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Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington......

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

jack: IN THE GOOD OL SUMMERTIME, IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, In the good old summertime, in the good old summertime. Strolling through the shady lanes with your baby mine. You hold her hand, and she holds yours, and that's a......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is......

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

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......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

upfromflames: Yeah, trends are very general, so I don't want to stereotype at all. I meant poor relative to the earlier families. Thanks for correcting me on that one. I am a little blurry on the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

k&a mort: I just tripped over this site and took the time to read all postings and I was particularly jolted by the most recent. Almost all the 17 year old girls have dropped out of school......

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

KINE TSK: Peace to LA & NYC... heard Philly was getting HUGE?! Anyone know who wrote this sh*t back in the day? Since there's a bunch of heads in here, "Almost 22 years in these backstabbin' streets. Strike......

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

CartLegger: I appreciate this new angle on the old favorite. Can you walk under it too?...

in response to: The Bridge by Ross

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

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

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

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

river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and......

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

Sheila Hilton: Sheila V, You're most likely correct about Hapgoods; I know they did live on our right hand side, so no.20 is probably right. I don't remember a Christine Iddon - only Elaine. Was Christine an older......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

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

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Peter: serlingrod: i get the same shit about {bushwick}. some people (usually the ones who least-closely read your commentary) just cant resist twisting and misinterpreting anything you say about the place thats vaguely positive, and automatically......

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

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Anon: Anything done in public is public domain, and international law, as a whole, is of this mindset, both legally and socially. It's quite simple, actually. Don't want someone taking photos of it? Then don't do......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Debbie, I remember you very well, Matt often talks about Jennifer. He still speaks to a few of his old friends, pretty good really as he was only seven when we left. He......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

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

Bob Salmon: Hi James Off hand I cannot remember Mike Melani although the name rings a bell somewhere? Peter Robinson I remember from school and have not heard of him since we left school. Malcolm Kennedy was a good......

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

James cashan: Hello jon B. Malcom Kennedy is related to my dad through marriage of his mum to Ken connor (pics of Train), I lived and dad still lives across road from Pete n......

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

jack: i'm clueless when it comes to looking at art, i don't like to sit there and gaze at a painting because i'm not that intelligent about art, but i am a dirty old man because......

in response to: Art Lovers at Folk Art Museum, West 53rd Street by Mike L.

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

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

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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

Angela Bentley: This is sad there is no need for all this bickering. This is a nice site to see if anyone of the old timers remember each other...I am still looking if anyone lived on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Samantha: Hi... I've just come across this site accidentally as most of you did... I'm currently living in Dubai but I spent most of my life living in Irlam in between living in France and Abu-Dhabi... I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

herehere: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing down......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Melissa: I googled "I hate Jacksonville" just to see what I would find... and I have found this site here. The only reason I "dislike" Jacksonville is that I have been ripped from my home......

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

Peter Creer: None of you Irlam or Cadisheadites seem to remem Morris's Pie shops. On the coner of Kings road oppsite Royles in Cadishead and some where in 20 row in Irlam. I lived on Morris's pies when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)......

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

jack: ok, i stand corrected, i know that they are a studious people and creative, but i guess your correct about some people here thinking that the north is wanting to invade the south, i guess......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

Broken Window, Cracked Business: Hi. I've had a problem with Park Slope Window and Glass for several months, and have not been able to get any response from them regarding some very shoddy worth they did on my place.......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Peter: im with this, too! as others have mentioned in other {Bushwick} posts here, those of us that live here now would love to see photos! the text accounts are good- ive found myself noticing old......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Rob..... think I'm forming a reputation here... and I told you in confidence!! hahaha. James - I remember my younger brothers (Stuart & John), talking about Tarzan Bridge. They are the same age......

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

omabradshaw: Does anyone have pics of the schools I listed? The old Central Grade school was on 5th street and was tore down around 1960-ish.The Catholic church took the land and used it for a......

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

Vsmitty36: ok, so lets be truthful who ever took the pictures above obviously didn't live here. That building that you knew oh so much about is an old hospital and what exactly is the name of......

