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Joey - The Public Animals: Check the Scrapyard for sl-9 gear. Ask them to stock it if theres none available, or check www.sl-9.com for the gear.... punsterbill: Born in Williamsburg Hospital in '41. Lived on first floor of 99 Stockholm St until '47 when we moved to Cornelia Street. went to PS 56 on Bushwick Ave, Halsey JHS and one...... Geoff Peacock: Hi to Gus,
The names for the above Saracens photo are (L to R):
Cliff Stocker, Barry Sagar, Geoff Peacock and Ken Ranson. Terry Hollingsworth had been with the group earlier, but left before this pic was...... JP1515JeffersonAve: I find it amazing that so many have so many different views yet we all have a common thread...the Love of our hood. I grew up in Bushwick back in the 70's through the 90's....... j davis: The main problem is letting in immigrants who do not want to assimilate into Norwegian culture but want to change Norway into an islamic state. They were already a problem when I lived in Stockholm...... 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...... poteto: Yep;from Emerald & dauphin.worked for john gardner stocking his soda box on sat morn.played halfball on arizona E & A 1/2.Remember morgans @ fletcher st?Priscillas next to shortys? Giant great dane(GUNTHER)had to pass @...... Mike: Indeed, I used to shop at the IGA, while it was further west on N-Dame st., near parc Sir G-É. Cartier. I can still remember people stocking up on on chicken legs, milk, canned juices,...... Sonja (Sandra): Love the posts. I also grew up in Bushwick. I remember the Starr Pretzel factory, passed it on the way to Junior High School 162. I still love the smell of pretzels. In fact, I...... Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969...
The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story :
I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive...... ERIC BUSHWICK TAX CREW : please if any one knows were my dauther is I was a teen father and her mother went to clevland I Was in 111 her mothers name is nelly she grew up on dekalb bet...... Atasha: It's wonderful hearing all these stories about my hometown. I was born in 1991 and attended PS 123K and JS 291. I used to live on Stockholm St., between Irving and Wyckoff Avenues, but 5...... Stuart Brennan: Hello Norma,
I'm going to try and post an old class photo from Cadishead Juniors once I get my dad to scan it for me. He's the computer whizz in the family at 84!
I will have...... Re; KOTS: Hi James, I dont live in Cadishead anymore, now live in Hazel Grove after living in moton for 8 years. The great thing about Cadishead and Irlam was that There was lots of people to...... JoeyD: These people have no all lost their homes due to forclosure and now no longer need to commute from Stockton... E.stoned bushwick: I was born in wycoff in 72 lived on wilson av.in stockholm st.went to 123 111@ 162 wrote graffiti, rymed saw allmost all my boy,s get hooked on crack, heron do bids remember my...... E.stoned bushwick: I grew up in the bush on wilson av in stockholm st.I was one of the f,ups had a baby at 14 with a girl named nelly . I would play hooky from school from...... Peter: did you read the above thread? it was soho zat, then soho underground, and now its called the {scrapyard}... its still very small, but well-stocked, and they have cheap caps.... 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...... Stockton: I'm sorry but Sao Paolo doesn't deserve her place!
Where is Paris, where is Istanbul?
An Istanbul view:
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Photo by Ersel OK @ http://www.skyscraperlife.com ... Bob Salmon: A bit late, sorry, my internet connection broke down.
Hi Alan
You are correct with what you say about the sky lighting up.
Having worked in all the areas that could light up the sky, I will endeavour...... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi everyone,
There are a few gremlins on this site, many of us are having problems. I couldn't access anything for a few days last week.
I have just re-read some messages and realise I have...... jameth: Viet Nam on Broadway/Stockton in {San Francisco}.
And yeah anything on Jackson in Little Saigon is typically good, especially when you have to have a child translate for you or point at the menu.
Pho Cyclo...... Chris: I just happened over this page while looking for something via Google, but I couldn't just let this go- I grew up in Hutch, but no longer living there. I moved to the West Coast...... jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have...... grange: I want a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock ....... zagg: A great stocking stuffer for every member of any family.... EvilGentleman: The art/vandalism debate will go on forever, because both sides are correct.
