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#106 May 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013)
Date: 5/29/2013, 11:55 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Orv, Wow, that's it! My mom and dad took us there in the early 50's, such a great memory going on the Ferry, my favorite was the trip over. My mom made fried chicken, potato salad and cherry pie, dad always stopped to buy :-) a large Watermellon, a basket of New Jersey peaches on a road side stand on the way,
Date: 5/29/2013, 7:28 pm, EDT
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Web:
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: EH&R DUPONT
Message: ANDREW
HAVE YOU TRIED THE HAGLEY LIBRARY ?
Date: 5/28/2013, 9:35 pm, EDT
Name: Andrew Engel
Web:
Location: Pike Creek, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): N/A
Schools Att'd: N/A
Employers: Hagley
Message: Hi All,
Looking for photos and information for a book on Kennett Pike. If anyone has anything in their private collection, I would love to take a look! Thanks!
Andrew Engel
Date: 5/27/2013, 1:51 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Send them my congratulations for winning a Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award. Only one out of what must me hundres of officers could win. Good genetics run in the family. :-)
Date: 5/26/2013, 10:01 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ DE.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: He is my Nephew's Son. His Father(my Nephew)
was a Captain on the Wilmington Pd, He's
retired now but his Son is taking up in his
Fathers footsteps.
Date: 5/26/2013, 11:08 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: HEY RAY - In today's News Journal - "Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Winner - Large department: Delaware State Police Cpl. Joshua Jubb" - any relation?
Date: 5/26/2013, 9:53 am, EDT
Name: Orv
Web:
Location: Sussex County
Old Neighborhood(s): Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd: Wm Penn H.S.
Employers:
Message: Maureen.... sounds like you took the Chester/Bridgeport ferry to Clementon Lake Park in
New Jersey?
Date: 5/25/2013, 10:29 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: I remember taking the Ferry to N.J. from Chester to a park, can't remember the name, it would have been in the early to mid 50's, because we moved to Wilm in 1956 from Pa.???
Date: 5/25/2013, 7:39 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: "May 25, 1944 Riverview Beach, NJ opened for the season with Delawareans going across the Delaware River on the New Castle Ferry."
Those WERE the good old days. :D
Date: 5/24/2013, 11:08 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: :-) Ray, Welcome! Saw your facebook comment :-)
Date: 5/23/2013, 7:09 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Thank you Maureen.
Date: 5/23/2013, 1:02 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Ray, Request Harry for friend and you will be able to read and comment on old wilm. 's facebook. :-)
Date: 5/23/2013, 12:56 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Gia, Prayers for you.
Date: 5/23/2013, 11:56 am, EDT
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF, ret
Message: Connie...Born and lived on 23rd street as an infant, left before my first birthday. Never remember any names from that neighborhood.
Date: 5/23/2013, 11:22 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Bob McK - I just read in the News Journal notices the other day that they're going to tear down 23 E. 23rd. Did you know who lived there back then?
Date: 5/22/2013, 5:48 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: i feel very fortunate to be a delawarean! the places i've been,the people i've met and the golden memories are what keeps me going since i've been sick. TO EVERYONE ON THIS SITE-THANK YOU AND PLEASE CONTINUE POSTING ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL WILMINGTON!
Date: 5/22/2013, 5:11 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: I have a facebook account but am unable to post anything when I get on Oldwilmington facebook.
Too computer dumb to figure out why.
Date: 5/22/2013, 3:53 pm, EDT
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF ret
Message: Shirley... I was born 10 E. 23rd. Street, would have been as short walk. Did not walk or swim then. Facebook is okay, just be selective with what you read there. I became 81 years old in March. Harry when did spell check begin on your site? I like it.
