Comments about good times

There are 100 comments about "good times"

Who Cares for Kensington: River Otters complains about the mass exodus from the city and that those folks should have stayed and are now paying the price for leaving with long commutes and 4 buck gas. I left Philly......

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

Danny Fresh: if anyone has pics of williamsburg from da 80's and 90's they should post em on an article imma try and post sum if i find any in my house...good times...

in response to: Williamsburg Walls by GGP

zagg: Let me dig some more up for you kids then! (they're a bit lacking but sure, more Napier for for all. Oh diptheria - such good times!...

in response to: An Epidemic of Diphtheria by zagg

Karlo: That really was a moving story sharon. Im so glad that you can finally put your anger to rest,a feeling that only serves to destroy the self. I fully believe that your son Karl would want you......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Jeff: I went to Super Sexe a few times around 2002-2004, had a great time. Gorgeous women and good price, very entertaining overall. I have done nothing but spread the good word since, telling......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

anon (static-66-16-111-15.dsl.cavtel.net): Hey Den ... That sounds real good, would love to hang out. Ali gets down the shore alot, I get down there maybe once a year. I couldn't remember the name of the store either,......

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

hairsy: hi tommy lockhead good to hear from you danny doing ok he lives in malaga nj. he's married fore times and doing very well...

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

Bill F: Hey Gumba!!! Wow.... haven't heard the Kwi Chang reference in a long time.... how the hell are you? Yep still down the street... You still across the bridge? As far as the leg...well it's about......

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

Big Dog: Ha! KP is not open for tours. As for becoming a CO (CX1), you just have to keep an eye on the federal government web site (jobs.gc.ca). Positions are usually only posted......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Michelle Byrd: I grew up in the hornets as my generation called them,and while there were some bad situations happened there it was some very good times as well.Folks need to remember that bad events happen all......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Arnold Magraner: In the mid to late 50's even into the early sixties, I used to go to Brighton Beach Bay3, during the summer with many of my friends from the Borough of Manhattan. We had formed a......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

zagg: Fact: the summer that I was 16 I was allowed to choose where my parents and I went for a family vacation. San Francisco had been quickly shot down (despite the POWERPOINT PRESENTATION that......

in response to: Cleveland in May by joey

sharon, swansea: hi could i explain why i`m posting this please, I LOST MY 19 YR OLD SON KARL,( AKA KARLO...) TO METHADONE MISUSE, IN OCT 2007, AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF A LIFE, HE WAS......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Peter: ok, people... what is it, exactly, that makes {bushwick} so "scary"? i mean, really. i wish someone would just come out and spell it out for us, because i dont buy it. sure, the neighborhood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

janet: Alma--Back to your memories of the old neighborhood. I remember the butcher shop, the one on Schenectady right near Lincoln Place (and next to a wonderful hardware store with long passage between loads of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Dean Ogden: Wow, what a site. Im only 25 and i feel like i know what everyone is talking about. I see pictures of what Irlam and Cadishead use to be like and listen to the stories......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James Connelly: Acorn High School the student body is pretty Urban there nothing like a school who loves the good ole Fire drill every week...And the bathrooms being close cause some one was smoking in there or......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Elkin School Rules!!! DJD: If I could move back to Kensington I would. However, that can't happen, due to the realities of life. Reality sometimes is a bitch! Reality forces you to make decisions that you wish......

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

Jamie: Mural schemes suck more often than not, but most of these are pretty good. Nice photos. Thanks for sharing them @Picky Lurker: I wouldn't like to speculate on any "view fixing". Sometimes posts can accrue lots......

in response to: The Murals of Leslieville by Elicar

Jon Burgess: James Cashan, It would be great to start a thread dedicated to irlam and cadishead musicians and bands, there have been so many. My mates cousin from New Moss Road was the singer of a band......

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

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

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

janet: How terrific is this! Alma, I do remember the knish place, but it was across Utica Avenue from the movie house (which from time to time we affectionately called "the Itch"). I didn't buy knishes......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

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

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......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

joey: there one year later, and times are not as good as they were back then....

in response to: 5 Times # by joey

Andrew Turner: Trying to get in touch with friends from my past,Lived in Lisnaskea until I was 16 then got dragged to England in 1985, Miss all the good friends I once had, I never kept in......

in response to: Summer Holidays. by barry

dublin girl: hey ive been livin in dublin all my life and was always hearing about the troubles up the north! i went and started a course 2 months ago up in belfast and i have to......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

Susan Taylor (nee O\\\'Reilly): Hi Sheila I'm looking for photos I can't find them. Had a lot of work done in the house and things still in boxes, hope that I haven't thrown them out by mistake. Greenwoods that......

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

anon (75-164-240-214.ptld.qwest.net): You are a very articulate imaginative Intelligent & WISE person~ You NEED to consider writing as a serious avenue of success~ IF that is what you may find to be your forte! You may have been......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

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

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......

