MY GOD, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO?

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WHERE IS MIKE HYNES?
WHERE IS ANNE MARTIN?
WHERE IS BOBBI?
WHERE IS RITA?,
WHERE IS CARL?,
WHERE IS CARLO?,
WHERE IS JERRY?,
WHERE IS JOEL? (PEANUTS)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO A LOT OF OUR ORIGINAL BCS MEMBERS?

WHY IS THERE NO POSTING ABOUT THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD TREMONT AVE, BATHGATE AVE, WASHINGTON AVE,
LAFONTAINE AVE, THIRD AVE, BELMONT AVE?,
CROTONA PARK AND THE FOUNTAIN THAT MOST OF US TOOK PICTURES IN FRONT OF?,

ST JOES CHURCH?, VIEBROCKS ICE CREAM PARLOR?,(WHY DID THE OWNER HANG HIMSELF DOWN IN THE BASEMENT?,
CROTONA PIZZERIA?, CROTONA MOVIE?,
THE DELUXE MOVIE?,THE FAIRMONT MOVIE, BROWNS MENS SHOP,
DOLFI'S BAR AND RESTAURANT, BICKFORDS REST.
OVEN FRESH BAKERY, THE GREEKS REST. AT TREMONT AND THIRD
THE CANDY PANTRY ICE CREAM PARLOR, JHS 118 AND THE SCHOOLYARD WHERE MANY OF US PLAYED.

THE SUN LAUNDRY GARAGE WHERE WE SHOT DICE, HID OUR LOOSIES (CIGARETTES 3 FOR A NICKEL WITH 3 WOODEN MATCHES).

THE GOLDEN ORCHID BAR, THE OFFICE LOUNGE, MC CORMACKS BAR, THE CENTRAL BAR?
THERE ARE A LOT MORE BARS TO MENTION BUT IM GETTING DRUNK REMEMBERING HOW MANY THAT I CRAWLED OUT OF IN MY 'YOOT'.

DO ANY OF YOU NEIGHBORHOOD PALS HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SO WE ALL CAN REMEMBER THAT VERY SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD?.

JIMMY AND JEANNIE
THE LAFONTAINE AVE KIDS.

[Deleted]

WHY IS THERE NO POSTING ABOUT THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD>>>

everything has gone baseball and politics

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DO ANY OF YOU NEIGHBORHOOD PALS HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO MENTION SO WE ALL CAN REMEMBER THAT VERY SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD?.>>

after being back there in may after oh so many years and touring the hoods and taking requested pics all i can say is imo you cant go back because it ruins the memorys that jimmy is referring to

[Fran Gyomory]

Mike H. is probably out doing God's work and evangelizing in the Texas prisons.

[Lenny]

I think that you can talk just so much about egg creams and the old neighborhood. Over the years, we have shared pictures and memories of the Bronx and covered all the bases. On the top of this page are links to the sites with pictures and memories of the Bronx. I don't think it can be a perpetual topic of discussion even on The Bronx Candy Store. After a while it gets redundant or repetitive as does sports, religion, politics or the Bronx. The same goes for any topic or thread that is posted too much. Perhaps after a while of not discussing a particular topic, it will regain interest and be a hot topic again. I think we are just in a cool down period regarding the Bronx and it will pick up again after a while.

[Fran Gyomory]

Some days I have a memory pop up in my head and I want to share it with my mom and then I remember she is in heaven. I still talk to her but we did laugh so about the old days.

I believe my memories of the Bronx are really memories of a time that will never come again. A time when neighbors were family and everyone looked out for others'children. You didn't lock your door and if someone knocked you just said, come in, it's open.

The mailman knew everyone. The seltzer guy also sold Fox's U-Bet and we loved the delivery day because it meant home made egg creams.

We were poor and didn't know it until we grew up. Many of you lived in a totally different area of the Bronx than I did. We lived on Gerard Avenue near Yankee Stadium then moved to Wythe Place near 170th street and finally to Morris Avenue between 181st and 182nd Street. My dad was a super, in the union, and we moved each time he got a better paying place.

We never went to neighborhood schools because our parents wanted us to get a parochial education. Dad worked one or two extra night jobs to pay the tuition for all three of us.

