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Visitors Nostalgia & Memories

(Archive #61: April 1, 2009 to April 30, 2009)

Date: 4/30/2009, 7:21 pm, EDT
Name: Wayne
Location: New Castle
Old Neighborhood: West Side
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Message: Wasn't the space between Jefferson and Madison called Wollaston Street? At sixth and Jefferson there was still a farm house in the late 40's on the north west corner. The space between Madison and Monroe was where horses were stabled when farmers came into sell on Madison Street before the trucks of later years. You got into it from fifth street behind a brick wall if memory serves me . That was over sixty years ago though and I was just a little guy.

Date: 4/30/2009, 7:18 pm, EDT
Name: Buz Peoples
Location:
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Message: Ray Jubb: You are soooo right, Ray.... Now I remember. Elsie, the cow, was on the sign. Yep... it was Bordens and it was really tasty. Breyers is now the closest I can get to THAT taste. Thanks!!!
Date: 4/30/2009, 3:09 pm, EDT
Name: Ed Begley
Location: Santa Fe,Texas
Old Neighborhood: 9 and Adams And Sacred Heart
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart and Old WHs
Employers: Rice's Bakery and Avisun
Message: Jerry L, There was a open area between 4 and 5 St. and Madison St and Monroe St. Played there where I was a kid. It was right behind our house at 405 Monroe St. We lived there until 1952
Date: 4/30/2009, 1:04 pm, EDT
Name: Orv
Location:
Old Neighborhood: Montgomery St.
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Message: Hey Jerry L.
I lived on Montgomery St. (Street between 4th & 5th and Madison & Jefferson) Could the "space" you refer to actually be my street, Montgomery St.? As a kid in the 40's I knew every alley or empty lot in that area, but don't recall the "space" you specifically refer to.
Orv
Date: 4/30/2009, 9:44 am, EDT
Name: Roy C. Pollitt
Location: Punta Gorda FL
Old Neighborhood: Gordy Estates, Woodbine
Schools Att'd: Brandywine High
Employers: WILM, WNRK, WAMS
Message: Was Rudy Pompelli, of Bill Haley and the Comets, an owner of The Drum Shop back in the 1960's ???
Date: 4/30/2009, 9:06 am, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Ray and Dave,
Remember the King's and Queen's chairs(natural formations) in the Rocks at West End park ? Another good place for young loves. The pavillion or Roundhouse, as we called it, was a good place to get out of the rain, and if it was heavy rain and windy, we climbed the center pole into the wooden spokes. How about the mulberry tree on the hill behing the playground on the Franklin St. side ? When John Golden left for the night he made sure we were all out the park. Of course we were right back, and I'm sure he knew it. In Canby park there was a second Indian head carving just a little upstream. Never found out about the history of the carvings. The Lion's cage was a good place to throw cherry bombs and M-80's into. My grandmother used to make tea from sassafras. Now its been labelled carcinogenic. We use to pull out the small saplings and chew on the roots. Does anyone remember the demolished stone house just inside Canby Woods behind the ballfields off Oak St. Never found out that history either. I remember people riding horses through the woods and stopping at the natural spring fed water trough.
Jerry Lank,
Tell us about the "space " between the houses. You sparked my curiosity.
Date: 4/30/2009, 12:10 am, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
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Message: For Buzz Peoples: I don't think that was Bryers out on Market St. I believe it was Bordens.
Date: 4/29/2009, 11:45 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry Lank
Location: Marco island Fl
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward and Madison St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Salesianum, Goldey Beacom UOD
Employers: Lank's, Deltona (Remedio-Hearn), Gaylord's, Dursteins Vending
Message: DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THE SPACE IN BACK OF THE HOUSES BETWEEN 5TH & 6TH BETWEEN MADISON AND JEFFERSON?
Date: 4/29/2009, 7:46 pm, EDT
Name: Buz Peoples
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Message: Delmer: I had forgotten the hand-dipped ice cream at Brown's Drug Store. I'll bet that's where I developed my love of homemade ice cream. The homemade stuff tended to have little crunchy pieces of ice in it. Chocolate was my favorite.Breyers was the only commercial product that came anywhere near the GOOD STUFF. Out here on the West Coast, I can still buy Breyers. I remember touring their building, as a kid, on Market Street, Thanks for jogging my memory.
Date: 4/28/2009, 8:35 pm, EDT
Name: Dave
Location: Wilm
Old Neighborhood: Canby Park
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Message: ditto to Ray and Jerry. We spent each summer building forts in the Canby woods. This didn't make Johnny Golden or Bus Zebley too happy. I remember another cop who we called "210" chasing us through the woods after Mr. Golden retired. Spent lots of time "soaring" via the Lions Cage entrance. The soars led us from Canby West to almost South Union Street. Played lots of sandlot Baseball during the day and through the evening at Bus Zebley Midget League with Bus umping the game.
Date: 4/28/2009, 1:44 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
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Message: Jerry T.
I know I'm somewhat older than you but I to remember what was then called West End Park. As a younger kid I thought those rocks we used to climb were Mount Everest and then as I got older the old pavillion there was a good place to swap spits with the gals. And how about going to Canby Woods and thinking you were in some mystical place when you got to Indian rocks and looked for the Indian head carving in the one rock. And what kid didn't put a penny on the railroad tracks that ran through canby woods just to see it get flat and larger. Myself and a neighbor, John Bonkowski use to go in that same woods and find and dig up the root for making rootbeer soda and take it home for his mother to make it. Those were the days. Then later that week he and I and his Brother Tom would climb the fence to their backyard and swipe us a couple bottles of the soda. I think his Mom Knew what was happening to the missing soda but she never said anything. They were great people and great days.
Date: 4/28/2009, 9:59 am, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: This time of the year always brings back great memories for me of Old Wilmington in the late 50's, early 60's : the end of school is drawing near, able to stay out later, trees and flowers are blooming, beginning to explore the parks and woods again, infatuations, first loves. Remember " School is Out " in '61 by Gary U.S. bonds? I remember hearing it the first time on the radio while siitng under a big old tree in West End park. C'mon contemporaries, and those younger and older. Reminisce.
Date: 4/28/2009, 8:12 am, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Liz,
When did your Dad leave Johnny's ? I remember a gentleman older than me,and I'm 61, who worked in the meat dept.
Date: 4/27/2009, 11:36 am, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood: Price's Run Area
Schools Att'd: PS duPont 1951
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Message: Liz, So very sorry to hear of the loss of your daughter. Lost my oldest son over 6 years ago. Never a day will go by that you will not think about her. The trick is to always bring up those good memories, not the last ones. My deepest sympathy to you and your family. I know this site is not for this use, but there are times when no other way is available. (Thanks, webmaster)
Phyllis B...good to see you back on the Old Wilmington line! Shirley
Date: 4/24/2009, 8:59 pm, EDT
Name: liz marino
Location: hartly, de
Old Neighborhood: w 4th, 5th ave
Schools Att'd: mci, bayard, whs
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Message: speaking of kielbasa, my dad, al, worked at Johnny's market for many years after he left Haldas bros, and he was instrumental in making the great kielbasa, of course my name was not marino at the time!!!!!
Date: 4/24/2009, 7:14 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: LIZ MARINO,
Most sincere condolences.
Date: 4/24/2009, 6:47 pm, EDT
Name: Phyllis Boyd
Location:
Old Neighborhood: Price's Run
Schools Att'd: P. S., Warner and Geo. Gray
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Message: How about that Winkler's, Shirley. It was absolutely the greatest. They had a Black Forest Cake for dessert, that was wonderful. All their food was the best. Does anyone remember Shellady's nr. the corner of 7th & orange? Mrs. S. herself prepared everything back in the kitchen. Prices were just about right, too. The restaurant didn't last long. That was a misfortune for us lunchtime folks.
Date: 4/24/2009, 6:18 pm, EDT
Name: Bill Fisher
Location: Westminster, CA
Old Neighborhood: 22nd & Monroe, 30th & West, Edgemoor Terrace
Schools Att'd: #30, P.S. duPont Jr High, Mt. Pleasant, U. of D.
Employers: American Airlines, System Development Corp., UCLA, Xerox Corp.
Message: Welcome back, Liz Marino. Must be awfully tough losing a child. Hope the reminiscing on this forum will help your spirits to recover, at least somewhat. I'm sure I speak for everyone here in expressing sincere condolences. Good to see you back.
Date: 4/24/2009, 10:09 am, EDT
Name: Bob Wilson Jr
Location: United States
Old Neighborhood: Here and There
Schools Att'd: PS duPont
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Message: This is probably not a very interesting topic for many of you, but did any of you participate in stage plays at your high school in DE back in the "Good Olde Days"? Our Senior Play at PS duPont back in 1952 was "I Remember Mama", and I had the role (three lines total) of 'Doctor Johnson'. There were also "Senior Morning" shows each year, right before Graduation, put together by the students with little or no teacher supervision...in which good taste was ignored just for the sake of getting a laugh or two from the general student-body audience.
Date: 4/24/2009, 9:51 am, EDT
Name: liz marino
Location: hartly, de
Old Neighborhood: west 4th street
Schools Att'd: mci, bayard, whs
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Message: just back on after many months of not being so hot, lost my daughter, and sort of set me back a pace or two,
Date: 4/24/2009, 7:54 am, EDT
Name: Marge
Location: Lyndalia
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd: Conrad HS
Employers: Hercules, DuPont, AstraZeneca
Message: Dr. Margaret Handy and Dr. Katherine Esterly were in practice together on Delaware Avenue. The were at Delaware Avenue and Clayton. Dr. Esterly made house calls. I don't think that Dr. Handy did. She would send Dr. Esterly.
Date: 4/23/2009, 10:14 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry Lank
Location: Marco Island Fl
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward & madison St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Salesianum, Goldey Beacom and UoD
Employers: Lanks,Remedio-Hearn, Durstein's Vending & MBNA
Message: There was a Wassam's at Faulkland shopping Center. Most of the independent 5&10's were owned and run by former Woolworth's Managers. to give you an example, Wassams,Richardson Variety Stores and Scott Hardware Stores were all run and owned by former Woolworth Managers.
Date: 4/23/2009, 12:31 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: little italy
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Message: I believe there was a third Wassam's - located in the Faulkland road shopping center across from the Ferris detention center
Date: 4/21/2009, 11:55 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: WPD & DuPont
Message: I can't ever remember going to a Resturant with my Parents as a kid. It just wasn't the way my Parents would spend money. I can still remember my Mother talking about people who would go out to eat. She would say She could feed our Family for a whole week on what they would spend for one meal. When I would take my Family out to eat I used to actually get a guilty feeling, thinking about Her up there looking down on me and saying "What a fool". However My kids really enjoyed it, Mama Robino's, the Groundround where they especially got a kick out of being able to throw the peanut shells on the floor and the Diners we used to have around our City till it started going bad, those were the days, gone but not forgotten.
Date: 4/21/2009, 10:09 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Wasaam's : The Wasaam's stores always fascinated me. I remember one in Elsmere, but most frequented the one in "Old New Castle", mainly because whenever we were in Old New Castle for festivities, or just for a picnic or crabbing and fishing or a day in Battery Park, we always stopped in Wassams's with the kids for water ice, ice cream, candy and to browse all the wares, gadgets etc. Wasaam's always reminded me of a larger version of my grandfather's store at Elm and Jackson.
I always wondered if the two were family owned in Delaware or part of a larger franchise ?
Date: 4/21/2009, 12:45 pm, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Location:
Old Neighborhood: Price's Run Area
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Message: oldschool55 - I remember all of that. I'm old! There were lots of really good restaurants around, but we couldn't always afford to eat out. Good thing my mother was a good cook. My kids will tell you she didn't pass that down to me. So we all eat out a lot now! Shirley
Date: 4/20/2009, 8:43 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location:
Old Neighborhood: little italy
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Message: shirley, I can remember going to Winkler's for chicken and dumplings, they used to have a "all you can eat" night on either Wednesday's or Thursday's, do you remember those???
Date: 4/20/2009, 3:40 pm, EDT
Name: Jack Riley
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Union Park Gardens
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas 57, Salesianum 61, University of the Arts 65
Employers: Kaumagraph Corp., State Children's Dept.
Message: Winkler's had the bast snapper soup around at the time. By the way, Dr. Kitty Esterly is still alive and going strong.
Date: 4/20/2009, 1:28 pm, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
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Message: How about Winkler's on French Street near 14th? Also, I agree with Ray Jubb on Mrs. Robino's. We love it. Still go there about once a month or so. Loved "The Cave" back in the day. Great subs! Neat place to eat! Shirley
Date: 4/20/2009, 11:37 am, EDT
Name: Bob Wilson Jr
Location: United States
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Message: The classy Wilmington places I'll always remember dining with my family (at) while still a young 9th Ward Teenager were Van's Holland House (featuring Jiggs Jackson on the Hammond Organ) on West 11th, I think; Hearn's Restaurant on Market near Concord Avenue, and Christy's, just across the PA state line at the Route 1-202 intersection (not to mention the Chadds Ford Inn). I believe we've mentioned all of the above here in earlier posts.
Date: 4/20/2009, 8:38 am, EDT
Name: Roy C. Pollitt
Location: Punta Gorda FL
Old Neighborhood: Gordy Estates and Woodbine
Schools Att'd: Brandywine High
Employers: WILM WNRK WAMS
Message: Bob Bowersox is no longer with QVC ... why I do not know.
Date: 4/20/2009, 8:34 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Wilm. Finishing Co.
Message: Speaking of pediatricians, mine was Dr. Fantazier, whose office/home was on N. Broom St.
He, along with other drs., actually made house calls back in the day.
Date: 4/19/2009, 12:01 pm, EDT
Name: Delmer Nicholson
Location: Cincinnati
Old Neighborhood: Bellevue, Bellefonte
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Buz your mention of Brown's Drugstore kindle many memories for me. Back in the '40's my family used their pharmacy, but I remember mostly the soda fountain where Dad would buy a quart of hand-dipped ice cream for a Sunday treat at home. Also, at Christmas time the display of so many neat toys in the basement which Mrs. Brown proudly displayed.
Date: 4/19/2009, 12:04 am, EDT
Name: Mary
Location:
Old Neighborhood: Willow Run
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Wasaam's, State of Delaware, New Castle County
Message: I remember both the Cave (my aunt lived just a block away from it) and Ibach's. I remember eating their once with my parents for my birthday. I don't remember anything but the name.... and the fact that they served some type of cheese spread before your meal and for years I couldn't figure out why there was never anything on this sight about an establishment called Eyebox.
Date: 4/18/2009, 11:06 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Buz : One of my English teachers at Archmere, '62-'66, Paul Clemens (outstanding teacher and personality), lived in Bellefonte during that time period.
Date: 4/18/2009, 10:48 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Does anyone remember a corner store at Shallcross and either Lincoln or Scott called The Steak Shop in the 60's/early 70's ? It was up a block or two before Gallucio's on the opposite side. I always meant to stop in, but for one reason or another didn't. I'm not sure if it was a restaurant or steak sandwich place. I can't remember if it had an advertisement with its name in white letters on the window on Shallcross or a small wooden white sign with the name in black letters.

