Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread
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GOOD MORNING.
HAPPY BROOKLYN DAYS......FROM LITTLE RHODE ISLAND. YEA YEA YEA !!! -
Happy Brooklyn Day.
A great place t be born and raised and we are proof of it......
I love Crooklyn, old country brooklyn -
T-Bone51 wrote:
Happy Brooklyn Day.
A great place t be born and raised and we are proof of it......
I love Crooklyn, old country brooklyn
I LOVE THAT SIGN......EVERY TIME I COME IN TO BROOKILY....I THINK OF THE HONEYMOONERS.....LOL
YES PROUD TO BE BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN.....YEA, THATS RIGHT!! -
yes the Honeymooners..How
Sweet It Is.......
Good Morning Helen,Jeanette and All -
GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS
IT IS NOW CALLED ALL BOROS DAY...SO SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
IN ALL BOROS, NOT JUST BROOKLYN.. ALTHOUGH, BROOKLYN
IS THE BEST BORO IN THE WORLD!!!
HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY & I WILL PEEK BACK IN LATER..:) -
patsy you are so right i have lived in wasington state massachusetts
vermont and had a winter condo in flotida
all beautiful places. but there is nothing absolutely nothing like brooklyn
have a good day -
jerry lagreca wrote: patsy you are so right i have lived in wasington state massachusetts
vermont and had a winter condo in flotida
all beautiful places. but there is nothing absolutely nothing like brooklyn
have a good day
HI JERRY..THANX.. I AGREE
LOVE YA, XX -
[quote="PATSY (MIELE) KIRK"]GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS
IT IS NOW CALLED ALL BOROS DAY...SO SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
IN ALL BOROS, NOT JUST BROOKLYN.. ALTHOUGH, BROOKLYN
IS THE BEST BORO IN THE WORLD!!!
Just a little history lesson. It was called Anniversary Day for many years. It celebrated the Anniversary of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. All the Protesant Church's would assemble at their respective Churches and then parade up to a central spot (8th Ave for the 12th St Reformed Church) where they blended in to the main parade. We would all (thousands of kids & adults) gather in the Prospect Park meadows, have a drink of water and then parade before a reviewing stand with many notables in attendance. Gov. Dewey and Mayor LaGuardia were regulars.Gen. and later President Dwight Eisenhower came. My Church having a Dutch Reformed backround had a hand pulled windmill and a differen young child would ride on it each year. I had the pleasure when I was 6 or 7 and ended up sitting on Tom Dewey's lap. My picture with him was in the Brooklyn Eagle but we never kept a copy. All the young kids in the parade from 12thst Reformed would wear Dutch Costumes. The scenerio was repeated in parks all over the boro and then (I do not know what year) Queens joined in. I think it was because so many couples moved from Brooklyn to Queens and they were raising their families there. Following the parade we went back to our respective Churches where we got Ice Cream and Soda. The ice cream came in logs from Droges(sp) in Bay ridge and was paid for many years by Harriet Weber Young who owned the florist shop with the big Hot House dome near the cemetery. It was called Weber-McLoughlin florist in those days. I know it has a different name now. 8)
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PATSY (MIELE) KIRK wrote: GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS
Those were the days.......great story Warren
IT IS NOW CALLED ALL BOROS DAY...SO SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
IN ALL BOROS, NOT JUST BROOKLYN.. ALTHOUGH, BROOKLYN
IS THE BEST BORO IN THE WORLD!!!
Just a little history lesson. It was called Anniversary Day for many years. It celebrated the Anniversary of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. All the Protesant Church's would assemble at their respective Churches and then parade up to a central spot (8th Ave for the 12th St Reformed Church) where they blended in to the main parade. We would all (thousands of kids & adults) gather in the Prospect Park meadows, have a drink of water and then parade before a reviewing stand with many notables in attendance. Gov. Dewey and Mayor LaGuardia were regulars.Gen. and later President Dwight Eisenhower came. My Church having a Dutch Reformed backround had a hand pulled windmill and a differen young child would ride on it each year. I had the pleasure when I was 6 or 7 and ended up sitting on Tom Dewey's lap. My picture with him was in the Brooklyn Eagle but we never kept a copy. All the young kids in the parade from 12thst Reformed would wear Dutch Costumes. The scenerio was repeated in parks all over the boro and then (I do not know what year) Queens joined in. I think it was because so many couples moved from Brooklyn to Queens and they were raising their families there. Following the parade we went back to our respective Churches where we got Ice Cream and Soda. The ice cream came in logs from Droges(sp) in Bay ridge and was paid for many years by Harriet Weber Young who owned the florist shop with the big Hot House dome near the cemetery. It was called Weber-McLoughlin florist in those days. I know it has a different name now. 8)
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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY
HOW ARE WE TODAY
ME I AM DOING GOOD THANKS
HEY WARREN COOL STORY DUDE
KEEP THEM COMEING
TERRY
YOU DROVE ME CRAZY YESTERDAY WETSONS MITCHELLS DRIVE IN
BUT I GOT A ANS.TO MY QUES. MITCHELLS CLOSED DOWN IN 1967 AND IN 1968 WETSONS OPENED ITS DOORS THERE AS FOR ME I DONT REMEMBER MITCHELLS AT ALL BUT HEY CANT REMEMBER EVERYTHING -
ANTHONY UMBRIA wrote: GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY
THANKS UMBRIA
HOW ARE WE TODAY
ME I AM DOING GOOD THANKS
HEY WARREN COOL STORY DUDE
KEEP THEM COMEING
TERRY
YOU DROVE ME CRAZY YESTERDAY WETSONS MITCHELLS DRIVE IN
BUT I GOT A ANS.TO MY QUES. MITCHELLS CLOSED DOWN IN 1967 AND IN 1968 WETSONS OPENED ITS DOORS THERE AS FOR ME I DONT REMEMBER MITCHELLS AT ALL BUT HEY CANT REMEMBER EVERYTHING -
ALSO GOT INFORMATION ON MY WIFES UNCLE WHO DIED IN WW2
HE WAS A TAILGUNNER IN THE AIRFORCE HIS NAME WAS JOHN MARUNA
THATS MY MOTHER IN LAWS MAIDEN NAME
ANY WAY HIS PLANE WENT DOWN IN 1943 AND THERE WAS NO OTHER INFO ON HIM
AFTER SEARCHING AND SEARCHING I FOUND OUT HIS PLANE WENT DOWN
DATE: July 13, 1943
AIRCRAFT: B-24
PILOT or CREW MEMBER: John J Maruna (I've found he is buried in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY)
LOCATION:North Africa
NOW MY WIFE KNOW ABOUT HER UNCLE
THANKS TO AIRFORCE INTEL. -
THE ONLY INFO MY MOTHER IN LAW HAD WAS HE WAS MISSING IN ACTION
NOW WE KNOW HIS REMAINS WHERE FOUND SO TIMES LATER
THE AIR FORCE IS SENDIND ALL HIS RECORDS TO US
HIS DEATH CERTIF.
