Visitors Nostalgia & Memories

(Archive #40: April 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 entries)

FOR ALL TROLLEY / BUS INFO - Including an ENLARGED route map - go to the 'TRANSPORTATION' Pull-Down ABOVE.___Also, there is a view of the #21 Bus (Wanamaker) making a turn at 10th & Market Streets.
Webmaster <web-master@oldwilmington.net>
Wilmington/Perryville, DE/MD USA - Monday, April 30, 2007 at 13:50:16 (EDT)

Phyllis, Thanks for the info about Allyson's. Brother Bob was the one who asked, so I'll pass the info on to him. We spent the week-end at the beach with my four brothers, one sister, and our spouses. We do it once a year. What a great get-together. Shirley Hudson Jester
Shirley Hudson Jester <ujest110@aol.com>
Newark, DE USA - Monday, April 30, 2007 at 13:39:49 (EDT)

The number 4 bus ran from Lancaster Avenue & Cleveland Avenue into 4th & Market Streets and then out Market to Belfont. That has to be in the running for longest bus route. I have a candidate for the shortest bus route. The Wanamker Shuttle ran from Wanamakers at Augustine Cutoff to 18th & Washington.
Fred Best <fred.best@usa.dupont.com>
Wilm, DE USA - Monday, April 30, 2007 at 11:54:53 (EDT)

How about Clark St., McLane St. and Barry St. - all in Union Park Gardens.
Jack Riley <jckril@comcast.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 21:15:42 (EDT)

While we are on streets,here are a few some of you old timers will remember, I'M sure Ray will remember, being a police officer. Arlington, Catawba,Decatur,Glenn Ave.,Kennebec and Liberia. I think the #5 trolley or bus route was the longest as it went from Silview to Vandever Ave, & Pine St. I realize the city limit is Md. Ave & Broome St., but still the longest,I think.
Norman <buckenae@comcast.com>
Wilmington, DE USA - Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 11:55:01 (EDT)

Speaking of rings. I grew up at 4th & Greenhill. One day, (in 1954) while playing catch in the yard of a friend who lived on 3rd between Greenhill and Ford, I went under a row of bushes to retrieve the ball. There I found a ring that was deeply encrusted in mud, as if it had been there for a long time. When I cleaned it up, I discovered that it was heavily tarnished sterling silver in the shape of a Western saddle with a Turquoise stone in the center of the horn. When polished up, a lot of intricate design came through. In 1954, you didn't see much Turquoise around, especially on the East Coast but I was told that before the housing boom in the area that began after WWII, there were Native American burial grounds there. Didn't really believe that story at the time, but I guess it's possible. Any archeology buffs here that could elaborate some?
Carol <novablu188@yahoo.com>
Pescara, Abruzzo Italy - Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 09:52:20 (EDT)

From looking at the Webmaster's collection of old maps at this site, I would guess that either 7th Street or 8th Street were or are the LONGEST CONTINUOUS NUMBERED streets in the city, running from the west bank of the Brandywine down near Old Swede's Church, all the way out to Greenhill Avenue to the city line there, at the old Wilmington Country Club grounds. That's very likely the reason that the trolley buses used this route (but I'm not sure that the trolleys ran east of Market Street on this route). Which raises the question, in terms of miles and only within the city limits, which numbered Delaware Coach route had the longest run? I always thought that the #10 bus had a pretty long reach, all the way out to Rising Sun Lane, but I don't remember exactly where it started from, downtown. I used to catch it going west from the triangle at 11th and Washington, then walk a mile west from Rising Sun along Kennett Pike to Barley Mill Road, to the old Monroe Park Apartments.
Bob Wilson Jr <wilso127@yahoo.com>
Beaufort, SC USA - Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 09:29:33 (EDT)

McCabe Pl. Clue- COK Parish. Who knows?
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 21:45:57 (EDT)

PHYLISS YOU ARE GOOD THAT IS WHERE IT WAS. NOT TO MANY WOULD KNOW THAT UNLESS THEY LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 19:24:03 (EDT)

Isn't 15th Street really short? For a long time, I thought there was no 15th Street. I found a small block or two, I think in Trolley Square (?)
mari <mikandmari@comcast.net>
elsmere, de usa - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 19:22:48 (EDT)

Dave, was short 10th St. in back of and running parallel to Pullman Place? Was it one-half or one block long and extra near to the Brandywine? Did an old bridge (no longer there) connect short 10th street over the Brandywine to what is approximately now 11th street? This is all from being a willing listener to what my mother told me when I was very young. Her interests, for one reason or another, always went back to that part of Wilmington.
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.net>
Wilm., DE USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 17:24:51 (EDT)

HERE IS ONE NOT TO MANY WILL GET. RAY MIGHT KNOW. SHORT 10TH STREET
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 14:46:05 (EDT)

Loved Elvis. Somehow that name always brings up another country legend - to me, maybe the greatest. You may or may not remember Hank Williams. Died over 50 yrs. ago at 29 - also - way too young. He wrote most of his own music. When he was singing, I felt like I couldn't move. Wish I had a record of "Lovesick Blues". I know exactly where I was (in Wilmington), and what I was doing when not only JFK died, but also Hank Williams and James Dean. Roy Pollitt - I was sitting at the desk across from your dad, when JFK was shot. We both thought the news had to have "gotten it wrong".
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.net>
Wilm., DE USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:27:58 (EDT)

Don't forget Webb Street
Franny Green <green1104@aol.com>
Lewes, DE USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 10:33:03 (EDT)

Jubby in reference to Rose Street if memory serves me right it is off of West 9th street between Bancroft Parkway and Woodlawn Ave. It was named for Rose DiFebo. The DiFebo family(Hardwood Floors)lived in the corner house. My uncle Albert Amoroso was good friends with Dominic DiFebo and on occasion took me to their home when I was a kid many years ago.
Franny Green <green1104@aol.com>
Lewes, DE USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 06:55:03 (EDT)

The longest street , I can think of is maybe, Washington St., because of extension, from Phila, Pike to Christina River-MLK Blvd The second, Bancroft Parkway, from Elsmere town limit , to Highland - 40 acres
brownys <brownys828>
wilmington, de USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 05:33:43 (EDT)

