Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

janet m horan

I will be back after LJ

janet m horan

Bashi did great at the spay and neuter clinic today

janet m horan

He came home his regular lovable self, not mad at me, lol. He is a good boy. Orange cats have such great personalities.

janet m horan

Went to the doctor's today and so far so good. Have to wait a few days for other results. Blood work was great.

anthony umbria

GOOD EVENING

SPRAYING CLASS 101
WHAT NOT TO DO

patsy (miele) kirk

i am glad for you and bashi. you had a very successful day. ")

patsy (miele) kirk

US TROOPERS WILL BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL

patsy (miele) kirk

BE BACK AT LATER,

geriob1

Hi Everybody....

Miss you all and am sorry I have not been on the blog in ages, but I have been tied up & was unable to get on. Hopefully I did not miss any post for me... If I did I am truly sorry (can't catch up on my reading)!

Hope everyone who has not been feeling well gets better soon!

Festina - Hope all is well, I said a prayer for a speedy recovery for your mom...

Patsy - I would love to talk to you on the phone, can I get your phone number from Janet & give you a call tomorrow??

Marilyn - I got your phone number from Janet & I am going to call you next week.

Have a great night to everyone and hopefully I will be able to spend more time on the blog tomorrow....

geriob1

Marilyn - Here is a write up on some of the great things from Brooklyn. Hope it helps with the stuff you are putting together for us Park Slopers...

It is a little long folks, so sorry. I am sure you will enjoy it when you read some of the stuff...

Here goes:

Brooklyn...…. Many of these will bring back fond memories:

