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#99: October 1, 2012 to October 31,
2012)
Date: 10/31/2012, 9:38 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S. Jackson), S. Broom,N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Anyone ever caught any fish in the Brandywine or the Christiana/Christina ? I landed nice size catfish in the Christiana/Christina at the 'old bridge', next to the DuPont plant in Newport, and a nice size carp in Stanton, near where the Red Clay and White Clay creeks merge. The old fishing/crabbing pier at Battery Park in 'Old New Castle' was good for catching whopper sized channel catfish.
Date: 10/30/2012, 11:13 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Here near Delaware Park we only received what a farmer calls "a good soaking rain" and a number of gusts. By 7 PM we were down to a drizzle. :-)
They evacuated the area near the Christiana River, including the Delaware Humane, and are expecting flood waters to come down the Brandywine. We were hit harder by that storm that went up the coast last year.
Date: 10/29/2012, 2:13 pm, EST
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Web:
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Waner, PS duP '51
Employers:
Message: Stay in and stay safe. The flooding, power outages, etc. are not as important as human lives. Pray for everyone to be safe, especially pray for the emergency responders. Shirley Hudson Jester
Date: 10/29/2012, 10:34 am, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: The storm is just starting, winds kicking up, tonight will be the worse through tomorrow. Our power is still on and made extra coffee for tomorrow in case power goes out and at least I will caffeine .
Date: 10/28/2012, 3:47 pm, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
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Location: TAR[PON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): CLAYTON ST
Schools Att'd: W.H.S. V.F.M.
Employers: RETIRED
Message: pt. #2---then you secure your homes . I pray that all of you up there , waiting for this storm ( hope It never comes ) come through It uninjured . and your homes also . GOD protect you all.
Date: 10/28/2012, 3:29 pm, EST
Name: Ralph Pryor
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Location: TARPON SPRINGS,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th. Clayton St
Schools Att'd: W.h.s , V.F.M.
Employers: Retired
Message: With this monster storm headin towards the North East States, i worry about my my Children , grand Children and great Grand Daughter, and of course all my friends up there In harms way, you think of a human life first and
Date: 10/28/2012, 10:51 am, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul.s & WHS
Employers: WPD & DuPont
Message: Speaking of the gas shortage in the 70's. It caused
me to buy a Honda Trail 90 Motorcycle for back and
forth to work and running around town. It would go
forever on a gallon of gas, as a matter of fact it
only held a little over a gallon. It has been sitting in
my garage for years, only has about 4,000 miles on
it. If I weren't so damn old I would get it out and
get it running again with the gas prices of today.
Date: 10/28/2012, 12:47 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: I remember the gasoline shortages in the 70's; odd and even numbers on the license plates. Stay safe everyone, during Hurricane Sandy !
Date: 10/27/2012, 12:10 pm, EST
Name: Joan H
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Location: N. Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Rodney
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: WTC and others
Message: Just remembered to get out and get gas...the lines remind me of the shortage years back. :-(
Date: 10/26/2012, 9:48 am, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
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Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Jerry, we didn't have many dances either. In my Freshman year of 1950, there was one afternoon tea dance. There was a prom for the upperclassmen and we weren't invited. In our Jr. year, we had a prom and a Sr. prom in our last year. We weren't allowed to wear strapless gowns or anything "too revealing". All dances were held on campus in the "Auditorium" with the nuns sitting in the balcony overlooking the dance floor. Also, no jitterbugging was permitted; however, the bolder ones would slow dance until they got under the balcony and then jitterbug like crazy and come back out slow dancing! Things were certainly different back then. I did go to dances at the other schools (Sallies, St. Elizabeth's and Sacred Heart).
Date: 10/25/2012, 10:22 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Pat LeVan : Did Ursuline have many dances when you attended ? I attended Archmere from 1962-66, and in the beginning, only had a Soph. Hop, a Junior Prom, and a Senior Ball. In my Junior year, we started to have a couple extra, general dances a year. The Norbertines, who were strict disciplinarians, in more ways than one, kept the dances to a minimum, putting us 'behind the times', with respect to dances, compared to Sallies, St. Elizabeth's, W.H.S. and the other public schools.
Date: 10/25/2012, 1:18 pm, EST
Name: Pat (Stillwell) LeVan
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Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall Sts.
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: This past weekend I had occasion to ride AMTRAK from Washington, DC to Wilmington. A while back, someone was asking about the Wilmington station. Well, it is really quite nice - nothing like it used to be. Also, was driven up Market St. and out Pennsylvania Ave. past Ursuline to Greenville for lunch. I thought the city looked quite beautiful. Saw the new Queen Theatre and several of the businesses along Market
were quite attractive. Quite a dose of nostalgia. Sure miss the old town. It was a beautiful place to grow up.
Date: 10/25/2012, 10:30 am, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
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Location: Tarpon Springs, Fl.
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. Clayton St.
Schools Att'd: Warner, W.H.S., V.F.M.