The short streets posts are quite interesting and informative... but they bring up the question, "What is the LONGEST street in Wilmington (that doesn't have a route number)?" For instance, Market Street runs from South Wilmington (where, exactly does it start?) to somewhere around Lea Blvd or Shellpot. BUT, it has a route number (13) attached to it, so it wouldn't count in this survey. No, I don't know the answer... maybe somebody here does.
Bill Fisher <whfisheratearthlink.net>
Westminster, CA USA - Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 00:56:14 (EDT)

I have been enjoying the short street post, so I thought I would thrrow one in and see how many know where it is. ROSE St. It doesn't go anywhere and it's about a block long but if you enter Rose St. you will have to exit it the same place you eentered it. When I was on the Police Dept. I use to question all my young recruits about most of these Streets you guy's have talked about and if they didn't know where they were, they would have to drop down and give me 10 or 20 push-ups.
Ray Jubb <golfopera@aol.com>
Wilmington, De. USA - Friday, April 27, 2007 at 23:01:37 (EDT)

Do you think we could all bear it, to hear of 5 or 6 more "little" streets in Wilm.? Palmers Row and New Street on the east side. Douglas and McDowell Streets on the west side; and Columbia Ave. in the Browntown area. I don't think any of these streets are over a block long. Don't know whether Palmers Row and New Street even exist anymore. They used to be off Vandever Ave. I haven't driven on Vandever Ave. for many a year. Anyone remember Davis Street? (somewhere around l3th & Claymont).
P hyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.net >
Wilm., DE USA - Friday, April 27, 2007 at 20:42:19 (EDT)

For Swifty: Thank you for posting the url for Celine Dion's duet with Elvis! It is awesome and very well done. Modern technology!
Mary Kay Kennedy-Schauer <mk.kennedy@sbcglobal.net>
Ottawa, Il USA - Friday, April 27, 2007 at 20:08:12 (EDT)

Bonnie's! An Elsmere landmark. Remember the days when you could go to the store for milk or bread or something and if you were 10 or 15 cents short you could pay him next time. THAT was a community! You can't go to Wawa or 7-11 a little short on money and say
Jim <Jim@yahoo.com>
Wilm, DE USA - Friday, April 27, 2007 at 18:11:08 (EDT)

Bruce - thanks for post about Celine & Elvis. I didn't see the show but I found the video on internet. For those of you who want to see it, the link is http://www.celinedreams.com/. It's sorta spooky. They look like they are on stage together and she keeps looking at him.
Swifty <williamwswift@aol.com>
York, PA USA - Friday, April 27, 2007 at 11:51:00 (EDT)

I don't know if many watched 'American Idol'Wednesday night but the show presented an amazing technology that appeared breathtaking and stunning. Celine Dion came on and had a duet with none other than Elvis Presley. The technique was a hologram that showed ol' Elvis doing a song sang in 1968 and reminded us what a stage presence he was. Seems like yesterday that Elvis' gyrations and looks generated much negative retorts from the press and our parents.
Bruce Esdale <bruce.esdale@basell.com>
Newark, DE USA - Friday, April 27, 2007 at 06:24:20 (EDT)

does anyone remember the street between adams and monroe, between 4th and fifth, was Named Carpenter street, went there many times to watch the kids jump double dutch jump rope, not being able to do it myself
liz <elizabemari3@aol.com>
hartly, de USA - Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 19:44:04 (EDT)

Linda, sounds like me in 1959 at Somers Point, NJ. Had borrowed a guy at work's draft card which said I was 6'2",190 (not the 5'9", 135 lbs I really was) - the Somers Point PD quickly realized I was 19 going on 14. Was driving a 1950 Ford that was having battery problems, so realized it was time to keep the motor running and drive back to Wilmington after the cops decided to "give me a break." Later that summer the Del. State Police decided I had much too much to drink one night coming back to Brandywine Hundred from "The Hook," so guess it was a case of "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away."
Butch Schilling <fschilling@adairhorneassoc.com>
Mount Pleasant, SC USA - Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 09:39:45 (EDT)

Continental Safari and Anvil Inn....shhh....I used to go to both when I was in my teens. In fact, I got busted at the Continental Safari when I was only 16, my older brother was there the whole time, watching me getting arrested. He was sitting at one of the, I don't remember how many bars, but there were a lot, and laughing at me. He waited until the cops had me in the car then came and got me. He thought was teaching me a lesson. NOT, went back the next week.
Linda <lac1053@comcast.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 18:53:31 (EDT)

In reference to all of the posts about loosing something and finding it. I lived in Elsmere most of my 50 some years. My mom would walk up to Pathmark, at least I seem to remember it was a Pathmark, on Kirkwood Highway, where Value City is now. One day she was walking there and some kids mugged her and took her purse, she proceeded to run after them, but lost them around the VA. We were a very poor family and this was grocery money. At least for the day, my mom worked at Katie's resturant, Helen, I've talked about her here before, and she would have to go to the store on a daily basis with her tips. Anyway, she died in 1990, but several years ago, my sister, who was living in her house got a knock on the door. It was a man that had been doing something in the creek that ran between the VA and Serpe's. He had found my mother's little coin purse. In this was a credit card with only 12 numbers,from Farmer's Bank, anyone remember that, a baggie full of pennies, her license and of all things, my brother's high school graduation ring from Corpus Christi. What a great surprise for all of us and especially my brother. I think she was mugged in the late 60's and her stuff was found around 2002, or 2003. What a nice memory for us to have now.
Linda <lac1053@comcast.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 18:48:30 (EDT)

Shirley - Allyson's arrived on the scene around l980-l981. Before that, it was Chicken-Plus-Pizza. Before that, it was Tasty Towers.
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@ comcast.net>
Wilm., DE USA - Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 16:18:06 (EDT)

Does anyone have a picture of Joe's and Tony's sub shop which was on E. 4th Street between Poplar and Lombard. When I was about 12 yrs old, I sat out in front of the sub shop in a chair for two hours and did a pencil drawing of the shop. I went in and showed it to Tony and he wanted it and I gave it to him. I wish I had shown it to my parents first. They never got to see it. I contacted a nephew name of Frankie Terronova, who has a barber shop at five points on Maryland Ave. to see if the family still had it and he said he didn't remember it. I lived on the block across the street.
Estella Stanley <dizzy0924@comcast.net>
Hartly, DE USA - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 17:15:28 (EDT)