Helen and I were talking just the other day about how fortunate we were to have the education we had and to have grown up in New York. To this day when I meet new people, even my own age, they are not as "world aware" as I am and I give the credit to my "education" living in New York.

Never ceases to amaze me that the further away from NY, LA, Chicago, Washington D.C. and San Francisco you were raised, the less you seem to know about the world.

I love my new Florida friends but no such thing as having a discussion about economic status of the world or the value of education, etc. It's like they were raised in a bubble. Some of them don't even know some of the most famous people of "our times".

Is this just me or do you who have moved quite a way from the Bronx and/or New York find it so as well??

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What I find amazing Fran is the number of people in our peer group who cannot put their thoughts to paper....THE SPELLING IS HORRENDOUS!

[Fran Gyomory]

I miss having conversations about life. Seems that most of my new friends are just interested in having a good time and not thinking at all. Even or local paper does not print the "bad" news. I am not saying that I don't want to enjoy life, but stimulating our brains is good for us. I do miss that very much.

[Deleted]

Mike must be still preaching, and I sent an e-mail to Carl Stella to see how his Mom & daughter are doing.If I hear back I will let you all know.

I will send an e-mail to Rita now that she is not working.

[helenh1]

To me looking back can be done in two ways you can look back and be sadden by what is gone and will never be again or you can warm yourself by the fire of memories. And Fran even to this day I don't think of us as poor, we lived in the basement(more room to play in) and our parents worked very hard for every thing we had, but they showed us the true value of the things around us. We grow up in a world of 32 or more cousins that we were in constant touch with, it was not unusual to come home and find an aunt or grandmother visiting. Today it is more difficult and it takes more work to keep in touch because we live farther apart but it can be done I often hear my kids refer to "making memories" something I take credit for because I passed the love and need of family and true friends. I'm stepping down from my soap box now....

[CQuinn]

I can understand Jimmy's disappointment about not talking about the old neighborhood as much as we did previously. Jimmy is a couple of years older; but, we knew the same people and hung around with some of the same people. There are so many stories that you really can't run out of things to talk about. One incident happened in 1961 when our social club in the building on Third Ave and Tremont and another social club in the building ... comprised of guys from 138St and Willis Ave...caused a riot. Front page news in the Daily News and Mirror with pictures of some of the guys being led away in handcuffs by the Tactical Police Force. All being marched away a block and a half to the 48th Pct. That
incident alone can provide a hundred stories...especially since Jimmy's friend Bobby LaDuca and a guy Camine started it with a fight that snow balled into a riot out into the street.
The moral of that story is the allegiance we had to each other that only comes from caring about one another...that's one of the things I miss. Everyone shared in the good times and bad; but, we were always there for one another.

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WHY DOES IT NOT SURPRISE ME THAT I DONT AGREE WITH LENNYS POSTING.

THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THE FAMILYS OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
GOING BACK WITHOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOVED BACK THEN WOULD MEAN NOTHING.
SO WHEN WE TALK AND THINK ABOUT THE FRIENDS AND CHARACTERS FROM THOSE TIMES TO ME ITS MAGICAL
.
LIKE HELEN AND FRAN WE LIVED IN BASEMENTS AS MY MOM WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT UP UNTIL THE 6th OR 7 TH GRADE.
I WOULDNT TRADE I SECOND OF MY 'YOOT'.
I ALSO WAS A CHILD DURING WWII I HAD THREE BROTHERS IN THE SERVICE AND MY MOMS BROTHER (UNCLE JOEY).
MY BROTHER BILLY WAS IN THE FIRST WAVE ONTO UTAH BEACH ON D-DAY WITH THE 4th INFANTRY DIVISION, HE FOUGHT ALL THE WAY TO GERMANYS HUERTGAN FOREST WHERE HE RECEIVED A TERRIBLE HEADWOUND FROM A SHELLBURST THAT HIT THE TREES
AND HAS A SILVER PLATE IN HIS HEAD.
BILLY WAS WOUNDED TWO OTHER TIMES AND WAS SENT BACK ON THE LINE.
THANK GOD, HE JUST CELEBRATED HIS 83RD BIRTHDAY LAST JULY.

