Fishers Lane (aka Snake Rd) is a historic Colonial farm road. You can tell from that bridge that it is old. It originally wound through farmland and connected Frankford to Germantown. Another similar historic Colonial rd is in Pennypack Park. It is also now a foot trail but was originally called Axe Factory Rd that connected Welsh Rd to Bustleton Pike.
I grew up 2 blocks over on shelbourne street. Can't tell you how great my childhood was exploring everything. Ferko park piccoli! This dude lived my everything i did! I might of even grown up with him
Probably early 80s- My brother & me were fighting in the back seat of the car one night during a thunderstorm. We were driving home from Sears with my dad. My dad had enough- he stopped the car on Snake Road, turned the headlights off & said very seriously "get out". We probably behaved for like a year 😂😂
Omg when i think of Snake Road i can only remember one thing .. It was lovers lane . The place i used to go with a boy i liked to make out . Yes thats right Snake road was the Make out place for Teens of the 60s . So many great Memories for me here . Its so Cool to see it again after all these years but dissappointed that the Captian said he was going down Memory Lane and never even Mentioned thi very important Fact. well it will forever be etched on my heart and in my memory Snake Road in the Sixties . Lovers Lane or The Make out place for Teenagers . Rosemary
Man I remember that road very well, use to drive down with lights off would lean up and follow tree tops lite up by the moon we would time ourselves to see who could drive the fadtest
I remember at night driving thru there with old friends from the Northwood Area way back in the day...Dark those times..By day much better...Amazing how certain Philly places change after so long..
Thanks for sharing, strange to see some of the park gated up. Been to that park so many times, with parties. Hiking the trail up into Cheltenham PA and back along the creek. The good old days.
I remember being on snake road back in the 1970's with a friends mom. It was a scary road as a kid. I drove on it a number of time when I got my license in the mid 1980's. I always wondered why it was closed up. I live in York County, PA now.
In the 60’s snake road was a lover’s lane. In the winter my future wife ice skated on the little creek that wound through it with Joe Kadlec who was in my high school class. Joe always wanted us to join him at the Philly Ramblers ice hockey games where he was a manager, a.k.a. Water boy. Never did. Joe retired from the Philadelphia Flyers as V.P. of marketing.
It was two lane. It was just narrow. I grew up on Ormond st not too far from I st or snake road growing up round here in the 70/80’s there was a legend of the hook arm from snake road Lovers Kane kinda shit haha. Wonder if anyone else remembers that story...
It was two lane. It was just narrow. I grew up on Ormond st not too far from I st or snake road growing up round here in the 70/80’s there was a legend of the hook arm from snake road Lovers Kane kinda shit haha. Wonder if anyone else remembers that story...
We used to jump off that bridge into a deep spot ans swim in the summer time. there was also a place to keep a Horse right next to it I wonder if they burned or tore down the couple of houses that were there.
Wooooow! All this time I’ve been biking and never knew the name of that road. If you go back to Tacony now there’s a beautiful butterfly just painted by my friend @Artgod333
@@ThePhillyCaptain I enjoyed the video! I'm from Northeast Philly, currently living in West. Been wanting to make some content myself with my dumpster-found '81 silver Schwinn . I'm dying to hit up pennypack again!!! West Philly's Cobb's Creek Park is like pennypack in terms of trash, has some great wildlife (saw great blue herons there) but it's unfortunately a dumping ground for dogs that were used in dog fighting and died. Would make for a good video and might help raise awareness about the issue...wild west out here
@@ThePhillyCaptain it's all just the internet and being excited enough to do more than one Google search. Schwinns usually have a serial number, in different spots depending on the factory it was built in. It's heavy but it gets me around for deliveries a few hours a day, and it's still fast. I lack the tech to edit in the flames so gotta work on that
@@ThePhillyCaptain yeah unfortunately dog fighting is among the huge problems behind the scenes here that most people don't know about. Ya know, aside from Michael Vick....I wonder if anyone involved is actually a friend of Vicks. I started finding bones in the woods for fun, was gonna make art out of them or something, you can find deer antlers if you're lucky, but I noticed that there are pitbull dogs and puppies like hundreds of them all over the park. It really sucks.