Employers: RETIRED
Message: Some months ago, I posted a message, In regards to a Xmas. gift my Daughter Val gave me last Xmas. I remember telling her ,It was the perfect gift, the gift was the book WILMINGTON ---Picturing Change by Our Web Master Harry Rogerson, I have just finished reading and looking at the great Photo.s In the Book for the 2ND. time. It really took me down Memory Lane , I loved the in troduction by Dick Holmes. most of the photo.s brought me back to my years on the Wilmington Police Force, seeing Streets , lots and alley ways that I patroled . on foot and In a patrol car. Even two areas where I made several Vice arrest. seeing Market St. at Xmas. time took me back as a a young boy ( What Photo.s. ) There is so much to read and so many Photo.s . If your looking for The perfect gift to give a Family member at Xmas. , Bithday Etc.. this book by Harry , is It ! !
Date: 10/25/2012, 1:30 am, EST
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://www.dutchsavage.com
Location: Yacolt, WA.
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin Street
Schools Att'd: Newark, Elkton
Employers: Retired
Message: To Gary Savage and Joe Mosbrook... No Gary I didn't have any relatives by the name of Savage.... Took that name when I became a pro Wrestler,,,,long time ago....Look up our web site ,,, I don't tend it a fellow who was a fan from Longview, Washington tends it..
Joe,,, I was on the Marshall Football Team two years before the plane crash,,,our Coach Herb Royer and Billy Renolds passed on in the crash,,,people I really respected when I was younger.
Bob LaFazia ,,,now there's a name I remember,,,he was the only guy I ever saw catch Bunny Blaney before he could get started down field,,,(once in a while),=+),,hello Br.Br Bob,,, Blessings Br. Frank
Date: 10/23/2012, 11:27 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Frank Stewart did you know any Savages from WILM. Chick or his WPD buddy Sonny Rosser.
Date: 10/23/2012, 8:35 pm, EST
Name: Joe Mosbrook
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Location: Cleveland Heights, OH
Old Neighborhood(s): N. Franklin St.
Schools Att'd: Tower Hill, Lafayette
Employers: WDEL, NBC
Message: Frank Stewart -- Our family lived at 1109 N. Franklin, across from the Cool Spring Reservoir until the late 1960s. I've lived in Cleveland since 1967 when I left WDEL to join NBC News. I see you went to Marshall University. One of the many things I covered for NBC News was that tragic plane crash that wiped out the Marshall football team.
Date: 10/23/2012, 4:11 pm, EST
Name: Bob LaFazia
Web: http://www.oldwilmingtonhighschoolondelave.com/
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Union Park Gardens
Schools Att'd: Lore, Bayard and "High School"
Employers:
Message: Those of you that went to "Dear Old High", Wilmington High School, please click on my web site: http://www.oldwilmingtonhighschoolondelave.com/ as you well know, it was a SAD day when they closed "High School" as we use to say a "few years ago" Happy Holidays...especially our favorite day, : THANKS GIVING DAY...click this on: http://www.oldwilmingtonhighschoolondelave.c...
Luv to ALL, Bob LaFazia, class of 1951
Date: 10/23/2012, 3:41 pm, EST
Name: frank Stewart
Web: http://www.dutchsavage.com
Location: Yacolt, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin Street
Schools Att'd: Newark and Elkton and Marshall university
Employers: Retired
Message: Hello Joe Mosbrook,,, I can't remember the number of my house on Franklin Street ,,, but,, I was just 2 doors down from a corner that had Vito Abbasino's market on the end of the block...this was when I was on the Police Force and it seems like another world away since then. Row home,, and I had a real nice Italian family, living next to us,,for the life of me I can't remember thier names??? Lived there for 3 years before I moved out to Wilmington Manor apartments. I was the only cop on the block :D :-) Are you still on Franklin??? Blessings,, Frank
Date: 10/23/2012, 9:28 am, EST
Name: Budo
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Location: N Wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th & Van Buren
Schools Att'd: PS & Peddie School
Employers:
Message: Who remembers where DSP Troop 8 was located and what was their territory ?
Date: 10/23/2012, 7:59 am, EST
Name: Robert J. McKelvey
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Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF
Message: Thanks for the info Ralph and Rev. Frank Stewart. This Old Wilmington site has a wealth of history posted by those who experienced it in their neighborhoods.
Date: 10/23/2012, 7:39 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I'm pretty sure the State Police Barracks at Washington Street Ext. and Phila Pike (Penny Hill) is still there. It sits across the street from Saint Helena's Church. Incidentally, that is a beautiful church inside. Went there one Christmas Eve and the service was fantasticly beautiful.