I REMEMBER ALL THE HARDSHIPS OF THOSE TIMES AND THE WORRYING ABOUT ALL MY FAMILY AND ALL THE PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ALSO SRVED AND WAS WOUNDED OR WAS KILLED.
IN ANY EVENT ILL NEVER BE TIRED OF THINKING OR TALKING ABOUT THOSE TIMES.
IT WAS SPECIAL AND WE ALL WERE AMERICANS THEN, AND VERY PROUD, WE STUCK TOGETHER, AMERICANS FIRST, LAST, AND ALWAYS PROUD.

JIMMY

[Barry]

For me it's not about the egg creams or the pizza. It's all about the people, places and events of my youth. To think or speak of those memories always brings a smile to my face.

[Fran Gyomory]

For me it has always been about the people and how wonderfu life was back then. We were innocent and so was most of the world. I long to remember the people and times, not necessarily the Bronx or egg creams, etc.

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FRAN AND BARRY,
YOU BOTH HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT EGGCREAMS, IT WAS ABOUT THE TIMES AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIFE AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALTHOUGH WE LIKE TO REMEMBER HOW GOOD THEY WERE.
MY MEMORIES ARE ALSO ABOUT THE MUSIC VOCAL GROUP HARMONY. THE FIRST GENERATION OF 'ROCK AND ROLL' NOW CALLED (DOOWOP).
THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND CERTAINLY SOME OF THE CHARACTERS FROM THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE NICKNAMES SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAD,
RE:'CHARLIE THE INDIAN',
'EDDIE THE RUSSIAN', STEVIE 'THE CROONER', 'HARRY THE HAT',
'PEEWEE', CUBBY,(MY LATE BROTHER IN LAW) JOEY 'SATCH',
'LOUIE THE LIP', BOBBY 'SCUNGIL', 'CHAMP',
THERE WERE MANY MORE.
CAN YOU REMEMBER SOME .?

JIMMY

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WAS IT ONLY ON MY BLOCK THAT WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WITH NUTTY AND FUNNY NICKNAMES.

MY NEXT POST WILL BE MY 12,000 POSTS ON THIS WONDERFUL BRONX CANDY STORE, SO I HOPE THERE IS AT LEAST A DRUMROLL AND A DA DA DA DAAAAA!.

WHAT AM I A HAM SANGWICH, HEY IM A PERSON TOOOOOO!.
IVE GOT FEELINS TOO!.

WHO AM I?
OH YEA JIMMY 'THE DOOWOP GEEZER'

***

IN CASE I FORGOT SOME OF THESE 'MAGICAL' NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE FROM OUR 'YOOT'
***

IVE GOT ALL THOSE SPECIAL PLACES IN MY HEAD,

MY OLD HOUSE 2011 LAFONTAINE AVE,

THE OVEN FRESH BAKERY,

THE GREEKS RESTAURANT,

HAPPYS 3RD AVE NEWSTAND,

BROWN'S MENS WEAR TREMONT & MONTEREY

THE ANVIL GARAGE 179st /3rd

ST JOSEPHS CHURCH,

THE CANDYSTORE ON LAFONTAINE AVE,

JHS 118 NIGHT CENTER,

JHS 118 SCHOOLYARD AND HANDBALL COURTS

CROTONA PARK FOUNTAIN,

CROTONA POOL,

INDIAN LAKE,

THE GOLDEN ORCHID BAR,

THE OFFICE LOUNGE BAR & GRILL

DOLFI'S BAR AND GRILL

JOHNS BAR & GRILL 180ST/3RD AVE.

ABIE AND JOE'S GROCERYS 178ST/3RD AVE

THE A & P 3RD AVE OFF TREMONT AVE

THE SQUIRES CLUB,

THE UNITED CIGAR STORE,

WOOLWORTHS 5 AND 10 CENTS STORE,

HONEY'S BIKE RENTALS BATHGATE AVE.

JOES POOLROOM AND BOWLING ALLEY,

THE CROTONA MOVIE,

CROTONA PIZZERIA,

VIEBROCKS ICE CREAM PARLOR,

THE CANDY PANTRY ICE CREAM PARLOR,

CUSHMANS BAKERY

FLORSHEIM SHOES

MILES SHOES

ADAM HATS BATHGATE AND TREMONT AVE

THE DELUXE MOVIE,

OSOFSKY'S KOSHER DELI TREMONT/ BELMONT AVE.