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

Kensington H.S. Vice President: Hello to all Kensingtonites.I lived at 5th & Leigh Ave and attended Kensington High School for Girls from 1958-1961. Even though I have not been to Philly for many years, does anyone have suggestions of......

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

Kenny: I lived on Saratoga and Blake 43-57. It was the best times that a child could ever live thru. Went to PS 156, Somer's JHS then Tilden High. Spent my entire youth playing in school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

L.Barry: I have drove through it many of times because it was a handy route to go instead of the Ship Channel Bridge. It was far better than that Dark and dingy old Baytown tunnel......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

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

Hunter: I'd like to make two points at this time. First, it seems that most of the dissatisfaction with Hutchinson revolves around the lack of "good", i.e. well-paid jobs. As I mentioned earlier, there are no......

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

elena: I grew up in the Luna Park Buildings. I spent my childhood and early teen years before moving, but I agree with Robert, those were the best times in my life! It was early......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril et al, Yes now I remember and heck it was a short period as a flower shop :-) I remember only too well Cyril Bagshaw SENIOR and his chippy, was it 6d [six pennurth] of......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma, Greetings from Adelaide ( arrived here in september 1980 ),and many thanks for your condolences on the passing of our much loved son Brian.He leaves his wife Jen and their 2 lovely children, Chris......

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

anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a......

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

EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community. I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

A. Weinstein: Len Lipner, you should be ashamed of yourself! I have emailed you several times and you do not answer... Only kidding! I know you must be very busy with your new Grandson. Hey guys please......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Hi Stan—and all you 167 alums out there—The beautiful public library in classical style on Schenectady & Eastern Parkway was a place to visit, to use, but for me not to hang out in and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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......

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

Kinda sorta like this city,sometimes: Hey,30th ave.is a cool place to be on weekend nights for bored teens.Good clean fun,Hastings is cool to hang out at,the new health and fitness club is also cool....

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

Diane Dole: Hi Tammy, it has been a while since we have seen each other we have had some great times together in the past. When we all got together especially at our guild meetings we thourougly......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

KADEEM. : ok heres how acorn goes once you past freshman year. and u havent gotten in good with all teachers...if they arent what u want them 2 be.THEN EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE..ur fucked.. sorry its the truth if......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Lefty: ampdub - You live on Queen Anne, then? My old stomping grounds. I'm vegetarian about fifteen years now and I still stand in line for the fries (which I am assured are veg-oil fried). The......

in response to: Dick\'s by Peter

Uchie Martinez: Hey Alfred in ATL: I too lived at 336 Melrose Street and 338 Melrose Street your dad was my landlord. Moved out in 1988 but I still go back, have family at 338 Melrose Street.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (79-75-205-114.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com): HI to all you good people alf and mary diane george major and may davidson. The list of names go on and on good people all of them .ME AND MY MATE have had some......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

IC: Okay, just returned from Norway in September, visiting family. Yes, their hot dogs are popular and very good. There were several things that I had that were typical of the area Kopervik/Kvilhaug. ......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

A Girl From Wakeham Bay: it is very nice up here && there is a theatre now plus you can order alcohol and it takes 2 days to arrive but expensive. I am glad to live here it is......

in response to: Passing Airliner Triggers Wonder in Arctic by EvilGentleman

Someone Who Made it Out: I lived in Hutchinson for the majority of my adolescent life. By the time I had reach the 8th grade at Sherman back in 1999-2000, I had already become a product of which Hutch has......

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

Hashim Lynch: Yea I was a student here. Graduated in '05. My reason for coming to this school was because I thought it was an art based school. I was so very wrong. Although it did have......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Rodent: Oh yeah, and I see CG projects on that ghetto TV show GOOD TIMES....

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

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......

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

Galen J: I drove through this tunnel hundreds of times beginning in the mid 1950's. It always amazed me how AM radio stations would immediately go off once you hit the entrance. Driving a motorcycle through......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jack M. from Havre, MT: I went there when I was up there training in Haz-Mat it was pretty cool every time you turn around there was something new to look at and we also me Jim Bishop he really......

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

Gary: Much of what I read here reminds of comments about what gentlemen the German officers were in restaurants after they had invaded France! Listen here: The Hells Angels, each and every......

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

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......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

Michael: I grew up in Yorkville in the 1950's. We lived on 90th St between First and York. I remember the fireboat station at the foot of 90th St just outside the fence at Schurz park.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

John Dereszewski: Crystal, as I'm sure you know, the block on Covert that you lived on went through some very difficult times in the 1970's and 80's due to the many buildings that were lost through numerous......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

rac: Well, I've been living in Bushwick for 6 months, now (off the Myrtle stop). I was born in the Bx and used to live in Hell's Kitchen for many years; and really its about......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: i was hitting balls at that range last summer, the parachute jump, and next to it was a carousel back in the old day's, from the parachute looking down the boardwalk you can see some......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

pat montelbano: we lived on knickerbocker bet willoughby @ starr atended ps 123 jhs 85 then on to bushwick hs i satayed later on in grove street park. there we heard the fascinators and the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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......

