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Nick Thackray: my brother just came in slightly pissed and just told me about a taxi driver who used to be a monk from arrow taxi's and told him all bout gouranga and handed him books on......

in response to: Call Out Gouranga! by Jamie

jon: Hey guys to make posters like the pros your going to have to learn the two fields of reproduction. The first one is printmaking, this includes wood cuts, Linocuts, dry point, etching, engraving, color......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

anon (c-69-139-11-88.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): hairsy: can,t remember the hot dog stand. I did remember cassidy's candy store at palethorpe and cambria; spring water from wissonoming park; seeing president kennedy at front and sterner st. if you get a......

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

Brushman: anon i did know your father , he lived on lee st on the corner , didn't he ? my book is in the editing phase . i hung right there , and used to......

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

ASEC ALG KOB: BEL! Infamous in Norwalk. I remember when you first started out and when I first started to be interested by graffiti. When you hit up my elementary school! AHahahaha that was great though. It had......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): thats cool brushman. whens your book come out? i'll definatley buy a copy. maybe you knew my dad, his name was Butch Caton. my moms name is Terry Genero...

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

Brushman: hello anon ,i definately lived at lee and westmoreland then , im 39 yrs old . I am writing a soon to be published book about that specific are between howard and ontario to......

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

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

colavitos ghost: "diario" usually just means "diary" or sometimes "agenda" (like a little notebook where you write down your plans. the only commonly-used word i know for "newspaper" is "periódico". (not like it really matters. sorry for......

in response to: The Black Cat: Poetry in Spanish Graffiti by The Hapless Hobo

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.

CLaSS oF '09 [Ms. Me]: Class of '09..YESS!!!, we're seniors now. But i would be wrong if I were to say that our journey thus far has not been memorable. As a senior, I've definitely grown up since the first......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

mackie.p: I like this post. You have captured a great area. Joel Sternfeld produced a book "walking the high line" back in like the late 90's, great work!...

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Andrew Smith: Hi Terry, sounds an interesting book. The photo was taken by my friend Dom Smith. I'm sure copyright would not be a problem. If you give me your email address I'll pass it onto him. If......

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

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......

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

Terry Gorman: Hi Andrew I am the final stages of a book about the non-league football grounds of Lancashire, and was very interested in the photo of the old Irlam Town clubhouse in Silver Street. Would there......

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

angie: Greetings to all. I'm not from chicago at all, but I have alot of family who does. We used go ride by the high rises when we we kids, and I would wonder how in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Lillibette Irish expat: What most of the people that have responded to this fail to realize is that "The Troubles" in Ireland have LONG ago stopped being about religion. It was/is rather like the black-white thing in......

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

julie lorraine jackson: hello diane magee this is julie lorraine jackson my brother stuart jackson passed away last feb 29/08 of massive heart attack age 49. would like send me old picture of me deaf in milton......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

sie: i also just finished jennifer toth's book..thank you for posting such fantastic images!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

Steven - Clean and Sober: John Avildsen is now in detox/rehab/group therapy. I met him there in May 2008. I saw his works and his books and all. He said he was quitting and he told me to look him......

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

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......

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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

jack: kevin i was the proofpress operator when i was 18 and you and i would flick a matchbook with our fingers over a goal post we formed with our fingers. we would be waiting......

in response to: 130 Cedar Street by jack

alan : Hi ALL,I LIVE IN NETHERNE NOW,THR OLD MALE CONVERSLESENCE WARD,I ALSO HAVE THE BOOK PEOPLE MENTIONED I WILL DIG IT OUT,VERY INTERESTING READING....

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Jamie: It's a recurring theme here. Someone posts a bunch of photos, or maybe even just one photo, from a particular place which don't paint a rose-tinted picture of that place and you can guarantee someone......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Sheila Vaudrey: hello James, I read about it in "Life Times Link" a free booklet in the Library, it just says that it is being planned for October this year, here is a link to the article......

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

jack: you can never go home again, a statement made famous by author, Thomas Wolf, a good book, Look Homeward Angel, read it....

in response to: Closed (by Order of The.... by upfromflames

11:11: high street is great shopping. record shops, head shops, hookah bars, bars, OSU bookstores and chinesse food...

in response to: Downton Columbus by maybetoday

Signs-of-time: NWO, bar codes with 666, micro-chips, veri chips, nano bots, real ID, RFID chips, bio-microchip implant... who needs a BIG BROTHER like this? Ever heard of... the Mark of the Beast? And his #......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

kellymac: thanks for the links peter, my skepticism at the "factual" information in the book started with her claiming there are natural caves under Manhattan, much less ones accessible from subway passages. she clearly had......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

kellymac: wow these are just beautiful. i'm finishing up Jennifer Toth's book now, great timing! thank you for sharing and i'll be checking back to see if you post more!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Who Cares for Kensington : B Street, Well stated, but you have probably upset the professional social worker class, professional community activists and some local and long seated goverment officials of both parties that like to be known as public servants......