Also, does anyone remember a Lenderman family on the other side of Shallcross near the Memorial Hospital, within the first block off Van Buren, I believe? This would be in the 50's.

Date: 4/18/2009, 8:40 pm, EDT
Name: Buz Peoples
Location: Sequim, WA
Old Neighborhood: Delware Ave, Bellefont, Carrcroft, Faulkland
Schools Att'd:
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Message: Jerry T: Dr. Katherine Esterly doesn't ring a bell but I was only seven when we moved out of my gandparents house on Del. Ave., to Bellefont, in 1953. Tho' Esterly she doesn't ring a bell, there was a pediatrician on the northwest corner across from the drug store, on Lincoln St. tho', I don't remember his name.
Does anyone remember Dr. Marjorie Conrad, who had a practice on Philadlephia Pike, near Brown's Drugstore? Remember the cough medicine from Brown's called Brown's Mixture? That was good stuff, even to a little kid & it worked...
;-)
Date: 4/18/2009, 11:09 am, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
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Message: The "Cave" is now an Office Building. They did a lot of
renovations and it is really nice inside, you would never believe that it was once an eating establishment, the reason I know this is because my Daughter works there.
Date: 4/17/2009, 9:51 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Buz Peoples : Here we go again. I'm having another "Senior Moment". See my 2 listings below. I saw in a previous post that you lived on Dela. Ave. in the 50's. Dr. Esterly might not have been there yet.
Date: 4/17/2009, 9:44 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Buz Peoples : see my first listing below. I should have checked Old Wilmington's listings first. Dr. Esterly was 4 blocks away from your old address, but I'm not sure of your time period for living on De. Ave. We took the children to Dr. Esterly in the early to mid 70's.
Date: 4/17/2009, 9:28 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Oldeschool55 : The Cave had great cheese steaks. One of my sister-law's family, the Reusings', lived on 14th St., on the same block, before Capeau's Pharmacy came. I remember my Dad taking me to the Smoke Shop on Dela. Ave. and DuPont Sts. to buy me a box of cigars ( It's a Boy ), when my son was born in '74, to pass out. I had an excellent lunch once at Kid Shelleen's.

Ray Jubb : You got the spelling of kielbasa right, and yes, it was a "must" on Easter Sunday mornings. Another fond memory of the Easter holidays in Hedgeville and Browntown in the 50's and early 60's, were the good smells of homemade bread, hams and kielbasa being prepared on the day before Easter, Holy Saturday, all through the neighborhood.

Buz Peoples : My children's first pediatrician was Dr. Katherine Esterly, whose office was on Dela. Ave., pretty close to where you lived. I'm not sure of what her address was.