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

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

Someone in Detroit metro: Wow.....some of the comments made here have been really ignorant, but then again everone is entitled to their own opinions right? Here's mine: I have lived in Detroit metro area my whole life. I......

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

Chris Roughneen: Hi, my great-grandfather was one of the last ferrymen who used to run people across the Canal between Irlam & Flixton just upstream from Irlam Locks. Was born in Irlam and have been here......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Matt: My mom was born here in 1924, I never lived there but started doing drugs and bought them there many times in the early 90's. I almost lost my life a couple of times there.......

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

Teresa Novy: Hi Jim, I remember you and think of a club we used to have, if you are the Jim Clary I'm thinking about,I can't remember everyone in it but Roger and Kim were a couple of......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

procyon: General consensus seems to be a combination of luck (sometimes it's just unlocked) and being polite/respectful to the people who work there (i.e. if you see people working inside, try asking nicely if you can......

in response to: The Tent of Tomorrow, Revisited by procyon

DRRL: wow as soon as i started going through the pictures, i already knew you were the same bel from my couple times at the nest arts factory. coming from an artist standpoint, your work is......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

Brooklyn-Pete: Bushwick is not the worst neighborhood in Brooklyn, it's definately no Park Slope but it is not as bad as some would have others believe. The neighborhood is very noisy and extremely filthy on many......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Genuine brooklynite bushwick baby: I am so proud of where i come from.Most people say bitches in bushwick are dumb.Never that Never me ,I just see what i see and i will always be me.Growing up in the hood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bass Girl: Oh my gosh PAPERGIRL17....do you live in the salt mine hundreds of feet under Hutch or something? Lets try coming to the surface and having a cup of reality.... 1. The Cosmosphere (since there are......

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

highwalker: been there a few times last year - 'twas fun while it lasted, the best part was slipping past the (now apparently dismantled) steel gates and fences, and getting into that huge building on the......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Marty Gottlieb: God bless the Casusos--no finer family could anyone hope to meet! Everything that Adam has written about them so beautifully here is true. From my standpoint, the tremendous impact they had in turning the neighborhood......

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

Dee: I also went to jhs 111. The years I attended were 1966-1969 the school was about a year old then. I hated it, and to the young man that said your friend wasn't encouraged......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Hutch1: To the original poster of the photos. You took photos of only the worst of the town. What state has a year round State Fair? The old hospital is not across from a highway. I do......

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

Joe S.: Bonnie, If you see this--we also shopped at Bohack the A & P! My grandmother lived on Decataur between Wilson and Knickerbocker--closer to Knickerbocker. I remember going to a candy store on the corner......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

KB: Lived in Bushwick on Eldert Street, btw Knickerbocker & Irving, from when I was born, until we moved away in 1967, when I was 16. Things had gotten rough in 1966, when there was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Anthony: OLGC school was a great place...i was a student there...the school closed down when i was in sixth grade...The 8th grade teachers name was actually Mr. Naughton. He was a great man. I was very......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

mjern: I have a parrot that was given to me, she usually is a good girl and likes to climb on me and will follow me from room to room, but a lot of times after......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Peter: i often used to go to a bar in {hells kitchen} that served up really cheap pints of beer... until i realized that every time i went, i ended up getting a stomach ache later......

in response to: Verres Stérilisés... by CE

Peter: yo bazz, i used to live right in that neighborhood... 45th and 4th ave, actually. that area is great. be sure to walk up to 5th avenue for the good shopping, diners and amazing produce.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Chiamattt: Nice shots of the subway. I am never on the subway during off-peak times. I don't think id be able to get good shots from within the train at 8am and 6:30pm. Keep posting dude!...

in response to: Subways and Trains by Andy

Andrew: He looks a lot like a jerk who hangs out in Cabbagetown that I've seen. He tried to sell me bus tickets last summer and I've seen him drunk/cracked out at the corner of......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

EvilGentleman: I want to try your technique, but your camera is an SLR, and mine is a point-and-shoot with a retractable lens, so if the lens is out, people know my camera is on. I will......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

chiamattt: EvilGentleman, I hold my camera in my right hand at my side as though I were just carrying it somewhere. I just walk and take pictures of things on my right. If there is a......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

BZZZP: i was chased on down this "street" on my bike by 2 rottweilers. the workers came out of the shops and hooted. i have no illusions as to whom they were rooting for. good times. i......

in response to: The Iron Triangle by CartLegger

Skat man: In my years I've had to deal with police and R.C.M.P across the country(wild youth), If they give you the option to walk away take it. When you act like a defiant......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE