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#91: October 1, 2011 to October 31,
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Date: 10/31/2011, 4:01 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Was Remedio's the place that had a woman's entrance in the late 50s or early 60s? Someone told me the place that had one wanted women to enter without having to walk past the bar stools to get to a table.
Date: 10/30/2011, 6:26 pm, EST
Name: Maureen Kelley Dunning
Location: Llangollen Estates
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart 10th & Monroe st.
Employers:
Message: Jay Hurley's was not a place to go for women in the 60 and 70's, topless bar, along with Joe Remedios on 5th and Jackson. I think they may have been the first places that I was shocked to learn they were topless. :-(
Date: 10/30/2011, 9:17 am, EST
Name: Jim Brady
Web: http://giusvalla.blogspot.com
Location: Elkton, MD
Old Neighborhood(s): Meeting House Hill
Schools Att'd: St. Mark's, UD
Employers:
Message: Hello all,
I am still looking for photos of the old GALAXY arcade in the Christiana Mall if anyone has any they would be kind enough to share. Would really like to see some because I have researched as best as I can with no luck.
Thanks,
Jim
Date: 10/27/2011, 2:14 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St.Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: I always flunked spelling Fred and Tony, if it weren't for spell check on this computer you probably wouldn't' even be able to understand my posts'
Date: 10/27/2011, 12:40 pm, EST
Name: tony malgiero
Location: middletown
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: #24 warner wilm. high
Employers:
Message: Fred
your spelling is correct. I think it was later called club 14 and after that other names.
Date: 10/27/2011, 5:39 am, EST
Name: Fred Best
Location: Colonial Hgts
Old Neighborhood(s): Colonial Hgts
Schools Att'd: St. Joe's, St. Thomas's, Sallies
Employers:
Message: Ray: I think it was spelled Ibach's then it was Martins Steak house
Date: 10/27/2011, 12:53 am, EST
Name: Albie
Location: Lewes
Old Neighborhood(s): W 29th St.
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers: Retired
Message: If it was the sixties the Tradewinds might have played at Jay Hurley's in New Castle or maybe even at the Crescendo Lounge over in Jersey.
Date: 10/26/2011, 4:38 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Richard Burton, I think it was the I-BOX, 14TH & Scott. I saw Rosemary Clooney and Patti Page there
in the early 50's. Was a good place with great entertainment.
Date: 10/26/2011, 1:09 pm, EST
Name: Richard Burton
Location: Wilmington, DE
Old Neighborhood(s): The Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Bayard and Wilmington High School
Employers: DART The First State
Message: Does anyone remember where the music group ‘The Tradewinds” played in Delaware around the 60’s?
Date: 10/25/2011, 1:38 pm, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: Bill: Regardless of the circumstances, it's always sad when families don't get along.
I'm off to Wilmington this morning; no computer until the 6th of November.......
Date: 10/25/2011, 10:10 am, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: local
Employers:
Message: Danny, Thomas Edison did not hold his son William in high regard. William lived on Hopeton Road in Westover Hills and was the only child to contest his father's will. There were six children, three each by two wives. From nps.gov, "Relations between William and his father were strained. Edison once responded to a request for money from Blanche Edison [William's wife] by writing, "I see no reason whatever why I should support my son. He has done me no honor and has brought the blush of shame to my cheeks many times." Like his brother he turned to farm life, breeding chickens. He died on August 10, 1937. "
I think that most of his work on inventions centered on improvements to the radio.
Date: 10/25/2011, 12:32 am, EST
Name: Daniel Statnekov (was "Danny Stat" when I lived in Wilmington)
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: Bill: Thanks for the interesting news about Edison's son. I wonder what he invented while he lived in Wilmington. I don't envy the children of famous people. For the most part, they seem to have a hard time living their own lives, coming out of the shadow, so to speak, of their famous parent.
Date: 10/24/2011, 11:29 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: George Gray,Little Flower
Employers:
Message: Danny Stat. One of Thomas Edison's sons once lived in Wilmington, in Westover Hills, I believe. He listed himself as an inventor in the census.
Date: 10/21/2011, 10:35 pm, EST
Name: Daniel Statnekov (was "Danny Stat" when I lived in Wilmington)
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: My aunt, Anna Statnekoo Porter, who some of you may remember from her long life and career (she was Judge Layton's secretary) in Wilmington, will celebrate her 102nd birthday this coming Sunday, the 23rd of October. My "Auntie Ann" was born in Wilmington (on East 9th St.) in 1909!
