Born in Philly 1953.Dad worked at the 30th street post office,5822 Addison street,Bryant Elementary,Sayre Jr.High,West Philadelphia High,(my dad also graduated from that school)My mother Barthram.My father also worked at U of Penn(2 jobs)willow grove park,the Aquarama,Fairmount and Cobbs Creek Park,The Academy of Music watching Eugene Ormandy lead the orchestra.My dad also played classical music on the piano.My mom worked at Strawbridges,myself John Wanamaker.I graduated from West Philly 1971.I have fond memories of my home.I was happy in Philly.I live in Richmond, Virginia now at 67yrs of age.The El,42bus,11 trolley on Woodland ,Ave.Also I loved going to Shapiro’s shoe store on 52nd st.Oh yeah/Gene London,Sally Starr,Chief Halftown,scrapple,hoagies,water ice,cheesesteaks,corn beef 🥪 sandwiches.The Locust Theatre was my mom’s favorite.I could go on and on how great my childhood was in Philly.
Seeing Sally Starr on horseback at the Gimbel’s Parade sent instantaneous chills up my spine. Can’t believe memories imbedded in my brain came back over her. I was born in 1959 and moved from Philly in 1978 and had completely forgotten about her until I saw her in this video. Thanks for the memories. Obviously she was a great Philly icon!
My parents were born and raised in Philly, married in '49 and moved to the southwest suburbs in '51. We visited grandparents and cousins in Philly almost every weekend along with trips to the Philadelphia Zoo, Ben Franklin Institute, Academy of Natural Sciences, and the Philadelphia Library. The Ben Franklin Institute had a huge toy train layout and a full size Baldwin locomotive engine. My dad worked at Baldwin before WWII. I still have a small, fern leaf fossil I bought in the early '60's from the Academy of Natural Sciences. I spent much of my teenage and young adult years visiting downtown and Chinatown. I left the area in '85 when my parents retired and moved to North Carolina. Sometimes I miss Philadelphia but from what I hear, it has changed quite a bit.
Nothing like the Philly accent ! Listening to the lovely elderly woman narrate with like listening to my aunts at a family reunion. A time ago I was in LA at a party. A well-known actress came up to me saying that she heard that I was from Philadelphia. She asked me because she was about to do a film & character was from Philly & she was doing her character study. She wondered if Philadelphia in that area had a particular accent? I could tell that she was listening to my response with a close & different curiosity. I laughed and explained that I had grown up in Philly but I had moved to NYC when 19 and still lived there. I said OMG yes there is a very distinctive accent and in fact, I worked hard when I moved to NY to lose it! We wound up having a very long conversation and I was able to correct her that Philadelphia is always regarded as Philly and a few other similar details. I gave her a few specific words that are very distinctive sounding with a Philly accent - water, cherry, radiator, and banana to name a few. I then suggested that she have a few conversations with people so I put her in touch with a few to contact and she did. I had forgotten about that meeting and conversation until recently when I finally watched the Series. I thought she did a great job clearly she did her homework! I myself never knew that I had an accent until I moved to NYC when people would look at me with incredulous faces and ask, “WHERE are you from!?”
"Banana"? I don't think I've ever heard anyone with, what I call the "Mid-Atlantic" accent say the word banana.... I started laughing when the first of the women interviewed said "Row boat" = Reuww beuwt.. Yes, please tell us what series is was. Great story
@franksmith7247 Interesting! I was looking at my company photo from Ft.Dix 1980, and could pretty remember where everybody was from. And I remember just about everyone had a way of speaking depending on their "home of record". I wagered my younger brother that of the recruits today, there probably wouldn't be as many different discernable "accents" Most, whether they be from North, South, Midwest, or White, Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander etc etc would talk in rap/hip slang.
@franksmith7247 I had to find a new barber about a year ago, and my Ladyfriend suggested... well, insisted on me going to the one that her son had gone to for years. The new barber is great! However, the clientele is a bit younger in age and a lot younger in maturity than what I have been used to... Yesterday, I was sitting on the bench seats waiting for my turn and really had no choice but to listen to the natter between one of the younger barbers and his customers, who were congregated around his chair, the first chair, just inside the front door... (????) Although none of them, including this barber probably have been no further South than the southern most boundary of our city (San Francisco Ca.) listening to them speak, It's as if they had picked all the cotton in Mississippi! I can't see being taken seriously talking like that.
Absolutely Breaks my Heart to see what Philadelphia has lost. The Mastbaum Theater and all the other 380 that have been demolished is astounding. Where were the lovers of Historic Architecture when those needed to be saved?
My dad worked for Gimbels up until I was born and moved on. There used to be one at Roosevelt Mall IIRC. They had an art department. I remember buying my first set of drafting tools getting ready to start my post-HS education in mechanical drawing/engineering. When I started a job in center city, I used to go there sometimes while taking my lunch break in the Gallery. There was a Sears and Strawbridges there at the time as well.
I will always be a West Philly Girl even though I live in South Jersey now. I graduated from West Philadelphia High in 1972. My older Sister had a job in which she would go around to the many Horn&Hardarts and evaluate them for the company, it was the best times of my life.😉
Born in Philly in 1957. Grew up there, joined the Navy at 17. Live in Bucks County now, but still have my ties to Philly. So many memories, including listening to Bill Campbell broadcast the Phillies games on the radio with his cohort, Byron, or "By" Saam. My grandfather worked 2 blocks from Connie Mack Stadium, though he called it Shibe Park to his dying day. I and my brothers were at the last game there, and we had pieces of seats as souvenirs. People in the right field bleachers brought tools to the game and were carrying out entire rows of seats by the 5th inning. Willow Grove Park is now Willow Grove Mall, which is, like all malls, itself dying off. It's 10 minutes from my house. I remember WG Park; the Sousa Bandstand, and the Alps, specifically because of the bees! Christmas Light Show at Wanamaker's, Enchanted Village at Lit's, Santa climbing the firetruck ladder into Gimbel's. Mitchell & Ness on Arch Street, Pearson's and Gold Medal on Chestnut, then to Bain's for a pastrami sandwich, or H & H on with a fistful of nickels. I could go on and on for hours. So many memories! One note, though: We never called them streetcars. They were trolleys! My grandfather taught us early to drive our cars on the trolley tracks, because that was the smoothest ride, especially on the street that were still cobblestone.
