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Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Allan: Richie - YES, it was! This coming August 12th is the 40th anniversary. I'm planning on going to the site during the festivities. You probably know that there have been events at Yasgur's Farm just......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kaeleen: Well, hello stranger...lol Ahhhh.... the good ole days of being in yuba. :) I loved the 2-day dances.I and Denise would go and do the polka's...lol we had fun dancing in our socks and sliding......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Del Prophet: Born in Woodward and lived in Buffalo as a child. It has always been a friendly town with real folks living there. Has not changed much as most small towns don't evolve much but......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

Richie Rubin: Yeah,dem N.Y.C.street games..how innovative WE were! a`Spauldeen'made a day of fun/excercise/kvetching,etc. WE played into da nite..no?did anyone else fill their `checkers[bottlecaps]w/wax?to make`em heavier? & did anyone play`Chinese'[against a wall]those were`city' games,but when WE went away for the summer[catskills, beach,bungalows f-a-r......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Helen: Hi Diane!! How is everyone doing? I remember all of you and running into your parents all the time - and I always made it a point to look them up when I was......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Jean: This is a new one on me! The only other time I've seen so many pumpkins all together is at local farms where stacks of pumpkins are waiting to become someone's jack-o-lantern! This......

in response to: Pumpkin Park by AG

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I remember some kind of a chicken farm near the station. Do any of you? Thie was in the 1950's and erly 1960's....

in response to: Park Place Shuttle by Peter

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I had a dream about Webb's Bakery the other night. I woke up dying for one of their butter cookies with the chocolate center drop. I Googled Webb's and this is what I found! OMG--just......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Humboldt1: Arquitecto, Seriously, you don't need to use all the 5 dollar words. I have been in Humboldt Park for the past 3 years, having purchased an apartment building here in which I live. I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

Maz: Another one for Botany fans. [[img:29017]] Taken at a farm near Leatherhead, Surrey UK this week where they are experimenting with a new crop. In early spring a spark plug is placed in the soil and come......

in response to: Exotic Slurpee Plant? by zagg

Juergen (an immigrant): Dear EvilGentleman, it seems I'm the first one in this blog that MOVED into one of the Benny farm houses ( in the Prince of Wales section) and up until now I can only say it......

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

Kaeleen: Hey Michelle- I knew the Wallaces very well and my best friend was Denise.We rode horse ALL the time and ALL over as well as with Amy Rynes.Have tons of pix of Yuba and us......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Meltem Yilmaz: I think I am the only Turkish citizen who interests on Benny Farm although I never lived there. I did a research about the green-project for Benny Farm in 2006 under the supervision of a......

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

Billie: I live in Florida, my boyfriend lives in Tarrytown. The first time I saw this site it brought back sad memories of my own. My mother, father, uncles and friends all worked in factories in......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

EvilGentleman: Well, this definitely predates my time, since I was born in Nova Scotia in 1969. Perhaps this question should be posted at [[http://groups.msn.com/Bennyfarm]], where many of Benny Farm's old residents keep tabs on one another....

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

Brian Walker: Wow, Margo-murray. I wonder if we knew each other? My family lived in Benny Farm from 1953-1957, we then moved to Texas. I have fond memories of the place, we had a second floor......

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

anon (pool-96-224-25-61.nycmny.east.verizon.net): I've lived here sine 1956. You could still hunt on SI. up until 1970. There used to be farms, animals, airports, drive-in movies, etc. NYC is making S.I. unliveable with ridiculous taxes, fees,......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

Sam: poteto, with the exception of one person, I have not had any contact with anyone from years ago. Afte reading all the posts, I started to think about some of the funny things..and if you......

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

Margo-murray: How amazing to find this site. We, the Murray Clan, my parents Terry and Denis, and my brothers, David, Brian and Mike (my sister wasn't born yet) lived at 4100 Benny from around 1953 to......

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

LUCKY: hairsy ......

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

colavitos ghost: before reading your comment, zagg, i was thinking just the same thing... if the products are coming from somalia and belgium it wouldn't exactly fit the definition of what i think of as a "farmer's market".......

in response to: Dekalb Farmers Market by Peter

Michelle M: I didn't live there but would frequently visit Jan and Arnold Wallace. I believe that I know most of you as I was a year younger then Linda was. My Email is: Iroot42@aol.com What a......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

zagg: One these saturday's I'll bother to photograph Sarnia's Farmer's Market. Question: it has the name of different countries near the ceiling - does this Farmer's Market boast of international bearings? Our market is......

in response to: Dekalb Farmers Market by Peter

CartLegger: I gotta agree with you on this one Peter. With all the nutritional wonders of NYC, nothing can quite measure up to the magic of the Dekalb Farmers Market. The food is from everywhere, the......

in response to: Dekalb Farmers Market by Peter

cyril bagshaw: Hi Tony Gerrards Close is a cul-de-sac off Ferryhill road Irlam. This estate was only built in the 1930's, and was built on farm property. Cheers Cyril.......