Many graffiti pieces are unquestionably artistic masterpieces. I have seen many pieces that are absolutely mind-boggling, provoke intelligent thought and debate, and are just...... Polarme: beautiful! i actually thought it was stockholm at first, we have a church-tower that looks rather similar to the one in this pic! (which is weird since churchtowers tend to look rather similar all around...... GGP: good pictures. two weeks ago my partner and i were driving late at night on the NY Thruway and came upon an accident scene right out of a david lynch film: overturned truck--a big one--and...... 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...... Mushi: I had the barley soup at K-PAX last night -- it was nice (and warm).
As for it being like Brooklyn's Natural, you can obviously see that is where K-PAX got their inspiration. And I said...... Peter: i pass that place every day going to/coming back from the train. i never see anyone in there. im assuming its because theyre still pretty new. with all the cheap (but admittedly spartan/utilitarian) {bodega}s around...... John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: Firstly, thanks for this site. I will see what I can scavenge in photos to contribute a bit. I lived in Allenby Road, Cadishead from 1947-1970 when I moved to Australia, I have...... crystal: i use to live in bushwick, from the time i was born until i was six years old, my grandmother lived on stockholm and bushwick ave, she passed away in 74, so my stepmother and...... Kenzo Joe: Bobmans was at Kensington and Cambria, no Clearfield. Uncle Milty's was at Clearfield Street. I worked at Bobmans after school when I was a kid as a stockboy. It was rough even...... CE: The first half seem so wealthy to me because they look very much like the housing stock in parts of {Westmount} (and some of the wealthier areas of {NDG}) here in Montreal. These neighbourhoods...... serlingrod: to me the first half looks like a middle-class neighborhood that's always been stable...the second half looks like a result of white flight. just my guess.....what's the story? thanks so much for sharing by...... Will B: I went to JHS111 and graduated in 1978. I was in the Band with Mr. Montesanto and I remember some great days. The rebel devils were there, the stockholm boys and savage skulls....... moss: The side-by-side tandem bike is available for sale at Bicycle Station in Brooklyn, NY. They are being produced again by Bob Barrett. You can look up the shop or call them. as of May 2007,...... CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16...... Armstrong: All this talk of crime is interesting yet Bushwick is changing everyday. It is inevitable. I think it will change for the better, remaining a mixed neighborhood demographically and economically. It is closer to Manhattan...... EvilGentleman: I'm willing to bet this guy takes home more money than some stockbrokers do. I knew a guy in Montreal who said he averaged $300 to $400 a day, at a time when the Canadian...... CE: The old housing stock in St. Louis is so strange. They look like detached rowhouses from different cities planted down along the street. Very neat.... CE: serlingrod, you will be pleasantly surprised by the housing stock here. The only areas that I could compare to traditional Philly row housing (at least as far as I know it) is in the...... serlingrod: I love these pics. the housing stock reminds me alot of philly, my homecity. my girlfriend and I are planning a summer trip to montreal. these shots def. got me pumped! ... jack: does anyone remember, candy barr, she wore tassels and it was the hottest thing for us 11 year olds to see, if we would have seen then what is available now, why the boys would...... iman: its like a messed up woodstock.... John Dereszewski: It is hard to imagine how anyone can misinterpret the last 30 years of Bushwick's history more than BDweller did in his comment. To believe him, Bushwick endured decades of neglectful Planned Shrinkage followed by...... John Dereszewski: The Bushwick Initiative is really is an impressive development, probably the most creative initiative since the Bushwick Action Plan of the late 1970's.