Date: 10/21/2011, 5:32 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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. od D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Danny Stat : Message for you on the Blog, post # 1007.
Date: 10/20/2011, 1:40 pm, EST
Name: patty
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, Whs
Employers:
Message: Thanks cousin - I'll pass that name onto Eileen - she's the one who asked. She found an old photo of her dad when he was 9 from a studio there.
Date: 10/20/2011, 10:01 am, EST
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Location: carrcroft
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 Bayard
Employers:
Message: Patty I have the original photo of my parents
married 1915 at a studio at 302 market street
called cooks studio
Date: 10/20/2011, 1:02 am, EST
Name: Daniel Statnekov (was "Danny Stat" when I lived in Wilmington)
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: I remember my father taking me to a matinee performance at the Playhouse in the Hotel DuPont to see Blackstone the Magician. This was in the early 1950's. In one illusion, Blackstone floated a lit electric light bulb into the theater, over the heads of the people in the audience; later, I read that a special light bulb had been constructed for the magician by Thomas Edison. I also remember that Blackstone threw playing cards into the audience which sailed into the far recesses of the theater.
Date: 10/19/2011, 10:18 pm, EST
Name: Patty
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Little Italy
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: The DP & L building is now the Delaware College of Art & Design, where I worked a few years before retiring. The elevator, which now goes up to the classrooms, still has the original beautiful art nouveau/deco gold tone doors.
Does anyone know which photographer had a studio on 3rd and Market around 1920? The name ended with what looks like "son". Thanks.
Date: 10/19/2011, 6:59 pm, EST
Name: Ralph pryor
Location: TARPON SPRINGS,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: W. H S , V. F. M
Employers: Dept, public safety , etc.
Message: Connie, you were half right , D.P.L Was at 7th. market st. . and you and your Mom might have been driven into town on the Trolly my Dad was operating he was 38 yrs. with th Del. Coach Co. . Which Is now D.A.R.T
Date: 10/18/2011, 9:07 am, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I remember going downtown with my mother on the trolley and paying our electric bill (with cash) at the DP & L office on Market Street at the corner of (8th ? 7th?). I remember the 'billboard' of Reddy Killowatt.
Date: 10/18/2011, 3:19 am, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: Since many of us have shared our childhood memories of the Christmas lights on Market Street, it's probably not off topic to note that today, October 18th, is the 80th anniversary of Thomas Edison's death, in 1931. Edison, of course, was the man who invented the electric light bulb. The anniversary of his success in building the first working light is also this week, on Friday (the 21st); this happened in 1879, not far from Wilmington, in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Similar to the recently departed Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison gave our parent's and our grandparent's a much better world; I think most of us would agree.
Date: 10/17/2011, 9:19 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Jim Rambo, I don't ever recall seeing you on the Oldwilmington blog so I'm going to have to upset the Webmaster and ask you a question here on the Nostalgia Site. Did you ever work with my Sister and Brother in-law, Peg & John Primrose?
Date: 10/17/2011, 8:13 pm, EST
Name: Chuck Wilson
Location: Bear
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St Paul's and WHS
Employers: Retired USAF & Uof D Police Dept.I remember
Message: I remember Market Street very well during the holidays. I really thought that all the lights on every pole was neat. My Grandmother used to drag me through the Wilmington Dry goods store and then make me carry all her Christmas gifts home.
Date: 10/17/2011, 5:23 pm, EST
Name: jim rambo
Location: mexico
Old Neighborhood(s): 3rd and Connell
Schools Att'd: bayard/ conrad
Employers:
Message: I am inspired by only two things along Market Street today. First, they have a security force in place that can be seen all day long. Second, and more importantly, they have a statue of Tom Maloney between 8th and 9th Streets. Tom's wife, Linda, was a co-employee of the County Register of Wills with me but I didn't meet and get to know Tom well until a few years before his death. He was always interested in innovation in criminal justice and committed to betterment of the city......a daunting, maybe impossible task. Good to see his efforts recognized though.
Date: 10/17/2011, 3:05 pm, EST
Name: BRUCE
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Diamond Cab, Mechtron
Message: I worked at the Yellow and Diamond Cab Co 1969 -1970. Washing and gassing up cabs. I believe they were on E 15th St. not a good area back than. My Boss was Herman Marshall and the guy in the body shop was a big red haired guy with a beard named "Red". I drove a 1969 Cadillac hearse and Red painted it a dark metal flake red. Anybody remember these guys or anything about the Cab co?