That's right.They were Trolleys.I would get off the train at Broad and Synder,jump on the trolley right there at Southern(South Philly High School),right down the block from where Angelo Bruno died.And yeah.Santa climbing the ladder at Wannamakers.The Mummers on New Year's Day.My neighborhood was just across the tracks from channel 48.Arco Oil Refinery.I was there that night when the tanker blew up,and Mayor Frank Rizzo got his leg broken by his personal bodyguard,who ran over him after more explosions."I WAS THERE..."---THE second explosion happened when I was in class at Bregy Elementary.It was warm that day so all the classroom windows were open.From two miles away we heard the big boom,,,then we felt the shockwave that rocked the whole schoolhouse.Iv been MANY places in my years.But.I'll NEVER,EVER trade for being no other place,but Philly---😍
@@tkso.philly3879 Thanks for sharing memories, Tk So. Philly. What a shame that our Philly just doesn’t exist anymore. I won’t even go into that wasteland now.
@@jimtownsend7899 Yo bro'. Sad.But true.Well.As long as people like you and I remember,our,OLD,TRUE PHILADELPHIA,it will NEVER die.Yo'.I just thought about something.Howabout starting a club,where us older Philadelphians can talk about the old days.Hows that?Sound good? Because it's ALWAYS good to reminisce-
@@tkso.philly3879 I love that idea! Call it something like “Vintage Cheesesteaks”, or “Back When Billy Topped Them All” (no buildings higher than his hat!) There’s enough of us out there, for sure! I raise my glass of “wooder” in a toast to Old Philly!
I use to be so proud to have been born and raised in Philadelphia.Now I’m ashamed of what the polititions have done to it.I will always cherish my memories growing up there.
Mark, there is new development near Center City, on land( surface parking lots!) that wasn't considered valuable enough to develop or build anything on. Plus some was right next to the Vine St Expressway. A lot of that land has been developed as housing. Comcast, as much as so many seem to hate it, is the biggest world class company based in the city. In a way it has replaced what the PRR was. I grew up in the 50s/60s I do miss some things but mostly I don't.
As a 78 year old fellow...a San Francisco native-born [as was my late dad] I'm so glad I grew up in the 1940-1965 period...so many things and customs are long gone here as well! Had a fine child/teen year time and great parents/grand parents! Talk about movie palaces, San Francisco had one of the most elegant...the Fox...1929-1963...what a sad loss!
Same here! I'm not from Philadelphia, only went through there twice in as a serviceman in the 1980's, but I shed a few tears at the end of this documentary because it reminded me of all the good things that are gone now in San Francisco. Are you talking about the old Parkside Fox on Taraval? I saw a couple of Disney films there in the early 70's and I believe that the last time I went there was to see a double feature "Skyjack" and "Soylent Green" both with Charleton Heston in the Summer of 1972 [Self Edit] I've just noticed the years that you've typed for the Fox, so I missed out on going to that theater. Was it on Market or Van Ness...or? As far the grandest movie palace that I made it to in the city; that would be to very modérne, but large theater The Northpoint several times before it closed. I saw the "Exorcist" there in '74 and it's sequel "The Heretic" in '77 Last time I was there was to see the debut of "Gandhi" in 1983 Memories huh?
They need to make an new one -. Veterans stadium, The evening bulletin, Gino's hamburgers, John Wanamakers, Strawbridge and clothier's, Channel 48 WKBS, Red Arrow division,PNB bank, P.F.S.F bank, Food Fair, Penn Fruit, Frank's beverages, Schmidt's brewery
Some older people I worked with, would always tell me they worked at willow grove park. I wish I could have experience it as an amusement park, not a mall.
Thanks for this great look back at my home town. I've loved this documentary ever since I recorded both parts off of channel 12 back when it first aired.
Wow I grew up in West Philly in "The Bottom" and I never knew the 38 was a trolley first or how the Strawberry Mansion bridge came about. Plus they are using the old trolley cars again back across the Strawberry Mansion bridge. Great documentary.
@Karen Byrd very true it just still amazes me, every to this day how much Philly has changed. I was looking at the riots downtown and it's changes since I was there last year.
Yeah man.I remember going to the Bottom.I got over the bridge off Columbia.Back I the 70's we had class trips to the Zoo.Oldest and first one in the United States.
@@randallmiller8238 WIBG! My brand spankin' new High School (Archbishop Ryan, Greator NE Philly built summer 1967, I graduated '71 as 1st class to attend all 4yrs) was in a contest with our rival school, Hannahan, to get Jerry Blavatt to host the Soph Hop. Ryan won and as an added bonus because we'd won by a huge landslide, he'd agreed to slow dance with volunteers up on stage. My Dad stated that without a doubt I'd be too chicken to dance with him but nevertheless I'd be so star struck that I'd come home completely in love with Blavatt. Well, he was wrong on both! Yeah, I slow danced w/him alright (man was he sweaty!) but I remained a loyal WFIL listener. Btw, once I was the 13th lucky caller to WFIL to win an autographed poster of The Association but I froze on the line and couldn't croak out my contact info. Slow dance on stage w/a DJ, no problem, say my name on the radio and I choked! Dad born So. Philly (Irish), Mom, SE Philly (Polish), Me: born Bucks County, raised SW Philly then NE Philly.
@@marlene-rr2ih WIBG! My brand spankin' new High School (Archbishop Ryan, Greator NE Philly built summer 1967, I graduated '71 as 1st class to attend all 4yrs) was in a contest with our rival school, Hannahan, to get Jerry Blavatt to host the Soph Hop. Ryan won and as an added bonus because we'd won by a huge landslide, he'd agreed to slow dance with volunteers up on stage. My Dad stated that without a doubt I'd be too chicken to dance with him but nevertheless I'd be so star struck that I'd come home completely in love with Blavatt. Well, he was wrong on both! Yeah, I slow danced w/him alright (man was he sweaty!) but I remained a loyal WFIL listener. Btw, once I was the 13th lucky caller to WFIL to win an autographed poster of The Association but I froze on the line and couldn't croak out my contact info. Slow dance on stage w/a DJ, no problem, say my name on the radio and I choked! Dad born So. Philly (Irish), Mom, SE Philly (Polish), Me: born Bucks County, raised SW Philly then NE Philly.
Worked as an usher at City Line Center Theater & the owners - the Fried Bros. - gave me a golden pass to every theater in Philadelphia - even XXX movies, which at 14, I used quite often … saw The Robe at The Boyd & I’m Curious Blue somewhere else.