Barrett Street starts at West Street and ends at Jefferson - at Harlan School. It is between 36th & 37th Streets.
Shirley Hudson Jester <ujest110@aol.com>
Newark, DE USA - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 10:30:30 (EDT)

WAS BARRET ST ONE OR TWO BLOCKS LONG?I KNOW IT WAS BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND WASHINGTON.
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Monday, April 23, 2007 at 13:03:29 (EDT)

Who remembers a little street called Fernwood Place ? Hint: It's in the area of PS duPont school. Also anyone know why if you come up VanBuren St. the cross streets jump from 32nd to 34th st.,no 33rd st. Budo
Budo <budmar53atpoolesite.com>
Wilm., DE USA - Monday, April 23, 2007 at 08:03:07 (EDT)

I LIVED ON MADISON ST BETWEEN 25TH &26TH ZEBLEY PLACE WAS ALL GARAGES IN BACK OF OUR PLACE BUT I CAN NOT REMEMBER WHAT WAS BETWEEN 26TH & 27TH.MUST BE GETTING OLD.
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 19:35:38 (EDT)

Zebley Place ran between (and parallel to) Monroe and Madison, from 25th to 27th. Looks as if it ended on the south end of the Christ Our King property. I lived at the corner of 22nd and Monroe for a while, and can remember standing at the head of McCabe Ave, and yelling, listening to the echo off the houses on Jefferson St, two blocks away. That fascinated me at my young age. Speaking of echoes, it's said that a duck's quack does not echo, and nobody knows why. Any conjecture from the learned wizards on this forum?
Bill Fisher <whfisheratearthlink.net>
Westminster, CA USA - Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 18:42:40 (EDT)

Phyllis and Butch - I remember Danny Corcoran from PS Class of 52, and I would qualify him as one of the nice guys (to me, anyway). Bob Strimple mentioned his name to me only last week. Phyllis, I'm referring to Mendenhall Street as it appears on Harry's big old post WWII map over near the Pennsy tracks east of N'East Blvd, and somewhere near the old Brown Boy's Club, east of Price's Run. Maybe when it was cut through, its name was changed to Bowers. And incidentally, Zebley Place in the 9th Ward? NOONE ever lived on it. It was solid auto garages on both sides of both 'squares.' I think it ran from Madison through Monroe to Van Buren, or maybe from Jefferson through to Monroe, between maybe 24th and 25th Streets. It's also on the map. I always liked McCabe "Avenue" too, which ran through from Jefferson to Monroe and ended at the McCabe methodist church. It ran between 22nd Street and 23rd, and was all homes, including those of my old PS buddies Ronnie Grant and Don "Mac" McCormick back in 1949-50. My adopted home made the national news yeaterday and by now, all of you know why. I was actually AT the Air Show until a half-hour before the Blue Angel came down. A terrible tragedy that virtually took place just behind a crowd of 100,000+ people.
Bob Wilson Jr. <wilso127@yahoo.com>
Beaufort , SC USA - Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 14:49:07 (EDT)

Phyllis, I witnessed Derek Johnson getting shot in the hallway in 1970 at PS duPont. 37 years later I still have that image and all that happened that day as if it was yesterday. He was a great guy and a good friend. Saved me twice from getting beat up by some girls. My heart goes out to these parents, friends, and family. I have a daughter who is a senior at the University of Utah and this horrifies me. It can happen anywhere. You think once you raise your children and send them off to college that they are fairly safe, but no more. This just happens too often now. All I can say is parents have to love and listen to their kids, and if you think there is something wrong and they need help, then you have to help them no matter what you need to do! If Cho's parents had done that the headlines might be different today and we would not have lost so many shining stars!
Rose Culver <reculver71@aol.com>
Layton, UT USA - Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 10:50:12 (EDT)

Today is Sunday, and we should all say prayers for the survivors and families of the slain students and teachers murdered at Virginia Tech this week past. These disgusting happenings occur with such regularity anymore, we become immune. Anyone remember a fellow classmate being shot to death while sitting in school? I don't. If you do, refresh my memory. The school was one of the arenas that was so much more peaceful in the sweet long ago.
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 09:08:01 (EDT)

Dear Pat, Yes. I was born in 1940, and the Hazzard Family lived across the St. from us. They are a wonderful family. There were many children and Fr. Bill, a priest, conducted services for my Dad, in 1992, for my Mom in 2000 and for my only brother, in 2001. We were fortunate to have some wonderful neighbors. I had a wonderful childhood and as some of the Old Wilmington.Net contributors and also readers will remember that my Dad, George Dunlop, drove a bus for Delaware Coach Company and then D.A.R.T.. Dad knew what seemed like, everybody!! This web site has been a god-send for connecting people, sharing memories and taking that trip down memory lane. We were so lucky to have been able to live in such a great city. Thanks for your reply. Mary Kay Kennedy-Schauer. Ottawa, Il.
Mary Kay Dunlop Kennedy- Schauer <MK.Kennedy@sbcglobal.net>
Ottawa, Il USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 22:17:33 (EDT)

How about Rowan St. It runs from Gilpin Ave to Shallcross Ave. The street only has one house one it. On the other side of Rowan are the tennis courts and Brandywine park. I'm told that years ago Rowan St had rows of garages. There is also Hancock St. It is between Broom and Franklin Sts. Hancock runs from Lovering to Gilpin, at the back side of the Plaza apartments.
Sean <sknagel@msn.com>
Wilmington, De USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 20:20:54 (EDT)

Does anyone remember the name of the restaurant on Kirkwood Highway...Currently, The Charcaol Pit, formerly Allyson's...before Allyson's??? Sure would like to know! Shirley Hudson Jester
Shirley Hudson Jester <ujest110@aol.com>
Newark, DE USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 19:10:44 (EDT)

To Bruce of Sugarland TX: I tried sending you an email, came back to me. In answer to your question about Clark Jester, he is not related, although my husband and he talked many times about it. Harry taught at Concord High School, and Clark came on numerous occasions to speak with his classes. The Jesters in my husband's family are mostly from the Milford area. I believe Clark's wife is from lower Delaware, but not sure that Clark is. Anyway, I myself am related to many Hudsons - here and downstate. Thanks for asking....Shirley Hudson Jester
Shirley Hudson Jester <ujest110@aol.com>
Newark, DE USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 19:08:30 (EDT)