Date: 10/17/2011, 11:40 am, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: I can remember walking up and down Market Street at Christmas time holding my Mother's hand and almost being bumped to death by the crowds walking the sidewalks. Won't happen again, not on Market Street. Downtown Killington could have the greatest stores and resturaunts in the world and it would not help. Until they figure out how to get into the downtown area without passing through the jungles,
it's not going to happen, sorry to say.
Date: 10/17/2011, 7:38 am, EST
Name: Richard Burton
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): The Flats
Schools Att'd: lore, Bayard Wilmington High
Employers: DART The First State
Message: Ralph Pryor Post #323. At the time I thought making market Street a mini mall was a good idea but I was wrong. I've been on Market street in recent years and other then restaurants or coffee shops nothing I find interest me. Yes I remember the Christmas lights and music -- right out of Dickens. I don’t think one can find that anywhere now.
Date: 10/16/2011, 3:42 pm, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: p.s. In case you're wondering, Moore Street is located 1 block west of Market St. between 26th and 29th.
Date: 10/16/2011, 12:32 am, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: On Moore Street between 28th and 29th, there used to be a row of old garages. A guy named "Reds" worked on Indian Motorcycles there in the mid-'50's, after the Indian Motorcycle company went out of business, which happened in 1953. I remember walking down that little street (in those days, it wasn't much more than an alley) with my friend Billy Missimer and seeing a couple of the old Indians with their art nouveau, full skirted fenders parked in a row in front of Red's garage. There was something about "boys" and motorcycles; there still is.
Date: 10/15/2011, 11:01 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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: Joey T. - go to the Blog section for my reponse. This Forum is for Wilmington Nostalgia. The Blog allows for a little lattitude. If you don't know about the Blog, just Google the name, Old Wilmington Blog. After that, it's the 4th site down titled, Wilmington Blog.
Date: 10/15/2011, 10:18 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TAREPON SPRINGS .FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. CLAYTON
Schools Att'd: W H S , V F M
Employers: WIL.DEPT. PUBLIC SAFETY, ETC.
Message: TO ALL YOU FOLKS WHO WORK IN THE CITY OF WILM. OR HAVE A BUSINESS NEAR MKT. ST. SINCE THEY DID AWAY WITH THE MALL , HAS BUSINESS PICKED UP OR IS IT ,ABOUT THE SAME . HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE CITY FOR A FEW YRS.. EVEN THOUGH I FLY UP TO SEE MY FAMILY. EVERY OTHER YEAR. I VISIT MRS. ROBINOS , , BUT STAY . MOSTLY IN THE BERBS.. I LOVED TO GO UP MKT. ST. WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY DURING THE XMAS. HOLIDAYS. THE LIGHTS , MUSIC . I ALWAYS THOUGHT MAKING PARTS OF MKT. ST. A MINI MALL WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO. . ANY ONE AGREE ?
Date: 10/15/2011, 11:35 am, EST
Name: Joey T
Location: Klair Estates
Old Neighborhood(s): Browntown; Hedgeville; Klair Estates
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwigs, Salesianum
Employers: Drummer for Fox and Company; B&O R.R.; Conrail; Sunoco; ret.
Message: Jerry T...Thanks for researching the story on Jake.
I was very sad to hear that. You're right, he was was just a poor old soul.
It looks like we may have bumped into each other back then. St Hedwigs, class of '61.
Brakeman and conductor on the B&O '71 to '76.
Did you happen to know Pat Scott; Joe Ragan or Bob Marshall?
I'm sure you remember Radulski's and Ragan's bakery.
Date: 10/15/2011, 9:35 am, EST
Name: Delmer Nicholson
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Old Neighborhood(s): Holly Oak, Bellefonte
Schools Att'd: Mt. Pleasant, AI, UofD
Employers:
Message: Was looking at some old bottles recently and found a 1/2 pint milk bottle from "Bush Dairy Wilmington, Delaware". Anybody remember this dairy?
Have a great day.
Date: 10/15/2011, 6:56 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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: Joey T. - I also remember 'Jake the Broom Man ', with his famous one word pitch, " broooms ". Checking the Archives on this site, Ralph Pryor posted that Jake was mugged and robbed in broad daylight at 3rd and Shipley by 3 guys in the 1970's, and never seen in Wilmington again. What a sad ending for the poor old soul ! Don't know anything else about him. There used to be a picture of him, hanging in a bank on Union St.
Yep, good times at the Anvil Inn duing those years, and the girls, the cars and the music in 1965 were great. Sounds like you're a contemporary : same neighborhoods, St. Hedwig's( class of 1962), B&O R.R.( trackman, summer of 1968).