I DO remember,as a small child,going into Center City,seeing those pies inside those small cubicles with a door.I'M PROUD of being able to remember that.The day's of old.Wannamakers?☺.I couldn't have chosen a better place to be born and raised,THAN Philly.ESPECIALLY SOUTH PHILLY-
Love Philadelphia. My Grandfather took me all over the city. Actually I looked at history maps of the city and I had him take me places. Connie Mack Stadium, later Veterans Stadium 🏟️. I met Richie Ashburn. I rode in a trolley. Ate in a Horn and Hardett.
Even though I grew up in NYC, this brings back lots of memories. Mostly good times with a few glaring exceptions. Assassinations, riots, losing two siblings, one to leukemia, a death sentence in 1967, and a brother in Vietnam. RIP, Jimmy.
The teacher at 3:00 has a really thick Philly accent. The nuns at St. Bridgets drummed it out of us. Color not Keller, tiger not tagger, chimney not chimley and on and on.
If Philadelphia ever did anything right, it was to save the Reading Terminal, and to incorporate it into the convention center. Even leaving the rails of the tracks on the floor, and the huge arching roof of the terminal over head. And below, the Reading Terminal Market, still gives good reason to go downtown.
Went to Philadelphia a couple of times my aunt and her family lived in the colonial section there and my grandfather lived in south Phily. I thought shibe park was a castle. Love riding the electric tram that ran through his neighborhood. Great city this from a guy from Brooklyn.
Philly has so many good memories when Philly was philly.the good old days miss them.the Italian market is not Italian anymore.the different. Sections of towns are gone.all the good things are gone.but I still love Philly.
Issued the last operator license for Red Arrow by Merritt Taylor in 1969. My mum was an operator during WWII & my dad met her while motoring before being drafted.
Bob My friend's father owned Ennis Lanes in Huntingdon Valley. Yes Del Ennis of the Philadelphia Phillies fame. I was friends with Del Jr . Take care. T
Hi Bob....my husband worked at Willow Grove lanes when he was in Upper Moreland High School. His dad was the night manager from approximately 1968 to 1975. My husband's best memory was working the Schmidt's Summer Bowling Tournament, the grand prize for the winning team was 5 brand new Cadillacs!
I was born in Norristown on april 24, 1944. Lived in Philadelphia until I joined the USAF in October of 1962. Went to Joseph H Brown School in Holmesburg and then to Abraham Lincoln High School,. Was an Athletics fan until they were sold to a car dealer in Kansas City, then became a Phillies Fan., Started following the Eagles when I was about14 and went to a pre season game in Hershey. I was 16 when the Eagles became to only team to beat Vince Lombardi in a championship game. That game went down to the wire when Chuck Badnarik tackled Taylor on the 9 yard line and sat on him for 29 seconds when time expired. The NFL changed the rule shortly thereafter. Due to Covid I did not return to the area until last September when I visited the part of my family that never left the east coast. I live in Dallas and Colorado these days but I will never be a Cowboys fan and root for the Broncos except when they play the Eagles.
I've heard of the Earle Theater, but I had no idea where it was located until looking it up just now. I worked diagonally from it in the ARA tower, but that wasn't until the 1990s - after it was long gone.
Yes it was a different time then now people changed all that look where we are now because of it we will never see the likes of those days again sadly.
OMG RICHIE ASHBURN!!!---NOW WE'RE TALKING PHILLY...MY MOTHER TOLD ME OF ARRIVING IN PHILLY AT 30TH ST.STATION.AND MY GREAT UNCLE TAKING HER TO CONNIE MACK STADIUM.I PERSONALLY GREW UP IN SOUTH PHILLY,OFF PENROSE AVENUE.WE COULD WALK TO THE VET,AND THE SPECTRUM DOWN PATTISON AVENUE...-
Being born in Philly and growing up listening to my favorite radio stations, as I watch this, my mind immediately reflects a song by Cashman & West in the 70's that kind of describes NYC history too. Listening to the lyrics of the song is what every major city has gone through, and still going through. The song title is American City Suite. Listen to this prophetic song of the 70's describing things that aren't there anymore and are getting worst. Another song come to mind also. American Pie. Glorious beginnings to sad endings. The reason why the things we love aren't there anymore is because they were casts aside by corrupt greedy corporate giants. th-cam.com/video/-B6NZ8a4_Yk/w-d-xo.html
When they stop the mummers is when I leave this City I have loved my entire life!! In the early 60s a Holiday season was not complete without a trip to center City . The H and H automat and JWs Crystal Tea Room. Wow!! What great memories!! Thanks for posting!!!
I miss when no structure could be taller than the hat on Billy Penn's head, atop City Hall.... And I'm only 51 !! Philly was different then & the sports teams had a true affinity toward the city back then. In 1980, all 4 major sports teams went to their respective finals (only the Phillies won it all). I loved going on field trips there, from our elementary school in South Jersey. It was actually a conservative city back then. Do those even exist in America anymore ?
Craig Fazekas, I could have written your post myself. I am 49 and remember when nothing could be taller than the hat on Billy Penn's head, as well! I was born in the Northeast and lived in Bridesburg until I was 5 and then we went across the Tacony Palmyra to suburban South Jersey, Burlington County. I, too, have great memories of field trips to Philadelphia when in elementary and middle school in NJ.
That Was the Quaker conservatism! My great grandfather walked around on Billy's hat as it was on the ground! Philly as a kid was a magic time in the 50's. 2 dimes got us in the Saturday matinee at the Century theater. What a rowdy bunch of kids! Gives me goosebumps just thinking and remembering it all. I worked at Wanamakers as a teenager. Even met the actor! As a kid I watched the old train yard at 5th and Hunting Park ave. Man does that give goosebumps! All gone... The old train bridge across the bay to Wildwood NJ..My morningtown ride.....Way to many more memories.... Willow Grove Park and the swans on the lake...gotta go now before I need a towel....
👁️'m 54,And Remember When They Had The Duke And Dutchess 📽️ Theater At 16th.And Chestnut Street,Zounds Arcade, Space Port,(15th.And Chestnut)Th 😆se Were Great ⏰⏰!!!!
Hey.We're the same age.I could see the top of the Walt Whitman Bridge from my neighborhood.I could walk to the Spectrum and The Vet Stadium.The Lakes.Close your eyes and click your heels and say;"home."-
God i hate these videos. Don’t get me wrong, they are great, a view into the past, and that’s what’s bothering me. I try hard to stay afloat and live in the present, but these videos bring me back to the time of my life i truly love. So here i go again with another rant about the past and how i long for “the good old times” of mine. Life was so simple back then, life had a meaning, and a purpose. There was no fear you might not come back home that evening, something i fear today. Oh well! I promise once again to stay anchored to what we have today. Good day.