HIS MEDALS
AND HOW HIS PLANE WENT DOWN -
I ONLY WISH MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS STILL ALIVE TO HEAR THIS INFO
AND VISIT HIS GRAVE
WE WILL BE GOING TO HIS GRAVE AND HAVE A MEMORIAL MASS AS SOON AS I CAN SET IT UP -
WOW ANTHONY....THAT'S GREAT. HOW DID YOU FIND ALL THAT OUT ON THE INTERNET??
Anna.....that was Terry's friends nephew...and yes so much sadness yesterday. I hope today is a better day.
Waiting for my girlfriend to come over.....I'm starting to feel like my mother.....she always had someone stopping in for coffee....lol
See you guys later.[/b] -
YEP THE PUTTER IS A GREAT THING YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING HERE
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ANTHONY UMBRIA wrote: YEP THE PUTTER IS A GREAT THING YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING HERE
MAYBE WE CAN FIND THE WINNING LOTTO NUMBERS........
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HUMMMM
NOW THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING -
ANTHONY UMBRIA wrote: I ONLY WISH MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS STILL ALIVE TO HEAR THIS INFO
wow how did u get all that done
AND VISIT HIS GRAVE
WE WILL BE GOING TO HIS GRAVE AND HAVE A MEMORIAL MASS AS SOON AS I CAN SET IT UP
I had someone in my family killed in the war and was in the paper and I put the article in the garbage in a book out by mistake. -
YOU CAN FIND OUT THE ODDS OF A NUMBER COMING OUT
AND THE AMOUNT OF TIMES IT CAME OUT ON THIS DATE -
DO A SERCH ON HIS NAME FIRST
THE BRANCH HE SERVED IN ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE
THE YEAR HE DIED
ANY OTHER INFO YOU HAVE
THEN GO TO THERE SITE ARMY NAVY WHAT EVER
OR EVEN THE PAPER HIS ARTICAL WAS IN
YOU CAN BY OLD NEWS PAPERS FROM THEM -
OK ITS TIME I GO NOW
GOT TO CUT UP SOME ONIONS FOR DINNER TONIGHT
SEE YA ALL LATER
GOOD LUCK TERRY
AND IF YOU LIKE I CAN DO THE SEARCHING FOR YOU JUST GIVE ME THE
INFO -
OK ONIONS COOKING
JUST HAD A SOUP FOR LUNCH
AND I AM LISTENING TO THE BEATLES GREATEST HITS
HOW THATS THE LIFE
PS
SMOKEING MY MEDS -
WHO DO I FEEL READING THE BLOG RIGHT NOW
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I KNOW
ITS JIMBO
HI JIMBO
HOW YOU DOING -
OH WELL JIMBO SIGNED OUT WITHOUT SAYING HI
I GUESS I SCARED HIM AWAY -
To Anthony and any one else who may be interested. In addition to the good info Anthony gave you about searching out veterans, you can go to [email protected]
You must register (NO COST) and then you can request any veteran of WW2 be placed on the registry of the WWll Registry of Remembrance. You must know a few facts about the persons service but not a complete history. After a short search by the Registry your nominee is added and you will be able to download a very attractive plaque with the Honorees name and their branch of service. I did it for an Uncle and my brother in law. I then had the plaque framed and gave it to my sister. If anyone wants to see a copy of the plaque, send me your e-mail address and I will scan it and send it to you. My e-mail is [email protected] :idea: -
jerry lagreca wrote: patsy you are so right i have lived in wasington state massachusetts
vermont and had a winter condo in flotida
all beautiful places. but there is nothing absolutely nothing like brooklyn
have a good day
HI JERRY..THANX.. I AGREE
LOVE YA, XX -
An addendum to my last post. Terry, tell Debbie that her Uncle Herbie is listed on the World War II registry and if she goes to the web site above and registers she can see and print his plaque. There are several Herbert Browns listed, but the one listed as Brooklyn NY is him. O:)
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