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

zagg: I like the fact that the girl in photograph #2 has a pack of Marlboro cigs in her pocket. Boo US Beef! YAY US Tobacco! --- zagg, the vegetarian who is a descendant of Canadian......

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

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

Jon Burgess: Hi all, not been on for a while. Some names are ringing bells with me in the above entry, Malc Kennedy is a good mate of my dads (John Burgess), Pete lawson from irlam friends......

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

Steve Weir: Here's a few more topics for you to get your teeth into...Irlam Social Club (Home of Doctor Death the wrestler that could wip us teenagers into a frenzy with his dastardly deeds). Potatoe picking (form of......

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

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......

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

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila, Yes my dad was the youngest. He always used to spend his time on Barton Grange Farm with his mate Steve Ratcliffe messing around with cars and motorbikes. He was born when the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Seeking Contact: Ella Street, Stever passed away about 15 years age. Both Fiolo and Danny (with the big Doberman dog that jumped the the front door glass, but loved to play rough when I wore my leather coat......

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

Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Anne, thanks for your reply, tried replying earlier, but found problems posting my comment, im glad you have simmilar opinions about the film 'stand by me', now its summer and i would like to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Stan Hodgson: Hi Great site, was directed to it by Benny Hilton, I was born in Windsor Ave 1944 then moved to Carlisle Drive about 1963,along with my older sister Patricia and brother Bill, . We all......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: The first farm on Glazebrook Lane - Pitt Farm - run by the Taylor's - picture taken around the 1890's... [[img:27336]] Alan... ...

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

Hackney City Farm Worker: hey, iv just been doing research to see what others think of the Farm, im very happy you approve! Btw the goose that you are standing with is called Gregory one of our oldest residence.......

in response to: hackney city farm by elaine

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, and the second farm almost opposite on your left you got the best celery around, tall white stems, not green like now and insect nibbled or slug mess in between the stems, lovely clean......

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

Cyril B: Hi Alan, Wilf Hesford was my main supplier for many years. His farm was the first farm you came to at the top of Fiddlers lane, and was ideal for me to pick up all the......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Sheila & Cyril, I recall both farms and used to go and watch 'young' Max Shacklady and his followers practice wrestling in one of the upper barns behind which the threshing machine with long belt......

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

Cyril B: Hi Sheila, That's right! Wash Farm.I expect all that old machinery will be lying in some museum by now.. The wrestling club I think was run by his son who had competed in the Olympics at some......

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

anon (host86-154-109-210.range86-154.btcentralplus.com): Hi Cyril, Was that farm the one we knew as Wash Farm? I remember there was a farm on the front of the road opposite Lathom Road or somewhere in that area. Shacklady - I remember a......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, Truly, the old village character of Irlam and Cadishead is disappearing from what was a about a Two mile narrow strip with very little either side of the main road. I was thinking only the......

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

sheila: Very nostalgic to see the photos of Benny Farm. I lived there from 1953 until 1965 and my fondest memories stem from the many friends that I made. there. I would love to be......

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

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

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

EvilGentleman: Drew, There is a diagram of the plans for the Benny Farm changes in the article that I posted in 2006. I hope it will make things clearer for you. [[4408:Just click this link.]]...

in response to: Benny Farm: The Future Site of the Benny Square Condos by EvilGentleman

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

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey)......

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

EvilGentleman: I have posted new articles. The first is about the demolition of the original buildings facing Benny Avenue. [[7850:The Destruction of Benny Farm]] The second is about the preparations to build condos in the site where the......

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

Doug in California: Whoops, there was a typo in my post. I meant to type "1947." As I recall, we were among the first families to move into Benny Farm after it was built....

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

Doug in California: A native Montrealer, I lived in the building at 4120 Benny Ave. from 1946 to 1952, when my dad got transferred to Ontario. I went to Kensington School up to grade 3 before we......

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

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Elicar: If something is dear to you, take care of it. Nobody cared ENOUGH for Benny Farms. Otherwise, it would not be in such a state of disrepair. Would you rather be sentimental and let the mosntrosity......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

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

Michael Waugh: [[img:26197]] Here is a pic of the side of same house. Guy, in your first image. That farm, Tullach Mhor is behind the sloped mountain in the background. As I recall the road winds back......

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

EvilGentleman: I just checked the project plan I had posted in my original {Benny Farm} article, and I seem to have misidentified the refurbished building on Cavendish in photo 7. The portion to the right of......

in response to: Benny Farm: The Future Site of the Benny Square Condos by EvilGentleman

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......

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

trans 1 - Dreme Skemez: [[http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2244/2287285392_60e3213a10.jpg]] please view above link Dondi - A total legend... R.i.p. always...

in response to: Dondi: NYC King by Peter

Rob Tynan: I type too quick!! regarding the photo of School Farm, its the building on the right, not the left which was the School Masters house. This was attached to the end of the......

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

Rob Tynan: This is the only picture to exist of the farm run by my great grandfather John Tynan from approx the 1880s. It was called School Farm and was on the corner of Springfield Lane,......