Born at Thomas Jefferson University here. Birth Class of 74. Most of the stuff mentioned was gone by the time I came around. 😐 BRING BACK THE AUTOMAT!!!!!
I could be wrong (probably am), but I remember seeing and even stopping into a Horn and Hardart's waaaay back. I was only 4 years old or so as I remember being with my mom coming back from her bowling at Cottman Lanes. It had to be when I was 3-4 since I would have been in kindergarten the following year. I remember it being at or near Castor & Cottman Aves. Like I said, I could be wrong, but I seem to remember seeing the sign there a few years later before Clover and Toys R Us were built. Then again, it could have been up towards the Bustleton stip mall on Cottman. That was many years ago - around 1970.
There were close to 100 locations between Philly and NYC at one point. There are a bunch listed at the bottom of this page, but the list is incomplete. cardboardamerica.org/2017/01/12/horn-hardart-automats-in-philadelphia/ This page says there was one at Cottman and Large. oxfordcirclememories.blogspot.com/2009/04/cottman-avenue-from-algon-to-boulevard.html
55:35 Bald dude with a ponytail. Before leaving his house he looked in the mirror and said "hell yeah, I look good". Lounge lizard. Open collar, hilarious.
Water fountains - gone. Phone booths - gone. Howard Johnson's (Ho Jo's) - gone. Skateboard parks - where? Affordable housing - gone. K-Mart - gone. Woolworth's - gone. KB Toy Stores - gone. Kiddie City - gone. Eric Theaters - gone. Mom & Pop shops on every neighborhood corner - gone. Vegetable & fruit trucks every Saturday - gone. Fish trucks every Saturday - gone. Sand boxes in playgrounds - gone. Big slides in playgrounds - gone.
Sandboxes and playgrounds wow. One of my very earliest memories I was a preschooler maybe 3-4 years old and I remember this. It was cold we had coats on it was winter and little kids noses run. One little kid in the sandbox had a snot bubble that went in and out every time he breathed and it was covered in sand it was so disgusting. You know you got to do something to gross out a 3 year old bad
33:42 My brother(about age 18) is on the far right, 2nd up from the bottom, clapping... Camera just missed my dad, seated on his left(to the right in pic). We still have the gray folding chairs!
The pictures of these worthless old buildings and old recreation areas that are no longer profitable should be torn down and replaced by profitable ventures. For the sobsisters that think its important to hold on to the past, all I have to say, is that I am very glad that some of the locals have taken a progressive attitude toward demolition and have overcome the objections of a small minority of backward thinking people.
Here's something else that isn't there anymore, the Roosevelt mall. Not the mall I remember it being, if you haven't been to Philadelphia for awhile go ahead and drive by. John wannamakers it ain't.
To those of you who used to live in Phila and have since moved away, I have a couple things to say. First I'd like to say congratulations you made it outta here, Phila is not at all like you remember it, if you cherish those memories stay where you're at. It doesn't even snow here anymore.
I am a former Philly resident. Born and raised. I am in NJ now and very rarely go down. When I do, I do not recognize the old stomping grounds. Sooo sad to see. So many memories now only in photo albums. 😢😢😢
"The best thing about NewYork was getting on the train to go back to Philadelphia."----Joseph Horn of H&H fame
Born in Philly 1953.Dad worked at the 30th street post office,5822 Addison street,Bryant Elementary,Sayre Jr.High,West Philadelphia High,(my dad also graduated from that school)My mother Barthram.My father also worked at U of Penn(2 jobs)willow grove park,the Aquarama,Fairmount and Cobbs Creek Park,The Academy of Music watching Eugene Ormandy lead the orchestra.My dad also played classical music on the piano.My mom worked at Strawbridges,myself John Wanamaker.I graduated from West Philly 1971.I have fond memories of my home.I was happy in Philly.I live in Richmond, Virginia now at 67yrs of age.The El,42bus,11 trolley on Woodland ,Ave.Also I loved going to Shapiro’s shoe store on 52nd st.Oh yeah/Gene London,Sally Starr,Chief Halftown,scrapple,hoagies,water ice,cheesesteaks,corn beef 🥪 sandwiches.The Locust Theatre was my mom’s favorite.I could go on and on how great my childhood was in Philly.
Cherish those memories.... because it's a war zone in Philadelphia now 🤦🏾♂️💔
Seeing Sally Starr on horseback at the Gimbel’s Parade sent instantaneous chills up my spine. Can’t believe memories imbedded in my brain came back over her. I was born in 1959 and moved from Philly in 1978 and had completely forgotten about her until I saw her in this video. Thanks for the memories. Obviously she was a great Philly icon!
Same here. Watched her every Sat morning without fail. Miss those times so much. 😢😢😢
One more thing that used to be in Philly but isn’t there anymore- my childhood😞
Gotta love Bill 'Soupy' Campbell. A Philadelphia treasure in his own right .
RIP Sir . ❤
Wow young people that danced with no drugs or alcohol love it
My parents were born and raised in Philly, married in '49 and moved to the southwest suburbs in '51. We visited grandparents and cousins in Philly almost every weekend along with trips to the Philadelphia Zoo, Ben Franklin Institute, Academy of Natural Sciences, and the Philadelphia Library. The Ben Franklin Institute had a huge toy train layout and a full size Baldwin locomotive engine. My dad worked at Baldwin before WWII.
I still have a small, fern leaf fossil I bought in the early '60's from the Academy of Natural Sciences.
I spent much of my teenage and young adult years visiting downtown and Chinatown. I left the area in '85 when my parents retired and moved to North Carolina. Sometimes I miss Philadelphia but from what I hear, it has changed quite a bit.
Nothing like the Philly accent ! Listening to the lovely elderly woman narrate with like listening to my aunts at a family reunion.
A time ago I was in LA at a party. A well-known actress came up to me saying that she heard that I was from Philadelphia. She asked me because she was about to do a film & character was from Philly & she was doing her character study. She wondered if Philadelphia in that area had a particular accent? I could tell that she was listening to my response with a close & different curiosity. I laughed and explained that I had grown up in Philly but I had moved to NYC when 19 and still lived there. I said OMG yes there is a very distinctive accent and in fact, I worked hard when I moved to NY to lose it!
We wound up having a very long conversation and I was able to correct her that Philadelphia is always regarded as Philly and a few other similar details. I gave her a few specific words that are very distinctive sounding with a Philly accent - water, cherry, radiator, and banana to name a few. I then suggested that she have a few conversations with people so I put her in touch with a few to contact and she did.
I had forgotten about that meeting and conversation until recently when I finally watched the Series. I thought she did a great job clearly she did her homework!