Date: 10/22/2012, 11:00 pm, EST
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://www.dutchsavage.com
Location: Yacolt, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): Wilm. Manor
Schools Att'd: Newark,Elkton
Employers: Police, Pro wrestling, God
Message: Hi Again ,,,Ralph your making me red-faced,you old flat foot you,,,=+) lol. Wait till Bob L., gets holdofyou!!! No,, Robert, I never "wrote" about wrestling though I had been written up ,as it were, in a host of Pro Wrestling magazines during my 30 year career,,,look up my pro name,, i.e., Dutch Savage, just type it in your browser,,,there is also a Wikapedia page on this old farmer also. Br. Ralph is a very good friend of mine and was one excellent police officer for Wilmington during his tenure. He was also a pro trumpet player with many bands as did Lenny Winchster,,,rest him... Have a great week Robert,,, and blessing Br Ralph,,,Br. Frank
Date: 10/22/2012, 10:02 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: With a little research, I found that the D.S.P. were formed in 1923. Prior to that, the law enforcement officers, other than local, were called the ' Highway Traffic Police ' which were formed in 1919. In that year they had one officer who patrolled the Philadelphia Pike.
To answer Robert McKelvey's question, the D.S.P. Troops were numbered Troop 1, 2, etc. At the end of Washington St. Extension, at Penny Hill, is Troop 1.
Date: 10/22/2012, 6:30 pm, EST
Name: Ralph Pryor
Web:
Location: Tarpon Springs, fl
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th. clayton st.
Schools Att'd: W.H.S , V.F.M A
Employers: WILM.DE POLICE Chief of security Innisbrook golf resort, FL.
Message: Many sport lovers Will know the name Frank Stewart. when you think of football defence you think of Guys like Frank and another friend of mine Bob LaFazia . They both kept a lot of Dentist In business . when they hit you , the fillings in your teeth ratled ! Frank was a City Cop In wilm, De. . left to become a pro. wrestler.retired from the Ring , he and his Beautiful wife WILLA Live On a Beautiful Farm. In Washington, State. . Its looks like a garden of Eden . Police work , and Pro. Wrestling . were not his calling , he now works for GOD, AND HAs a radio show also. God BLESS YOU Rev. Frank I am proud to know you ! !
Date: 10/22/2012, 5:39 pm, EST
Name: Robert J. McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF
Message: Connie, Wasn't there also a State Police Station at the top of Washington Street extension? Were the two referred to as Troop 1, and Troop 2? ...Frank, Did you ever write about wrestling? Don't know why I seem to recall reading it somewhere.
Date: 10/22/2012, 3:18 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: If anyone grew up near 12th and Tatnall - you may have stood where Daniel Webster stood - "1840 Massachusetts's Daniel Webster and Delaware's John M. Clayton addressed a Whig political rally of 6,000 persons at the northeast corner of 12th and Tatnall Streets in Wilmington."
Jerry - I remember that police station from when I was very young. Back then I didn't know the difference between highway patrol and state police. Actually, I still didn't know that we ever had a highway patrol.
Date: 10/22/2012, 12:57 pm, EST
Name: Frank Stewart
Web: http://www.dutchsavage.com
Location: Yacolt, Washington
Old Neighborhood(s): Wilmington Manor
Schools Att'd: Newark, Elkton
Employers: Wilmington Police Force
Message: Been some 52 years since I was in Wilmington,,,went back to visit some old class mates in Newark in 2008,,, but didn't get up to Old Wilmington. Too bad.Ralph Pryor said i should join this site,,,bless him , he was probably the best Vice cop the city ever had,,,don't think his arrest records have ever been broken. I have heard that a group of men and women that I served with have passed to their rest. Sad ,,,they were of a very special generation, of which I was very proud to know,,,...hope your all well back there and happy,,, Blessings Pastor Frank Stewart
Date: 10/21/2012, 2:25 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Re.- Post #172 : someone told me that the Police Station in the median was the Highway Patrol Station. Not sure if they were part of the D.S.P., or separate.
Date: 10/21/2012, 8:20 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Back in the '50s there was a State Police Station on the median just east of the 13/40 split. It was across the street from Clementes Bus Terminal. The terminal was still there around 1978 - when was the police station removed?
Date: 10/20/2012, 12:01 am, EST
Name: gary savagec
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happey Valley
Schools Att'd: Warner, Brandywine
Employers:
Message: I know why Jubb- Judy Hinkle married Esterling WPD.
Date: 10/19/2012, 11:56 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Jubb, to be honest the Hinkles were the most known family in HV. In 1958 I served papers to Pop pop Hinkle who was about 76 then Lou was about 43yrs old and Tommy was only about 18.
Date: 10/19/2012, 11:17 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: WPD & DuPont
Message: Garry, when ever anyone mentions Happy Valley
I don't know why but Lou Hinkle come to mind immediately.
Date: 10/19/2012, 10:35 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Hope everyone is doing well. Missed you Jubb. IF anyone wants to talk Happy Valley Im here.
Date: 10/19/2012, 3:07 pm, EST
Name: Joan H
Web:
Location: N. Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): 4th & Rodney
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: w
Message: Patti, thanks for publishing that website. Fascinating.