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

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila (Vaudrey), my mum saw my uncle Colin this afternoon and told him how i came across this site and that ive seen some of his school pictures, and he wants me to go......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

hils34: wow this stuff is crazy!!! yeah i agree with everyone. i have to research about a book. and i got here. everyone has different opinions. people shood not regret what they had done in the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Dean Ogden: Hi Cyril, ive been on Google Earth its great isnt it? And i still pass the house quite often (I somtimes cut accross the moss to get to work if the traffics bad. My aunty......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

londongirl: i have to agree with you HA HA the pearlies are laughable last year at our local club they booked a group of pearly kings and queens for a cockney night what a shambles they had some old......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

laz81: wow!have read with interest, the coments posted about the HAMC, sadly, its clear many know very little about the club. and i say club because it is just that, a club not a gang! to the bros and......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

chiamattt: One of them is chucky, and some are from "death note" (which is pretty good, but then gets kinda silly into book 5). The woman you think is hot was simply a goth girl selling......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

chiamattt: jack, its funny you should say "in an area of possible war" because NO ONE here thinks the DPRK will invade the ROK. It's just not gonna happen. Also, there are NO real guns here.......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

Sammy Perez: Pinky: I was in the class after, 1976, so I remember Mr. Tillman and Mr. Sperber quite well. As a matter of fact, Mr. Sperber along with Mr. Shor, the chorus teacher, were my favorite......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Stuart, no need to apologise, it was all done in good fun - at school on my last day. (and you are right - it was probably all Gaz!!). You and Garry ran off with......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Stuart, I don't remember being in Mr Killers class... I will scan the pic I have, hopefully it will come out half decent, tho it's not a good copy to start with. I remember......

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

Lucy Hart: Hi,there is a book that was written and photos taken by a guy called Goerge Foggerty(i think thats his name).Just after the hospital closed he sold these to the remaining workers at Netherne..i will see......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Stuart Brennan: Hello again Deb Nice to see in your avatar that you've still got that big sunny smile! I'm not really in close touch with any of the old Irlam High lot. I last saw Gaz Siddall about six......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hey Hi Stuart!! I sure do remember you - since finding this site I dug out all my old keepsakes and found my autograph book in which yourself and Gary Siddall contributed to! My......

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

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

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

jj: can anyone find kensington high 1961 yearbooks? and when and where is the 1961 reunion going to be held? is there a site where you can leave your name for the class reunion? if so,......

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

janet: Alma--I think I left 167 at the end of the 6th grade in '46 or '47. I*'m vague because I went on to John Marshall JHS (JHS 210) on Rochester & Park Place, finished......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

BELROC IOF: I really have not painted in a long time now. But I do still draw in my book....

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

CartLegger: nice shots Peter. They remind me of an cherishable short piece by Joseph Mitchell, about the shad fishermen of Edgewater, NJ. An excerpt from "the Rivermen" is here: [[http://neglectedbooks.com/?p=46]]...

in response to: Shad Crossing by Peter

tasha: i curently reside in the projects the philadelphia housing auth. i go to school and have a job but still proverty stricken i believe the book portrayed good image of the projects. people who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Mike: Hells Angels member arrested on assault charges Hybrid Apr 11, 2008 12:29 PM (3 hrs ago) by Staff, The Examiner SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News)- A Pacifica member of the Hells Angels was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assaulting......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

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

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......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Pearlykingjim: COR bLIMEY It been 3 days since i posted my comments on this page what and no comebacks having read the E-mail that was sent to me a few times iam now convinced that it came from another......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

peaceangel: The violence today was in Londonderry, and police say it was unlikely to be sectarian, more like rival gangs, and possibly orchestrated by a social networking site...is that why facebook cannot be opened in northern......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

Kelly: I just finished reading There are no children here for a college psychology course. I thought it was a well written book and it sheds a lot of light into where the boys grew......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

me hawks: god how da fuck do they do it,it takes me 4ever jst to draw like it on ma book...i wish i cd end up like ...

in response to: More WithTheFriends Graffiti by SCAM28

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Sheila I have just remembered the name of the small travel agents, it was Mrs Barnes. We used to book our coach trips out from there, and also from Millington's the sweet shop, or that......

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

Sheila Hilton: Hya Sue, Have just been catching up on this site. I remember Mrs potter's shop and that. Don't think I ever went in there but I remember all......

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

Dee McArdle: I was just going to mention that book by George Brennan. Kevin beat me to the punch. Bats, Brats and Stats is truly my favorite Yorkville based book....

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

SLA: I read the book "ther are no children here" It was a very sad book.As I read the coments abouve it makes me wonder how much of the book was fact and what was really......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Kevin: I would like to recommend a great new Yorkville book out by a Yorkville author,George Brennan,called Bats,Brats and Stats. It is about being among the last era of stickball players in Yorkville through the author's......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Keith : Now for a bit of good news. Coming Soon Book a good old nees up with the DAZ N CHAVE Cockney show . entertainment from six pearlys plus chas n daves......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Sheila hilton: Reading through Marion Beeston's book 'Irlam & Cadishead' I noted that when Irlam Hall was demolished, 'there were some features well worth preserving. These included the especially fine carved front door.' Does anybody out there......