EDDIES PRINTING SHOP

ESSY'S RESTAURANT TREMONT/LAFONTAINE

MEYERS GERMAN DELI TREMONT/OFF LAFONTAINE

THE FAIRMOUNT MOVIE,

P.S.92 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,

BX WINTER GARDEN

POP MEYERS PEGGED PANTS STORE ON CLINTON AVE

ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH HALL,

THE POST OFFICE,

THE BATHGATE MARKET,

CANTORS BIKE RENTALS,

THE ARTHUR AVENUE MARKET,

MT CARMEL FEAST,

SAN GENNARO FEAST IN LITTLE ITALY.

THE OLD 48 PCT,

THE NEW 48 PCT- ROBBERY SQD

THE 42 PCT,159st & 3RD.

ALEXANDERS DEPT STORE.

HEARNS DEPT STORE

THE WONDERFUL STORES ON 149ST & 3RD

NEDICKS FRANKS ON 149ST &3RDAVE,

FORDHAM ROAD SHOPPING,

GORMAN'S HOTDOGS,

THE 3rd AVE EL,

THEODORE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL,

SEARS AND ROEBUCKS

ALL THE CHINESE RESTAURANT****

BICKFORDS TREMONT AVE & 3rd.

AND ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND CHARACTERS THAT

WE LOVED AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH DAILY.

THE BRONX NEIGHBORHOOD ITS A WONDERFUL TOWN

WE LOVE THIS COUNTRY!!!


JIMMY AND JEANNIE

[Judy]

I enjoyed reading about locations in the Tremont Ave section of the Bronx. I bought many papers at Happy's Newsstand. My parents owned Dolfi's Restaurant and I lived on Monterey Ave.

Do you also remember Frank's Department Store on the corner on Tremont and Monterey? Fortunato's Beauty Shop was on Tremont between Monterey and LaFontaine.

The Corn Exchange Bank was a beautiful building on the corner of Tremont and Arthur.

Did you ever buy shoes at the Merry Go Round Shoes store? It was on Tremont below Southern Blvd.

[Preacher Mike]

yES, yES TO ALL THE ABOVE.

[herbs]

One of the reasons I don't discuss the Bronx more is that I seem to be the only one who grew up in my area. It's nice to hear about the West Bronx and the various places where people shopped and played but I can't identify with them because I've never been there.

[Preacher Mike]

Herb list your area, the places and time's and things. I bet you there are others from the same area... All the place's Jimmy list I follow into three or two years after him..there are many here from the same area, but not all.

[isabelle]

Slowly, over the last few years I hear from old Bronx friends, thanks to the internet. Every time I hear from a new one, it brings me a glow of delight from all the memories. Yes, we will never recapture our youth, but the memories are oh so wonderful!!!

[herbs]

Maybe you're right Mike. I did venture out to Orchard beach, City Island, Pelham Bay, the zoo and to stores by Simpson St. My mother would take me shopping at Alexanders on 149th St. It's just trips to the West Bronx were rare. I've never been to Arthur Ave. In fact the only reason I would go to the West Bronx was to go to my allergist on the Grand Concourse. It's funny but even the Bronx Board tended to be dominated by people from the West Bronx. Don't get me wrong, I don't feel slighted.

[Deleted]

Hey Herb, I feel your pain... Not by location, but by age range... At 40, I'm (usually) one of the younger folk on Bronx chat boards... So while many things (i.e. buildings) are still there, I never heard of places like Freedomland, or the 3rd Avenue El (which was only like 6 blocks away from where I lived) until I came to those boards...

It makes life interesting to hear different points of views... If it was only about 187th & Belmont in the 1950s, it would get stale quickly... Part of the cool things about doing the documentaries that Im doing is that I can connect two diff communities... The Ducky Boys of the 1960's had fights with Arthur Ave (Fordham Wheelers), Parkside Projects, and the White Plains Rd kids...

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Bronxites one and all! ;D

[herbs]

You're right James, you're a youngster compared to most of us. It's too bad you are too young to remember Freedomland. For me it was paradise. My poor mother would take me there and I wouldn't want to leave. I was very sad when it closed.