Date: 10/15/2011, 3:44 am, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: Bill, (post #309): Thanks for the suggestion re: the name of the 'hall' on 11th near Madison. Yes, it very well may have been called "The Auditorium." I'll ask my Dad tomorrow if he remembers that name.
I enjoy this forum as a place to 'slip away' from the very real cares and tragic news of the day. This message board provides a safe place where we can revisit an earlier time to share memories of our youth and our neighborhoods, which for a time, seemed as if they were the whole world...... Delaware Online will give you the news of the day, if that's what you want to read.
Date: 10/14/2011, 10:13 pm, EST
Name: Joey T
Location: Klair Estates
Old Neighborhood(s): Browntown; Hedgeville; Klair Estates
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwigs, Salesianum
Employers: Drummer for Fox and Company; B&O R.R.; Conrail; Sunoco; ret.
Message: I remember when the " Broom Man" would walk past my house in Browntown. Anyone know the story on that man?
Lots of great memories at the Anvil Inn back in "67-'69. Really good bands!
We had the best music, cars, girls back in '65.
Date: 10/14/2011, 8:54 am, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: PAT - speaking of 'fix anything' people - remember the shop next door to Piane's restaurant? Until the old man died, that was the only frame building remaining on that side between Vandever and 22nd. It was a one story darkened brown wooden shingle building. It looked like Ziggy's little house between tall buildings.
There was another guy, Mr. Donovan, who had a very little shop on the vacant lot next to the foundry at 22nd and Tatnall. It was about the size of a small room and completely filled with toaster and other items waiting to be fixed.
I guess these three places were our "Emmetts" of Mayberry.
Date: 10/13/2011, 11:20 am, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Connie, I remember that alley next to the Martin's Cleaners. Also, there was a shop there called Henry Glazer's. My mother knew him well. I believe he fixed anything that was broken. I also remember the American Store across the street with the bread box. The manager was a guy named Frank Kautz in the late 40's. Also, Broadbent the watchmaker had a store in that block. Of course, Richardson's 5&10 which has been mentioned before and the luncheonette in that same block. I agree today they wouldn't be leaving any bread in that box!
Date: 10/13/2011, 7:19 am, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: PAT - the place I remember was on the East side of Market, across from the American Store on the corner. There was an alley beside the Drug Store that went in back of the store to a parking area.
I remember the American Store had a large metal bin where the bread man would leave the day's bread. The shop owner would retreive it when they opened their shop. Imagine anyone doing that there today!
Date: 10/12/2011, 8:12 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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: Thanks Shirley and Francis for the info. about the brickyards.
Once on this site were some comments about the tarring of Wilmington roofs. I remember the company(ies) coming with a black burner to melt the chunks of tar, then hoisitng it up, by buckets on ropes to the men on the roof with their long and wide brooms or applicators. I loved that smell. Does anyone remember the name of the company(ies) and/or where they were located ? This would have been back in the 1950's.
Date: 10/12/2011, 4:56 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: John Paul. I drank a lot of Coffee in that Furniture Store in the winter months while walking the beat in that area and Norm was one hell of a nice guy.
Date: 10/12/2011, 4:54 pm, EST
Name: Bill
Location: Delaware
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Harrison
Schools Att'd: Little Flower
Employers:
Message: Could the hall in question be The Auditorium? It was on West 11th near Madison. It was used for sports events and amusements. It was demolished in 1957 and the site became a parking lot.
Date: 10/12/2011, 4:53 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: Your right about the Penrose Pat. and that is the only
one I can remember, this friend of mine must be talking about a place before my time. And then again maybe it was "Mama's Tavern" before it was the Penrose. Who Knows!
Date: 10/12/2011, 1:37 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Ray, there was a tavern out Market St. near Sears called the Penrose. It was on the east side of the street. I was in there a few times with my cousin, Gerald Mackey, who was a Wilmington cop. Don't remember one called Moms. Seems to me the Penrose was there in the mid to late 50's.
Connie, the camera shop may have replaced the Rexall Drugstore.
Date: 10/12/2011, 1:14 pm, EST
Name: John Paul
Location: League City,Texas
Old Neighborhood(s): East Side
Schools Att'd: Bancroft,Pyle,Palmer,Brown Vocational
Employers: Hercules,Avisun/BP
Message: There was afurniture store on King street between 4th and 5th street.
The name was Liebman's Furniture and the owner was Norman Gibbs.
I purchased a lot of items there in 1962 and I still have the dining room set.