1. The subway, bus and the trolley were only a thin dime to ride, and if you are really old, you'll remember a nickel a ride.
2. Schools were the showcase for the whole country.
3. Tuesday night was fireworks night in Coney Island put on by Schaefer Brewing.
4. There was very little pornography.
5. There were the Coney Island bath houses, Stauches, Bushman Baths, Steeplechase Baths, Washington Baths, Ravenhall and Brighton Beach Baths and Ocean Tide pool & baths.
6. There was respect for teachers and older people in general.
7. There was almost no violence.
8. The theme of the music of the times, even when it became rock and roll, was love not anger.
9. A great day was going to the beach at Coney Island or Brighton.
10. People made a living and, rich or poor, people all knew how to have a good time no matter of status.
11. There was no better hot dog than the original at Nathans in Coney Island. And no better french fries than the Nathans thick ripple cuts.
12. There were no divorces and few "one parent" families.
13. There were no drugs.
14. The rides and shows of Coney Island were fantastic - Steeplechase Park: the horses, the big slide, the barrels, the zoo (maze), the human > pool table, the Cyclone Roller Coaster, the Tornado Roller Coaster, the Thunderbolt Roller Coaster, the Bobsled, the Virginia Reel, the Wonder Wheel, the bumper cars, the tunnel of love, Battaway, the loop to loop, the bubble bounce, miniature golf, the whip, the many merry-go-rounds, the penny arcades. Luna Park, the Thompson Roller Coaster, the parachute jump, Fabers Sportsland and Fascination, toffee and cotton candy stores, custard stands, Pokerama, Skeeball, prize games, fortune tellers guess games, hammer games, telescope lady, the Harlem revue, the freak shows, the house of wax, the animal nursery, restaurants, rifle ranges, push cart rides and parades.
15. The fruit man, the tool sharpener, the junk man and the watermelon man all with the horse and wagon.
16. Sheepshead Bay was Lundy's Restaurant and fishing.
17. Only place for pizza and only whole pizzas was Lenny’s Pizza on Prospect & 5th Ave. Then in the mid-50's, a pizza explosion: you could buy it by the slice for a dime at many places. By the late 50's it was a whole 15 cents a slice! A tuna fish sandwich or a BLT was 45 cents. A small Coke was 7 cents; a large Coke was 12 cents. Remember Vanilla Cokes when they pumped real vanilla syrup into the glass before adding the Coke?
18. There were many theaters where every Saturday afternoon you could see 25 cartoons and two feature films. RKO, Avon, The Highway, the Avalon, the Kingsway, the Mayfair, the Claridge, the Tuxedo, the Oriental, the Avenue U, the Kent, the Paramount, the RKO Tilyou, the Mermaid, the Surf, the Walker, the Albemarle, the Alpine, the Rugby, the Ambassador, the People's Cinema, the Canarsie, the Marlboro, the Avon, the RKO and the Globe.
19. Everybody knew all the high schools in Brooklyn.
20. Big eating and coffee hangouts: Dubrow's on Kings Highway, also on Eastern Parkway/Utica > Avenue, Famous on 86th Street, and Garfield's on Flatbush Avenue.
21. Ebinger's was the great bakery ...loved the chocolate butter cream with the almonds on the side, Boston Cream pie, and the Blackout cakes! Bierman's was terrific also.
22. Park Slope stores had their own ornate glitz as far as style goes.
23. There were many delicatessens in the 50's very few today. The best? Adelman's on 13th Avenue and Hymie's on Sutter Avenue. The food was from heaven!
24. Big night clubs in Brooklyn were the Ben Maksiks' "Town and Country" on Flatbush Avenue and "The Elegante" on Ocean Parkway.
25. There were no fast food restaurants in the 50's and a hamburger tasted like a hamburger.
26. There was Murray the K rock and roll concerts at the Brooklyn Fox and the Brooklyn Paramount. You had to go the night before to get good seats.
27. Quick bites at Brennan and Carr, Horn and Hardart Automat, Nedick's, Big Daddy's, Chock Full o' Nuts, Junior's, Grabsteins or Joe's Delicatessen. (Junior's, you'll be glad to know, is still in the same place, and the cheesecake is still fabulous.)
28. Knishes were great at Mrs. Stahl's in Brighton or at Shatzkin's Knishes. Remember the knish guy on the beach with the shopping bags?
29. People in Brooklyn took pride in owning a Chevy in the 50's; there was nothing better than General Motors then. The cars would run and run and run, no problems.
30. You bought sour pickles right out of the barrel -- for a nickel -- and they were delicious. By the 60's, they cost a whole quarter. Anyone remember Miller's Appetizing, on the corner of 13th Avenue and 50th Street?
31. The Brooklyn Dodgers were part of your family. The Duke, the Scoonge, Pee Wee, Jackie, the Preacher, Campy, Junior, Clem, Big Don, Gil. They were always in a lot of our conversations. Remember Ebbet's Field and Happy Felton's Knothole club? For a nickel, you got into Ebbet's Field and saw the Dodgers play. For Brooklynites it was -- and will always be -- a shrine.
32. You come from Brooklyn but you don't think you have an accent. To you Long Island is one word which sounds like "Longuyland."
33. You played a lot of games as kids. Depending on whether you were a boy or a girl, you could play: ringaleaveo, Johnny on the Pony, Hide and Seek, three feet off to Germany, red light-green light, chase the white horse, kick the can, Buck, Buck, how many horns are up?, war, hit the penny, pussy-in-the-corner, jump rope, double-dutch, Stories, A-My Name Is, box ball, stick ball, box baseball, stoop ball, dodge ball, catch a fly, you're up, running bases, iron tag, skelly, tops, punch ball, handball, slap ball, whiffle ball, stick ball, poison ball, relay races, softball, baseball, basketball, horse, 5-3-1, around the world, foul shooting, knockout, arm wrestling, Indian wrestling. And then there were card games like canasta, casino, hearts, pinochle, war and the unhappy game of 52-card pickup.
34. You hung out on people's stoops.
35. You learned how to dance at some girl's backyard or house.
36. You roller skated at Park Circle skating rink in, skates with wooden wheels. You had roller skates at home with metal wheels for using on the sidewalks, and you needed a skate key to tighten them around your shoes. Those metal wheels on concrete were deafening!
37. The big sneaker was Converse. Also Keds and P-F Flyers.
38. The guys wore Chino pants and the girls wore long wide dresses. Remember gray wool skirts with pink felt poodles on them? The poodles had rhinestone eyes.
39. In the 50's rock and roll started big teen styles for the first time.
40. Everyone took their date to Plum Beach for the submarine races.
41. There were 3 main nationalities in Brooklyn in the 50's: Italians, Irish and Jewish. Then there was a sprinkling of everyone else. The Scandinavians and Greeks in Bay Ridge, the African Americans in Bedford Stuyvesant and the Polish of Green Point.
42. The only way to get to Staten Island was by ferry from the 67th Street pier in Brooklyn.
43. In Brooklyn, a fire hydrant is a "Johnny pump."
44. Rides on a truck came to your neighborhood to give little kids a ride for a dime. The best one was the "whip," which spun you around a track. You got a little prize when you got off, sometimes a folding paper fan, sometimes a straw tube that you inserted two fingers into, that tightened as you tried to pull your fingers out again.
45. As a kid you hit people with water balloons from atop a building, you shot linoleum projectiles from a carpet gun, you shot dried peas from pea shooters, you made spit balls & shot them on the ceilings in the bathrooms at school, and you shot paperclips at people with a rubber band.
46. You shopped at EJ Korvettes, Robert Hall, Woolworth's, Mays, McCrory's, Packers, A&P, Bohack, A&S. Barney's was Barney's Boys Town back then, and not a luxury store. You bought your shoes at National and Miles, A S Beck. When you got married you bought your dishes at Fortunoff's under the "el".
47. NBC main production studio was on Avenue M. The Cosby Show was made there.
48. Everybody lived near a candy store (Rocco’s) and a grocery store (Mercies or Oscars).
49. The first mall comes to Brooklyn at Kings Plaza.
50. Bagel stores start popping up everywhere in the 60's.
51. Went to Jahn's Ice Cream Parlor with a big group and had the "Kitchen Sink." If it was your birthday (you had to bring your birth certificate), you could get a sundae free.
52. Everybody knew somebody who was a connected guy.
53. We used the word "swell"; that's passé today.
54. In the summer we all waited for the Good Humor, Bungalow Bar, Mister Softee or Freezer Fresh man to come into our neighborhood to buy ice cream. In the early to mid 50's, the Good Humor man pushed a cart instead of driving a truck. Remember the bells? A pop was 15 cents. A large cup was 15 cents, a small cup was a dime. And a sundae -- remember licking the chocolate off the back of the cardboard top? -- was a quarter.
55. Many of us would sneak cigarettes and hide them when we got home. You could buy lose cigarettes (loosies) for 3 for a dime.
56. When we talked about "the city" we meant, Manhattan.
57. The Mets in the 60'S became our substitute for the Dodgers. But they never did, and never will, make up for the Dodgers leaving.
58. In the 60's we were ready to drive and hit the night life scene. With the car came the girls.
59. We are all in a select club because we have roots in BROOKLYN.