I grew up in Bensalem and I remember when I was maybe 12 or 13 and my friend's father would drive use through an area that was near Byberry State Hospital. It was always his blue pickup. I guess he was illegally dumping stuff. LOL Not like Snake road but it is a childhood memory. LOL
The Tale was if you drive down snake road with your lights off you can see the ghosts of the dead people who either died in car crashes there or ghosts from near by cemeteries or some shit like that.... Ghost kinda like the Blue nun from All saints school...
Great job with this channel really enjoy it. I grew up in feltonville and remember Snake Rd well. Also dated a girl in Frankford and liked the videos ive watched. What neighborhood are you from Cptn?
@@ThePhillyCaptain OMG. I feel terrible. I don't know what came ovr me. I knew others would respond too. B/c of that I usually don't bother. Figuring any more than one correction is too many. Espec. since you meant well tipping your hat to a great playground. I AM SORRY. I didn't expect such a reaction. And I wish i hadn't of been a part of it. Although my correction was done w/o malice. Only to help. But again, too much is too much. Noone deserves to be bashed for a mistake.
I make ton of mistakes no one is saying HEY STUPID lol. You were very kind and spelled it phonetically for me. I really appreciate that. The people who just spell it out did not help. That happened on Facebook. Did people call it spicoli playground in the 80's? I would of. Seriously thank you
I've been getting bashed about this and no one spelled it out phonetically for me. It now make sense. I grew up in Port Richmond I do not think we ever played in that playground. I shall say it correctly from now on
The Philly Captain I was looking for other people to comment about that and didn’t see anything. fair enough! I grew up on I Street aka snake road lol so I guess I would know. Also never knew that park to be called Ferko either... you learn something new I guess. Thanks for highlighting Philly !
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Also enjoyed viewing our Philly Captain on his classic Blue Johnson Bike as well...Ok great throwback Philly memory video and TOODLES on...
The bird murals are worth the trip , gorgeous
I grew up on "I" and Hunting park ave. It was so nice back in the day!! It changed so much. I drove by my old house and cried.
Fishers Lane (aka Snake Rd) is a historic Colonial farm road. You can tell from that bridge that it is old. It originally wound through farmland and connected Frankford to Germantown. Another similar historic Colonial rd is in Pennypack Park. It is also now a foot trail but was originally called Axe Factory Rd that connected Welsh Rd to Bustleton Pike.
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I grew up 2 blocks over on shelbourne street. Can't tell you how great my childhood was exploring everything. Ferko park piccoli! This dude lived my everything i did! I might of even grown up with him
I remember snake Road. Every time I go back there it was always covered in trash. Discarded electronics.
Watching another recent Philly Captain classic video...The old Snake Rd of Northwood/Juanita Phila area converted to a trail forever...
Thanks for the glimpse of Northeast Catholic at 7:44. Fablio!
Probably early 80s- My brother & me were fighting in the back seat of the car one night during a thunderstorm. We were driving home from Sears with my dad. My dad had enough- he stopped the car on Snake Road, turned the headlights off & said very seriously "get out". We probably behaved for like a year 😂😂
Lol yep very philly
Omg when i think of Snake Road i can only remember one thing .. It was lovers lane . The place i used to go with a boy i liked to make out . Yes thats right Snake road was the Make out place for Teens of the 60s . So many great Memories for me here . Its so
Cool to see it again after all these years but dissappointed that the Captian said he was going down Memory Lane and never even Mentioned thi very important Fact. well it will forever be etched on my heart and in my memory Snake Road in the Sixties . Lovers Lane or The Make out place for Teenagers . Rosemary
I remember driving on Snake Rd. back in the 90's ...sort of forgot about it until I saw your live feed today.
