Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

Hi guys! Moderator here.

I'm just reposting this from the Park Slope board because I thought you might be able to help him.

Graybeard49 wrote: Hi:

My name s Jim Cantwell(Jimmy to many who might remember me). I grew up on 12th St between 4 & 5 Ave in the 50's & 60's.

I came across this site while searching for info about my friend Billy Johnson who lived next door to me and who I believed was killed in Nam in either 68 or 69. I was checking the Vietnam Wall names recently and didn't find his name there.

I checked with my friend Pete Sacco and he also says Billy was killed in Nam.

If anyone out there has info please let me know. I was in the Army from Feb68-71 and he died while I was either in boot camp or overseas in Korea(yeah I really lucked out-especially since I JOINED).

I came across this site with a post from someone named Freddie Garcia (3 years ago)asking about all the things from Park Slope that I remember.

Then I came across a post by my teen queen Lucia (Giacometti) Pagano and that continued on for 2500 other posts by her and a ton of her friends and now here I am. I hope maybe some of them can help.

I'll post again tomorrow about the people and places I remember but since it's ST PADDY'S DAY I have to go and watch my favorite Irish movie
"Waking Ned Devine"

I hope someone out there reads this and can get back to me with some info.

Thanks

Here's a link to his post on the Park Slope board:

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=556586#556586

Thanks Moderator, I will check around as will the other bloggers.

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Are you there Carol??? Going to send it to you in email.

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The first one I sent didn't come out, so I resent it to Carol and Patsy & Christina. Don't have Paul's email address and if I do, I didn't look for it, lol.

JANET I AM TRYING TO BE HERE, POSTING NOT GO-N RIGHT

THOSE ARE FUNNY..... HOPE PAUL & JOE GET TO SEE THEM.

ON THE NEWS..... TERRORISTS ON F. BK. WHAT NEXT ?????

Really, on facebook??? Where???

FOX 5 CHANNEL ITS COMING UP IT SAID

Did you hear that on the news??

to all

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Happy Birthday Andrea.

Sorry I am late in the day, but I didn't know about your birthday.

I have the New York Fox News on and will see it unless they already aired it and I missed it.

OH..... ITS ABOUT FEDERAL AGENTS TRACKING TERRORISTS AND HOW THEY CAME ACROSS SOME THROUGH FBK.

I missed it I guess.

IT WAS NO BIG DEAL...... THEY MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THIS BIG STORY , YOU WAIT AND ITS 20 SECONDS LONG.

Yes, that's how they get you to watch.

I miss you Carol !!!

I don't remember dancing like that, LOL....very funny Janet, Thank You

Hi Carol

Paul: You have such a skinny bottom, lol, but you sure can move !!

The tops not too fat either, lol.....I'll never look like that with the bowl of ice cream I just ate!, LOL

I did get a little suspicious when i saw this guy on Facebook, lol.

Just kidding!! Guess Carol left??

Oh shit, I friended him!

lol, me too. Now we're probably on a list, but whose????

Carol was complaining about submitting posts also.

His or the FBI's ???