Speaking of small streets in Wilmington, I don't know if it's still there, but there was a street beween 6th and 7th Streets, just east of I-95 called 6 1/2 Street.
Jack Riley <jckril@comcast.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 16:56:45 (EDT)

Mary Kay - I know that you're correct in that the houses on Laurel Street now sell for a pretty penny. The construction must have been considerable. My brother was married in St. Ann's Church in July l942. I was seven at the time. Going by memory, I just don't remember that entire neighborhood being the charming place it is today. Whether it's called "Trinity Vicinity" or "Forty Acres" I do not know. Impressed with the story of your dad and the stone walls and yes, I will make it a point to look at Laurel St. again to see these walls when I get back to Wilmington. In Boston at the present. Bob Wilson - you referenced Mendenhall St. a couple of months ago. Where in the world is Mendenhall St.? Did you mean Bowers St.?
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.net>
Wilmington W, DE USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 14:23:22 (EDT)

I remember the Associated Laundry pick-up & delivery driver who serviced Old Windybush Road, Roland Ennis, from Claymont I think; vehicle was a 1941 International Delivery Truck,with Associated's trade mark Red & Black colors.
Butch Schilling <fschilling@adairhorneassoc.com>
Mount Pleasant, SC USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 13:42:35 (EDT)

MaryKay, did you know the Hazzard family? I believe they lived on Laurel St. Speaking of stone walls, my mother's uncle, Cornelius Houghton, a stonemason, came over from Ireland and helped build many of the stone walls around the duPont estates.
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 08:19:10 (EDT)

PHYLISS YES I KNEW DAN HE LIVED IN 1102 AND I LIVED IN 1112 WE WERE GOOD BUDDIES HE WAS AT PS AND I WENT TO BROWN.
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 07:46:27 (EDT)

Did your family have a favorite cab driver? In the 50s, before everyone had a car, I can remember my parents and other relatives always had a favorite cab driver. When they called for a taxi, they would ask if that person was working and, if they were, would ask that that driver be sent. Drivers also did other chores (beer on Sunday). I can remember Bill Milburn, J.B. Baltrush, and Puggy Walsh.
Bill McGonigal <mcgonig3@aol.com>
Townsend, DE USA - Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 00:25:21 (EDT)

DEAR PHYLISS, HAVING BEEN BORN AND BROUGHT TO OUR FAMILY HOME AT 1628 LAUREL ST., IN THE 40 ACRES,66 YEARS AGO, I GREW UP ON LAUREL STREET. THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS VERY NICE. THE HOMES WERE NICE AND THE STREET WAS SAFE TO BE ON AFTER DARK. I WAS VERY WELL PROVIDED FOR AND MY MOTHER WAS A STAY AT HOME MOM, NEVER HAVING TO WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME. THE NEIGHBORS KEPT THEIR HOUSES IN REPAIR AND PAINTED AND MY DAD, BY HIMSELF, AND BY HIS HANDS, COLLECTED VARIOUS STONES, A WAGON LOAD AT A TIME AND WHENEVER ANYONE WANTED A STONE WALL BUILT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME, MY DAD DID IT. THERE IS MUCH NOSTALGIA ON THAT ONE BLOCK STREET. THE HOMES WERE SO WELL CONSTRUCTED THAT WHEN THEY WERE SOLD, ONE AT A TIME, AND REMODELED, THEY GENERATED QUITE A TIDY SUM OF MONEY. WHAT AN HONOR, TO MY DAD, TO DRIVE UP THAT STREET AND SEE HIS HANDIWORK IN EACH STONE WALL HE BUILT. I TOOK PICTURES OF EACH ONE SO THAT I, LIVING OUT HERE, IN ILLINOIS, COULD ALWAYS TAKE THE PHOTOS OUT AND REMEMBER WHOSE HANDS MADE THE WALLS.I HAVE MANY, MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF GROWING UP ON LAUREL STREET. IF YOU ARE EVER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, DO TAKE A RIDE UP LAUREL STREET AND SEE HOW MANY STONE WALLS STILL REMAIN THERE. NOW YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF REAL HISTORY ABOUT LITTLE LAUREL STREET! MARY KAY DUNLOP KENNEDY-SCHAUER FORMER RESIDENT FROM LAUREL STREET.
Mary Kay Dunlop Kennedy-Schauer <MK.KENNEDY@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
OTTAWA, IL USA - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 22:32:43 (EDT)

Pat - Totally forgot about Laurel St. My Aunt, Letitia Mousley and her two sons Alan and Joseph (my cousins) lived there about 60 yrs. ago. A rather downtrodden street then - not the pretty street in the pricey real estate neighborhood that has evolved today. Bob - not a clue as to where Zebley Place is. Dave, did you know Dan Corcoran from Pullman Place? My classmate - l952 - P. S. duPont.
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast .net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 21:18:08 (EDT)

My all-time favorite short street in the 9th Ward is called Zebley Place. Any viewers out there remember any one who ever lived there?
Bob Wilson <wilso127@yahoo.com>
Beaufort, SC USA - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 20:53:16 (EDT)

Re: Short streets in Wilmington in the "olden days" - Ashton St. in the 9th Ward, Race St. in the 9th Ward, Laurel St. in the 40 Acres, good old Mousley's Row also in the 9th Ward. Wasn't there a Howland St. in Little Italy? Let's hear some of your old-time memories, folks!
Pat LeVan <levan1706@bellsouth.net>
Port St. Lucie, FL USA - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 19:22:52 (EDT)

PHYLLIS B. PULLMAN PLACE WAS A WHOLE BLOCK LONG ,I KNOW BECAUSE I LIVED THERE FOR MANY YEARS.I MADE IT, WE MOVED TO 25TH & MADISON IN 1949 THEN I WENT IN TO THE AIR FORCE IN 1954 AND NOW LIVE IN HOCKESSIN.IT IS NOW A HALF BLOCK LONG NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE VIBRATION FROM THE RAILROAD 4 OR 5 HOUSES FELL DOWN IN THE 60'S
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 18:59:29 (EDT)