Date: 10/18/2012, 11:27 pm, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: st paul / Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: Shirley, welcome back ;-)
Date: 10/18/2012, 10:34 pm, EST
Name: Shirley Hudson Jester
Web:
Location: Newark DE
Old Neighborhood(s): Price's Run
Schools Att'd: Geo Gray, Warner, PS '51
Employers:
Message: It's been a while. Hi to all! Finally have a new computer, still learning to operate it. Glad to see some of you are still on this great site. I'll be visiting often. Leaving Sunday for Smoky Mountain/Dollywood vacation, but I'll be back! Shirley hudson Jester
Date: 10/18/2012, 4:28 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: I liked Jer alot- Rest in peace Bud.
Date: 10/18/2012, 3:26 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S.Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Requiescat In Pace(Rest In Peace), Jerry Lank. Always enjoyed your postings.
Date: 10/18/2012, 1:55 pm, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Oh! Jerry was way too young, it is so sad and shocking, I will miss his very interesting comments. Please let us know of any information on his funeral, if you have access to it. I will look in the News Journal Obituaries for info. also. Thank you letting us know. :-|
Date: 10/18/2012, 1:16 pm, EST
Name: Forum Admin
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore
Employers:
Message: I just received a message about one of this Forums contributors---
Jerry Lank passed away today.
Over the past years he made many interesting and educational comments.
Date: 10/18/2012, 11:03 am, EST
Name: Ralph Pryor
Web:
Location: Tarpon Springs.fl
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th. Clayton st.
Schools Att'd: W.H.S., V F M.
Employers: Wilm.Police dept. Chief of security Innisbrook golf resort ,Fl
Message: Jubby, you mentioned Spider the City street cleaner, when I walked a beat or was was working Vice I would observe him being followed by cats , .I THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED THE CAT MAN !, Fed all the cats IN DOWN TOWN WILMINGTON WHILE DOING HIS CLEANING, they followed him by the dozens , where he got the money to feed so many cats ,I do not know, he was THE PIED PIPER OF THE CATS ! . Shame The News Journal never did a story on him. but then , all the Reporters were home In bed.
Date: 10/17/2012, 9:26 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Ray : your mentioning of patrolling the train station reminded me of a time around Halloween in 1959 or 1960, when my buddy and I were 11 or 12. We took some very soft, rotten apples to the train station, and threw a couple down at the roofs of cars who were passing under, on Walnut St. We failed to see the white, W.P.D. shields on the sides of the black car we hit. To make a long story short, luckily we only got a strong lecture, rather than a ride downtown. The officers did mentioned that they would call our parents, which they did. No need for further details.
Date: 10/17/2012, 3:51 pm, EST
Name: Jack Zebley
Web:
Location: Newark
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Bayard, Wilmington High '59
Employers:
Message: The Flats reunion last Saturday afternoon was great. Wonderful to see old friends and renew acquaintances. Best wishes to Marie S. We missed you!
Date: 10/17/2012, 3:11 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul.s & WHS
Employers: WPD & DuPont
Message: I remember the ___ Train Station very well.
Back in the late 50's and early 60's I had the task of keeping all the blue flamers and other bums out of
there during the late night hours. How many out there remember the Street Sweepers in downtown
___ when they were actually men with brooms
and shovels that worked all might to keep the
Streets clean between Washington St. and Walnut
Street, Front St.(as it was called then)to 11th or 16th, not sure. I remember one character in
particular they called "Spider" hard working guy, never
missed a day and lived on Lancaster Ave. between
Jackson & VanBuren St.
Date: 10/17/2012, 2:25 pm, EST
Name: Patty
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, Whs
Employers:
Message: This is a good site that gives you lots of memories / history starting with the year you were born: http://whathappenedinmybirthyear.com/
Date: 10/17/2012, 11:32 am, EST
Name: Robert J. McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF
Message: Arrived and departed the Wilmington train station several times after completing basic training with Air Force. I was assigned to the Navy Base in Philly for tech school. Traveled by train and elevated, and subway and trolley to get to the Navy Base and back.
Date: 10/17/2012, 10:07 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I made too many trips to the Wilmington Train Station to count. When very small we'd hop a train to western Maryland to spend time with my Mother's family. My father and mother often took me there as an outing to watch the trains come and go. Remember being told to stand back from the engine when they let off excess steam?
Years later, after I began working, I'd often hop the local to Philadelphia and walk up and down the main street shopping and enjoying the window displays of all the major department stores.
Date: 10/17/2012, 12:02 am, EST
Name: Robert J. McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF
Message: Recall visiting the Wilmington train station around 1940 for the first time with my Grandmother. Saw porters transporting baggage on large flatbed wagons that had very large wheels. Remember the ticket place man handing a man three strips of tickets as long as ones arm. My Grandmother remarked he was traveling across country.