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

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

RandomName: MAn I found this page searching for too old skateboarding like a lot of you. I hate this idea to pieces. in the time it takes you to turn 15 is the same time it......

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

Kathy Hulse: To: Ginny Orr In case you didn't get your answer of where the Apha Baptist Church was located, it was Hancock and York Streets. ......

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

James cashan: hello, Thanks for the info andy is this your own site that you started up? I will be out snapping old and new local haunts when i get the chance,and will......

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

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

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

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

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

hool: props chiam, good set. your photographs are completely different when you shoot them from the eye, a distinct style comes through quite clearly. nice edits too, the tonality is very good on all of......

in response to: Olympic Torch Relay by chiamattt

Anne Fahy: Hi Cyril Am I too late to straighten out the Dr Walker saga I was reading back postings .....We lived in Moorfield Close and our doctor at the corner of Liverpool Road and Moorfield Road was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Former Hutchinsonite Re: Me: The only thunder you're going to hear in Hutch are the old farts tooting at night. ...

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

Me: Meg,it is thundering now as I type this,the Kansas air smells heavenly and fresh,the trees which are numerous are in bloom,the flowers are in bloom,there is no smog,no driveby shootings,life is great here today in......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hello Anne, Yes, Jim is Millie and Dick's son.He has 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Wakefield's chippy and Mrs Milner's little hardware business no longer exist, and is now the site of the Irlam Library, photos you......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob So many of Irlam and Cadishead old heritages have been lost through lack of interest and of course , money, as so often happens in non politically sensitive areas. The little cottage I was referring......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

jack: thanks mary anne yes my brother and our friends took old skates and boxes from the produce store and made scooters of them, the sound on the pavement was loud and screeching, fun in those......

in response to: Things Change by jack

Joe: In response to LINDA from 4/13/2008. I left 29 years ago and also felt at that time that I had to GET OUT of Kensington. I had just purchased a home there (my wife wanted......

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

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

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

Mitch: Hi Marjie, I can't believe it. My wife and I got together with my cousin Linda and her husband Larry tonight. She remembers you quite well and was so pleased and surprised that, after all this......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew Thanks for adding Dom's photos.The frontage of the Rialto cinema is very little different from when it was The Globe picture house. Even the Large door to the right of the main entrance is......

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

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Alan, I can tell you from my own experience, circling The Bull Ring in the dark on one of those old fashioned pea soupers in my old van,eyes smarting from that deadly sulphuric smog, I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James: Hi David, You are correct, it was the roundabout on The Crescent where I was lost. I could only see a few feet in front of me in the smog and I didn't have a clue......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Gem One.... INWOOD NY..: Nice place to get your inks & tools.. They had the old style minis markers there nice... just as good as the old Bombbay store on 96 street & Broadway.. you can buy there not......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Ess: To Unsure- I don't know about all the "God's children" stuff and the worn-out (and not-very-helpful) phrases like "don't give up, seek help", but I can say, as a recovered meth addict, you need to......

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

db66: i grew up at Sergeant and Coral street....went to HA Brown....Jones Jr. High and then to Frankford class of 1984. Hung out at "The Lot" and loved every minute of growing up there!!!!! ......

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

Hobson: I lived in Israel for 4 years in the early 70's. I bought one of these from a medical student who was leaving the country. It was 11 years old. I paid $125.00 for it.......

in response to: Citroën 2CV by Peter

hutch native: I can't believe this website. Absolutely amazing that so many people have taken the time to rant and rave about how terrible Hutch is. I grew up in Hutch, graduated from Hutch High in 1984......

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

EvilGentleman: The house in the second-last photo is not too bad looking for a recent construction, even though it is somewhat lacking in "soul". Perhaps the soul will be acquired over time, although the building rising......

in response to: 80% of Everything Ever Built in North America... by CE

Bob Salmon: A time or two, dances above the Co-Op near the nag have been mentioned. I remember evening Live Group dances being held there on a regular basis, they were organised by Maurice Johnstone, I sometimes......