The day I mustered out of active duty at Ft. Dix in early 1964, Pete Mulrooney and I went to a bar (with a pool table) at 7th & Curlett for some "release from active duty" celebration. Don't know how many blocks long Curlett St.was, but needless to say my recollections of that evening, then and now remain so murky as to be non-existent. Am sure a grand time was had by all, however.
Butch Schilling <fschilling@adairhorneassoc.com>
Mount Pleasant, SC USA - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 16:19:54 (EDT)

Bob Wilson - You seem to have been fascinated, in the past, (as was I) with the small (short) older streets of Wilmington. When I was a child, my mother took me everywhere she went. Often, we went to visit a friend of my mom's on Williamson St. It was somewhere near St. Ann's Church and probably no more than one block long. Quite a walk from our house at 22nd & Church. There was also Brandywine St. around 12th & Heald. And Railroad Avenue, so close to the rail line, one could almost imagine one's reaching out from a bedroom window and touching the train as it passed with its mournful whistle. Also, Pullman Place. It seemed to me it was one-half block. Would love to know the stories of the people who lived, loved and went through life living on such small passageways. Did they make it? Are these streets gone now? Or are some of them still there? Always, always I think back. Loved old Wilmington.
Phyllis B. <pboyd2@comcast.net.>
Wilmington, DE USA - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 15:56:47 (EDT)

Shirley, Are you related to a Delaware State Trooper with the last name Jester. I remember an Officer Jester who used to run us out of the Charcoal Pit on 202, and other places. He also, used to try to catch us drag racing. He seemed to be able to track us kids down if we were up to trouble. Of course trouble back then was hanging out with friends and maybe drinking beer underage, when we could con someone going in a liquor store to buy us a six pack.
Bruce <bc@houston.rr>
Sugar Land, TX USA - Friday, April 20, 2007 at 13:05:40 (EDT)

Sharon in Florida..Irv Smith lived in the vicinity of 22nd & Carter Streets. He was a Delaware State Trooper, and became head of the State Police. He is married to Delores Bell, and as far as I know, still lives in the Wilmington area. Shirley Hudson Jester
Shirley Hudson Jester <ujest110@aol.com>
Newark, DE USA - Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 15:18:05 (EDT)

I lost my high school ring at Rehoboth Beach after graduation a bunch of us went down. I did'nt plan to swim, June was too cold but a bunch of guys had other plans and decided to throw me in. It just slipped right off in seconds...Of course I was screaming at the lifeguard to help me find it, yeah right...and then 2 months later someone called and said they caught a fish with a ring in it...NOT so I have been trying to track down Dieges and Clust for 35 years. When I finally found them they said the mold for PS was long gone and they couldn't make another one...Lesson well learned :(
Rose Culver <reculver71@aol.com>
Layton, UT USA - Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 09:52:12 (EDT)

Gee, Bill Fisher, that's too bad. I HAVE managed to keep a commemorative quarter issued and dated 44 BC, to honor the late Julius (we called him Rodney in Delaware) Caesar on his horse, along with a 78 rpm record of the speech by his friend, ol' Marc Anthony, just after Julie was knocked off by his former buddies on the steps of City Hall. These are truly priceless.
Bob Wilson Jr <wilso127@yahoo.com>
Beaufort, SC USA - Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 08:06:05 (EDT)

Best thing I ever lost in Wilmington was an old, big 1883 Penny (a family heirloom) in excellent condition, in Brandywine Park, not far from Harrison and 18th. Someone found it, but I never got it back. Best thing I ever found was a cut gemstone, loose from its ring, on the seat of a telephone booth in the cigar store/soda fountain at 10th and Market (was it a Whelan's, or a United Cigar?). Worst thing about finding it...it turned out to be glass. You don't always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you may get what you need.
Bob Wilson Jr <wilso127@yahoo.com>
Beaufort, SC USA - Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 22:00:17 (EDT)

I once lost a wedding ring while pushing a car in the snow. It was in Newport in the early 60's. I couldn't imagine it ever being found BUT..I advertised in the NJ that I had lost it and received a call from a guy who immediately returned it. You just never know when these things will show up. I'm interested in "the rest of the story" about the ring found in the woods.
jim rambo <rammymex@yahoo.com>
ajijic, jalisco Mexico - Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 20:38:21 (EDT)

Thanks for the advice, I did send an email to the Historical society...we'll see As I said I found the ring while playing in Canby Park. Can anyone tell me what those cages were that were in the woods? One was on it's side and the other looked like a drainage pit. I think there may have been more of them further up the railroad tracks. This was all during the late 60's
dw <nkdw23@yahoo.com>
Newark, DE USA - Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 19:04:44 (EDT)

You could probably locate a Wilmington High Year Book from 1921 at the Historical Society of Delaware on Market Street. You could then narrow down the person with the initials LKP or SKP. Just a thought.
John Medkeff Jr. <delawarebeer@prodigy.net>
Glasgow, DE USA - Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 16:52:47 (EDT)

Darn, my mom was Class of '26.
Butch Schilling <fschilling@adairhorneassoc.com>
Mount Pleasant, SC USA - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 13:24:12 (EDT)

As a child in Wilmington I found a WHS ring while playing around Canby Park. The ring is solid 10k gold, has the year 1921 and inside looks like the initials...LKP could be SKP. It is small so I think it is a girls ring. I would love to find the owner or the owners family to return it
dw <nkdw23@yahoo.com>
newark, DE USA - Monday, April 16, 2007 at 18:25:50 (EDT)

The Anvil Inn - I used to go there many nights a week in the mid to the late 70's. Mostly rock and roll cover bands would play there. The same band from Monday to Saturday. Monday was a good night to go - a couple dollars to get in and you would get tickets for drinks. Beer was .25 that night so your couple dollars would go far. I did see George Thorogood there one night and he put on a great show.
Bruce <bc@rr.houston.com>
Sugar Land, TX USA - Monday, April 16, 2007 at 12:33:57 (EDT)

Was the Anvil Inn where Gary Puckett and the Union Gap used to play?
Barbara <brbrhark@verizon.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 20:03:17 (EDT)

