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Geoff: The little bastards are smart, cute, fearless and a bloody great pain in the ass. Our current local raccoon family has taken to digging up our outside plants every damned night (on our second floor......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

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

Silo: Hey stan when the guy was talking about it being dangerous at a certain point did he describe anything? Also did he mean south from 116th street? im thinking about going down there and i dont......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

EvilGentleman: Two years and a few months later, this article still defines several different conflicts in a way that few if any articles can. {Motorists} vs {Cyclists} {Road Rage} vs {Radical Activism} {Male} vs {Female} {Entitled} vs {Empowered} The article that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Peter: hmm. i thought the trains were pretty quiet. bordering on silent, actually. you dont even hear them until theyre speeding towards you, about 50 feet away......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

serlingrod: the city skyline embodies an idea of the collective imagination of the city's inhabitants and institutions. The silhouette of man's built environment provides and essential image for a city's dreams and aspirations. thanks so much......

in response to: Downtown MinneApple by Tyfoid Kid

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

EvilGentleman: To me, it would depend heavily on the particulars of the location where the photo was shot. If the man in the photo was in the midst of a well-frequented public space, then public domain......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

Peter: it seems like you fellas have managed to make this into a "you versus tex" argument, as opposed to a "hutch versus the rest of the world" thread, and i think the constant tit-for-tat bickering......

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

Fip: Now don't you all feel silly....

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

Re: Wow,this brings back memories.I lived in Kensington from the time I was born untill 2004.First in the area of Frankford & Coral then Silver St Between Emerald & Frankford Ave.I traveled all over the area......

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

colavitos ghost: joey (and other people who might be interested, if you notice, the roadway all along euclid from public square to university circle has been significantly enhanced in the past 4 years. it's all a......

in response to: Posturban by joey

anon (77-98-187-194.cable.ubr02.blac.blueyonder.co.uk): possilpark people are always taken stick for the way it is portraid regaurds of being run down i myself was born and bread in possilpark and have a lot of fond memories. you see its......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes2 by kobie

carrie: while i do agree that our nixon-era bred conservative government does employ a 'world cop' approach in their international relations, and also recognize the dangerously slippery slope this entails, i can't stomach yet another accusatory......

in response to: Exremist school.. by Rune

Joe Seeking Contact: Check the current demographics on Elkin school and it is evident that the neighbor hood makeup has changed. Just like Kensington was wonderful to us as kids, so it is today for the current residents.......

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

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

jack: costume players, seems very childish, yet with weapons they seem very dangerous, childishly dangerous, they fantasize and become drawings, silly people in a dangerous part of the world, you would think that people in......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

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

BigGaloot: Moved here to Hutch 11 yrs. ago for better job. Now job market is terrible here and no new industry moving in. Reminds me of Great Bend KS where all the old......

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

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

disillusioned: can someone explain to me how it is possible to make friends or have a boyfriend/girlfriend if you live in new york city, esp. williamsburg..it seems completely impossible since people are unfriendly and full of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Tex Re: Me: If you weren't so ignorant, you'd realize that once a group of people have power and control over a community, they won't give it up easily, no matter what the people say or think. ......

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

Sammy Perez: antblack, you are definitely hitting some memory chords with the go-carts and nunchucks. As for 111, the one thing I remember is playing handball in the morning and at lunchtime. Besides the two main......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Tom: hi, i'm from the u.k, so u probably won't care what i think, but sod it. I dnt kno the politics of your country v.well, but wether it's a cover up or not, the terrible......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

VAN: yo anon, i heard oval taught some guy to tag after he quit and moved to massachusetts. now the new oval has been gettin up around on i-95 and the norwalk area. he has been......

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

Mr. Jones: Yeah, The Bricks was bad, but in many ways it was surreal. Go back and read it's real history.Before the great migration and the riots.Even after that, boring could never be said about the city......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Tex: You are absolutely right, we should be thankful for what we have and the great country that we live in. We are very blessed and fortunate to live in a country where we have......

