty ass alleys, unkept yards, trash all over, people with no regard for the next...... Where will the smokers end up?: It has been a few months since the bill 112 came into effect in Québec and I have to say that I do not see how ¨Québec is breathing any easier¨as the government funded propaganda...... Michelle: Nothings worse than a frozen barrel of monkeys.... jack: your correct, michelle, but even more, its the homeowners who put them up there or the kids, whoever, its a fun thing, a laugh, but what will happen when they become wet and freeze over...... Sirhcbre: Why would someone complain about Monkeys?... Michelle: I agree. I think if I have the chance I would like to have one of those monkeys dangling off my balcony here at the apartment!... Stuart: As a new arrival to Toronto, I don't have the emotional attachment to this building as others might have. I'm sure most visitors have the same view as I do : "what the hell...... Astro Guy: Great. Just great. How the heck am I supposed to relax when I’m outside on clear nights at the telescope?! I’m in BC, right down in the extreme South-West, by the US border in a...... Grange: One of the boys is a writer and has been published in macleans a few times .He also is involved in other world issues . The other Trudeau? Got me
But on similar subject ....... EvilGentleman: plato says:
New York implemented new rules about confiscating firearms after a 1992 school shooting in Brooklyn left two students dead. [[http://www.cnn.com/US/9805/22/school.reduced.violence/]]. The new rules failed in 2002, when 2 more students were shot. [[http://www.keystosaferschools.com/Students_Concerned21502.htm]]
It seems...... EvilGentleman: Yeah, I gotta admit, I've done Vegas myself, once upon a time. Beautiful place, ugly place, boring place, exciting place, all in one. But I wonder, if all the water lying about everywhere winds up......
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