I remember many a night at the Anvil Inn on Route 1. The Flamingos used to appear there quite often.
Swifty <williamwswift@aol.com>
York, PA USA - Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 18:20:58 (EDT)

remember kent hotel&restaurant 9th. market st. last owner before it ciosed down was my father george. sadly he passed away 2006. agreat site. missed old wilmington.
nick anagnos <ngadoc@hotmail gr.>
patras, achai greece - Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 17:18:29 (EDT)

wasn't there also a place Anvil (sp) Inn up on rt 1 close to longwood
Jean <usa>
wilm, de USA - Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 12:57:50 (EDT)

Before it was called the Brandywine Club, wasn't it the Continental Safari?
Barbara <brbrhark@verizon.net>
Wilmington, DE USA - Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 17:21:08 (EDT)

To Denise: The Brandywine Club
Webmaster <web-master@oldwilmington.net>
Wilmington/Perryville, DE/MD USA - Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 05:37:37 (EDT)

Driving up 202 we would make a right on RT1 to go to Pulsations...if we made a left on Rt1 we went to another Disco, does anyone remeber the name of that Disco?
Denise Williams <nkdw23@yahoo.com>
newark, DE USA - Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 00:01:54 (EDT)

Does anyone remember stories about 'ghost street' behind Rockford road, across from Mill store? Murders happened on that street and then it was closed off for years?
Denise <nkdw23@yahoo.com>
Newark, DE USA - Friday, April 13, 2007 at 23:50:10 (EDT)

Greetings, OldWilmington.net readers, Still seeking help trying to locate the owner of prom flowers from 1967, found in last year's volunteer clean-up of the Christina River system. A lead at Wilmington High School ruled out that she was a member of the Class of 1967 there, but we have a new tip that she might have attended Padua. We are looking for a woman whose first name was Judy and her last name may have been Pantalano, Pantano, Pantalone. She hung out as a teen in the Sixth and Lincoln area of Little Italy, Wilmington, and went to her senior prom with Truman E. Clothier. Any leads would be a deeply appreciated. Thank you and have a great weekend.
robin brown / The News Journal <rbrown@delawareonline.com>
Wilmington, DE USA - Friday, April 13, 2007 at 18:23:37 (EDT)

Jayne, I think it was on Joe Moran's Saturday Night Dancing Party on WDEL, if I'm not mistaken. This would have been around 1953-54.
Butch Schilling <fschilling@adairhorneassoc.com>
Mount Pleasant, SC USA - Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 14:43:11 (EDT)

Does anyone remember calling a certain number, then we would talk between the busy signals. What was that called?
Jayne <jrobinson@sieck.com>
wilmington, de USA - Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 14:00:09 (EDT)

The story of the "mystery Truman Clothier corsage" made the Los Angeles TV news at 11pm last night! They showed video of the corsage box from the Penny Hill Flower Shop, and the corsage itself, which is apparently in reasonably good condition...! The story was presented as a "40-year-old Mystery".
Bill Fisher <whfisheratearthlink.net>
Westminster, CA USA - Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 10:27:25 (EDT)

Greetings, readers of OldWilmington.net, This is robin brown of The News Journal, seeking your help in finding the owner of the recently found prom flowers. I spoke to Deanna (Bader) Porter, who said the flowers were not hers, but belonged to a girl Truman Clothier dated after they stopped dating. Another reader and WHS alum says the person we are looking for is Judy Pantalone (possibly spelled otherwise) who was a few years younger and probably Wilmington High School Class of 1967. If anyone has information that can point the correct direction to find her, the help would be deeply appreciated. We have heard from hundreds of readers of The News Journal and www.delawareonline.com about this story, featured last night by Philadelphia television news. Several people have asked about possibly offending the Clothier family, so I want to assure anyone who may be able to help us find the flowers' owner that Truman's sister supports the effort to find the prom flowers' owner. If you can help connect me with their owner, please call me at 324-2856 or e-mail rbrown@delawareonline.com.
robin brown <rbrown@delawareonline.com>
New Castle, DE USA - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 18:46:22 (EDT)

Mike: I don't think our friends missed the article about the'prom' flowers; it just may not have captured their interests. Truman Clothier was a childhood associate of many who grew up with him including me. We played sports with him as kids growing up in the Woodlawn (West Wilmington) area and, later, he played football at Wimington High School where he was an end and kicker. He lived on Bancroft Parkway adjacent to the Motor Vehicle lot. Truman was in a world of own at that time. He could be nice but he could also be not nice. We all knew he loved horses and also had a way with the girls. The girl he dated, Diana Bader, I remember from WHS and was a very pretty girl. My sister, Gwen Esdale, was a very good friend of his and they may have been dated. Possibly, until I talk to her, those flowers may have been intended for her.
Bruce Esdale <bruce.esdale@basell.com>
Newark, DE USA - Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 07:58:24 (EDT)

I haven't been on this site for a while, but I can't believe you all missed the news in the Journal about the prom flowers from '67! If the "owner" can be found, it will be by the members of this forum! Here's the link: http://delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070410/NEWS/704100341/1006/NEWS
Michael Klezaras <theklez@hotmail.com>
Jacksonville, NC USA - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 22:01:17 (EDT)

Mike, don't remember Uncle Frank but I remember Phoebe - forget her sister's name.
Butch Schilling <fschilling@adairhorneassoc.com>
Mount Pleasant, SC - Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 17:33:41 (EDT)

hi butch, i didn't know you were a "graduate" of the mousley's. remember "uncle frank". he worked at silverside supply. when were you there, i was there in 48to53 or so. i was always amazed when i would drive by and see one of the sisters (i think phebe) out working in the yard. i can't remember the other sister's name.
michael mullins <mpmul@frontiernet.net>
wallkill, ny USA - Monday, April 09, 2007 at 17:55:53 (EDT)

Butch, Sorry, no relation to Silverside road clan. Dad was born on Ohio avenue in Elsmere and my great grandmother on his side lived off I believe 2nd street near Lancaster avenue. She long since passed, in 1972 I think. My great pop-pop used to be a traveling huckster, fruit and veggies but that would have been late 50's and early 60's. I barely knew him, and hardly can remember since I was 2 when he passed. My Mom and Dad both worked for Sears on Market, and Prices Corner and they raised 5 kids out on Dean Drive in Faulkland Heights.
Bill Mousley <wmousley@riteaid.com>
maple shade, nj USA - Monday, April 09, 2007 at 12:06:50 (EDT)