Love your channel, Captain!
Man I remember that road very well, use to drive down with lights off would lean up and follow tree tops lite up by the moon we would time ourselves to see who could drive the fadtest
Wow that brings back memories. Snake road.
I grew up in Kensington me and my friends used to ride our bikes we jump off that bridge and go swimmin all the time. I missed those good old days
Joseph A. Ferko playground is in Juniata Park. It is not Ferko park
I remember at night driving thru there with old friends from the Northwood Area way back in the day...Dark those times..By day much better...Amazing how certain Philly places change after so long..
My old stomping grounds. Grew up in Feltonville on the Juniata line
I totally drove down snake rd! Lights out, smashed, no license. The 80’s.
Thanks for sharing, strange to see some of the park gated up. Been to that park so many times, with parties. Hiking the trail up into Cheltenham PA and back along the creek. The good old days.
Are the old homes still on snake road?
They were beautiful.
I remember being on snake road back in the 1970's with a friends mom. It was a scary road as a kid. I drove on it a number of time when I got my license in the mid 1980's. I always wondered why it was closed up. I live in York County, PA now.
In the 60’s snake road was a lover’s lane. In the winter my future wife ice skated on the little creek that wound through it with Joe Kadlec who was in my high school class. Joe always wanted us to join him at the Philly Ramblers ice hockey games where he was a manager, a.k.a. Water boy. Never did. Joe retired from the Philadelphia Flyers as V.P. of marketing.
With the lights out for sure... differently a right of passage
Driven down it.....Use to be one way.....Was a old farm house in the middle ....It was a dumping ground for trash...thats why they shut it down!
It pronounced pick-ol-e Park, not pickalow. Juniata born and raised. Loved the video.
I have been told several times lol thank you. I am happy you liked it
I shared this video on a Frankford page again today! It got lotts of comments! It was a big hit!
Thank You so much. SHARING IS CARING!! YOU ARE THE BEST. THANKS DENISE
The Philly Captain glad to help! Do you have a Facebook page?
one in the description of this video I think in all my videos.
"I" Street was definitely Snake Road. Can't recall it being two lanes though.
It was two lane. It was just narrow. I grew up on Ormond st not too far from I st or snake road growing up round here in the 70/80’s there was a legend of the hook arm from snake road Lovers Kane kinda shit haha. Wonder if anyone else remembers that story...
It was two lane. It was just narrow. I grew up on Ormond st not too far from I st or snake road growing up round here in the 70/80’s there was a legend of the hook arm from snake road Lovers Kane kinda shit haha. Wonder if anyone else remembers that story...
We used to jump off that bridge into a deep spot ans swim in the summer time. there was also a place to keep a Horse right next to it I wonder if they burned or tore down the couple of houses that were there.
Wooooow! All this time I’ve been biking and never knew the name of that road. If you go back to Tacony now there’s a beautiful butterfly just painted by my friend @Artgod333
Impressive, Snake
You made my day with this comment.
@@ThePhillyCaptain I enjoyed the video! I'm from Northeast Philly, currently living in West. Been wanting to make some content myself with my dumpster-found '81 silver Schwinn . I'm dying to hit up pennypack again!!! West Philly's Cobb's Creek Park is like pennypack in terms of trash, has some great wildlife (saw great blue herons there) but it's unfortunately a dumping ground for dogs that were used in dog fighting and died. Would make for a good video and might help raise awareness about the issue...wild west out here
Holy God that's so f up about the dogs. I'm impressed that you found out the year of your bike.
@@ThePhillyCaptain it's all just the internet and being excited enough to do more than one Google search. Schwinns usually have a serial number, in different spots depending on the factory it was built in. It's heavy but it gets me around for deliveries a few hours a day, and it's still fast. I lack the tech to edit in the flames so gotta work on that
@@ThePhillyCaptain yeah unfortunately dog fighting is among the huge problems behind the scenes here that most people don't know about. Ya know, aside from Michael Vick....I wonder if anyone involved is actually a friend of Vicks. I started finding bones in the woods for fun, was gonna make art out of them or something, you can find deer antlers if you're lucky, but I noticed that there are pitbull dogs and puppies like hundreds of them all over the park. It really sucks.