Date: 10/16/2012, 9:05 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Remember the 'Red Cap' baggage service at the Wilmington train station (uniformed men with red caps) who handled the loading/unloading of baggage using those lifts from down below somewhere. Scared me when I was a little kid, seeing that metal covering in the floor of the upstairs platform start to rise up, and it was noisy too. Can't remember if they were hand cranked or mechanized. I guess they and the 'Red Caps' are still there ? Haven't been in the Wilmington train station since May 1969, when I returned from Army Basic Training at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Date: 10/15/2012, 2:16 pm, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers:
Message: Who misses Happy Harry's pharmacy since Walgreen bought it, ME!
Date: 10/15/2012, 2:14 pm, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: I almost afraid to post on here. :D
Date: 10/15/2012, 11:17 am, EST
Name: Ralph Pryor
Web:
Location: Tarpon Springs ,Fl
Old Neighborhood(s): great area---9th. Clayton St.
Schools Att'd: W.H.S. , V.F.M. A.
Employers: WILM. POLICE DEPT..Chief Supervisor INNISBROOK ,GOLF RESORT,FL
Message: Dont Feel Bad Pat, a month ago , I had one Deleted Also.
Date: 10/14/2012, 2:49 pm, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: I loved Andy Devine's voice.
Date: 10/13/2012, 10:15 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: There's a pretty good nostalgia magazine called ' Reminisce ' ( " The magazine that brings back the good times " ). I think that you can only purchase it by subscription. A family friend gave me a year's subscription, and I've renewed it. Can't wait to see an article and photos from Delaware. ' Reminisce ' also has a website.
Date: 10/13/2012, 7:14 pm, EST
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Web:
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: EH&R DUPONT
Message: DOES ANYONE REMEMBER HOW MANY GAS STATIONS WERE ON THE CORNERS OF CONCORD AVE AND BROOM ? WAS IT THREE OR FOUR.
Date: 10/13/2012, 1:28 pm, EST
Name: Joe Mosbrook
Web:
Location: Cleveland Heights, OH
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin Street
Schools Att'd: Tower Hill, Lafayette
Employers: WDEL, NBC
Message: A "Mitt Romney official site???"
I thought this was one place on the web where we could avoid the current partisan crap!
Date: 10/13/2012, 10:35 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom,Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Pat : no offense taken. I knew what you meant.
Admin : thanks for giving me a good belly laugh. Sardonicus. I like that.
Date: 10/13/2012, 8:26 am, EST
Name: Pat LeVan
Web:
Location: Port St. Lucie, FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 23rd and Tatnall
Schools Att'd: St. Patrick's, Ursuline
Employers: duPont
Message: Jerry, you are right. I stand corrected. Norbertines not Capucins. They were great teachers, and I certainly didn't mean to reflect badly on them.
Date: 10/12/2012, 9:26 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: At Archmere, we were taught by the Norbertine Fathers, not the Capuchins, and a complement of lay teachers. The Norbertine Fathers at Archmere were strict disciplinarians, for the most part. Some were a little more relaxed. At the change of classes, you couldn't hear a pin drop in the hallways. Joe Biden graduated in 1961; I graduated in 1966, so I wasn't graced by his presence. Missed him by one year. As with all schools, some learn the right values, some do not.
Date: 10/11/2012, 11:14 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: WPD & DuPont
Message: Jery T. The entire block between Jackson and VanBuren on Elm is the 1000 Block. I spent enough time in that area trying to wooo your cousin Barbara
that I should know.
Date: 10/11/2012, 7:59 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Ray : I know the 1000 block Elm is between Jackson and Porter, but can't remember if the block between Porter and Van Buren is still the 1000 block or the beginning of the 1100 block because those 2 blocks are very short. Anyway, from the photo in TNJ, it looks like the shooting was between Jackson and Porter. I saw part of the Boys' Club in the photo. There used to be 5 houses across from the Boys' Club on Elm, now there's only 4. Dr. Hayes' house was knocked down. The entrance to his office was on Jackson, directly across from me, and the entrance to his house was on Elm.
Date: 10/11/2012, 3:16 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: WPD & Dupont
Message: Jerry T. from the identity of the location, the
shooting must have happened right in front of
or very close to the old Jackson Street Boy's Club.
Date: 10/11/2012, 8:13 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Another shooting in my old neighborhood, according to TNJ. 1000 block Elm St. The W.P.D. says that the ' victim ' is " a convicted felon with prior felony drug and firearm convictions ".
Date: 10/10/2012, 7:05 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S.Broom, N.Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: On the old Wild Bill Hickok T.V. show, I used to get a kick out of 'Jingles' (Andy Devine), his sidekick, when he used to say, " Hey Wild Bill, wait for me ", as he was holding his hat, following Wild Bill out of town.
As an added note about cowboy movies, I enjoyed ' Purgatory ' (1999 ), about a gang of outlaws who ride into a town called 'Purgatory ', which is, as described by a movie reviewer, actually Purgatory, between Heaven and Hell.