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

Bob Salmon: Hi rob Yes I remember Len Jackson; my mother got her daily pinta from him for a few decades. One of his employees on the milk round was a good friend of mine, his name was Ivor......

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

Achiever: I like living in Hutchinson; however, it has shrunk. When my family moved here in 1980 there were more than 50,000 residents in the city, not the whole county. Because of our wonderful city government,......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Nat Im afraid its already gone. It has been replaced by apartments /rabbit hutches / executive homes or what ever you would like to call them about 4 years ago. Developers get more money for......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Rob, thanks so much for the pics. Do you kno whats to become of Hulme farm? it could be restored to a guest house, or a grand family home. WHAT A WASTE !!!!...

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

Lucy Hart: I grew up in Netherne Lane as my father worked at Netherne,we used to go down to the graveyard by crossing over the farmers field stating from Park Lane.Netherne was a great place to grow......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

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

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

jack: beautiful pictures, i haven't seen the falls in over 28 years, you know once they stopped the falls to take care of the rocks below and another time it froze over, now would you believe......

in response to: Onguiaahra by Elicar

Jenny Foster(nee Sutton): MY GRANDAD SUTTON AND UNCLE JACK SUTTON LIVED IN VICTORIA ROAD FOR MANY YEARS.HE FARMED THE LAND NEAR THE CEMETERY AND DOWN TO THE RIVER.ALSO SOLD COAL ;FIRST WITH A SHIRE HORSE,THEN IN THE EARLY......

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

Michael Waugh: Our family owned a small farm called Tullach Mhor, just up the road from that paper mill. Built by an irishman, Paddy Webb. Your'e right, it did stink. Names from the past - the Fraynes......

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Rob Tynan: Natalie Waterworth My great grandfather John Tynan, ran School Farm which was on the corner of Springfield Lane,opposite the endowed school. It was demolished approx. 1918??. He also used to drive the coach for......

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

Tom Martin: It sounds to me like Kansas, in general anyway, is probably the place to live. I grew up on Long Island, and moved to South Carolina in 1973. I went back to Long Island 2......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

Kevin McGrath: I also grew up in Benny Farm in the sixties.Went to St Monika's with my brother and sister.We lived in the first complex (A block?).The back 40 was alien territory, but I agree with everyone......

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

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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

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.

Elicar: These "wild chickens" you are talking of happen to be the best tasting chicken there is. The meat is a little bit tougher than the antibiotics or whatever crap-fed chicken, but it is very good......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

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......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Kaeleen: OMG ! Jim & Teresa, Yes, I remember you guys VERY well.Jim I lost contact with you a few yrs back.Do you still live in the eastern side of WI yet? Teresa where you living now......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

CE: Benny Farm is in the news today. Angebee isn't the only one in the new buildings facing a rash of problems. [[http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=6e84a31f-5e3d-4f1f-8600-93f15ca5666e]] ...

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

Teresa: Jim, I took your email and will be in contact some time soon. A reunion of some sort would be awesome, especially the school in the school, I've wanted to go in numerous times just don't......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

jack: i as on the howdy doody show in 1947 or 48 i forget, i was a member of the peanut gallery then i was on the old farmer grey show which was sponsered by cott......

in response to: Bodega Heads by Peter

Bill Sanders: My wife was raised on a farm outside Yuba WI, Her dad was Bob Stowell. She has a brother Curt still living in Yuba. She has and had a lot of family in the area.......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

VVW: I live on the Aquila Housing developement, which used to be MOD Aquila. Your articles are exellent and very interesting. I believe my house is situated on the site of the X-ray block. I have......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

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

Biff: This is St. Peter, a wonderful churh for the poor and disabled. The address is 188 Carlton, but the front door is on Bleeker Street. The bell is free standing and made from melted cannon......

in response to: The Saint of Bleeker Street by Biff

Cyril Bagshaw: The picture is the Saints vesus Bradford Bulls match that I though was pretty good Dear Cyril and Helen, This is the first time I have seen this web address and I found the contents incredibly interesting.......

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

anon (cache-dtc-ag08.proxy.aol.com): Gentrification is obviously evident not only in Bushwick but all over New york City,its just a shame that it takes race to improve a community. ie: Farmers markets,trendy stores, bistros, and uppyish bars.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: nice shot of the cathedral in background, you know, they made church steeples the highest thing in the city so when they rang the bells everyone would know where to go. when farmers toiled......

in response to: Looking over Downtown by Brad

KansasBoy: It would seem, perhaps, that you missed the downtown area of Belleville, since all of your pictures are from out on Highway 81. No matter, your conclusion is pretty much on target, if a......

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

DeadRagabash: First off, I was born in a nice little Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, lived all over Okalhoma lived all over New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. As well as 15 odd places in Germany over 2......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Deborah I attended Irlam Central School from 1936 until 1939.It was then mostly a wooden building situated on the appraoach to Irlam Station.It was later named Alfred Turner where our sons......

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

Rick: I have been to Belleville and have relatives still living there. I've read these posts and both sides have a point. To the people that are from there that really haven't been anywhere......

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