Date: 4/16/2009, 9:43 pm, EDT
Name: RALPH
Location: TARPON SPRINGS, FL
Old Neighborhood: 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER, W.H.S. V.F.M
Employers: RETIRED
Message: THANKS PAT FOR GIVING US THE CORRECT SPELLING ----IBACH,S. BRUCE YOU WANTED TO KNOW SOME OF THE HISTORY OF IBACH,S. . AS I SAID , IT WAS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM THE OLD B & O RAIL ROAD STATION ( F.D.R. MADE A WHISTLE STOP THERE DURING W.W. 2 . , I SAW HIM ) BUT THE IBACH CAFE HAD A FEW MYSTERIES TO THE PLACE . IT HAD MANY OWNERS OVER THE YEARS, . DURING W.W. 2. THEY WOULD PACK THE PLACE . HAD GOOD BANDS. SERVED ALCOHOL AFTER HOURS , ---NEVER GOT CLOSED DOWN .? HEARD THIS FROM MY OLDER BROTHERS . PLUS I HAD BEEN TOLD THERE WAS A UNDER GROUND ESCAPE ROUT THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE -----UNTIL BULL COLUMBO WHO RAN THE PLACE , SHOWED ME THE DOOR THAT TOOK YOU UNDER GOUND IN THE BACK YARD OF THE PROPERTY . BY THE WAY BULL WAS THE UNCLE OF MY NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND ON CLAYTON ST. CHARLES COLUMBO THE FAMOUS DEL ARTIST ! P.S. WEBB MASTER THE UNDER GROUND ESCAPE ROUT IS TRUE . WHY DONT YOU CHECK IT OUT !
Date: 4/16/2009, 5:27 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: little italy
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Message: does anyone remember the little restaraunts/stek shop that were right next to each other down across from the acme off of dupont street - the hidaway and the cave???
on the other corner was leonetti's bakery and capoe's drug store??
Date: 4/16/2009, 11:26 am, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: I enjoyed flying the paper kites from my grandfather's store at West End and Canby parks in the 50's. I used to take my kids to fly both paper and plastic ones at Banning park in the 70's. Nowdays you see the big ones with the long tails down at Rehoboth beach. Once a year there is a kite festival/contest at Cape Henlopen state park in Lewes. I went with my daughter and granchildren several years ago. There were all kinds,sizes and shapes.
Date: 4/15/2009, 10:14 pm, EDT
Name: SUSAN P
Location: NEWARK, DE
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd: WILMINGTON HIGH
Employers:
Message: IBACHS IS NOW KID SHELLEENS
Date: 4/15/2009, 9:16 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: WPD & Uncle Dupy
Message: You folks talking about places where you used to eat really brings back memories. I used to take my four children and Wife to Moma Robino's on Union Street and Now my three Son's Take their children there, it
seems some good traditions never die. And when you talk about food, in my hood on Easter Sunday morning all you could smell was kielbasa(spelling ?), it wasn't Easter if we didn't have it for breakfast, and to this day that hasn't changed in my Home. My Boy's are 48, 46 & 40 years old and I hope that their children will be able to take their Children to Moma Robino's. Long Live Robino's.
Date: 4/15/2009, 8:29 pm, EDT
Name: webmaster (Harry)
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Wood'n Flats, Willow Run, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad (1960)
Employers:
Message: Another thing: You never see kids fly kites anymore. I remember in the 40s, I would get a kite from Pete's 5 & 10 on Lincoln Street; assemble it, and go the the Woodlawn Park to fly it along with dozens of other kids. When it broke, I would have to fix it using newspaper.

When my two kids were born in the 60s, we took them to Rockford Park to fly their kites.

How about the Easter Egg Hunts in Rockford Park?

Date: 4/15/2009, 8:25 pm, EDT
Name: brownys828
Location: Prices corner
Old Neighborhood: Ardentown/wilmington
Schools Att'd:
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Message: 1801 W. 14th--First Ibach!s, then, Martin steakhouse, then, Kid Sheleens. Any other names known? Also, For Buzz--Where was the location of dinner!s club in Arden?
Date: 4/15/2009, 5:41 pm, EDT
Name: Buz Peoples
Location: Sequim, WA
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Message: Jerry T,Harry, & Ed Begley: In the early 50's, I lived at 1825 Delaware Ave( now the site of a dog bisquit bakery shop).
Every time I heard the steam engines blow their whistles (probably somewhere near Wanamakers) I'd rush out the front door and down to the B & O station to stand beside the tracks as she rushed past, chugging, wheezing, and clanking. What a wonderful sight and sound.
My family would also go to Katies for spagetti and meat balls. Those were wonderful days and eats.
Later, when I lived in Ardencroft, I ate at the Dinner's Club and listened to the music.
Another favorite spot was the Old Mill on Rte 1. Thanks everyone for the revived memories. :@ :D
Date: 4/15/2009, 1:31 pm, EDT
Name: Pat LeVan
Location:
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: The place you are calling Eyebox was actually called Ibach's.
Date: 4/15/2009, 11:51 am, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: S. Jackson St. in Hedgeville, S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: The old B&O railroad station was at the site of the present day ACME at 14th and DuPont Sts. I remember as a small kid in the early 50's, my grandfather used to take a train from there to Phila.,I think, to order or buy some goods for his store.
Date: 4/15/2009, 11:24 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Wilm. Finishing Co.
Message: OPPS, Sorry I meant Ralph, not Harry
Date: 4/15/2009, 10:46 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Wilm. finishing Co.
Message: Harry,
I hadn't heard of the Eye Box before. Sounds like there are some stories there. How about sharing?
Where was the old B & O station located? Thanks
Date: 4/15/2009, 6:14 am, EDT
Name: webmaster (Harry)
Location:
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Message: Go Here http://oldwilmington.net/kalas.html for Harry Kalas photo and sound...
Date: 4/15/2009, 5:02 am, EDT
Name: webmaster (Harry)
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Wood'n Flats, Willow Run, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad (1960)
Employers: WDG, US Army, DuPont (Retired '91)
Message: You guys talking about places where you hung out or went to drink:

I remember when we lived in the Flats in the late 40s and early 50s, my parents would get a baby sitter for my younger brother, but would take me with them (sometimes) to Ben Tonik's, 6th & Union Streets and also to Katie's Restaurant, 6th & Scott Streets. Katie's use to show silent 8mm films of Laurel & Hardy. I was too young to drink except for Coke.

Date: 4/14/2009, 9:12 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: little italy
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: jerry t, your right about frankies - great subs and steaks
you have to beg for oil on your subs today,,,, I know I always have to ask for extra oil just to make sure my sub gets enough
I remember growing up when you ordered a sub , by the time you got home the bottom of the bag was soaked in oil!!!!!
now its like gold, they sprinkle as little as they can get away with.
Date: 4/14/2009, 8:42 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S. Jackson St., S. Broom St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Ms. Buz(Ruth) Peoples: I also remember the Indian sign at the Pontiac dealership, but couldn't remember if it fragmented down from the full face or vice versa.