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

mateus costa silva : oi pessoas,gostaria de praticar o le parkour se auquei tiver a fim de montar um grupo de parkour de iniciante. moro em Marília interior de sao paulo email:mateus_scs@hotmail.com. bele ....!!!!!...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

sonnet: I grew up on Cambria St near Emerald in the 1940's and went to Willard School. My grandparents had a store on Kensington Ave and lived above the store. The el roared by......

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

michele bangs: i'm so glad i found this site! i was born in kensington and raised in kensington.Married in visitation church, raised my three son's there.i divorced 20 years ago, and went back to my maiden name.......

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

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

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

anon (adsl-074-183-055-035.sip.cha.bellsouth.net): I was just sitting here at my computer when I heard a loud scary whining right outside my window. I grabbed my pistol and flashlight (my house is in the woods) and opened the door......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, Thanks for resourcing the old Irlam area map.Even from the small version I believe I can recognise what would be Silver street and Fiddlers lane.It is interesting to see where the Manchester Ship Canal......

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

Sammy Perez: Let me start by saying, this is unbelieveable. On a whim I typed in Enrico Fermi JHS 111 on Google and up comes this blog. What's even greater is that there are one......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Len Lipner: For Alma (Weinstein) Scull: C'mon, toots, I didn't answer your emails 'cause I didn't get 'em! You know I still love you, and would've answered every one. The funny thing about Tommy's was that when it changed......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ian Faulkner: Just found this great site. I have only been living in Irlam 25 years now on Silver Street, but have seen many changes....

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

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

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

Joanne Amorello-minor: Hello Cyril they are great pics..just how I remember it then...do you remember the nursery there just further down...I went there... My deepest sympathies for the loss of your son Brian...I didnt realise it was so recent...bless......

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi Norma, Very sorry to hear the loss of your husband...we hope you too have good family and friends around you. As for snow in Adelaide, the nearest we got to it was a few......

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

GuRu: This town is like americas butthole. If there was something to actually do in town, maybe it wouldnt be so bad. LIke, say, reopen the teen center. That might cut down on the crime, and......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Mary, You are right about the co-op. I mentioned on the 25 Jan that I got them mixed up. The windows are different to the one in front of the Ship It also......

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

Rob: Rob Tynan: 24th Jan 2008 - 19:06 GMT I have looked at the picture of the Cooperative shop and it not the shop on the corner of Silver Street as the upstairs windows are completely......

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

Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent......

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

Marje Givens-Eames: What a wonderful site for Irlam/Cadishead and what memories, many I had forgotten. I remember Goodiers living in the house on Ferry Road/Boat Lane. We lived in Gerrards Close and our house backed onto......

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

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

Keith Ogden: loads of memories from this site.I was born and grew up in cadishead 1939-1960 The train on irlam park was what my father drove at the soap works.I remeber Irlam hall being demolished, i was christened......

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

Rob Tynan: Here are some grainy old pics Ive found. St marys church Cadishead soon after being built [[img:25507]] St Johns Church around 1900 [[img:25508]] Higher Irlam Co-op at the top of Silver Street [[img:25509]] One of the many old photos of Irlam Hall......

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

antBlack: LOL...Well, the Orchestra did suck! The band was great and Montesano was a great teacher. I played Bflat Tenor sax...not many solos, but still, it was the Tenor sax! Anybody remember Mr Weintraub in......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Alan Taylor: Hello everyone, lots of names cropping up that I recall, but more are from after I left my birth town in 1965/6 although I continued at the steelworks until 1972 & transfered to Scunthorpe Works.......

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

James: It is called the Chapel of St. Basil, not St. Thomas... Simple mistake though. Great compilation of photos!...

in response to: In Memory of Philip Johnson by groovehouse

RD: Does anyone here remember Bobby Fischer? He lived at 560 Lincoln Pl (corner of Franklin) during the 50's when he was becoming a chess prodigy. I saw him a lot because my Brooklyn Eagle route......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

MJ: Wow. I mean really, wow. This topic has gone on for a long time. I have lived in Hutch for a good portion of my life. This is where most of......