Over the past month, I have visted Bushwick several times and traveled...... Peter: that {vespa} can probably do 75 km/h, stock, if its got a 150cc engine in good shape. with a tuned exhaust system (or other mods) installed, you can squeeze a little more horsepower out of...... upfromflames: I think that Wilson stop is going to be looking pretty nice in a few years. The streets are pretty quiet and wide, the housing stock some of the most solid in bushwick. Lots of...... Guy McLaren: In case anyone is wondering
1. Black Eagle
2. Yellow billed kite
3.& 4 Cape Griffon Vulture
5 Ground Hornbill
6. Marabou Stork
Most of these wonderful creatures are in serious danger of dissapearing. Ther are 1500 known breeding pairs of...... RAT: NECKFACE IS ALEX MONTIJO from stockton california his dad RUDY MONTIJO he own's ELCAMINO TIRES 3 stores in stockton and one in lodi he sould pay for all of alex's defacing give them a call
209...... Lin Lynch: I am looking to move into an apt on Stockholm street, 3 blocks away from Wycoff Hospital. it's a private house, with an apt on the top floor. I have heard mixed reviews...... dfwtiger: Houston, Atlnata, Vancouver........these would be on my list. Also, a great skyline does not have to be one with tall buildings....Perhaps Stockholm....Copenhagen.....Oslo...... Susannah: What - no hate mail? Isn't the double standard operational in these parts? What about this - three to four times a week the wife contemplates suicide, only to realize each time, as if for...... jack: WELL NOW, A TRIP TO THE PAST...the last time i was at the fair was when it was in it's actuality. it was in full bloom, you kids should have seen it. it...... Jim QV: Tony, I read your posting and wanted to respond to it. I was born in Queens, but my Moms whole family is from Bushwick. Her grandfather (my great grand dad) was the original owner of...... Karlo: Ok ok,now you ARE funny.
'Loyalists the world over'....
Oh,you mean your support groups such as Combat 18 (for those who dont know,C18 is a 100% Nazi organisation..18 stands for the 1st and 8th letters of the...... Norman Hudson: A 'Blast from the Past!'
1964 Barnoldswick Gala Day, the Barnoldswick Youth Club Float.
PHOTO SHOW
Brenda Robinson(Hudson), Norman Hudson, Eileen Waterworth, ?, Dennis Bamber,David Metcalfe(back)Jimmy Stocks(front)Chris stuttard,John Stuttard, ?, George Kirrage(back),Susan Duxbury,
Front kneeling Margret Perry, Susan Palmer.
The...... EvilGentleman: General Eisenhower went on to become President, while this old General did not die, but just faded away.
Old Blood and Guts was one of the most controversial and amazing men of the 20th century. A...... GUS BRENNAN: [[img:13453]]
this is a blast from the past, one of bar`licks old pop groups from the early sixties, Cliff Stocker, ????, Geoff whiteoak, and Kenny Ranson,
Cliff is still going strong, with his band "Slack Alice". Geoff...... jeeff: aside from public housing (which govts don't seem to do anymore), all new housing is marketed as 'luxury', and marketed to yuppies. that's where the money is. as yuppies move into new housing,...... Peter: some constructive tips:
1) practice cleaning up the {stencil}-work. they seem to start crisp and then get drippy and bleedy... as if you either got alot more rushed as you went (which makes sense- no one...... Sally:
Today is memorial day in America. THEY ARE HOLDING PARTIES AND BBQs and HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN THE ABOUT 2 WORLD WARS WHERE I LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, NOT TO MENTION THEIR OWN TROUPS IN THIS LATEST...... Rob: Thanks Rick for your mini review and google search and paste for the words “buddy bike.” But as the owner of the above bike, let me clear a few things up:
Regarding the bike pictured:
It is...... EvilGentleman: chiamatt, by any chance, are you in advertising? You seem pretty adamant about this. I am just stating my opinion, and explaining why this will affect my decision as to where I spend my gas...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I eat rabbit and have had many rabbits as pets. And during the run up to Y2K (remember that?) we started referring to our two [[2487:cats]] as livestock. But I'm very glad to hear the...... Peter: strangely, i went in there looking for veggie patties (a new quest im on- to try all the veggie patties in the neighborhood, heh) and discovered that they had no food at all on hand,...... jack: another little note, in the summer, the hot summer days, my friend and i would ride the trolley and look for a young lady with a dress on and wait for a gust of wind...... jack: rapunzel, great name. is the handmaid's tale a girlie book? i'll check it out -- i might enjoy it. meanwhile, my son-in-law has informed me that a company manufacturing pharmaceuticals has come...... Elicar: Woe is me! I associate branding with livestock branding! Ya know, to enable the cow to be returned its rightful owner when it gets lost from his herd?... jack: 3rd ave and 60th is'nt that where the club, 'inner circle' was at one time. i used to go there with my friend tom back in '64' thats 1964 and not 1864 to...... Elicar: Hmm...We'll never know, but he could be a future Bay Street lawyer, A Wall Street stock-trader or perhaps another Bill Gates...