Bob Crawford - There are many folks here that appreciate your sacrifice and dedication for the U.S. God Bless you and I pray you and all of our brave men and women return home safe.
Bruce <bc@rr.houston.com>
Sugar Land, TX USA - Monday, April 09, 2007 at 08:03:02 (EDT)

Hey you guys...I need your help again. I have two classmates that I just can't find for our reunion: Cindy Johnson and Brenda Thomas, PS duPont Class of 1971, If anyone knows someone who knows their whereabouts it would help me so much. Also all of you fellow Dynamiters are invited to our next reunion, open to all classes, November 22, 2008, at the Waterfall in Claymont... Harry will be posting a new announcement soon, but I am excited to announce we are having the "Coasters" perform. You need to go to our web site and sign up and add your info to be included in my database and receive an invitation,updates,RSVP's...www.psdupont2005.myevent.com thanks...
Rose Culver <reculver71@aol.com>
Layton, UT USA - Sunday, April 08, 2007 at 14:21:51 (EDT)

Dear Bob. Crawford. Thanks for your greeting. Happy Easter to you and your fellow Soldiers. Here in Massachusetts, flags fly and handshakes are daily occurances when we see our Military. We don't always hear about the sucesses achieved in Iraq, or Afganistan, but, we know that you and others are getting up every day and making us here at home, proud. GOD Bless.
Barb <Barb@comcast.net>
Peabody, MA USA - Sunday, April 08, 2007 at 12:19:30 (EDT)

To Bob Crawford and all the other American Servicemen and women in Iraq: Happy Easter, and thank you for your service to the USA! Despite what you may hear in the press, the vast majority of Americans are behind you and are hoping and praying for your safe return to your families and other loved ones. Thank you again.
Bill Fisher <whfisheratearthlink.net>
Westminster, CA USA - Sunday, April 08, 2007 at 11:25:15 (EDT)

I SEE IN TODAYS OBITUARIES THAT CLEM WEST PASSED AWAY ...CLEM USED TO SING AT ALL THE OLD DANCES IN THE 50'S WITH THE ARTIE JAMES BAND (BROWN VOC. ST. LIZZES,C.O.K. SACRED HEART AND THE ARMOURY)CLEM WAS A REAL NICE MAN...MY PRAYER GO TO HIS FAMILY.........
JOE "BUBBLES" PASQUALE <jnpasquale@comcast.net>
wilmington, de. USA - Sunday, April 08, 2007 at 05:18:53 (EDT)

Elizabemaria3, I just read your post about your daughter. I am so sorry to hear you have lost your daughter. I will light a candle and say a pray for her, you and your family. May God bless you and help you get through this very sad time. God bless, Maureen
maureen <dunningmod@aol.com>
new castle, de USA - Saturday, April 07, 2007 at 12:10:40 (EDT)

PHYLLIS CAMP WRIGHT IS STILL THERE IT WAS UNTILL LAST YEAR A DAY CAMP FOR KIDS OUT OF WILMINGTON.BUT THEY JUST CLOSED IT THIS YEAR AND TURNED IT OVER TO THE COUNTY.THEY DUG UP THE POOL ABOUT A MONTH AGO.PEOPLE DO LIVE DOWN THERE MUST BE CARETAKERS I GUESS. I LIVE 100 YARDS FROM THERE AND HAVE ONLY SEEN ACTIVE THERE IN THE SUMMER ( POOL ).WHAT THE COUNTY WILL DO WITH I DO NOT KNOW.
DAVE CAUFFMAN <CAUFFMANDS@AOL.COM>
HOCKESSIN, DE USA - Friday, April 06, 2007 at 17:13:06 (EDT)

Never having been a camper myself, I feel a bit confused about the camp where I took my son one summer. It seems to me it was on Millcreek Rd. near Graves Rd. This would be about 40 yrs. ago. There are remnants still at that general spot that look like they might have been cottages or shacks of some kind and are now in total disrepair. Had this been the camp I remember? Was it called Camp Wright? Was there a Camp Mahon? If so, where was it?
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.,net>
Wilm., DE USA - Friday, April 06, 2007 at 15:03:51 (EDT)

Grady & Hurst and Bandstand reminds me of my first concert (term used now). Dave McBride, Tony Nardo, Ed Holler and I went to the Uptown theater in Philly in 1961. Georgie Woods had a great line-up with the Sherilles, the Drifters, Jerry Butler and a commedian Jackie Moms Mabley. Now I attend the Doo-Wop shows at the Opera House and listen to Jerry Blavat on 92.1. Great music and good times.
Mike <mgo.trans@yahoo.com>
Wilmington, DE USA - Friday, April 06, 2007 at 11:08:09 (EDT)

Gene, With Smith being such a common name, this may be a crazy question. We lived on Carter St. and our house backed up to that of a Smith family. I went to school with David Smith and I remember that he had an older brother who was a policeman. Ironically, we lived in Plantation for 11 years before moving to Weston 15 years ago.
sharon <shar646@aol.com>
weston, fl USA - Friday, April 06, 2007 at 07:46:17 (EDT)

With Easter rapidly approaching I am reminded of some very special times I had in Wilmington back in the late thirties and early fourties. I along with about thirty other young boys were members of the choir at St Johns Episcopal church on Market st. On special days such as Easter and other religious holidays We sang three services, one starting rather early,so volunteers came in and cooked breakfast for all the choir members,it was delicious and we had a great time. On regular sundays we sang the usual two services.We also practiced on wednesday and thursday nights,for an hour or so. We were actually Pros. as we were paid to sing in the choir. You started out at twenty five cents a month,and each year we were given a raise until we earned a dollar a month.We were paid on the last thursday of the month at practice then took our twenty five cents around the cornor to the sub shop and bought a submarine sandwich and a drink. Total expenditure fifteen cents,ten cents for the sub and five cents for the drink.Another memory that makes wilmington and its people so special...Happy Easter
Gene Smith <Genesjoys@bellsouth.net>
Plantation, Fla USA - Thursday, April 05, 2007 at 20:05:18 (EDT)

Bill Mousley, are you by chance related to Mrs. Mousley, the lady who babysat from her home on Silverside Road? She was rally nice - lived to be about 98, I think.
Butch Schilling <fschilling@adairhorneassoc.com>
Mount Pleasant, SC USA - Thursday, April 05, 2007 at 16:43:47 (EDT)