I myself never knew that I had an accent until I moved to NYC when people would look at me with incredulous faces and ask, “WHERE are you from!?”
"Banana"? I don't think I've ever heard anyone with, what I call the "Mid-Atlantic" accent say the word banana....
I started laughing when the first of the women interviewed said "Row boat"
= Reuww beuwt..
Yes, please tell us what series is was.
Great story
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Interesting!
I was looking at my company photo from Ft.Dix 1980, and could pretty remember where everybody was from. And I remember just about everyone had a way of speaking depending on their "home of record". I wagered my younger brother that of the recruits today, there probably wouldn't be as many different discernable "accents"
Most, whether they be from North, South, Midwest, or White, Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander etc etc would talk in rap/hip slang.
@franksmith7247
CLOSE UP THE RANKS, MAKE YOUR BUDDY SMILE!
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I had to find a new barber about a year ago, and my Ladyfriend suggested... well, insisted on me going to the one that her son had gone to for years.
The new barber is great!
However, the clientele is a bit younger in age and a lot younger in maturity than what I have been used to...
Yesterday, I was sitting on the bench seats waiting for my turn and really had no choice but to listen to the natter between one of the younger barbers and his customers, who were congregated around his chair, the first chair, just inside the front door... (????)
Although none of them, including this barber probably have been no further South than the southern most boundary of our city (San Francisco Ca.) listening to them speak, It's as if they had picked all the cotton in Mississippi!
I can't see being taken seriously talking like that.
Absolutely Breaks my Heart to see what Philadelphia has lost. The Mastbaum Theater and all the other 380 that have been demolished is astounding. Where were the lovers of Historic Architecture when those needed to be saved?
I love phila
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You can’t save anything in this city money talks when people buy and want to demolish ..... even if it is on the register
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The sad thing is , is that philly probably has done the best job of any major city in preserving historic buildings
My dad worked for Gimbels up until I was born and moved on. There used to be one at Roosevelt Mall IIRC. They had an art department. I remember buying my first set of drafting tools getting ready to start my post-HS education in mechanical drawing/engineering. When I started a job in center city, I used to go there sometimes while taking my lunch break in the Gallery. There was a Sears and Strawbridges there at the time as well.
I will always be a West Philly Girl even though I live in South Jersey now. I graduated from West Philadelphia High in 1972. My older Sister had a job in which she would go around to the many Horn&Hardarts and evaluate them for the company, it was the best times of my life.😉
Born in Philly in 1957. Grew up there, joined the Navy at 17. Live in Bucks County now, but still have my ties to Philly. So many memories, including listening to Bill Campbell broadcast the Phillies games on the radio with his cohort, Byron, or "By" Saam. My grandfather worked 2 blocks from Connie Mack Stadium, though he called it Shibe Park to his dying day. I and my brothers were at the last game there, and we had pieces of seats as souvenirs. People in the right field bleachers brought tools to the game and were carrying out entire rows of seats by the 5th inning. Willow Grove Park is now Willow Grove Mall, which is, like all malls, itself dying off. It's 10 minutes from my house. I remember WG Park; the Sousa Bandstand, and the Alps, specifically because of the bees! Christmas Light Show at Wanamaker's, Enchanted Village at Lit's, Santa climbing the firetruck ladder into Gimbel's. Mitchell & Ness on Arch Street, Pearson's and Gold Medal on Chestnut, then to Bain's for a pastrami sandwich, or H & H on with a fistful of nickels. I could go on and on for hours. So many memories!
One note, though: We never called them streetcars. They were trolleys! My grandfather taught us early to drive our cars on the trolley tracks, because that was the smoothest ride, especially on the street that were still cobblestone.
That's right.They were Trolleys.I would get off the train at Broad and Synder,jump on the trolley right there at Southern(South Philly High School),right down the block from where Angelo Bruno died.And yeah.Santa climbing the ladder at Wannamakers.The Mummers on New Year's Day.My neighborhood was just across the tracks from channel 48.Arco Oil Refinery.I was there that night when the tanker blew up,and Mayor Frank Rizzo got his leg broken by his personal bodyguard,who ran over him after more explosions."I WAS THERE..."---THE second explosion happened when I was in class at Bregy Elementary.It was warm that day so all the classroom windows were open.From two miles away we heard the big boom,,,then we felt the shockwave that rocked the whole schoolhouse.Iv been MANY places in my years.But.I'll NEVER,EVER trade for being no other place,but Philly---😍
@@tkso.philly3879 Thanks for sharing memories, Tk So. Philly. What a shame that our Philly just doesn’t exist anymore. I won’t even go into that wasteland now.
@@jimtownsend7899 Yo bro'. Sad.But true.Well.As long as people like you and I remember,our,OLD,TRUE PHILADELPHIA,it will NEVER die.Yo'.I just thought about something.Howabout starting a club,where us older Philadelphians can talk about the old days.Hows that?Sound good? Because it's ALWAYS good to reminisce-
@@tkso.philly3879 I love that idea! Call it something like “Vintage Cheesesteaks”, or “Back When Billy Topped Them All” (no buildings higher than his hat!) There’s enough of us out there, for sure! I raise my glass of “wooder” in a toast to Old Philly!
@@jimtownsend7899 I'll stay in touch with you bro'.How about,"The True Brotherly love Crew"?- How's that one?
As a teenager, my mom (1919-1999) knew Conni Mack & was allowed in free anytime she was in town.
I use to be so proud to have been born and raised in Philadelphia.Now I’m ashamed of what the polititions have done to it.I will always cherish my memories growing up there.
You gotta be a Trumpster talking like that!
Mark, there is new development near Center City, on land( surface parking lots!) that wasn't considered valuable enough to develop or build anything on.
Plus some was right next to the Vine St Expressway. A lot of that land has been developed as housing. Comcast, as much as so many seem to hate it, is the biggest world class company based in the city. In a way it has replaced what the PRR was. I grew up in the 50s/60s I do miss some things but mostly I don't.
Kensington looks like a third world country.
As a 78 year old fellow...a San Francisco native-born [as was my late dad] I'm so glad I grew up in the 1940-1965 period...so many things and customs are long gone here as well! Had a fine child/teen year time and great parents/grand parents! Talk about movie palaces, San Francisco had one of the most elegant...the Fox...1929-1963...what a sad loss!
Same here!
I'm not from Philadelphia, only went through there twice in as a serviceman in the 1980's, but I shed a few tears at the end of this documentary because it reminded me of all the good things that are gone now in San Francisco.