I admire his guts. If he channels it the right way, he may amount to...... CRONO, looK up and see yourself: CRONO, Graffiti is anything you mark on,Stock haterz. I ain't Xnt,but im going throug. All Respect for those big Skills,but quit Eatin each other and keep doing it. Ag, STD. Before you talk about The...... have u felt...: lalalalalala.blahblahblahblah. Us writers have herd it all b4. A couple of questions I have for la ignoramous. Have u ever smelled the smell of railroad tracks with a mist of "that smell" blended with a...... poprad99: I have been riding bikes for 32 years and burning fossil fuels for 22 years.
I have been commuting year-round by bike for 9 years. I was assaulted and battered by a motorist in 1990 for...... hool: to the doubter: *shrug*. it's not like i was defending the validity of the event. i really don't care if it's considered 'real' or not, because the discussion surrounding it is real. but if...... no, hool,: it isn't just that. all the poses and expressions seem stock and unnatural. it doesn't help that many of your older photos look this way, too.
and anyone at all could post the comment...... Jamie: i'm not overly keen on articles made up of stock images... jack: catherine, please pull over or find a parking spot to take photos. i know on the fdr you cant pull over so get off and circle around. take a few minutes more to...... elaine: i am ashamed to say i do not know. i watched it randomly and it took me a while to realise how good it was and i just never caught that info. so sorry, i...... Jamie: It'd be nice to see some of your photos of {Oslo} though Rune instead of stock news images.... terrorist: just went and got $198.32 worth of paint exactly. re-stocked the stash.... Peter: {C-Town} got restocked last night! Check it out:
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the stinky {smoked whitefish} again...
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...and of course some {chav} brew for {jamie} ;)... Peter: yeah, i always liked how the tiles run diagonally down the aisle, like diamonds, as opposed to squares, running parallel to the shelving.
im not exactly sure why, but im a fan of this c-town. it...... jack: all women are basically beautiful. its just that some take the time to influence the eyes of a man to gaze upon their beauty and dream. i have noticed that as i got...... Peter: they stock carlsberg. i buy it there often enough. very honestly, over 50% of that beer selection is german, danish and canadian.
also: beer doesnt have fat in it, btw.... Deshant: High Gravity Steel Reserve... Why is it called High Gravity? Because after six of these it feels like you dropped a metal brick in your pants. I also noticed the Danish FAXE. I used to...... SadStateOfAffairs: Racism has many forms. It can be religiously based, as in the current JIHAD against all non-Muslims. Or it can be economically based. I agree it's not based on skin alone. Problems occur when different...... elaine: i made a movie of that view, the lamps were slowly swaying. tick. tock. tick. tock....
and here's another;
[[img:3743]]... Jamie: **A man has been shot at Stockwell Tube station by armed police officers.**
##Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen an Asian man shot five times by "plain-clothes police officers" with a handgun.##
**read more:**...... elaine: ##jeez## jamie, are you using antique film stock, or what, this looks like england in the early 1960's... elaine: did you ever get off with livestock girl in the end? maybe big awkward guy turned out to have a certain way about him?
crazy anorack fat guy scares me... kobe: ahh, the bird! its fun watching such subtle progressions such as this. the tick-tock of the city, etc.... elaine: I have a friend who is from the now fictional country of East Germany and I encourage her to go to John Lewises if she is feeling homesick. It is the only shop in the...... Peter: theyre quite adept at stealing stereos fro mcars, also... which jsut happened to me recently. why someone would want a 15 year old stock volvo stereo (that wont even work outside of hte car it...... ~creAtor~: the rollin stock is always fresh. some dope shit man. im feelin this series of trux for sure.... ~creAtor~: yea i second that. more graf trux please. rolling stock is the freshest!...
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