Date: 5/22/2013, 2:14 pm, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Web:
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner, PS duP '51
Employers:
Message: Bob McK: I only had to walk two blocks to get to Price's Run, and believe me I went there often. I figure I spent most of my childhood and teen years in the pool and/or the park. Great Times! Maureen: I'll be 80 in July, so I think I'll pass on the Facebook - unless my kids come over and show me. They're always bugging me. Maybe I'll give in! Shirley
Date: 5/22/2013, 11:35 am, EDT
Name: Budo
Web:
Location: N Wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th & Van Buren
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: Even though I do not post very often I enjoy this site as it is. Pretty hard to find a lot to talk about as far as Wilmington memories are concerned all the time.
Date: 5/22/2013, 11:20 am, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Harry, please help Shirley figure out how to get on your facebook page. :-)
Date: 5/22/2013, 6:54 am, EDT
Name: Robert McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF ret
Message: Remembering those long walks to Price's Run to go swimming during Summer vacation. Loved that pool even after walking from Happy Valley. Wore our swim trunks under our clothes, stayed at the pool until we were water logged. Long walk back home, we would drink from garden hose at a house of opportunity. Never figured out why so thirsty after being surrounded by water all day.
Date: 5/21/2013, 11:19 pm, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Web:
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner, PS duP '51
Employers:
Message: I have always enjoyed this website, contraversies and all! I do not always comment, but read it often. Being almost computer illiterate, I am not on facebook - so far. Hope the Webmaster keeps this forum going. Up until now, he has done a fantastic job. Thank You! Shirley Hudson Jester
Date: 5/21/2013, 8:34 pm, EDT
Name: Pat LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Maureen, thanks. Looks as if the only way to communicate about Old Wilmington is going to be on Facebook. I really prefer this site, but obviously I am in the minority. Lots of time here between comments - like days! So I guess the handwriting is on the wall (as my Father used to say). I will keep checking here from time to time, however. How do the rest of you old-timers feel?
Date: 5/21/2013, 5:46 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: :-) Pat, I confirmed your facebook request.
Date: 5/21/2013, 5:44 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: :-) Bruce, Yes, Sacred Heart had a end of school year trip to the Riverview Park, it was so much fun! :-)
Date: 5/18/2013, 8:57 pm, EDT
Name: Forum Admin
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore
Employers:
Message: Jerry T::
B&L Sub Shop, 2101 N. Market Street
Date: 5/18/2013, 4:11 pm, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Web:
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner, PS duPont '51
Employers:
Message: Wasn't the diner moved south to Route 13 or 40, and remained there for many years? Can't remember what the new name was. It's no longer there. Shirley
Date: 5/18/2013, 1:36 pm, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd & Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Back in the early 40's, there was Masters Cleaners on the northwest corner of Concord Ave. and Market Sts. After the cleaners, there was a sandwich shop.
Date: 5/18/2013, 9:34 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Re: Concord Ave and Market - when I was in elementary school there was a hotel on the corner there. After that was torn down the diner was there. It was my understanding that the diner was intended to be temporary. I think after that was torn down there was a gas station there for a while, but not sure. Anyway - I understand the park there now is used by drug dealers. So much for Brandywine Village as a place to brag about. :-| :-(
Date: 5/17/2013, 10:56 pm, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Web:
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner, PS duPont '51
Employers:
Message: Brandywine Methodist Church is still there. For a while it was named Harriet Tubman Church. I believe it is now Brandywine Comunity Church, but not positive about that. I went there from about 1935 or 36 until 1969. The diner down at the next corner, Concord Ave & Market Street was Hollywood Diner. We went there every week after bowling. It was a "jumping" spot. Shirley Hudson Jester
Date: 5/17/2013, 6:29 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: There was a diner at the foot of Concord Ave. and N. Market St., but can't remember it's name. I had a meal there once. According to Google Maps, it looks like there's a small park in that location now.
Date: 5/13/2013, 2:47 pm, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Pat - the Brandywine Methodist Church was renamed over 10 years ago. The parsonage house was on the market to be sold a couple of years ago and the picture of the house included part of the church.