Date: 10/12/2011, 11:01 am, EST
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Location: carrcroft
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 Bayard Wilm high
Employers:
Message: genco I believe it was Rhoards leather.
Date: 10/12/2011, 10:54 am, EST
Name: FRANCIS RIZZO
Location: CARRCROFT
Old Neighborhood(s): FRONT AND ADAMS
Schools Att'd: #3 #4 BAYARD
Employers: RETIRED
Message: Jerry t the brick yard in wilm was oberly brick, on miller road,Gaylord was the first to replace,now home depot and millre roa d shopping center. the other brick yard was Delaware brick new castle.
ps I helped take down the stack at oberly 1958
Date: 10/12/2011, 10:52 am, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: DOES ANYONE OUT THERE RECALL A TAVERN IN THE VICINITY OF 40TH AND MARKET STREETS CALLED
"MOM'S TAVERN" ? THIS IS FOR A FRIEND OF MINE WHO SERVED FOR A TIME ON THE WPD THEN LEFT TO JOIN THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AND RETIRED FROM THERE. I CAN'T REMEMBER SUCH A PLACE BUT
THE WAY MY MEMORY IS IT'S NOT SURPRISING. HOWEVER, HE SAID IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN I WAS A KID, SO HAVING BEEN BROUGHT UP ON THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE SIDE OF kILLINGTON I WOULDN'T HAVE HEARD OF IT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO ANYONE.
Date: 10/12/2011, 10:46 am, EST
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run Area
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner, PS duP '51
Employers:
Message: Oberly Brick Company was on Broom Street/Miller Road around 33rd or 34th Street. Can't remember any others. Shirley Hudson Jester
Date: 10/12/2011, 10:17 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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:
Message: Rodney Square was once a reservoir. One of the old maps on this site shows that. The Wilm. Library was once a cemetery, and I believe associated with a Church which was on the same block.
I can remember when our sidewalk on Jackson St. and my grandparent's next door was brick, before being changed to concrete. Nowdays people are reverting back to brick, even on crosswalks, like in Elsmere. I think brick looks better , the older and more worn. Does anyone remember where were the old brickmaking companies in Wilmington located ?
Date: 10/12/2011, 9:41 am, EST
Name: betty
Location: beach
Old Neighborhood(s): east side bellemoor jeff farms
Schools Att'd: bancroft wilm high
Employers: woolworths dry goods citibank
Message: yes Bob V., that was a long time ago..anyone remember " the Sugarbowl " eastside of market between 4th & 5th ? had great egg salad sandwiches for 30 cents...also would like to know if Rodney Square was once a reservoir. think I heard that somewhere.
Date: 10/11/2011, 10:59 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers:
Message: For all you oldtimers out there from Killington or any other part of Delaware, I was walking around the Hood today and saw a hole being dug in the Streets right next to the curb(in Union Pk.Gardens)and realized that all the gutters in the Gardens were once
made of a yellowish brick because that was what was being dug up for whatever reason they were digging. Then I got to thinking as I walked the hood that I haven't seen a brick sidewalk for years. And when I was young, and I don't mean just a kid, all the sidewalks were brick. I can even remember when I was on the WPD I watched Contractors digging up
brick sidewalks in the Hilltop neighborhood to concrete
the walks. I asked one of the Contractors why they were doing this and his answer was, "You don't think they would make these poor black families moving in this neighborhood walk on old brick sidewalks do you". So I asked him what they were doing with the brick and he told me they were using them for fill in various places. I then asked him if he would point out the walks they were going to dig and if I could come and take some brick home to build a patio. Myself and a couple friends came with a truck and took all the brick that were closest to the houses, because they weren't worn, and took them to my house where I built a very nice brick patio, compliments of
our new West side Black neighbors.
Date: 10/11/2011, 8:20 pm, EST
Name: Bob Veazey
Location: Brookmeade
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd & Washington
Schools Att'd: #30, Warner,P.S. UD
Employers:
Message: For Betty, My father worked at Hurley-Powel and grandfather at Sterns. Boy, thats a long time ago!
Date: 10/11/2011, 6:16 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER, W.H.S. V.F.M.
Employers: WILM.DEPT. PUBLIC SAFETY. ETC.
Message: Jubby I think he or she, should get at least Five ! !
Date: 10/11/2011, 1:38 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Pat - I think I remember that. Didn't it later become a photo shop?
Date: 10/11/2011, 11:57 am, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Connie, I do remember both Fred Knecht's at 23rd and Market and Chadwick's at Vandever Ave. & Market; however, there was a Rexall drugstore run by a pharmacist named Gold in the 2000 block of Market near Haywood's restaurant and Martin's Drycleaners. It was there for many years and then moved to 14th or 15th and Market.