Date: 10/10/2012, 9:38 am, EST
Name: Forum Admin
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers:
Message: You can download old western movies here, I have many of them:
alt.binaries.vcd.westerns
:-) ;-)
Date: 10/10/2012, 3:04 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson),S.Broom,N.Broom,Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Flash Gordon (1954-1955) was a favorite. Came on right after school, 3:30 p.m., I think.
Date: 10/9/2012, 10:15 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: warner, Brandywine
Employers:
Message: Yes Pickles and anyone from Happy Valley. I once went to Rehoboth with Bill With Bill and his older brother and Tom Scott. I burnt myself in the sun so bad I couldnt walk for 2 weeks. Happy Valley may be down but it aint out.
Date: 10/9/2012, 1:30 pm, EST
Name: pickles walraven
Web:
Location: selbyville,de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley&2nd&dupont
Schools Att'd: st.thomas,whs
Employers: dupont
Message: gary savage, sorry to hear about stan. hows your family doing? hope u remember me. :-|
Date: 10/9/2012, 12:19 pm, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: We had a TV in the early 50's and my earliest memory was watching Mickey Mouse Club every night at 5 pm.
Date: 10/8/2012, 10:54 pm, EST
Name: DAVE CAUFFMAN
Web:
Location: HOCKESSIN
Old Neighborhood(s): 25TH & MADISON ST
Schools Att'd: BROWN
Employers: EH & R DUPONT
Message: WE WAS THE FIRST FAMILY ON PULLMAN PLACE TO GET A TV AROUND 1948. A 12" ROUND SCREEN ZENITH,SO ALL THE KID WOULD END UP IN OUR LIVING ROOM TO WATCH THE COWBOY SHOWS.
Date: 10/8/2012, 3:37 pm, EST
Name: Orv
Web:
Location: Sussex County
Old Neighborhood(s): Montgomery St.
Schools Att'd: St. Peters; RoseHill; Colwyck;Wm Penn H.S.
Employers: Dupont; AGFA Corp.
Message: Connie... I also remember Pete Boyle's Show and I also recall he was called "Uncle Pete Boyle" from the
"Silver Saddle Ranch". Remember this?? "Jump in your saddle and let's all ski-daddle down to Silver Saddle Ranch"? (His theme song) As you can tell I
was a faithful viewer!!
Date: 10/7/2012, 12:10 pm, EST
Name: Robert J. McKerlvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers: USAF
Message: Went to the Grand on Market Street just about every Saturday. Always a cowboy double feature, and Bob Steele was in many of them. A great cowboy actor.
Date: 10/7/2012, 10:59 am, EST
Name: JFP
Web:
Location: League City, Texas
Old Neighborhood(s): Lower East Side
Schools Att'd: Bancroft,Pyle,Palmer and Brown Vocational
Employers: BP/Amoco
Message: Accross the street from my house there grocery store and The owners lived behind it.
I remember taking a chair accross the street and sitting by a window that had a TV in it.
I would watch Frontier Playhouse a western that had Bob Steele as the main cowboy.
Date: 10/7/2012, 10:32 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: The first time I saw TV was around 1950 Kukla Fran and Ollie at the apartment of people on the third floor of our building.
When we finally got a TV the NEWS was given in a 15 minute break.
Date: 10/6/2012, 2:39 pm, EST
Name: Joe Mosbrook
Web:
Location: Cleveland Heigts, OH
Old Neighborhood(s): Franklin Street
Schools Att'd: Tower Hill, Lafayette
Employers: WDEL, NBC
Message: The first time I ever saw television, I believe it was in 1947, was in the window of the Willard Wilson appliance store on Delaware Avenue near West. It was a shaky black and white picture of a Phillies game at Shibe Park and I particularly remember catcher Andy Seminick batting. A short time later, I saw "newscasts" on WFIL-TV which consisted of an announcer reading articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer. All you saw was a newspaper clipping. Before too many months had passed, Mr. Wilson was in our home personally installing our first TV set.
Date: 10/6/2012, 10:31 am, EST
Name: Budo
Web:
Location: N Wilm
Old Neighborhood(s): 34th& VanBuren
Schools Att'd: PS
Employers:
Message: OLD TVs & SHOWS -My father was one of the first appliance dealers in Delaware to offer an RCA Color TV set for sale. It had about a 10 inch size screen. When a color TV show was offered -maybe a couple of times a week- everyone gathered around to watch this new miracle TV. Colors were no where near what they are now and every couple of minutes someone had to get up and adjust the colors.
Those were the times when you got to watch about 15 minutes of the program before the commercials came on and they were nowhere as long as they are now.
Date: 10/6/2012, 9:09 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: OLD TV SHOW MEMORIES - Does anyone remember Larry Ferrari playing the organ on Sunday?