Oldeschool55: You were right about the sauce on the Post House burgers. It was more like a relish and reddish in color. I also drank the left over crab sauce from DiNardo's after the crabs were done.

Talking about sauces and relishes, how about oils on subs. There have been and still are, only two oils on subs which I would drink from the plate after the sub was done: Frankie's on Union St. and Casapulla's in Elsmere and the one on Rt. 1 in Rehoboth.

My favorite was and still is dipping buttered Polish rye bread (then from either Ragan's, Radulski's or Schelich's/Figiel's ,into the drippings from pan fried fresh kielbasa from either Bartkowski's, Barczewski's, Delaware Provision or Johnny's. After Johnny Kaminski's daughters sold the Market on Maryland Ave., the new owner from Yemen still provides the same quality fresh kielbasa, having retained a couple of the same workers in the meat dept. and Johnny's original recipe provided by one of his daughters.

Date: 4/14/2009, 8:22 pm, EDT
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood: 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER, W.H.S. V.F.M.
Employers: RETIRED
Message: JERRY , AS YOU KNOW , YOUR BROTHER INLAW HARRY SHEING AND PAUL RICHARDSON WERE CLOSE FRIENDS. I REMEMBER WHILE ON THE W.P.D. I WOULD PLAY WITH A TRIO AT STENIS ( 9TH. TATNALL. ) HARRY,S HANG OUT . BUT ONE NIGHT AFTER I HAD ON THE VICE SQUAD , HARRY TOOK ME TO THE EYE BOX ( WRONG SPELLING ?) LOCATED NEAR THE OLD B.& O STATION. BULL COLUMBO WHO WAS THE OWNER LET HARRY IN, THEN ASKED ME ----AND IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY , HI RALPH , BUSINESS OR PLEASURE ? I GREW UP WITH BULL,S NEPHEW ON CLAYTON ST. THE ARTIST CHARLES COLUMBO. WELL I TOLD BULL ---PLEASURE ! AND HE TRUSTED ME . HARRY AND I ENJOYED A FEW BEERS . THEN WE PARTED FOR HOME. IN REGARDS TO THE EYE BOX, IT WAS FAMOUS DURING THE W.W.2 YEARS. MY DAD USE TO VISIT THE PLACE.
Date: 4/14/2009, 7:21 am, EDT
Name: Bob Wilson Jr
Location: United States
Old Neighborhood: NY, DE, PA, TX, NJ, CT and SC
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: Back in my Delaware Drinking Days, which for the most part were in Newark, or in nearby PA or MD, and while during most of them I was an under-age illegal, the places that would serve me were of course The Deer Park; Gatti's, out New London Road in Chester County; The Old Mill up on Route 1 in PA; the Hillside, out West Main Street in PA; Frenchtown on Chesapeake Bay in MD; and Schaeffer's on the C&D Canal in MD. Since for all purposes I left DE after college, I never in those days had more than a beer or two anywhere in Wilmington worth mentioning...or remembering. I regret that.
Date: 4/13/2009, 8:44 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: little italy
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: jerry t - I remember the crab sauce from dinardo's, it was so good we would drink it right from the container. I seem to remember a vinegar taste to it???

buster - not sure what or where frank's was?????

Date: 4/13/2009, 1:58 pm, EDT
Name: Ms. Buz (Ruth) Peoples
Location: Sequim, WA
Old Neighborhood: Delaware and Union, Bellfonte, Carrcroft, Faulkland
Schools Att'd: Harlan, Tatnall, U of D Salem (W,VA)
Employers: Div. Social Ser. Historical Soc. West of Mississippi after 1974
Message: I loved the relish at the Post House. My aunt, Emily Blackwell, lived across the street from Union Park Pontiac and I loved watching the Indianhead Emblem as it slowly grew larger. That would have been in the early 50's.
I remember Bob Bowersox as a great muscian, and I worked with his wife, Nancy, at DSS, in the late 60's. She did my horoscope and it's still "right on".
The canoe races on the Brandywine were held in the spring, when the water was running high so the "gates" were easier to negotiate (well..for some of the better canoists).
So glad the nostalgia forum is up and running, thanks Harry!!!
I hope to get back to writing to those I have met thru this website. Be patient with me...
Date: 4/13/2009, 7:57 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. franklin
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: ilm. Finishing Co.
Message: Jerry T. I don't believe Meatloaf performed at the Anvil Inn. He was at the U. Of D. as part of a National Lampoon show. This was before his album Bat out of Hell came out. He was listed in the program as Meatloaf and was an unbelievable singer. It was obvious that he was on his way. I remember seeing George Thorogood at the Anvil and he put on agreat show.
Date: 4/12/2009, 12:43 pm, EDT
Name: Ed Begley
Location: Santa Fe,Texas
Old Neighborhood: Sacard Heart
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart( 1945-1953) WHs
Employers: Avisun And Amoco
Message: Does anyone remember the Dinner's Club in Arden. Had a great little band.
Date: 4/11/2009, 8:01 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S. Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: BRUCE : thanks, I almost forgot about the Post House on Pa. Ave.,even though I never ate there.
OLDESCHOOL55 : you're right about the sauce on the Post House burgers. It was more like a relish,and red. Wish I had the recipe.

Talking about recipes,does anyone remember the sauce that DiNardo's gave you with your order of crabs? It was more on the thinner side rather than thick, and out of this world. To me it tasted like it had a hint of red vermouth in it.

And lastly, does anyone recall if " Meatloaf " ever performed at the Anvil Inn?