geriob1

WOW!! That was longer then I thought.... OOPS!

geriob1

Good Night All..... Sweet Dreams......

patsy (miele) kirk

GREAT JOB, GERI. JANET WILL GIVE YOU MY CELL #.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. TALK TO YOU TOMOROW

lizzie joy

Hi Ladies & Gents:

Just dropped in to say, hi. Had surgery on my eyes so I can't type very well or see very well but I was thinking about all of you. Will drop in again soon. Love ya

patsy (miele) kirk

HI LIZZIE, HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON. DROP BACK IN SOON

patsy (miele) kirk

JANET, WHERE ARE YOU? I CALLED YOUR CELL AT 9:40. N/A DID YOU FALL ASLEEP? DID YOU WATCH L.J. ?

patsy (miele) kirk

OK, I'M PISSED. WHAT HAPPENED TO BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL?

patsy (miele) kirk

OK. I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO GO AND READ MY BOOK. PEEK BACK IN 10 MINUTES. HOPE YOU ARE HERE.

bob horan

Patsy: I am burning the midnight oil. Played in the afternoon (actually had a vacation day today) and now reading documents for India trip. I have spoken to Billy Fox a couple of times so far but haven't heard from Nat or any other of the guys I grew up with.

patsy (miele) kirk

HI BOB. HOW IS BILLY FOX? NAT IS NOT ONE FOR TELEPHONES. I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE BLOG, HE JUST SAIDTO SAY HI TO THE GUYS. HE DOESN'T GO ON THE COMPUTER MUCH EITHER. I THINK LIVING IN THE COUNTTRY HAS REALLY MELLOWED HIM. LOL

patsy (miele) kirk

JANET WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK ON AFTER LIPSTICK JUNGLE. I CALLED HER CELL TOO, BUT N/A I'M GUESSING SHE FELL ASLEEP. SHE WAS UP EARLY TODAY TO TAKE BASHI TO THE VET AND HERSELF TO THE DOCTOR. I WILL FORGIVE HER THIS ONE TIME FOR STANDING ME UP LOL

patsy (miele) kirk

GOING UP TO SAY GOOD NIGHT TO MY 13 YR OLD. BRB

patsy (miele) kirk

WELL, GOOD NIGHT ALL.

BOB, ENJOY READING YOUR INDIA DOCUMENTS. I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED YOUR VACATION DAY. WILL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW. PLEASANT DREAMS.

I AM GOING TO READ MY RICHARD PAUL EVANS NOVEL. (HE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS) READING IS VERY RELAXING. IT IS MY THERAPY

patsy (miele) kirk

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suzie

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Goodnight all...

Patsy ...I tried ....but Im so tired ....again!

Hope everyone is feeling better.....
Sue
xoxo

suzie

just some info....someone stabbed at 21 st & 5th Ave tonight....10:22pm
hope they're ok.... Full moons & Fridays can be bad!

http://www.gothamist.com/labs/map

carol dl

ENJOYED THE MUSIC ! ....... GIRLS JUST WONNA HAVE FUN, you know how to pick em Suzie.

ANTHONY UNBRIA......... "PAUL ANKA" really enjoyed that one, I used to go to his concerts but not when he was that young.


PATSY....... your Beyonce video (Single lady) split screen with the guy
is a big hit after I forwarded it.

GERI....... Yes it was long but fun to read. What stood out for me from reading was how I remember my brother & his friends shooting Linoleum chips at each other, its no wonder no one lost an eye.

I used to put the TV on in the kitchen. Who needs the TV with you
guys. So nice to have a laptop, It can go anywhere, like my kitch.


GOOD NIGHT to the Late crew & GOOD MORN to the early birds.
Have a good weekend. It is time to begin....... Xmas shopping

janet m horan

Good Morning all. Sorry I konked out on the couch last night and didn't stir until 6 this am. I must have been tired!

janet m horan

ALL I can say GERI is that I didn't realize that you were that old, lol, to remember all those things. Were you at the Yankees 1st game??