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

Junito: If this discussion had taken place face to face the Kings and Folks would have shot at each other and hit another innocent victim. This is probably how Miquel died. Lets stop the violent comments......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch. As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed......

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

BILROCK-161, RTW.: Post-84 new jack, Nobody was dissing new writers in general. Only the young pups who think who-the-f_ck they are, and all they do is throw-ups???. You should check whom you call an "old Geezer. The only......

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

Marissa Chaplin: haha, as if I would believe you anyway. The earliest I remember opposite the nags head was Pixies sweet shop, bookies, florist and a butchers....

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

Keith : Re j smith. I first met you john at the dominoin theatre tottemham court road on chas n daves 25th aneversary. you had a book out on pie and mash shops and......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

j.smith: Thank you for your comment keith to ward me, mr Major is not and was never from pearly blood mr major made himself a Pearly king in the mid 1970 that is not mr majors grandfather on the......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Keith : I would just like to say congratulations to george major- Pearly king of peckham for writing such a fantastic book! The book is called ' The hidden whistle and flute' You should all go and......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

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

Manny Cruz: Lenny Santiago! I bet I can remember you if i see your pic in the yearbook my man. I went to 111 and remember being in the orchestra with mr Greenspan i played bass. ......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, Three different books, The Salford Council inspired book as you have, another of same size called The Manchester Ship Canal, then a rather older one in A5 size Irlam to 1914 by James GOODIER,......

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

Marissa Chaplin: These are great pics arent they Alan. I take it you have the same book as me. haha!!!!...

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

wackojacko: i dunno if its already been posted, but heres a link to the brookyln bridge sane smith bomb.... http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.razorapple.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/sane-text-hunter.jpg&imgrefurl=http://razorapple.com/2006/09/13/sanes-tagged-textbook/&h=313&w=500&sz=34&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=zKbK01a4OWForM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsane%2Bbrooklyn%2Bbridge%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

B. B: I live in Henry Horner as well from 1982 until 1989. I have to say that my time in the Horner projects was a learning experience. I raised 5 children there and none......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

D.bennett: All right real talk i`m tired of hearing people say they`ve read the book there are no children here that book the movie was all bullshit ok u don`t have to feel sorry......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Joanne Amorello-minor: Anyway as far as memories from Irlam go I went to Irlam county primary and the endowed then to Irlam High I left in 1987,I lived on Ferry hill rd Harewood rd and The crescent.I......

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

anon (201.143.103.22.dsl.dyn.telnor.net): i lived in hick town near hutch 40 yrs ago and have lived in many exotic places since. people are generally the same thru out world. its what u make of it.i am perfectly happy......

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

Hannah: I read the book "There are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz a few weeks ago and it was a wonderful book. A real eye opener to the terrible conditions of the housing projects in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

tony dj blue: hi diane thanks very much,i got an email the other day,we are now getting in touch,about some bookings. once again A BIG THANKYOU...

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Marissa Chaplin: Here are sopme more pics, taken from a great book I bought at Irlam Library. Fiddlers Lane before the school was built. [[img:25660]] Spring Villas, Fiddlers Lane [[img:25661]] Fiddlers Lane [[img:25662]] ...

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

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

Peter: eg: for real. any info you have/get, send it my way. i promise ill seek out any locations youre interested in and send photos/info your way. im down in that area often. try to get......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Alan Taylor: Cyril & ex-pats, For those that don't have the '£' (pound) symbol on their keyboard, try = hold down left hand 'Alt' key and type '1' '5' '6' from the number pad on the right of keyboard,......

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

Alison: Im sure my my mum used to work in a shop on fiddlers lane when i was a baby im sure it was a fish shop will ask her when i get home, does anyone......

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

Peter: an update: i ran into [[1352:jesus saves]] last month in {bushwick}, and i kid you not when i say that the dude knows everybody in {bushwick}. ##everyone##. anyway, he did a little piece in my {blackbook},......

in response to: Jesus Saves, Again by Peter

BUGS: On Sat 19th Jan 2008 I held my 40th birthday bash at Chapples bar penton street near the Angel North of the river. it was a cockney theme, being a good old cockney boy i thought it......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Roger: Even the movie dosent grasp the sheer horror of what they went threw even BEFORE the hunger strike. If you read bobby sands book, it will bring you to tears. As example, there were three......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

anon (ppp-69-219-38-192.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net): Thats so true sb people should not go by every thing that they read and every thing you said is true, when ever the gangs was in war they will tell every one to get......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

paul: i just read the book for school, and it really opened my eyes about the project. If anyone knows what happened to pharoah or lafeyette, please post it up here. I do know that pharoah......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jimmy: Hi, I was born in Bushwick, 1950 and lived there till 1963. I lived on the corner of Grove Street and Evergreen Avenue. I remeber the Halsey Bops, The Ellery Bops, The Flaming Saints. Cypress Park, Hyland......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dave: Many Thanks Sheila Hilton for the photo of Irlam hall I hope the people who written the book about Irlam contact you as it would be nice for others to see the photo too. I do......

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