I love this!! Someone just sent it to me….my first car was a ‘59 chevy convertible and I grew up in Park Ridge and I remember Maine South had parades….I went to a girls school in Des Plaines St Pats. ‘69..Been here in Palatine since ‘80 whoever shot this video thank you ! I am on historical society and beautification commission and this is fabulous! Pat Moore Fluhler
Bruce, only someone who grew up in Palatine during the time of this video could understand how much of a tragedy it was. The Shoppe’s fire was also sad. But the day the Ben burned down was the day Palatine died. We lost 3 firemen, one of which was Mr. Wilson, the beloved owner of the Ben. I got off the Northwestern train from the city that evening, saw the fire, stood on the train platform and wept. Our home town was never the same after that.
It appears that the whole line of buildings where the parade was filmed passing has been razed, and is now a parking lot. A quick shot of Slade St. shows most of those buildings still standing. I grew up in Bensenville, and we lost a couple blocks of our downtown to “modernization” in the 1980s. Sad.
In what year did the Ben Franklin burn down? Nobody seems to know. I lived in Palatine for nearly 31 years starting in the early 1990s. I always thought the downtown area was a bit lacking in terms of older buildings in comparison to the downtown of Park Ridge where I grew up. Perhaps that fire and the buildings it destroyed partly helps explain this.
Three volunteer firefighters from the Palatine Fire Department were killed on February 23, 1973, while trying to extinguish the blaze at the Ben Franklin Variety Store downtown Palatine. What a loss it was. I was serving in Iran in the Peace Corps when it happened and got the news there. I was in the first Wm. Fremd graduating class in 1968.
I remember this homecoming parade - especially the float with the pirate ship. I think the boat they used for the ship belonged to the Beagle family. Neat memory.
This reminds me of the Maid of the Mist Parade’s here in Niagara Falls NY in the 1960’s and summer of 1968 I was in that years Maid of Mist Parade with my Boy Scout Troop 836 from St. Joseph’s Church ⛪️ 14th Street (Tranalone Street now) & Pine Avenue I still remember our Troop Song 🎶 We are the Boy’s from Troop 36 You bring the Whiskey 🥃 We’ll bring the Chick’s 🐣 🐣 Send the Tenderfoot out for Beer 🍻 and don’t let the sober Scout Master In !!!! That’s all Folk’s
Yeah, someone seemed very much interested in the brunette who drove the black Buick... so much so that they risked driving while operating an 8mm camera. I assume it was an 8mm, as so many of them were. I remember at least one shirt box full of reels at my house.
@@19king14 No, I wouldn't think they'd still exist. However, if they do and I'm able to return there someday to have a rummage around, I'll know where to send them.
I love this!! Someone just sent it to me….my first car was a ‘59 chevy convertible and I grew up in Park Ridge and I remember Maine South had parades….I went to a girls school in Des Plaines St Pats. ‘69..Been here in Palatine since ‘80 whoever shot this video thank you ! I am on historical society and beautification commission and this is fabulous! Pat Moore Fluhler
Wow Was that a Chevy Belaire or Impala?
Hi AUNTIE TRISH!!! LOVE YOU!!!
Thanks for the upload my parents and my brother are in this video watching the parade. Amazing find
Love this video ... I visited Palatine with farmers who had a farm on Dundee Rd in the 1950's.
This is the town where I grew up. I was around 12 when this was filmed. The day the Ben Franklin burned much later was a city tragedy.
Bruce, only someone who grew up in Palatine during the time of this video could understand how much of a tragedy it was. The Shoppe’s fire was also sad. But the day the Ben burned down was the day Palatine died. We lost 3 firemen, one of which was Mr. Wilson, the beloved owner of the Ben. I got off the Northwestern train from the city that evening, saw the fire, stood on the train platform and wept. Our home town was never the same after that.
@@galechicago325 Indeed.
It appears that the whole line of buildings where the parade was filmed passing has been razed, and is now a parking lot. A quick shot of Slade St. shows most of those buildings still standing.
I grew up in Bensenville, and we lost a couple blocks of our downtown to “modernization” in the 1980s. Sad.
In what year did the Ben Franklin burn down? Nobody seems to know. I lived in Palatine for nearly 31 years starting in the early 1990s. I always thought the downtown area was a bit lacking in terms of older buildings in comparison to the downtown of Park Ridge where I grew up. Perhaps that fire and the buildings it destroyed partly helps explain this.
Three volunteer firefighters from the Palatine Fire Department were killed on February 23, 1973, while trying to extinguish the blaze at the Ben Franklin Variety Store downtown Palatine.
What a loss it was. I was serving in Iran in the Peace Corps when it happened and got the news there. I was in the first Wm. Fremd graduating class in 1968.
I remember this homecoming parade - especially the float with the pirate ship. I think the boat they used for the ship belonged to the Beagle family. Neat memory.
Great video thank's 👍
This reminds me of the Maid of the Mist Parade’s here in Niagara Falls NY in the 1960’s and summer of 1968 I was in that years Maid of Mist Parade with my Boy Scout Troop 836 from St. Joseph’s Church ⛪️ 14th Street (Tranalone Street now) & Pine Avenue
I still remember our Troop Song 🎶
We are the Boy’s from Troop 36
You bring the Whiskey 🥃
We’ll bring the Chick’s 🐣 🐣
Send the Tenderfoot out for Beer 🍻 and don’t let the sober Scout Master In !!!!
That’s all Folk’s
Yeah, someone seemed very much interested in the brunette who drove the black Buick... so much so that they risked driving while operating an 8mm camera. I assume it was an 8mm, as so many of them were. I remember at least one shirt box full of reels at my house.
Might you still have those reels of films?
@@19king14 No, I wouldn't think they'd still exist. However, if they do and I'm able to return there someday to have a rummage around, I'll know where to send them.
@@miketype1each Thanks. I hope you can find them!
Yeah, creepy enough to follow her home. But it is not weird in the 1960s
@@mppetrikas4919 It may be that the brunette was known to the camera operator. I'm assuming that's the case.
Stalking your favorite lady
Why were all these people Camera shy? They were All Handsome and Pretty