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

Freddy: I used to skate like every single day from when I was 10-17. Slowed down only a little and pretty much stopped at 20 when I left the country to travel. I'm 33 now, i......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

TWICER GOD: [[img:25357]] SILVER BOMBS...

in response to: Metro Cope2 by METRO KD OTB DMC

rich backes: lived at 624 chauncey st.in the early fiftees remember niehr's ice cream parlor the hang out of the rail road boys.went to our lady of lourdes our house is long gone my brothers and i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Proletariat: I've never been in Kensington. I only know it's a very poor community with the hope of surviving everyday. I hope one day I'll vesit the city to meet all these human beings. I read......

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

EvilGentleman: Now, back to my silly list... 59 - There is a potential for collisions between cross-country skiers and bicyclists. 60 - During snowstorms, the roads grind to a halt, but the cyclists still weave in and out......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Norman Watkins: My uncle worked at Aquila for the Ministry of Supply upto 1954 on something to do with anti-aircraft missiles. He was killed in a road accident in 1954 and the briefcase he had with him......

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

kwazm@aol.com: I suppose, then, they built an artificial wall and gate running across this street, near where the silver car is parked. Does anyone know the filming location of Sonny's death scene on the causeway? ...

in response to: Godfather\'s Home by jack

Peter: cat: i was there visiting mike... turns out i can take the {G train} from {lorimer} right to {steinway} rather easily/quickly, so i plan to be in your neck of the woods more often......

in response to: Keep Queens Clean! by Peter

Joining the Whine: What a bunch of whiners. It seems like many of you have never visited, let alone lived anywhere else. Some of you certainly haven't taken a close look at the idyllic places you......

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

Joe D.: Buswick late 1960's - early 1970's was the best!!! Born on Harman Street in 1965...The entire family lived within blocks of eachother..Grandparents on Starr Street next to the pretzel factory..Aunt lived on Buswick Avenue and......

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

Kelly: I absolutley cannot believe what I've read on this and many other pages, it honestly opens my eyes to how easily manipulated people, you people are.... Listen to yourselves, no no go back and re-read......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: Hey, no problem from my end. You can name your business whatever you like, and based on how vociferously you defend it, the kids there are probably well taken care of. I will still snicker a......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Andrea: That's awesome - a grass house with wooden sills inlaid in stone!...

in response to: The Dome Home by Guy McLaren

Roger Whitfield: Hi Guys and Girls from Cadishead I was born and bread there and fetches back memories, first time on this site the George Hotel was built and run by my family and the street at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

GD: Wow i have never seen so many negative people in my life in one place i to have seen alot of the good & bad things in hutch but then again i try to be......

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

Kim: I live in Jacksonville, FL for the last 3 years and I still can't am unable to find anything to do. This is the most BORING city I have ever been in. I think once......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

sarahthecanadian: i agree toronto is amazing and im not even from it. im from winnipeg, ive been all over canada and i love every bit of it. cmon lets not forget we gotta show those silly......

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

sisters birthday: Eric and Maxine were married on the 11th May 1959 and Eric Broome had lived at 86, Silver Street, Irlam. Eric worked at the Irlam Council Offices as a clerk before moving to a......

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

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: The stamp is my name in Korean, but my girlfriend (Fashion Chic) had it made for me in the Qingdao airport...which is in China. [[img:24315]] [[img:24316]] The shell of the stamp is a snake. I was born in......

in response to: Osaka Part Five by chiamattt

Tim (timmillan@hotmail.com): Bought my wife a Black and Silver Trek Lime for her bday Oct 4. Stolen Oct 26. Thanks for the tips-I'll check out those shops....