Date: 5/13/2013, 1:42 pm, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: At the end of the school year, St. Patrick's altar boys and choir girls were treated to a bus trip to either Riverview Beach or Lenape Park. The nuns went with us and we had a great picnic lunch and enjoyed all the rides. Connie, on an earlier post, you mentioned a shooting at 22nd and Market. Some friends were visiting in Wilmington a couple of years ago and saw a drug deal going down on that very corner near the Brandywine Methodist Church. How sad what has happened to our old neighborhood. Is the church still there?
Date: 5/13/2013, 8:08 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Web:
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Springer
Employers:
Message: Jerry T. - I remember having an end of the school year trip at Sacred Heart to Riverview Park. Was a fun time!
Date: 5/12/2013, 11:29 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): hedgeville(S. Jackson, S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Riverview Park, late 1940's :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxaUe72Tjdo
The song, 'Palisades Park', used for this videoclip, was written by Chuck Barris, who later hosted the 'Gong Show'. Freddy Cannon performed the song. I first heard 'Palisades Park', on a transistor radio, while on a school bus trip (St. Hedwig's grade school graduation trip), in 1962, to an amusement park called 'Freedomland', somewhere in New York, I think.
Date: 5/11/2013, 4:26 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: jim:i worked at strawbridge for a short period in the luggage departmentit was a great experience.
Date: 5/11/2013, 7:58 am, EDT
Name: Jim Pyle
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Edgemoor Gardens
Schools Att'd: Edgemoor Elementary, Mt. Pleasant
Employers: Strawbridge & Clothier
Message: i love this site! I grew up in Edgemoor Gardens, on Polk Drive. I could walk to the Edgemoor Theater on Saturday to watch whatever Hollywood had to offer. I saw the original "The Fly" there & it scared me to death! I remember the mural on the one wall there, with the makings of a movie in it's different stages. it was artfully done in a sepia tone. Joe's barbershop was at the far end of the shopping center. The Merchandise Mart housed many stores, Murrays, Mullins, Sun Ray Drugs, Asam Wallpaper, an Acme, Woolworths, Penney's, Oppenheimer Collins, Braunsteins, Poole's, Carousel Gift Shop, and of course Strawbridge & Clothier. (I know some have escaped my memory.) Kiddie Town, The Ellis Drive In. let me try to remember some other places.....thanks for a great site!
Date: 5/8/2013, 7:34 pm, EDT
Name: RAL;PH PRYOR
Web:
Location: TARPON SPRINGS,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. Clayton St.
Schools Att'd: W.H.S..V.F.M.A.
Employers: WILM.POLICE DEPT.. INNISBROOK GOLF RESORT,FL
Message: To all you Folks who ever Dined In the Copper Kettle Restaurant at.10th. Orange St. In Wilmington, De... As you know It was owned and Operated by The Leounis Bros..My late Wife Stella and I and my Late Brother Bill and his Wife were close Friends of the Family. There Restaurant was a land mark In the City for many years. I received a Phone call a hour ago from Helen Leounis Wife of Tommy LEOUNIS ,Tommy passed away last night . Tommy was a great friend , he loved The City of Wilmington, the People , and boy did he loved Golf ! He will be missed . I always looked forward to seeing Tommy and Helen on there arrival In Florida For there winter Vacation . I will miss my old Friend God Bless Him. And give his wife strength to go on.
Date: 5/7/2013, 8:02 pm, EDT
Name: Ralph Pryor
Web:
Location: TARPON SPRINGS,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th. Clayton st.