Date: 4/11/2009, 7:42 pm, EDT
Name: Buster
Location:
Old Neighborhood: Little Italy
Schools Att'd: WHS
Employers: Zappaterrini Bakery, US Army, BAE Systems
Message: oldeschool55, Our paths may have cross something in the past. Maybe at Frank's?
Date: 4/11/2009, 5:45 pm, EDT
Name: webmaster (Harry)
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Wood'n Flats, Willow Run, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad (1960)
Employers:
Message: The Strawbridge & Clothier Store in the old Merchandise Mart, built in 1951, is being demolished.
Date: 4/11/2009, 12:17 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: little italy
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: ok, how about some of the popular hangouts - the yard, the hill, stapler park,
back in the day when kids just hung out and had a good time hanging around a store or a park or a playground
Date: 4/10/2009, 7:33 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: little italy
Schools Att'd: st anthony's
Employers:
Message: jerry t, the sauce you remember at the post house was actually a red relish, and yes it did have onions in it.

anybody here remember st lizzies dances in the late 60's early 70's on friday nights???
charcoal pit on concord pike on friday and saturday nights
driving thru the "valley" over and over and over....
elks swim parties in the summer

Date: 4/10/2009, 10:57 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Wilm. Finishing Co.
Message: Jim,
Bingo! It's the Mendenhall Inn I was trying to think of. Thanks. There was a guy who used to play guitar and sing there ocasionally named Bob B. Sox. He is now on QVC selling cooking supplies under his real name - Bob Bowersox.
A safe and happy Easter to all on Old Wilmington.Net
Date: 4/9/2009, 6:36 pm, EDT
Name: Jim Batty
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Little Italy/Eastlake/The Flats
Schools Att'd: Warner/PS
Employers: The Travel Company
Message: Hey Bruce the only thing that comes to mind on 52 between the state line & rt1 is The Mendenhall Inn on the right heading towards rt1. It's all still there & hotel rooms have been added. Everybody have a great Easter/Passover/Holiday weekend.
Date: 4/9/2009, 10:25 am, EDT
Name: Albert
Location: Lewes
Old Neighborhood: Penny Hill
Schools Att'd: Mt Pleasant
Employers: DuPont
Message: The last time I was up (3 months ago) I stopped by the Post House on Union St. The Board of Health should pay a visit! Also, Carol from Pescara, Italy would post on here frequently in the past. Pescara is less than an hour drive from the town Onna that was devastated in the earthquake this week. Hope you are well Carol..
Date: 4/9/2009, 8:20 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin, Monroe Park
Schools Att'd: Sac. Heart
Employers: Wilm. finishing Co.
Message: There used to be a Post House on Pennsylvania Ave., next to Union Park Pontiac that served a pretty good crab cake sandwich. I used to go to the PH on Union St. in the late 70's on Sunday AM for breakfast. They had a big guy who ran the grill who would talk sports with you while cooking multiple orders without missing a beat.
Date: 4/9/2009, 7:56 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sac. Heart
Employers: Wilm. Finishing Co.
Message: Jim Batty - Sounds like we frequented the same places. The place with the music upstairs wasn't Buckleys. It was located in PA between the state line and Rt. 1. Sorry my memory is shot - probably from visiting these places. The restaurant that was on the first floor was pretty nice. I think steak was their specialty. It had a Castle/ Knight theme.
Date: 4/9/2009, 12:45 am, EDT
Name: Jerry Lank
Location: Marco Island Fl
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward and Madison St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Salesianum, Goldey Beacom UOD
Employers: Lank's, Deltona (Remedio-Hearn), Gaylord's, Dursteins Vending
Message: Ray Jubb,

You must have done a lot of drinking with my Brother-in-law Harry Sheing, he had been in every Watering Hole in De, Pa and Jersey. How about the Red Coach just over the line on 202 and the place across from the Ramada at 202 and rte1. How about some of the Watering Holes in Wildwood. The Glass Bar, Bolero Cozy Morley's, Fred's in Stone Harbor and Henney's which was Ed Mc Mahan's favorite watering hole when he had the Place in Avalon. How about the Galaxy on Naamnas Creek Rd.

Date: 4/8/2009, 6:50 pm, EDT
Name: Jim Batty
Location: Wilmington, DE
Old Neighborhood: Little Italy/Eastlake/The Flats
Schools Att'd: Warner/PS
Employers: The Travel Company
Message: I met my wife at Sammy DePaul's Anvil Inn. The Hideaway is still there, but no surprise bathroom. At least once each month, Al Santoro & the Highlighter's play there---they actually played at our wedding reception in 1967. I am sure the bar on Rt 52 with music upstairs is Buckley's--still happens to this day. I also hung out at the Horse N' Buggy on Marsh Rd--favorite bartender was Charlie. Then it was off to the T-Bar in PA to hear The Kit Kats.
Date: 4/8/2009, 6:43 pm, EDT
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE CANOE RACES ON THE BRANDYWINE ? WHAT MONTH WERE THEY HELD?
Date: 4/8/2009, 1:47 pm, EDT
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Location:
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
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Message: The Post House on N. Market Street is still open, but only for breakfast and lunch. I guess it's not feasible to stay open evenings in that neighborhood. Too bad. Used to be a good neighborhood. Happy Easter to all! Shirley Hudson Jester
Date: 4/8/2009, 9:59 am, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S. Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: I enjoyed eating at the Post House restaurants in Wilmington. There was one on Union St. and one on N. Market. They still might be there. They had an excellent sauce which they put on the burgers, by request as I remember. It was a thicker sauce with onions and I don't know what else. Haven't been in years. Gotta' stop the next time up, see if they are still there and try them.
Date: 4/7/2009, 3:18 pm, EDT
Name: Mary
Location: Bloomington, MN
Old Neighborhood: Willow Run
Schools Att'd: Corpus Christi
Employers: Wasaam's, State of Delaware, New Castle County
Message: The Old Mill Restaurant off of Route 1 in PA was still open as of the early 90's when we were living in West Chester.
Date: 4/7/2009, 11:16 am, EDT
Name: George
Location: Ocean View. DE
Old Neighborhood:
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: For Ray:
Hi Ray . DMBB BOb was Bob Burris, and Suitcase Bob was Bob (something ending in O that i will remember soon) from Chantilly Virginia.
Yes, in case you were wondering, I tipped a few at George's and remember you. Waldo's nick name was Baxter the Bomber
Take Care
George
Date: 4/7/2009, 7:31 am, EDT
Name: Ink
Location: Dover
Old Neighborhood: Oak Hill
Schools Att'd: Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers: Seward Plumbing & Heating, Motor Wheel, USN, Self
Message: I attended Conrad with Bill Russell in 1969 and 1970. I was a sophmore and he was a senior. We were two of the five hippies that were in Conrad at the time. It must have been a different Bill Russell.
Date: 4/6/2009, 8:09 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: little italy
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: ok, early to mid seventies - goody's on union street,
renaiis on 6th street
the other side up off of naamans and concord,
the brandywine club
the crescendo over in jersey
summers in wildwood and margate
bars like the penalty box,the dunes,jerry blavat's memories