Are you talking about the old Parkside Fox on Taraval?
I saw a couple of Disney films there in the early 70's and I believe that the last time I went there was to see a double feature "Skyjack" and "Soylent Green" both with Charleton Heston in the Summer of 1972
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I've just noticed the years that you've typed for the Fox, so I missed out on going to that theater.
Was it on Market or Van Ness...or?
As far the grandest movie palace that I made it to in the city; that would be to very modérne, but large theater The Northpoint several times before it closed.
I saw the "Exorcist" there in '74 and it's sequel "The Heretic" in '77
Last time I was there was to see the debut of "Gandhi" in 1983
Memories huh?
They need to make an new one -. Veterans stadium, The evening bulletin, Gino's hamburgers, John Wanamakers, Strawbridge and clothier's, Channel 48 WKBS, Red Arrow division,PNB bank, P.F.S.F bank, Food Fair, Penn Fruit, Frank's beverages, Schmidt's brewery
Some older people I worked with, would always tell me they worked at willow grove park. I wish I could have experience it as an amusement park, not a mall.
Thanks for this great look back at my home town. I've loved this documentary ever since I recorded both parts off of channel 12 back when it first aired.
excellent documentary of the Philadelphia I remember fondly
I remember my mother to see Babes in Toyland, when I was a brownie. This was the Fox Theater. It was a Beautiful day, with my mom.
Wow I grew up in West Philly in "The Bottom" and I never knew the 38 was a trolley first or how the Strawberry Mansion bridge came about. Plus they are using the old trolley cars again back across the Strawberry Mansion bridge. Great documentary.
@Karen Byrd very true it just still amazes me, every to this day how much Philly has changed. I was looking at the riots downtown and it's changes since I was there last year.
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Yeah man.I remember going to the Bottom.I got over the bridge off Columbia.Back I the 70's we had class trips to the Zoo.Oldest and first one in the United States.
@@tkso.philly3879 it’s always been a goodie every since we used to get the elephant keys to hear the story or the animal you were looking at.
Trolleys were all over the city. They had them before they had buses
OMG.THE MEMORIES..."THE GEATOR WITH THE HEATER"-I THANK U GOD FOR BLESSING ME FOR BEING BORN,BRED AND RAISED IN PHILLY😊😊😊🎆🎆🎆🎆
Is Blavat still alive?
@@marlene-rr2ih Yes, Jerry is still going strong, he'll be 80 this July 2020. Keep on rockin' because you only rock once!
Loved the the city. Born there and miss it so much. I know it's not like it once was. I blame Dilworth!
@@randallmiller8238 WIBG! My brand spankin' new High School (Archbishop Ryan, Greator NE Philly built summer 1967, I graduated '71 as 1st class to attend all 4yrs) was in a contest with our rival school, Hannahan, to get Jerry Blavatt to host the Soph Hop. Ryan won and as an added bonus because we'd won by a huge landslide, he'd agreed to slow dance with volunteers up on stage. My Dad stated that without a doubt I'd be too chicken to dance with him but nevertheless I'd be so star struck that I'd come home completely in love with Blavatt. Well, he was wrong on both! Yeah, I slow danced w/him alright (man was he sweaty!) but I remained a loyal WFIL listener. Btw, once I was the 13th lucky caller to WFIL to win an autographed poster of The Association but I froze on the line and couldn't croak out my contact info. Slow dance on stage w/a DJ, no problem, say my name on the radio and I choked! Dad born So. Philly (Irish), Mom, SE Philly (Polish), Me: born Bucks County, raised SW Philly then NE Philly.
@@marlene-rr2ih WIBG! My brand spankin' new High School (Archbishop Ryan, Greator NE Philly built summer 1967, I graduated '71 as 1st class to attend all 4yrs) was in a contest with our rival school, Hannahan, to get Jerry Blavatt to host the Soph Hop. Ryan won and as an added bonus because we'd won by a huge landslide, he'd agreed to slow dance with volunteers up on stage. My Dad stated that without a doubt I'd be too chicken to dance with him but nevertheless I'd be so star struck that I'd come home completely in love with Blavatt. Well, he was wrong on both! Yeah, I slow danced w/him alright (man was he sweaty!) but I remained a loyal WFIL listener. Btw, once I was the 13th lucky caller to WFIL to win an autographed poster of The Association but I froze on the line and couldn't croak out my contact info. Slow dance on stage w/a DJ, no problem, say my name on the radio and I choked! Dad born So. Philly (Irish), Mom, SE Philly (Polish), Me: born Bucks County, raised SW Philly then NE Philly.
I lived in Philadelphia for over 40 years and remember most of what they showed.
me too lol
19125 yo!
My sisters and I would walk to Willow Grove Park, many times. So much fun!
Worked as an usher at City Line Center Theater & the owners - the Fried Bros. - gave me a golden pass to every theater in Philadelphia - even XXX movies, which at 14, I used quite often … saw The Robe at The Boyd & I’m Curious Blue somewhere else.
I DO remember,as a small child,going into Center City,seeing those pies inside those small cubicles with a door.I'M PROUD of being able to remember that.The day's of old.Wannamakers?☺.I couldn't have chosen a better place to be born and raised,THAN Philly.ESPECIALLY SOUTH PHILLY-
North Philadelphia here
SOUTH PHILLY🥰
But I do love ALL of Philadelphia❤
@@1990758 do you remember the Pearl, Liberty, Rex, bluebird, or Strand?
@@caseinpoint5776 sort of yes
Love Philadelphia.
My Grandfather took me all over the city.
Actually I looked at history maps of the city and I had him take me places.
Connie Mack Stadium, later Veterans Stadium 🏟️. I met Richie Ashburn.
I rode in a trolley. Ate in a Horn and Hardett.
This was wonderful....thank you...🕊🇺🇲💕
Even though I grew up in NYC, this brings back lots of memories. Mostly good times with a few glaring exceptions. Assassinations, riots, losing two siblings, one to leukemia, a death sentence in 1967, and a brother in Vietnam. RIP, Jimmy.
Graduated from Roman in 98. I’m a Philly Carpenter now, the city is shell of its former self. Such a shame. Was a one of America’s great cities
My Dad graduated from Roman in ‘55… I went to Dougherty. You’re right about Philly being a shell… so sad.
The teacher at 3:00 has a really thick Philly accent. The nuns at St. Bridgets drummed it out of us. Color not Keller, tiger not tagger, chimney not chimley and on and on.
you never hear anything good about nuns anymore...