Date: 10/11/2011, 8:38 am, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: PAT - the drug store at Vandever and Market was Chadwick's. He was the brother of Miss Chadwick who ran the little store beside his. There was another at 23rd and Market run by Freddy Knecht.
Date: 10/11/2011, 7:25 am, EST
Name: betty
Location: beach
Old Neighborhood(s): eastside bellemoor jeff farms
Schools Att'd: bancroft wilm high
Employers: woolworths dry goods citibank
Message: Bob V. it was sterns furniture store. also remember hurley powell, I believe on king st. I must have been thinking of eckards. they used to have good hamburgs. remember the hot roasted peanuts at 4th& king.
Date: 10/10/2011, 8:20 pm, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: Thanks, Jerry. My father's family rented the hall there for large family gatherings in the late 1930's. My Dad thought the place was called "Orange" something or other. I'll ask him if he remembers it being called "Orange Lodge" when I speak with him again tomorrow.
Date: 10/10/2011, 1:05 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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: Danny Stat : maybe the building was once a hall or meeting place for the members of Orangeism or the Orange Order or Orange Lodge , as it was sometimes called. Orangeism developed in Northern Ireland and Scotland and had some offshoots on the East and West coasts of the U.S. It was a fraternal organization with close ties to unionism, and was established in the U.S. for Irish immigrants. Only my guess.
Date: 10/10/2011, 11:39 am, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Kay, I just noticed that you were from Henry Clay. My mother was born there or "up the Crick" as she used to say. Her parents were Irish immigrants and my grandfather worked at the duPont powder mill. After he died at age 38, my grandmother moved to St. Ann's parish or Forty Acres with her nine children.
Date: 10/10/2011, 11:35 am, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: A Chocolate 400, as I remember, was just plain milk with chocolate syrup and lots of chipped ice. I have no idea why they called it a 400. There was no ice cream in it so it was thinner than a milkshake; but they were delicious. Never heard of them anywhere else but Wilmington and I have lived all over the country. My mother used to order them all the time at different soda fountains around Wilmington, so they go way back to her time and she was born in 1900!
Date: 10/10/2011, 10:52 am, EST
Name: KAY BURTON WELLS
Location: PIKE CREEK,DE.
Old Neighborhood(s): HENRY CLAY,DE.
Schools Att'd: St.Josephs on the Brandywine,St.E'S
Employers: DIAMOND State Telco Co.
Message: I HAVE HEARD OF CHOCOLATE 400,BUT OUR DRINK WAS A VANELLA 4 HUNDRES 4 INGREDIANTS.VANELLA
MILK,ICE CUBES AND SUGAR--PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
I STILL FIX ONE FROM TIME TO TIME--KIND OF LIKE A MILK SHAKE,BUT NO ICE CREAM--LESS CALORIES.
Date: 10/10/2011, 10:51 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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: According to 411.com, there are no F.S. Fitzgeralds in Delaware. Even spelled his or her location wrong, Edgemore instead of Edgemoor. Maybe it's the same person who sometime back, was claiming to be the star quarterback from Sallies and hot with the girls at the dances, only using a diffrerent e-mail address.
Date: 10/10/2011, 10:26 am, EST
Name: Bruce
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Old Neighborhood(s): N Franklin St
Schools Att'd: Sacred Heart
Employers: Wilm Finishing Co
Message: Mr's Jubb and Pryor. I'm sure this Fitz guy is a phony. Someone did something similar to me months ago here. Look at his school attended - Edwina Kruse - who was principal of Howard High years ago and was active in African American schooling.
I'm sure the Web Master will take care of Mr. Fitz.
Date: 10/10/2011, 10:01 am, EST
Name: Joanne
Location: Pike Creek
Old Neighborhood(s): Ninth Ward
Schools Att'd: HARLAN, P.S.JR & SR, GBC
Employers:
Message: I think the name of the furniture store on Market Street was "Feinberg's". A daughter of Mr. Feinberg graduated from P.S. in the same class as I and still does interior decorating.
Date: 10/10/2011, 8:45 am, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: W.H .S, , V.F.M.
Employers: WILMINGTON DEPT. PUBLIC. SAFETY, ETC.
Message: Jubby , Its a phoney name, unless his parents. read the books of the great writer F.S.FItzgerald famous back in the 1920,s . . wonder who,s message he will copy word for word in the near future ? what do you think of this person Web Master Harry ? maybe he will go away .