I grew up in Bensalem and I remember when I was maybe 12 or 13 and my friend's father would drive use through an area that was near Byberry State Hospital. It was always his blue pickup. I guess he was illegally dumping stuff. LOL Not like Snake road but it is a childhood memory. LOL
Snake rd was behind portorican wildwood off of the blvd sorry for the incorrect spelling of portorican
Shout out Kaleb Redmond who was MURDERED and drowned after being PUSHED off of that bridge years ago...he would be 33 years old now RIP YOUNG MAN
The Tale was if you drive down snake road with your lights off you can see the ghosts of the dead people who either died in car crashes there or ghosts from near by cemeteries or some shit like that.... Ghost kinda like the Blue nun from All saints school...
snake road was fisher Lane and the old bridge is called the Fisher bridge
It was called Fishers Ln.
Great job with this channel really enjoy it. I grew up in feltonville and remember Snake Rd well. Also dated a girl in Frankford and liked the videos ive watched. What neighborhood are you from Cptn?
Born in Kensington, grew up in Port Richmond, I live in Bridesburg. Welcome Aboard!
I Street becomes Fisher Lane then it becomes Ramona Drive.
That's called the Pavilion
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They closed snake road to cars after a kid from North Catholic was killed driving down it.
@@reece680 91 or 92 I think
Yeah im 31 now and I can't remember a time when you could come out on the juniata side in a car
Did you get touched alot by the priest while you were at North John?
@@pred7six7no i was only there for a year, but one of the priest i had was arrested for molesting a kid years before
@@johndurnin9571 Be honest. Dont make me call Kelly to get the truth.
I always understood that the whole neighborhood was called Juniata Park. But apparently, called both. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniata,_Philadelphia
Dude I was literally saying this a couple months ago! I thought I made it up 😹
With the lights out, it's as dangerous
Love the video. Have one correction; it's not Pick-a-low. it's more like P-col-lee. Sorry. I tried very hard to get it to spell phonetically.
Thanks.
@@ThePhillyCaptain OMG. I feel terrible. I don't know what came ovr me. I knew others would respond too. B/c of that I usually don't bother. Figuring any more than one correction is too many. Espec. since you meant well tipping your hat to a great playground. I AM SORRY. I didn't expect such a reaction. And I wish i hadn't of been a part of it. Although my correction was done w/o malice. Only to help. But again, too much is too much. Noone deserves to be bashed for a mistake.
I make ton of mistakes no one is saying HEY STUPID lol. You were very kind and spelled it phonetically for me. I really appreciate that. The people who just spell it out did not help. That happened on Facebook. Did people call it spicoli playground in the 80's? I would of. Seriously thank you
We used to drink back there in the 90s lol
haha!!
Hunting Park not Huntingdon Park.
They turned it into a golf range and you cannot drive down it no more
Piccoli ! Pick -a-low! Lol it’s pronounced “Pick-co-lee” like an Italian last name.
I've been getting bashed about this and no one spelled it out phonetically for me. It now make sense. I grew up in Port Richmond I do not think we ever played in that playground. I shall say it correctly from now on
The Philly Captain I was looking for other people to comment about that and didn’t see anything. fair enough! I grew up on I Street aka snake road lol so I guess I would know. Also never knew that park to be called Ferko either... you learn something new I guess. Thanks for highlighting Philly !
Romona ave
I saw no snakes.
Did you see backwards hat Captain?
@@ThePhillyCaptain Nope.
You didn't see the part where Backwards hat Captain talked about gravel bike racing?
@@ThePhillyCaptain I have not.
I would if I were you lol it's right after the dead dog bit.
It's "Creek" ........ not .. 'crick'
Where are you from?