Schools Att'd: W,H.S. ,V.F.M
Employers: W.P.D.. InnisBROOK Golf Resort, Plam Harbor ,fl
Message: I will alway remember Our City of Wilmington the way It was back In the 40,s up to the late 50,s. You could feel the Spirit of Xmas..the day after The W.H.S ,P.S. Turkey day game Market Street looked like a Wonderland, And we all called out ---MERRY CHARSTMAS , Then came EASTER , The CHURCHES WERE CROWDED, . AND WE THEN WENT HOME TO OUR OUR HOMES TO GET READY FOR A GREAT EASTER DINNER, ( THE FRONT DOOR WAS ALWAYS UNLOCKED ) I feel sorry for our Grand children and Great Grand Children. . Now our once Great town , IS NOTHING BUT A GHOST OF THINGS. THE Animals have taken over with permission fom our High paid POLITICIANS
Date: 5/7/2013, 7:45 pm, EDT
Name: Ralph Pryor
Web:
Location: TARPON SPRINGS,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th. Clayton st.
Schools Att'd: W,H.S. ,V.F.M
Employers: W.P.D.. InnisBROOK Golf Resort, Plam Harbor ,fl
Message: To all my Wilm.net Friends out there Who have Children. Happy Mothers Dasy !
Date: 5/7/2013, 5:37 pm, EDT
Name: Orv
Web:
Location: Sussex County
Old Neighborhood(s): Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd: Wm Penn H.S.
Employers: Dupont
Message: Bill.... From what I hear about that old neighborhood,
I wouldn't go there with an entire army armed with
AR15's!! (in the daytime at that!!)
Thanks for responding....
Date: 5/7/2013, 12:50 pm, EDT
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: yes
Employers:
Message: Sorry, Orv. I was too young. We should go steal the street sign. That would be a great headline, since I know we'd get caught.
Date: 5/7/2013, 9:00 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I remember the mid 60s the Prices Corner Area still had a 'hub' of about 5 or more roads with the same number of traffic lights.
Date: 5/7/2013, 6:58 am, EDT
Name: Fenimores
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers:
Message: Fenimore's Auction was at that location. A son, Roger Fenimore, was in my class at Oak Grove School 1952-1957.
Price's Corner, 1954:
http://www.oldwilmington.net/maps/prices-cor...
Date: 5/7/2013, 6:23 am, EDT
Name: Orv
Web:
Location: Sussex County
Old Neighborhood(s): Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd: Wm Penn H.S.
Employers:
Message: Thanks Bill! I remember the Demels. They had a daughter Rose and her dad worked for Millers Furniture. Across the street were the McCartney's with 3 boys who I played with (Tommy, Lenny and Kenny) I figured the old neighborhood doesn't exist any longer. Do you remember any of the other kids in that area? I remember most of 'em. I lived there from 1940 to about 1948.
Date: 5/7/2013, 12:11 am, EDT
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: more than a few
Employers:
Message: Orv, I once lived on Montgomery St. I was about 2 or 3 years old. We lived with my grandparents. No houses left now, at least on the west side of the street. I don't think that there were any on the east side. I remember the Demels lived there or close by then. You could have a block party for old residents and not fill up that street now.
Date: 5/6/2013, 10:22 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: FENIMORE'S HAD A TOWING SERVICE AND DID SOME REPAIRS-THEY WERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THERE ALSO WAS A COFFEE SHOP ON THE SAME GROUNDS.
Date: 5/6/2013, 9:29 pm, EDT
Name: Gary
Web:
Location: Dover
Old Neighborhood(s): Oak Hill
Schools Att'd: Conrad
Employers: A J Seward Plumbing & Heating
Message: I just checked the link to the map, I guess I was wrong, but I don't remember Fenimores, what was that place?
Date: 5/6/2013, 9:22 pm, EDT
Name: Gary
Web:
Location: Dover
Old Neighborhood(s): Oak Hill
Schools Att'd: Conrad
Employers: A J Seward Plumbing & Heating
Message: I might be wrong on this because I was 4 or 5 but it seemed to me that the Strates shows came to where the shopping center now is and when they started building the shopping center is when the Strates shows moved to the Acme lot.