Date: 10/10/2011, 8:10 am, EST
Name: Bob Veazey
Location: Brookmeade
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd & Washington
Schools Att'd: #30, Warner, P.S., UD
Employers:
Message: Could "Stern's" be the furniture store remembered? My Grandfather worked there.
Date: 10/10/2011, 6:59 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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: Pat : out of curiosity, what was a chocolate 400 ? Was it like a float or a milkshake ?
Date: 10/9/2011, 8:28 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Kay, It was Whelan's Drugstore and I believe it was on the west side of Market St. between 8th and 9th. (It's been a long time)! My group used to go to Govatos after school; that was back in the early 50's. The big drink then was a chocolate 400. The Kozy Korner at Delaware Ave. and Washington was a favorite spot on Friday nights after basketball games.
Date: 10/9/2011, 6:56 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Location: Killington De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul.s & WHS
Employers:
Message: Ralph, I don't remember any F.S. Fitzgerald. And to call me his Buddy, even if I once knew him casually I wouldn't say that was a buddy situation. But I sure don't remember the name. I wonder what Police Department he hails from, he doesn't say.
Date: 10/9/2011, 4:15 pm, EST
Name: KAY BURTON-WELLS
Location: Pike Creek De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Henry Clay,De
Schools Att'd: St.Josephs on the Brandywine,St.E'S
Employers: DIAMOND State Telco Co.
Message: There was a whalens(spelling) Drug Store on Market St.in the middle of the block on the right hand side of the street---it was sort of hang-out for us High School kids from Sallies,WHS
Brown Voc. and St.E's a fun place to go.
Date: 10/9/2011, 4:03 pm, EST
Name: Danny Stat
Location: South Pender Island, BC
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: Harlan, P.S. U of D
Employers:
Message: There used to be a public (for hire) meeting hall on the north side of Delaware Ave (across the street from the YMCA, but perhaps a bit further West) that may have been called "Orange Hall." This was in the 1930's and possibly lasted into the '40's or early '50's. Does anyone have any knowledge of this place? or can confirm it's name and/or its location? Thanks; I appreciate any help you might offer.
Date: 10/9/2011, 7:21 am, EST
Name: betty
Location: the beach
Old Neighborhood(s): east side bellemoor jeff. farms
Schools Att'd: bancroft wilm. high
Employers: woolworts dry goods citibank
Message: pat & connie...thanks for the info...I don't think that was the name of the furniture store...this was in the 40s & 50s..it was a short name...
Date: 10/8/2011, 8:36 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: There was a Rexall drugstore on Market St. at about 14th on the west side of the street in the 50's. It was owned by a druggist who had had a Rexall store on Market St. between 20th and Vandever Ave. very near Hearn's restaurant in the 40's. I believe the druggist's name was Gold.
Date: 10/8/2011, 7:24 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS.FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: W H S , V.F.M.
Employers: WILM.PUBLIC SAFETY, ETC.
Message: THOUGHT I WAS FINISHED WITH MY FRIEND F.S.FITZGERALD , BUT I AM CURIOUS , ARE YOU ANY RELATION TO THE FAMOUS WRITER , THE LATE F.S. FITZGERALD, OR THE POLITCIAN WHO LIKES TO STEAL FROM OTHER WRITERS? THINK HE NOW LIVES IN WASH. D.C. V.P. JOE BIDEN ?
Date: 10/8/2011, 5:37 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH.CLAYTON
Schools Att'd: W H S ,V F M
Employers: WILM.DEPT .PUBLIC SAFETY
Message: IF ANY ONE IS INTERESTED, THE MESSAGE I SENT TO OLDWILMINGTON.NET REGARDING THE DEATH OF THE POLICE OFFICER IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY ,WAS SENT ON 9-16-11. I WENT BACK AND CHECKED . O.K. WITH YOU FITZ OLD BOY ?
Date: 10/8/2011, 5:29 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Location: TARPON SPRINGS, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. CLAYTON ST
Schools Att'd: WARNER, W H S V.F.M.
Employers: DEPT. PUBLIC SAFETY,WILM.DE,ETC.
Message: I CANT BELIEVE THIS F.S. FITZGERALD GUY . HERE HE TOOK EVERY LINE OF MY MESSAGE REGARDING THE NEW CASTLE COUNT POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS MURDERED BY THE SCUM BAG. HEY FITZ , DONT YOU HAVE A CLEAR MINE ,OR RATHER A MINE OF YOUR OWN? AND HE IS CALLING A FORMER W.P.D. OFFICER BUDDY OF MINE , HIS FRIEND , DO YOU KNOW FITZGERALD JUBBY ? JUST GO BACK AND READ MY MESSAGE , WAS EITHER EARLY SEPT. OR LATE AUG. BUT HIS MESSAGE IS WORD FOR WORD WITH MINE , ITS AMAZING ! ITS SCAREY , AND I DONT LIKE IT FITZ OLD BOY !