If Philadelphia ever did anything right, it was to save the Reading Terminal, and to incorporate it into the convention center. Even leaving the rails of the tracks on the floor, and the huge arching roof of the terminal over head. And below, the Reading Terminal Market, still gives good reason to go downtown.
Went to Philadelphia a couple of times my aunt and her family lived in the colonial section there and my grandfather lived in south Phily. I thought shibe park was a castle. Love riding the electric tram that ran through his neighborhood. Great city this from a guy from Brooklyn.
my grandfather was a ferry captain between Phila and Camden.
I remember these places.😊
Philly has so many good memories when Philly was philly.the good old days miss them.the Italian market is not Italian anymore.the different. Sections of towns are gone.all the good things are gone.but I still love Philly.
The good things are as good as ever pops
Issued the last operator license for Red Arrow by Merritt Taylor in 1969. My mum was an operator during WWII & my dad met her while motoring before being drafted.
Grew up in Montgomery & Bucks County, my childhood friend’s father managed the Willow Grove Bowling Alley...it was huge and we had free run of place.
"The Lanes".."The Shoppes"...Too much more.......
Do you remember the pictures that the bowling had displayed on their walls? Many old pics of the park
Bob
My friend's father owned Ennis Lanes in Huntingdon Valley. Yes Del Ennis of the Philadelphia Phillies fame. I was friends with Del Jr . Take care. T
Hi Bob....my husband worked at Willow
Grove lanes when he was in Upper Moreland High School. His dad was the night manager from approximately 1968 to 1975. My husband's best memory was working the Schmidt's Summer Bowling Tournament, the grand prize for the winning team was 5 brand new Cadillacs!
I was born in Norristown on april 24, 1944. Lived in Philadelphia until I joined the USAF in October of 1962. Went to Joseph H Brown School in Holmesburg and then to Abraham Lincoln High School,. Was an Athletics fan until they were sold to a car dealer in Kansas City, then became a Phillies Fan., Started following the Eagles when I was about14 and went to a pre season game in Hershey. I was 16 when the Eagles became to only team to beat Vince Lombardi in a championship game. That game went down to the wire when Chuck Badnarik tackled Taylor on the 9 yard line and sat on him for 29 seconds when time expired. The NFL changed the rule shortly thereafter.
Due to Covid I did not return to the area until last September when I visited the part of my family that never left the east coast. I live in Dallas and Colorado these days but I will never be a Cowboys fan and root for the Broncos except when they play the Eagles.
I remember Bill Campbell’s commentary on KYW 1060 AM, now on FM 103.9.
A Really good Documentary!!
I've heard of the Earle Theater, but I had no idea where it was located until looking it up just now. I worked diagonally from it in the ARA tower, but that wasn't until the 1990s - after it was long gone.
Excellent very good love it
Yes it was a different time then now people changed all that look where we are now because of it we will never see the likes of those days again sadly.
OMG RICHIE ASHBURN!!!---NOW WE'RE TALKING PHILLY...MY MOTHER TOLD ME OF ARRIVING IN PHILLY AT 30TH ST.STATION.AND MY GREAT UNCLE TAKING HER TO CONNIE MACK STADIUM.I PERSONALLY GREW UP IN SOUTH PHILLY,OFF PENROSE AVENUE.WE COULD WALK TO THE VET,AND THE SPECTRUM DOWN PATTISON AVENUE...-
Memories of Woodside Park: After a hotdog on a bun with mustard and relish, and a ride on the moon rocket, I threw up on my mother's shoes.
mustard and relish yuk no wonder u threw up,,, its just ketchup or ketchup/relish.. not mustard and relish
Oh ...I forgot.The AirShows at WillowGrove Naval Air Station-Or how about,"Six Gun Territory," the amusement park...
Being born in Philly and growing up listening to my favorite radio stations, as I watch this, my mind immediately reflects a song by Cashman & West in the 70's that kind of describes NYC history too. Listening to the lyrics of the song is what every major city has gone through, and still going through. The song title is American City Suite. Listen to this prophetic song of the 70's describing things that aren't there anymore and are getting worst. Another song come to mind also. American Pie. Glorious beginnings to sad endings. The reason why the things we love aren't there anymore is because they were casts aside by corrupt greedy corporate giants. th-cam.com/video/-B6NZ8a4_Yk/w-d-xo.html
What a shame, next thing that will be gone is the Mummers parade!
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When they stop the mummers is when I leave this City I have loved my entire life!! In the early 60s a Holiday season was not complete without a trip to center City . The H and H automat and JWs Crystal Tea Room. Wow!! What great memories!! Thanks for posting!!!
Dad always says life is a lark at willow Grove park.
The Carousel music makes me think of "Something Wicked this way comes"
Grew up in DELCO 1958-1969; VFMA 1966-1969; Llanerch k-6; Haverford Jr High
Straw bridges lol
i'm only 23 and I already feel like I could be in this video. I remember Market East Station and the Gallery lol good times
Is still call it the gallery
We will always call it the Gallery!
Ya'Tell Em' Br 😊!!!
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I miss when no structure could be taller than the hat on Billy Penn's head, atop City Hall.... And I'm only 51 !! Philly was different then & the sports teams had a true affinity toward the city back then. In 1980, all 4 major sports teams went to their respective finals (only the Phillies won it all).
I loved going on field trips there, from our elementary school in South Jersey.
It was actually a conservative city back then. Do those even exist in America anymore ?
Craig Fazekas, I could have written your post myself. I am 49 and remember when nothing could be taller than the hat on Billy Penn's head, as well! I was born in the Northeast and lived in Bridesburg until I was 5 and then we went across the Tacony Palmyra to suburban South Jersey, Burlington County. I, too, have great memories of field trips to Philadelphia when in elementary and middle school in NJ.
That Was the Quaker conservatism! My great grandfather walked around on Billy's hat as it was on the ground! Philly as a kid was a magic time in the 50's. 2 dimes got us in the Saturday matinee at the Century theater. What a rowdy bunch of kids! Gives me goosebumps just thinking and remembering it all. I worked at Wanamakers as a teenager. Even met the actor! As a kid I watched the old train yard at 5th and Hunting Park ave. Man does that give goosebumps! All gone... The old train bridge across the bay to Wildwood NJ..My morningtown ride.....Way to many more memories.... Willow Grove Park and the swans on the lake...gotta go now before I need a towel....