Date: 5/6/2013, 8:51 pm, EDT
Name: Forum Admin
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore
Employers:
Message: http://www.oldwilmington.net/maps/prices-cor...
Date: 5/6/2013, 6:08 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: I remember going to the Strates Shows when they were in the field , where the Acme now stands. This was 1964 or 1965. We parked across the street in the Price's Corner Shopping Center.
Date: 5/6/2013, 5:31 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: GARY;WASN'T THE STRATES SHOW ON THE LAND WHERE THE ACME STANDS ALONGSIDE OF HARDWARE STORE,RESTARUNT?
Date: 5/6/2013, 10:08 am, EDT
Name: Gary
Web:
Location: Dover
Old Neighborhood(s): Oak Hill
Schools Att'd: Conrad
Employers: A J Seward Plumbing & Heating
Message: I don't know the exact date, but I remember going to the James E. Strates Show carnival there when it was an empty field and that would have been around 1958 or 1959.
Date: 5/5/2013, 10:20 pm, EDT
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul / Sacred Heart
Employers: St Paul/Sacred Heart
Message: Ok, anyone know when Price Corner shopping was built?
Date: 5/5/2013, 6:41 pm, EDT
Name: Orv
Web:
Location: Sussex County
Old Neighborhood(s): Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd: Wm Penn H.S.
Employers:
Message: Anyone here from the area between Madison, Jefferson and 4th and 6th St.? I was born on Montgomery St. Many probably don't even know where that is. It's a small side street between Madison & Jefferson and 4th and 5th. Don't even know if it exists anymore! As a kid I "ran" that whole area, never any crime then!!
Date: 5/5/2013, 5:59 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S. Jackson). S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Hard pressed to think of anything that wasn't covered on this site. Sometimes, once a comment is posted, there's no responses.
Date: 5/4/2013, 10:05 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Hasn't been a new post sinse 5/2, what's going on here?
Date: 5/2/2013, 8:46 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Diane - I wasn't the only one on the bus sending their telephone number - and my new friend wasn't the only one sending theirs back.
Date: 5/1/2013, 8:29 pm, EDT
Name: gia
Web:
Location: brandywine hundred
Old Neighborhood(s): 2ndjackson,4thlincon,west4th,elsmere
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,padua,goldey becom,deltech
Employers: retired
Message: jim kelley; thanks for your info on the "wall" it has always bothered me about the rationale-maybe that's why my grandfather wouldn't tell his sons.!
Date: 5/1/2013, 5:06 pm, EDT
Name: Bill
Web:
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: a number
Employers:
Message: Jerry T.:
Offline issue. Please email me at mcgonig3@aol.com.
I'd like to answer your question.
Date: 5/1/2013, 4:26 pm, EDT
Name: Jim Kelley
Web: http://jimkelley.com
Location: Pike Creek, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Cool Springs - Alban Park
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Cool Springs, Richardson Park, Conrad, Wilm High,
Employers:
Message: To Gia,
Several years ago I worked at the A.I. DuPont Institute(that's what is was called back then), and they told us the wall was built by Alfred I. DuPont after he lost the family vote to take control of E.I. DuPont Company, and constructed it to send a strong message to the family to keep off of his property.
Date: 5/1/2013, 10:34 am, EDT
Name: Diane (Cain) Hess
Web:
Location: Middletown, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Dunleith
Schools Att'd: DeLaWarr High School
Employers:
Message: Connie - thanks for getting back with me. Those old army barracks were known as Millside. Also, that was a cute story. It's a shame you two weren't able to connect. So sweet!
Date: 5/1/2013, 8:36 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Diane - I remember the old Army barracks when it was a housing development. I may have visited that school while in George Gray. They took a bus load of children to meet the children in a school in that area. One little girl and I hit it off and we exchanged telephone numbers but neither of us wrote them down! I remember while on the bus to return to George Gray I was writing my number on the window of the bus and she was writing hers in the air, but neither of us wrote the other's number on anything.
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