wednesday nights at ragans

thursday nights at galuchio's

buckleys

Date: 4/6/2009, 7:49 pm, EDT
Name: Orv
Location: Near the Beach
Old Neighborhood: Montgomery St., Clayton St....etc.
Schools Att'd: William Penn H.S.
Employers: Dupont, AGFA, Retired
Message: How about these old "watering holes".... LuJo's at
2nd & King St. (I think); or the Driftwood just south of Market on east 4th St.; Tony's Cafe between 4th & 5th on Madison St. Those places used to really jump on Friday & Saturday nights..... lots of fights!!!
Orv
Date: 4/6/2009, 7:03 pm, EDT
Name: Albert
Location: Lewes
Old Neighborhood: Penny Hill
Schools Att'd: Mt Pleasant
Employers: DuPont
Message: Ink, Did you go to Conrad with Bill Russell in the late 50's? He was a great drummer and had a studio next to St Matthew's in Woodcrest for a short time. Last I heard he was living in Donora, Pa near Pittsburgh.
Date: 4/6/2009, 5:17 pm, EDT
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: City & Uncle Dupee
Message: I have probably been in most of the watering holes mentioned and of those mentioned the "Hideaway" was one of my favorites. But being a City dweller all my life, Georges' Cafe on the corner of 4th and Clayton Streets was probably my favorite. And anyone who went there can't help but remember the
"Waldo." He was one of a kind. It was his Fathers bar but Waldo took it over after his Fathers passing and
He was a great guy. He had a nick name for everyone. For instance, one patron whose full name escapes me, worked as a toll collector at the Delaware Memorial Bridge, so He was to Waldo DMBB,
Delaware Memorial Bridge Bob, another Bob was called Suitcase Bob, don't ask me why on that one. And it went on and on with everyone, myself included. But I won't mention that one. My time spent at Georges' was late 50s & early 60s.
Date: 4/6/2009, 5:07 pm, EDT
Name: Jim Kelley
Location: Pike Creek, DE
Old Neighborhood: Alban Park, Richardson Park, Glenville
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Richardson Park, Conrad, Wilm. High
Employers:
Message: Wilmington High Class of 1979 30th Year Reunion:

Class of 79' 30th Year Reunion is in the 'Planning Stage' for 11/28/09 at Cavaliers Country Club.

If you are a 'class of 79' alum, or teacher from 1976-79, please email with your updated contact info at our class website www.whs79.com so we in the class of 79' reunion committee can mail you an invitation to our 30th year reunion in November of this year.

If you have contact information of anyone who is of the 'class of 79', please email me with it so we can contact them for our 30th year reunion.

Our 30th will be our 5th reunion to date(including past reunions 5th, 10th,15th, 25th). A good time should be had by all once again

Thanks, Jim Kelley
WHS Class of 79'
www.whs79.com

Date: 4/6/2009, 3:47 pm, EDT
Name: webmaster (Harry)
Location: Wilmington/Perryville
Old Neighborhood: Wood'n Flats, Willow Run, Oak Hill, Rich'n Park, Longview Farms
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad (1960)
Employers:
Message: Hey guys, when we lived off of Naaman's Road when our kids were young, we went to the Farmer n' Dell on 202 and the one on Rt 1 with cap pistols was The Longhorn(?). In the 70s, I traveled all the time for DuPont, but on Friday nights when I came home, we went out to eat. The Farmer n' Dell on Rt 202 eventually was destroyed by a fire and so was the one on Naamans Road which later became a sports gym. The Longhorn became a disco club - Pulsation's.

Another place we went to was Pappy's (sp) Pizza on the Concord Pike.

A bar I went to a lot with my brother-in-law was JP's on Naamans Creek Road - remember that? He and I and our wives (sisters) went to the Tally-Ho(sp) a lot, also.

Mentioning those places brings back a lot of good memories - keep it up. You should check out the "Taverns" page on my site - all kinds of places are listed. I'll add the ones you mentioned that are not listed...
http://www.oldwilmington.net/oldwilmington/t...