How about Peter Boyle's father's kid show - "Save on Sylvan Seal" milk ad. (Peter Boyle = Frank Barone on Raymond)
Remember Dinah Shore singing "See the USA, in your Chevrolet, America's asking you to call. See the USA in your Chevrolet, American's the best land of them all."
And who could forget Shocky Doc!
Date: 10/6/2012, 9:05 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I remember during the war we couldn't get butter. We bought something white in the shape of a brick that came in a plastic bag. There was a round blob of yellow food coloring in the middle and we worked the blob into the brick to make it the color of butter.
Connie, that was Oleo(margarine)
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Date: 10/5/2012, 10:21 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happey Valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: My buddy from Happy Valley Stanley Wesneski died this week at the age of 65. He worked for 37 yrs at the Chestnut branch of the Dupont Company. Did anyone know him.
Date: 10/5/2012, 8:51 pm, EST
Name: Forum Admin
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): Woodlawn Flats
Schools Att'd: Lore, Oak Grove, Conrad
Employers:
Message: Patty,
Oleo(margarine) was originally white - maybe off-white, when it first was introduced.
It created much controversy at first which brought the courts in as law suits were filed when coloring was added to make it look like butter.
I think it was first made in France.
Date: 10/5/2012, 1:49 pm, EST
Name: Patty
Web:
Location: Wilmington
Old Neighborhood(s): L.I.
Schools Att'd: St. Thomas, WHS
Employers:
Message: Does anyone know what the spread was (it was used as butter) that they served at school in the 50's? It was a lighter color than butter and really tasty. I don't think it was a margarine. I never saw it anywhere else except in school.
Date: 10/5/2012, 9:13 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: Remember how the kids in school cafeteria used to dip the end of the paper that was on a straw in the milk, then shoot the paper up to the ceiling to make it stick there? The ceiling looked like a bunch of icicles were hanging down from it.
Date: 10/4/2012, 11:48 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S. Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Re : University and Whist Club - too lengthy to describe here. For a good Overview and History, just, ' Google '.
Date: 10/4/2012, 10:12 pm, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers:
Message: Why is it call the University Whist Club. My class of 1967 is holding their 45th reunion there.
Date: 10/4/2012, 9:47 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson0, 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: Does anyone remember the University and Whist Club at 805 N. Broom St. ? It's still there, and functioning. My older brother, John, worked there one summer as a bartender, and made enough money in tips, to buy his fiance a diamond engagement ring at Carl Doubet's. The original site was purchased in 1760, by Bancroft Woodcock, and he built a small house there in 1766. The original house is not part of the present day structure, but subsequent owners built and revised, to the present day building. The History of the building can be found on Google. The views claimed to be able to be seen from that location, are almost hard to believe. What a rich history Wilmington has ! The early settlers are probably turning over in their graves.
Date: 10/4/2012, 3:49 pm, EST
Name: Maureen
Web:
Location: Llangollen
Old Neighborhood(s): 9th & Jackson St.
Schools Att'd: St. Paul/Sacred Heart
Employers: retired
Message: The old blue law on closing liq. stores on Sunday existed up to only a few years ago. I think all are still closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Easter?
Date: 10/3/2012, 8:50 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Woe be to those who desecrate or violate the sanctity of cemeteries. As an added note, Major General Thomas Alfred Smyth, is buried in the Brandywine Cemetery. He was the last Union General to be killed in the Civil War. He died on April 9th 1865, concurrent with Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomatox. General Smyth moved to Wilmington, De. in 1858.
Date: 10/3/2012, 8:47 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I remember one day near Market Bridge along the Brandywine my friends and I saw a young man dressed in a suit. We asked him why he was hanging out with the hobos and he said he worked at duPont but quit his job. We asked him why anyone who had a job would quit. He said anyone who spent one day as a hobo would never go back to being cooped up in an office. Wonder how long he lasted.
Date: 10/3/2012, 12:34 am, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers: self employed
Message: A park guard asked us to stay out of the Wilm. Cemetary in aroud 1960. He said alot of people were doing bad things there.
Date: 10/3/2012, 12:31 am, EST
Name: gary savage
Web:
Location: claymont de.
Old Neighborhood(s): happy valley
Schools Att'd: brandywine
Employers: self employed
Message: Glad to have site back.
Date: 10/2/2012, 10:01 pm, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Ray : I do remember some of them hanging out and sleeping under the 'Arches', as we called the area under the railroad trestles. There was also a guy named John who was living one summer in an abandoned house on Lower Linden St., across from Benjamin Sklut's Hide and Fir Co. My buddy and I felt sorry for him, and used to bring him a couple sandwiches now and then. He showed us the tin cup that he had placed directly under a leak in the roof to collect drinking water when it rained. Another one, hung out under the arches, but his wife let him come home to take a bath and eat once in a while, and was really bitten up bad by the rats down there. One of his grandsons became a W.P.D. officer. Some had their own groups or cliques, depending on whether you drank sterno, wine or other alcohol. One who drank vodka wasn't allowed to hang out with the winos. Sad, but true.