2 comments: Sally Starr and Gene London are both still alive. Sally is 84 now according to a WHYY fundraiser show on whatever happened to the morning TV stars that recently aired. Sally appeared down Wildwood at their Nostalgia event about 2 years ago. Camp Mattahoon brings back memories as well. My brother and I used to catch the old blue school bus at the old Acme store on Kirkwood Highway. It relocated to Supersaver behind Prices Corner in the late 60's and the Acme site became what is now the 141 cloverleaf overpass off Kirkwood Highway. Arundel was building up on the fringe of Camp Mattahoon and slowly put it out of business. Still remember getting stiches in the bottom of my foot from walking barefoot in Mattahoon's creek. OUCH!
Bill Mousley <wmousley@riteaid.com>
Maple Shade, NJ USA - Thursday, April 05, 2007 at 16:01:18 (EDT)

To Young Comegys...Never knew any of the Wilmington Comegys, but my family were neighbors to a Comegys family on Norton Street in Newburgh, NY back in the 1940's. They had a son named Bob Comegys, who graduated from high school in Newburgh with my sister in 1944, and who passed away some years ago. I had email correspondence with one of his sons back in about 2002.
Bob Wilson <wilso127@yahoo.com>
Beaufort, SC USA - Thursday, April 05, 2007 at 10:41:09 (EDT)

I was not clear enough explaining my mother's Comegys family. The 7 brothers were actually the father & uncles of my mother. It was my grandfather & his brothers who were in the meat business at least part of their life. Thank you.
Young Comegys <sefinnie@aol.com>
Wilmington, Delaware USA - Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 22:41:17 (EDT)

I am writing to gather information about my Comegys families establishments. Specifically the Comegys Oyster House & the Comegys Meat Market. The Comegys Oyster House,owned by my mother's uncle Leon was first on Shipley st where it was successful, but then not as successful when it moved to Market st in the early 60's. This website states it was located at 12th & Market. I have heard that it was at other locations, but those locations my be inacurate due to faded memories. So I am asking for any kind of info on it's exact site, & dates, how popular it was, how good the food, etc. The Comegys Meat Market was at 4th & King & many of my mother's uncles were in the meat business with their father. Her father, Howard ended his many yrs of employment running the meat department at Jannsens Market in Greenville. My mother was Betty Comegys, a well know dancing teacher in the 1940's & 50's who passed away this past July 5th 2006,a devoted Conrad Alum to the very end. Her Comegys family included 7 brothers, many in the meat business with their father. Our side of the family was at the opposite end of News Journal photogrpher Fred Comegy's side. I had my mother & Fred Comegys meet each other many yrs ago & they determinded that we are not closely related. Any help anyone out there can offer in enlightening me to my family's history would be greatfully appreciated. Thank you very much.
Young Comegys <sefinnie@aol.com>
Wilmington, DE USA - Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 16:09:52 (EDT)

JEAN: I changed my computer manually when I changed the clocks. Those of us who have an older computer have to do that, since our Prez decided to change when Daylight Saving Time begins and ends.
The Kid <NoSpamWanted>
Wilm, DE USA - Monday, April 02, 2007 at 20:10:44 (EDT)

Phyllis, just had to comment on your post. Sincere, sad in a way, and soooo true. One wonders what the kids today will say about their "good old days"? I remember my Mom. relating how, in her family, one pair of ice skates was shared by her 6 brothers & sisters. And she was so grateful they could afford the skates. Growing up in Wilmington was a blessing. Safe streets, neighbors who looked after us, sharing the values of different religions, ethnic traditions,and best of all, having a school system where we were taught tolerance. Sure, there were the "fringe" amongs us, but it seemed that most made lemonade when they had lemons.
Barb <barbrhodes@comcast.net>
Peabody, MA USA - Sunday, April 01, 2007 at 20:54:33 (EDT)

PHYLLIS: Yeah, and now we know: "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end"
The Kid <NoSpamWanted>
Wilm, DE USA - Sunday, April 01, 2007 at 20:43:00 (EDT)

I have just sat here yesterday and today reading every posting of February and March (while watching on TV Erin Brockovich, Fear Strikes Out and Birdman of Alcatraz - all at least for the 6th time). Some things just jump out & make y ou wistful for a lot less complicated time. Nostalgia can get to you if you let it - i.e., the donuts from Penny Hill, the frappe' eggs at Easter from Reynolds', the fact that our wonderful parents let us roam & explore and worked so hard with little income to keep us safe & neighborhoods looking good; sharpening the rungs of our Flexible Fyers with wax paper - people like Josephine Leggio coming to our homes to give a haircut. Wonderful little restaurants like Shellady's around 7th & Shipley, Betty's at 30th & Market and Beefy's on the DuPont Hiway. Time was, of course, when we took all this for granted - and time, marching at its rapid pace, doesn't seem nearly as sweet now.
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.net>
Wilm., DE USA - Sunday, April 01, 2007 at 18:08:15 (EDT)

PHYLLIS B....... I THINK THE GOOD DANCER YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS PHIL STRIPARO-NOT SHAPIRO....PHIL WENT TO ALL THE OLD DANCES -(C.O.K.-SACRED HEART-ST. LIZZE'S-ARMOURY-ATTERBURY POST-AMERICAN LEGION-BROWN VOC.
JOE "BUBBLES" PASQUALE <JNPASQUALE@COMCAST.NET>
WILMINGTON, de USA - Sunday, April 01, 2007 at 08:14:16 (EDT)

Loved the Roller Rink at Gov. Printz Blvd. Went there around 1950 to watch a guy skate named Junior Schneider. What a crush I had! Also, speaking of the old days, I remember a fellow who could really dance (jitterbug) like nobody's business. I just know they called him Shapiro. Assume this was his last name. Used to watch him in amazement at the Atterbury Post (26th & Lamotte Sts.). (Around 1956-1958). His partners were good too, but it was he who made them look even better. He could have been on Broadway; would have made Bob Fosse proud (if Fosse were doing shows that early on).
Phyllis B. <pboyd52@comcast.net>
Wilm. , DE USA - Sunday, April 01, 2007 at 01:14:48 (EST)

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