Date: 4/6/2009, 3:26 pm, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Mechtron, Wilm. Finishing Co., Diamond Cab
Message: Jerry,
We'll probably drive the Web Master nuts with posts about PA, but what about the restaurant on RT. 1 that had a cowboy theme. The hostess would shoot off a cap pistol how many needed to be seated.
Back to DE. How about the Hide Away in back of Brandywine Racetrack. They had a trick rest room that would play a recorded message if you opened the door. Very embarrassing for the person, but entertaining for the rest of the bar.
Date: 4/6/2009, 12:31 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S. Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: The Deer Park, Anvil Inn and the Horse and Buggy were also some of my stops in the late 60's and early 70's. How about the Continental Safari on Rt. 1, later called the Brandywine Club or Brandywine Room ? There was also a neat little tavern across the line in Pa. on Rt. 202 on the southbound side. I can't remember the name. Good place for sippin' "whiskey and rye". Another place was a converted barn in Pa. on Rt. 1 north bound, on the sothbound side. Good place for pizza and beer on Sat. nights. Does anyone remember the Old Mill restaurant off Rt. 1 or a Polynesian restaurant off Rt. 1 in Phila. called the Kona Kai ? It was across from a T.V. station.
Date: 4/6/2009, 8:39 am, EDT
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood: N. Franklin
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Mechtron, Wilm Finishing Co., Diamond Cab
Message: Oldeschool,
I'm from the same vintage. In the 70's I hung around the Anvil Inn, Chadds Ford Tavern, Deer Park, Buckley's, Buggy Tavern on Marsh Rd. There was a nice restaurant on RT 52 that had an upstairs where bands played on the week-ends. I can't remember the name - can anybody help? Groups -Jack of Diamonds, Watson Brothers, Sin City. I remember seeing Shaky Jake at a party at a farm house, Strickersville, on Rt. 896 outside of Newark.
Date: 4/5/2009, 4:37 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S. Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: ORV,
You may be right. Now that I think about it, the High Wire act may have been performed by the Walendas.
Date: 4/5/2009, 9:46 am, EDT
Name: Orv
Location:
Old Neighborhood: Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd:
Employers: Dupont,AGFA,Food Lion, Retired
Message: Could the high wire act at the St. Anthony Festival be the "Flying Walendas"? I believe they had quite a few catastrophes with falling resulting in deaths.
One of them walked across the old Veterans Stadium in the 70's.
Date: 4/5/2009, 9:45 am, EDT
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline, Goldey-Beacom
Employers: duPont
Message: My hangouts go back to the 50's! After school, in the afternoons and on Saturdays, we always went to Govatos' at 8th and Market. On Friday nights, after the Sallies' dances, everyone went to the KozyKorner at Delaware Ave. & Washington. In the summer, it was Price's Run.
Date: 4/5/2009, 2:35 am, EDT
Name: Ink
Location: Dover
Old Neighborhood: Oak Hill
Schools Att'd: Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers: Seward Plumbing & Heating, Motor Wheel, USN, Self
Message: To oldeschool55: Here are a list of my 70's hang outs, see if any are familiar...Concord Mall, Side Door Coffee House (Brandywine YMCA), Valley Garden Park, Youth Incorporated on Penny Hill, the Brown House on Philadelphia Pike, Jack In The Box at Prices Corner, the freak tree in front of Conrad, the student center at the U of D, and the Wilmington Bench on the boards in Rehoboth. I remember a local band called Shakey Jake that played at the coffee houses and I went to school with a guy that played at the coffee houses named Bill Russell. He played folk guitar and one of his most requested songs (which he eventually started to hate playing) was Titanic by Jamie Brocket. If I recall any more places or bands I'll post later.
Date: 4/4/2009, 10:12 pm, EDT
Name: AL Williams
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Sacred Heard
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Rice Bakery,United Airlines in MD.
Message: Does any reember Ed Begley went to Sacred Heart and went into the Marines.
Date: 4/4/2009, 7:50 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry Lank
Location: Marco Island Fl
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward and Madison St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Salesianum, Goldey Beacom UOD
Employers: Lank's, Deltona (Remedio-Hearn), Gaylord's, Dursteins Vending
Message: Joe Bubbles and Jerry T.

I just called my cousins Richie and Tony Serpe and they said they remembered the high Wire Act but didn't remember the name of the Act. The Father was one of the first booths (Serpe's Bakery) in the Festival.

Date: 4/4/2009, 7:35 pm, EDT
Name: Joe Bubbles
Location: 6th st. between Lincoln & Union
Old Neighborhood: Little Italy
Schools Att'd: Lore-Bayard- Brown- Voc
Employers: Retired
Message: Jerry T.....R-U-Talking about the high wire going to the tower from the old playground. They also rode motor cycles on the wire from the playground to the tower, Also they had a man shot out of a canon
Date: 4/4/2009, 7:12 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry T.
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood: Hedgeville, S. Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U.D.
Employers: B&O R.R.,Resilient Tile,U.S.Army,Equifax,State of De.
Message: Italian Festival : Does anyone remember a Hi-Wire act at St. Anthony's Italian Fesival ? This was in the 60's or 70's. My memory is fading. I think that the troupe which performed was a famous group.
Date: 4/3/2009, 9:20 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry Lank
Location: Marco Island Fl
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward and Madison St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Salesianum, Goldey Beacom UOD
Employers: Lank's, Deltona (Remedio-Hearn), Gaylord's, Dursteins Vending
Message: OLDES55

MY STORE ON CONCORD AVE AND VANBUREN WAS ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT YOU TALK ABOUT. THERE ISN'T ANYONE FROM THE NINTH WARD OR WHO WENT TO SHORTLEDGE SCHOOL,P.S DUPONT,SALLIES OR BAYARD JR HIGH WHO DIDN'T KNOW LANK'S. WE HAD EVERYONE FROM JUDGES TO COPS TO ALL THE WHO WALKED THE BEAT AND THE DRIVERS FROM SAYER BROS AND EVERONE ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD VISITED THE STORE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

Date: 4/3/2009, 5:54 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location:
Old Neighborhood: little italy
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: hello everyone and happy friday!!!
I know this an nostalgia page but we seem to always be in specific time frame, how about we widen the window a little??
For me personally, my fondest memories of Wilmington and growing up around here come frome the early to mid 70's, the hangouts, the music, the club scene, the diners and restaraunts..........
Any body else here from that age????
Date: 4/3/2009, 6:36 am, EDT
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood: 25TH & MADISON ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: EH&R DUPONT
Message: JERRY
MOTHER WORKED AT HARLAND FROM THE DAY IT OPENED UNTILL SHE RETIRED. IT WAS HARD ON A GUY WHO HAD A MOTHER IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM I COULD GET AWAY NOTHING.EVEN IF I WAS LATE FOR A CLASS MOTHER KNOW ABOUT IT.
Date: 4/2/2009, 10:04 pm, EDT
Name: Jerry Lank
Location: Marco Island Fl
Old Neighborhood: 9th Ward and Madison St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart, Salesianum, Goldey Beacom UOD
Employers: Lank's, Deltona (Remedio-Hearn), Gaylord's, Dursteins Vending
Message: Dave kauffman,

I just met with a friend of mine down here in Marco who worked with your Mother at Harlan. Fran Barrier worked with your Mother at Harlan. I had the Vending machines in there back in the 70's

Jerry lank

Date: 4/2/2009, 5:58 pm, EDT
Name: oldeschool55
Location: wilmington
Old Neighborhood: little italy
Schools Att'd: st anthony's
Employers:
Message: Connie, I'd be willing to bet that they even delivered that mail to the right place!
Date: 4/2/2009, 9:00 am, EDT
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood: Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd:
Employers:
Message: PROGRESS ? - April 2 "1846 A Pony Express brought news from Philadelphia to Wilmington, a distance of 28 miles, in 1 hour and 20 minutes." NOW IT TAKES 3 DAYS!