You Gotta Remember These

[Lenny]

Remember the Horsedrawn Cart and the man yelling..."WATERMELON...WATERMELON"



How about those old buses.....this is the model I rode to school. During the winter you froze waiting for it to come to your stop, but when it got there it was sooooo toasty warm inside. You dreded getting off agin to transfer waiting for another warm bus to arrive.





For those not aware, if you click your mouse on the picture it will open a larger version of the picture for you.

[Deleted]

if you ever head up to Kennebunkport, Maine, there is a place called the Trolley Museum (which has plenty of non-trolley vehicles from the New York area)

It is an awesome place if you like that kind of stuff... Heres pics from my trip there...
jameshannon.com/Maine2003-Web/TrolleyMuseum/index.htm

Heres a sampling (its a very hands on place as you can see me behind the wheel in two of the pix):





Heres the direct link to them
www.trolleymuseum.org/

[CQuinn]

Sunlight Laundry on Washington Ave close to 180th ST had horse drawn wagons that they used through the Second War World. The horses were kept in stable behind the laundry...the horses pulled the wagon and ate at the same time...they also did something else whenever they felt the urge. The sanitation men had an office directly across the street fom the laundry, that's when the sanitation men wheeled a can and carried brooms and went up and down the streets. Also a shovel for the horse leftovers.

[Preacher Mike]

Boy Charlie your mind is clear on that one . My Mom worked at laundry part time, when My Dad was out of work. I remember the horses in the back and yes they would put on the feedbag. The sanitation dept. was across the street my uncle was Inspected of some type I guess the meant he didn't sweep the street , yes they use to Sweet them with a broom and had a cart and shovel.

[Deleted]

the people who owned it lived in a house right next to the storefront where you could bring your laundry in to be washed

if i remember correctly there was no husband/father in the picture -- there were 2 daughters and i went to ps 59 with the younger one --- names escape me

[Preacher Mike]

Right on Lou I remember the house I think my mom told me they own the laundry

[CQuinn]

And when you entered the store front they had a big scale where you weighted your wash...wet wash or dry wash at different prices by weight. It had the same smell as the chinese hand laundy...steam and starch.

[Deleted]

[quote author=mike
Right on Lou I remember the house I think my mom told me they own the laundry[/quote]

if i remember correctly they had a low fence around the front of the property but there was no grass between the fence and the front door -just poured concrete

yeah i remember the smell when you went in there now that you mention it

laundry that was dried and ironed was folded up and wrapped in brown butcher block paper and tied with string

[CQuinn]

Lou's tied up brown paper package just brought back a memory.
The wooden handles with the 2 "S" shaped hooks on each end that slid over the string so you could carry the package. If you bought a suit on Fordham Rd they'd put it in a box, tie it and put that handle on so you could carry it.
Sad all those handle makers are out of work.

[Deleted]

i do remember those handle thingees