Date: 10/2/2012, 9:07 pm, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: WPD & DuPont
Message: Jerry T., You must remember all the "Blue Flamers" that used to sleep under the Railroad tressel's down
in Browntown. They would get the largest cardboard boxes they could find, they were especially fond of
boxes that large appliances came in. I can remember
finding an old guy in one of these boxes in January, his feet were frozen. We took him to the old
Wilmington General Hospital. He lost one foot but
some good did come out of it when they discovered
that he was entitled to a lot of money from some
type of pension(memory escapes me to kind of pension)but the next time I saw him, he was in the
House Sgts. Office trying to give my partner and I
money for helping him. I didn't even recognize him, he
looked so good clean shaven and in a suit no less.
Date: 10/2/2012, 12:20 pm, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: A lot of "blueflamers" hung out on the north side of the Brandywine Creek. Most were under the Market Street Bridge. I remember one night while riding home on the trolley we saw the campfires of the men along the creek.
Date: 10/2/2012, 12:11 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S. Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Within the last couple months, while browsing comments on either 'O.W. Facebook' or 'Memories in Wilmington' on Facebook, I noticed that someone mentioned ' Blue Flamers '. I remembered my Dad saying something about them, when I was a young kid. Then, one day, as a buddy and I, when we were about 12 years old in 1960, were walking down to the train station, along a dirt and gravel path, on the other side of the stoneblock railroad trestle, which ran parallel to Front St., and just about a block or so before the train station and the S. Markert St. bridge, we heard voices coming from some shrubs and bushes along the Christiana River. We had to investigate. There were about 4-5 men sitting around, while one took the contents of a can of Sterno and squeezed it through a dirty handkerchief, into a dirty old milk bottle, which they called, 'Squeeze'. They then proceded to pass around the bottle and take a sip of the liquid. The name 'Blue Flamers' came from the name of the bluish type flame which emanated from Sterno (' canned heat'), when lit. One of them decided to try to light a cigarette, when another said, " Put that out, before you blow us all up ". I guess the 'Blue Flamers' didn't worry about the 'Blue Laws' (sorry about the pun).
Part of the dirt and gravel path that i mentioned above, in now a roadway called Water St. between West and S. Shipley Sts. There was also another set of rairoad tracks, parallel to that path. They were either the original tracks that ran through Wilmington before the higher up tresle was built or side tracks for the industries along the Christiana River.
Date: 10/1/2012, 10:30 am, EST
Name: RALPH PRYOR
Web:
Location: TARPON SPRINGS ,FL
Old Neighborhood(s): 9TH. CLAYTON ST.
Schools Att'd: WARNER, W H S . V.F.M.
Employers: WILM.POLICE, SECURITY SUPERVISOR INNISBROOK GOLF RESORT. FL
Message: You all forgot that the Movie houses were closed during the Blue Law,I am 80 yrs. old, think they started letting the movie houses open on Sundays when i was about 12 yrs. old ?
Date: 10/1/2012, 10:25 am, EST
Name: Robert J. McKelvey
Web:
Location: Cape May, N.J.
Old Neighborhood(s): Happy Valley
Schools Att'd: #24, Warner, WHS
Employers:
Message: I remember my maternal grandmother mentioning the blue law when I was small. I also recall her showing me the men that were on sit-down strike. They really sat on the curb at the wholesale produce area of Wilmington. Blue laws seem to be alive and well in south Jersey, but I doubt if they are enforced. Blue laws were not just in Wilmington.
Date: 10/1/2012, 7:51 am, EST
Name: Connie
Web:
Location: Wilmington Suburbs
Old Neighborhood(s): Brandywine Village
Schools Att'd: George Gray
Employers:
Message: I remember hearing of Blue Laws. I think all the downtown stores were closed on Sundays. There certainly wasn't any liquor or beer sold on Sunday. In the 70s guys were still driving to Elkton to buy their beer.
Date: 10/1/2012, 6:17 am, EST
Name: Jerry T.
Web:
Location: at the shore, de.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville(S.Jackson), S. Broom, N. Broom, Klair Ests.
Schools Att'd: St. Hedwig's, Archmere, U. of D.
Employers: U.S. Army, State of Dela.(retired)
Message: Wow, wasn't aware of the 'Blue Laws' ! I know my grandfather used to close his store at either 1 or 2 p.m. on Sundays, when I was growing up.
Date: 10/1/2012, 12:04 am, EST
Name: Ray Jubb
Web:
Location: ___ De.
Old Neighborhood(s): Hedgeville
Schools Att'd: St. Paul's & WHS
Employers: WPD & DuPont
Message: Jerry T. I don't know if the "Blue Laws" were in effect when you were a kid but they were when I was young. On Sunday many many stores weren't open, even baseball games had to end by 7:00 P.M. no
matter what inning it was or who was winning.