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

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

Russianblue: i have a 2 year old silver crested cockatoo and sumtimes hes a darling but then hell go crazy and bite us for no reason and jus misbehave we always give him love and get......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Les Birchall: Hello Roy Bamber. Your name certainly rang a bell. I lived in Lyndhurst Ave from 1947 onwards and attended Irlam Council School 1951-58. Friends at the time were Martin Sproston, Malcolm Royle, Paul Hawkes and......

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

EvilGentleman: I never noticed this article before, but I think I was posting like 10 articles a day when this one came out, so maybe that explains why. Interesting how people want the chickens preserved, most likely......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Biff: The fog came down from the north and in six minutes the golden city had turned to silver gray. An omen??? Biff...

in response to: Silver Fog by Biff

Hutch Hater Too: I agree that Hutchinson is a hell hole. The writer who mentioned how those in charge are nothing but a bunch of snobs is right. Money grubbing, ignorant snobs at that. I'm......

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

EL: wow, I took almost the same picture a year ago The wall are so high and in not so good condition, feeling oppressed when there By the way, the brown silo are in fact very special and......

in response to: Canada Malt Plant by CE

isa: 20th Sep 2007 : I had my bike stolen on Queen and Yonge. It was a 2 years old silver folding bike and a gift from my boyfriend...I am very sad because I should have been more carefull but......

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

EvilGentleman: Gotta love bikinis.... mmmmmm..... I know, jack. My Sexe Cite post is right through the roof, and Super Sexe and Sex Appeal are doing pretty good, too. Sex sells. Too bad you never got to see the......

in response to: The Time I Almost Saw the Beatles. by jack

Camila: Oi eu sou brasileira morro em jales e gostaria muito de praticar o le pakour quando eu vi esse esporte no b13 eu gostei muito e gostaria de praticalo..... Gostaria que alguem me ajudasse a......

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

joey: powerful photo. i agree, there is a sphinx like silhouette. or an easter lamb. lamb. fish. bird. all christian symbols as well....

in response to: Downtown from a Broken Window by CE

Chris: Jf @ scootart fixed his with an all out mod kit.... and it reached 130kmh a mild kit ships you to 110 easily...

in response to: Scooter by CE

cindy: I am so upset right now since I just had my 2,600$ one month old bike stolen right on St Clair Ave. East close too yonge st, right outside the deerpark library. It took me......

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

aer: that metallic silver looks fantastic with the red outline, nice...

in response to: Graffiti - SCAM and ZEB7 by SCAM28

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

EvilGentleman: Testosterone makes us men do silly things. If I had been there, I may have snapped a few focused on the models, a few focused on the cars, and a few focused on the crowd.......

in response to: Train Station Gawkers by Chiamattt

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

February 6, 1958 United players killed in air disaster: The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany.......

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

Peter: nice! {brasil} represent!...

in response to: Changing Signal by livia

elaine: is it really true we have better phones than you? mine, the nokia n80 http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n80-1347.php fyi, has TWO yes TWO cameras on it! the secondary camera is designed with teenagers in mind i think and......

in response to: Silvery Paste Up by elaine

elaine: silly cow? wonder if html works here... ...

in response to: Sit and Reflect by serlingrod

CE: The picture of the second factory doesn't do its size justice at all. It's a massive building that towers over you when you're near it and even when you're on the other side of......

in response to: Two Factories by CE

Roy Bamber: Does anybody remember the day that the Manchester Ship Canal burst into flames trapping a rowing boat that was ferrying passengers across the canal? One on the passengers who was badly burned but survived lived......

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

EvilGentleman: I went by again. They buffed it already. Pretty damned fast for an abandoned building fronting a shabby alleyway. Guess the "NO COPS" message had to be silenced quickly. Although I recall "KILL KOPS" was done......

in response to: Welcome to Crack Lane! by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Wanna bet that Antoine gets sick more often than the rest of us? If so, it is probably due to the fact that his body has no germs to build immunities to. Put down the......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

Do the Hutchinson.: Yes, it is a great adaptation to that great 70's hit. EVERYTIME I drive I get behind some old fossil who is driving 10 to 15 Mph under the legal posted limit and randomly hitting......

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