👁️'m 54,And Remember When They Had The Duke And Dutchess 📽️ Theater At 16th.And Chestnut Street,Zounds Arcade, Space Port,(15th.And Chestnut)Th 😆se Were Great ⏰⏰!!!!
est. 86 here and even I remember that #PHILLY
Hey.We're the same age.I could see the top of the Walt Whitman Bridge from my neighborhood.I could walk to the Spectrum and The Vet Stadium.The Lakes.Close your eyes and click your heels and say;"home."-
God i hate these videos. Don’t get me wrong, they are great, a view into the past, and that’s what’s bothering me. I try hard to stay afloat and live in the present, but these videos bring me back to the time of my life i truly love. So here i go again with another rant about the past and how i long for “the good old times” of mine. Life was so simple back then, life had a meaning, and a purpose. There was no fear you might not come back home that evening, something i fear today. Oh well! I promise once again to stay anchored to what we have today. Good day.
Many memories on the Red Arrow Lines 69th street to Ardmore route my uncles ran both rail and buses for shopping trips with my Mom and Grandmother
My brother's favorite player. Was Richie Ashburn.
My dad took me to the Troc when I was 14 - eye opener for sure!
Born at Thomas Jefferson University here. Birth Class of 74.
Most of the stuff mentioned was gone by the time I came around. 😐
BRING BACK THE AUTOMAT!!!!!
Was that Sally Star riding a horse in the Christmas parade?
Yes, Sir! That's Our Gal Sal! If I wasn't 30 or so years younger than her, I'm sure she would have been my wife! I loved Sally Starr!
Jim Townsend she was a beauty!
Sad Atlantic City. My true heartbreak
I certainly remember then teenagers. My sister went there. Jerry Blavat, was Great!
I miss it too😢
Public safety has been gone for quite a while.
enjoy and cherish your world
david lynch brought me here.
My sisters and I just about lived at Willow Grove Park.
What about the Orpheum in Germantown?
I could be wrong (probably am), but I remember seeing and even stopping into a Horn and Hardart's waaaay back. I was only 4 years old or so as I remember being with my mom coming back from her bowling at Cottman Lanes. It had to be when I was 3-4 since I would have been in kindergarten the following year. I remember it being at or near Castor & Cottman Aves. Like I said, I could be wrong, but I seem to remember seeing the sign there a few years later before Clover and Toys R Us were built. Then again, it could have been up towards the Bustleton stip mall on Cottman. That was many years ago - around 1970.
There were close to 100 locations between Philly and NYC at one point. There are a bunch listed at the bottom of this page, but the list is incomplete.
cardboardamerica.org/2017/01/12/horn-hardart-automats-in-philadelphia/
This page says there was one at Cottman and Large.
oxfordcirclememories.blogspot.com/2009/04/cottman-avenue-from-algon-to-boulevard.html
Its June 2020..
Half the city just got burnt down..
Might need another part to this.l
Karen Byrd Its been destroyed. KAREN
I remember. Uncle whips toy land.
The same uncle whip (wip) my mom used to tell us about on the radio in the 40's or 50's?
It's a real shame that City is so damaged with crime and drugs. 😢
55:35 Bald dude with a ponytail. Before leaving his house he looked in the mirror and said "hell yeah, I look good". Lounge lizard. Open collar, hilarious.
Nice to see brought back lots of great memories, but yes, Pennsylvania as a whole is just one big has been. Almost everything nice is gone.
Memories John Wanamaker's Kitty City Strawbridge & Clothier taking the train Reading Terminal the Pottstown reading Phoenixville
It was "Kiddy" city
@@mrcoz1764 *Kiddie
interesting back then how you'd flap your hand to be waving it
Funny how it hasn't changed at all over the years !
Minneapolis/st Paul has books and tv series called "the lost twin cities"
RIP Geator
Does anyone else remember Stu Naihem as Captain Philadelphia?
I remember bob keesham as captain kangaroo and happy the clown
Delco was much further away from,the city this is way before pen rose bridge Franklin was there
OH MAN .... THAT VOICE WAS GREAT! There was nothing like hearing Mr. Heart calling a game.. Jackson and Dornhoffer were good but not GREAT
I need a time machine real bad
Water fountains - gone. Phone booths - gone. Howard Johnson's (Ho Jo's) - gone. Skateboard parks - where? Affordable housing - gone. K-Mart - gone. Woolworth's - gone. KB Toy Stores - gone. Kiddie City - gone. Eric Theaters - gone. Mom & Pop shops on every neighborhood corner - gone. Vegetable & fruit trucks every Saturday - gone. Fish trucks every Saturday - gone. Sand boxes in playgrounds - gone. Big slides in playgrounds - gone.
Horn & Hardart - gone.
Bandstand - gone
Crime - there
Thank your democratic leaders
Sandboxes and playgrounds wow. One of my very earliest memories I was a preschooler maybe 3-4 years old and I remember this. It was cold we had coats on it was winter and little kids noses run. One little kid in the sandbox had a snot bubble that went in and out every time he breathed and it was covered in sand it was so disgusting. You know you got to do something to gross out a 3 year old bad
33:42 My brother(about age 18) is on the far right, 2nd up from the bottom, clapping... Camera just missed my dad, seated on his left(to the right in pic). We still have the gray folding chairs!
That's awesome! Have you seen that footage before?
The pictures of these worthless old buildings and old recreation areas that are no longer profitable should be torn down and replaced by profitable ventures. For the sobsisters that think its important to hold on to the past, all I have to say, is that I am very glad that some of the locals have taken a progressive attitude toward demolition and have overcome the objections of a small minority of backward thinking people.
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Anyone else notice the devil symbol @4:00 attached to the ceiling in the phillip clip?
Too old for me thanks though!
We should have ferry to jersey
i love doris day
Long live dj Jerry Blabbit
Jerry Blav 👍🏾tt☺️☺️☺️☺️
meat stores with saw dust on the floor....no longer exist
Can everyone here say "Philly!!!!!!!!"
Here's something else that isn't there anymore, the Roosevelt mall. Not the mall I remember it being, if you haven't been to Philadelphia for awhile go ahead and drive by. John wannamakers it ain't.
I used to go listen to the Wanamaker organ every Christmas and watch the light show when I was a kid. Miss it so very much now.
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To those of you who used to live in Phila and have since moved away, I have a couple things to say. First I'd like to say congratulations you made it outta here, Phila is not at all like you remember it, if you cherish those memories stay where you're at. It doesn't even snow here anymore.
I am a former Philly resident. Born and raised. I am in NJ now and very rarely go down. When I do, I do not recognize the old stomping grounds. Sooo sad to see. So many memories now only in photo albums. 😢😢😢
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My dad would only take my brother, not my sisters or I. No girls allowed. Ridiculous!