Date: 10/8/2011, 4:31 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: In the 1974 directory there was a Feinbery Furniture at 705 Market St. I didn't find any Rexall Drug Stores but there was an Eckerds at 513 and one at 723 Market Street.
Date: 10/8/2011, 1:41 pm, EST
Name: betty
Location: the beach
Old Neighborhood(s): east side, bellemoor, jeff. farms
Schools Att'd: bancroft, wilm high
Employers: woolworths drygoods citibank
Message: does anyone remember the name of the furniture store on market st. somewhere between 5th & 8th...it was pretty large..I remember my family buying quite a few pieces of furniture there. also was there a rexall drug store on market ?
Date: 10/5/2011, 10:12 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
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: Jim Rambo : Hedgeville/Browntown might be running 2nd or maybe tied to the area you mentioned, Vandever Ave./Market St., as the most dangerous area in Wilmington. On a more positive, nostalgic note, I remember back in 1963 or 1964 when I was 15 or 16, walking with my buddy from Elm and Jackson, through town and out Market St. to the Sears at 40th and Market, about a week before Christmas. Between the Brandywine/Market St. bridge and that area, we were mesmerised by the Christmas lights and decorations on the houses, and groups of carolers strolling along that section of Market St. There was a certain pleasant and most peaceful ambiance in the air that night.
"Nothing gold can stay" !
Date: 10/5/2011, 12:44 pm, EST
Name: Bob Veazey
Location: Brookmeade
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd & Washington
Schools Att'd: #30, Warner, PS, UD
Employers:
Message: Dean Bennett was a really down to earth guy. He upset some of the old ladies of the church by his habit of slipping across Market Street to a bar (Becker's?) in his purple robe for a beer some afternoons.
Date: 10/5/2011, 11:06 am, EST
Name: jim rambo
Location: mexico
Old Neighborhood(s): 3rd and Connell
Schools Att'd: bayard/ conrad
Employers:
Message: The neighborhood around Vandever Avenue and Market Streets has not simply "deteriorated." It is perhaps the most dangerous area in the entire city. Just up the street, at 22nd and Market (stretching over to Lamotte Street in an easterly direction), there have been multiple murders in the last few years. Some with no motive whatsoever............
Date: 10/3/2011, 2:40 pm, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Bob, it is good to hear from someone who remembers Dean Bennett! I keep hoping that St. John's will return as a functioning, prayerful parish as it once was. I read where the duPont's were instrumental in the founding of the parish. I would hope some of that family would come to its rescue. I suppose, though, as a sign of the times, since the neighborhood has deteriorated it would be difficult to attract supporting members who may well be afraid to venture into the area. So very sad.
Date: 10/2/2011, 12:33 pm, EST
Name: Bob Veazey
Location: Brookmeade
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd & Washington
Schools Att'd: #30, Warner, PS, UD
Employers:
Message: Pat, I was baptized at St. Johns. Dean Bennet was a frequent guest in our house. The female Dean, who spent the endowments, brought in a gay chriormaster and his "partner" the organist (no pun intended!). This duo has since left. The Dean wasn't fired, but went on an extended "sabbatical", fully funded! They spent money fixing up houses and all but gave them away. The gays and liberals took over the parish. I am saddened by all of this!
Date: 10/1/2011, 7:33 pm, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th Ward
Schools Att'd: St. Pat's and Ursuline
Employers:
Message: I was so sad to read in the News-Journal that St. John's will be closing. I remember back in the 40's when Dean Bennett was vicar we kids used to play hide and seek in the church yard. He was so kind and patient and never yelled at us or made us leave. Sometimes he even played with us. He welcomed us as we got older to the Friday night dances (even though we weren't members of the church). Such a kind and gracious man. It is such a beautiful edifice. I can't believe it will no longer function as a church; however, in reading what has happened with some of the new directors, it seems as if it has become more of a social experiment - free piano lessons for the indigent in the neighborhood, etc. I was especially stunned to read that the last rector ( a woman) told one of the largest contributing members since he objected to the ways things were being run that he could take his money and leave - which he did! Then she was promptly relieved of her duties. A sad commentary on the state of things in old Wilmington.