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

Steve M: Hi Deb I was brought up in Collins Close during the 1970s. I remember the cat story. I can't confirm whether this was true or not, even though I worked at the pub briefly......

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

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

Marissa Chaplin from Laura Young (not that you know me!) : Hello! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting these pictures! Marissa, I am now 31 and living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and was just looking on the internet for some pictures......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Natalie, I too am an 'Aussie' girl now and live on the Gold Coast! (It seems you're getting all our sunshine... and we're getting all your rain!) Not sure where the photo was taken -......

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

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

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Marissa, a little more from Venice... "When I was about 5 years old I lived at No.3 (The White House), Fiddlers Lane. I had a happy childhood until my mother died. She doted on me and......

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

Crystal: I agree that this town in boring but like another person pointed out You only took a picture of like ONE spot here. There are beautiful things here too not just an old hospital that......

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

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Hi Alan, I agree with Rob, please keep trying... and I am keen to know what your response to me is.... my email is msi31309@bigpond.net.au if you don't have any luck here. Norma, my dad didn't......

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

nancy: that old space is still empty...we need a cheap little fruiterie there...the prices at that IGA really are astronomical!! Its also really disorganized...and their organic section sucks..notice too, that anything that is on sale......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

Deb Simpkins: Hi Norma, as I remember it, Oak Ave wasn't very long so I wonder if our grandparents knew each other? I will ask my dad and see if he remembers Tommy and May.. Bolton... was......

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

Peter: bob: i was poised to go to great effort to provide you links to mass-media sources that refute almost everything you say- about the misplacement of blame in iraq, about soldiers who refuse to go......

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

anon (host86-154-109-158.range86-154.btcentralplus.com): Hi Rob, Absolutely fascinating map. Wouldn't it be great if you could just step back in time and see the old Irlam? (except, of course, that there would be huge tracts of land too boggy to......

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

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

Bonnie: My sister emailed me about this site. We were born and raised in Kensington, 2504 Front St. We lived there from 1949 until we left in the 70's. My parents lived there......

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

EvilGentleman: fctlmn, thank you for sharing some memories of Montreal that I am too young to have. Aqueduct Street is now known as Rue Lucien l'Allier, and has a metro station of the same name just down......

in response to: Milk Bottle Water Tower by EvilGentleman

JoAnn 2/26/08: I grew up in 1252 Madison Street, married by boyfriend (who lived down the block)lots of years later. I went to Bushwich High School for 1 year than dad died and Mom and I......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

Alan Taylor: Hi Sheila, Yes it was as you say, but all the rooms were usually packed with punters though, the atmosphere was perfect. Love the picture many thx for that, maybe because there is so much of......

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

Sheila Hilton: Lovely to see all the old photographs of Irlam and Cadishead. I came across this one that I took 2 or 3 years ago when the Boathouse had its most recent makeover. I think I......

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

re: samuei: the idiot who took the pics does not know a damn thing.that building is the old saint elizabeth hospital and was never located across from any highway.i love hutch and dont give a rats ass......

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

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

janet: Shelley--As a student teacher at Tilden, I remember Mr. Gold's dramatic performances and saw him leap on his desk once. He was a great favorite with students--lots of flair and drama. I never had......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

DESTRO: I KNOW A FEW ARTIST THAT GOT INTO TATTOOING...JENT, JASE, POE, BASIC, ETC. IF YOUR OLD SCHOOL THAN YOU'LL REMEMBER THEM. ...

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Joanne Amorello-minor: Didnt one of the shops collect used stamps for charity or something?I seem to remember having a stamp collection as a kid(I know!!)and getting fed up with it and giving them my stamps there were......

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

VicTOr: The things I draw come true ... Thats part of the Cartoon "Simon and the land of chalk drawnings" it was late 70's none Violent run of kids shows that didnt make us care......

in response to: queen street street art by jeeff

St John the Baptist church : Maybe I am getting old and long in the tooth but I can remember Vicar Lee being the vicar at St John the Baptist church and I can remember the shop that is......

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