What has disappeared from the Jersey landscape ?
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The outdoor cages at anchor golf land in east hanover
Buster Brown shoes
Lechters Houseware...in virtually every mall
Chess King
County Seat
Florsheim Shoes
Kitty City
Kaybee Toys
Hobby Shop
any pet store in mall
Ballys Fitness/Jack La Lane in malls
Hot Dog on A Stick
Bavarian Pretzel
Le Gourmet Chef
WCTC Round Robin Football on Thankgiving
Lechters Houseware...in virtually every mall
Chess King
County Seat
Florsheim Shoes
Kitty City
Kaybee Toys
Hobby Shop
any pet store in mall
Ballys Fitness/Jack La Lane in malls
Hot Dog on A Stick
Bavarian Pretzel
Le Gourmet Chef
WCTC Round Robin Football on Thankgiving
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I grew up in Riverdale and my first job was at Suntan Lake. The Suntan Jams were great and someone else mentioned Bullwinkles which I used to walk to.
Who's old enough to remember Fantasy Island amusement park in Beach Haven when they used to have a dirt lot and the old "robot" made of junk cars at the entrance?
What year? I guess you worked for Van and knew Arthur the cook for the Paige family?
omg record stores in mall...record stores anywhere...so sad
Record Town
Record World
Wall to Wall
Sam Goody
B Dalton Books
Waldenbooks
Borders
Suncoast Video
Structure
Kenny Rogers Roasters
Record Town
Record World
Wall to Wall
Sam Goody
B Dalton Books
Waldenbooks
Borders
Suncoast Video
Structure
Kenny Rogers Roasters
Great Gorge Ski Area.
My Dad would close up the pharmacy at 10pm Fri night, pack us in the motor home drive up and park in the lot. Great times. Except when they had that Curtiss-Wright jet engine they used for snow making running. Made a heck of a racket!!
My Dad would close up the pharmacy at 10pm Fri night, pack us in the motor home drive up and park in the lot. Great times. Except when they had that Curtiss-Wright jet engine they used for snow making running. Made a heck of a racket!!
I lived across the street from Somogyis at 125 some rest street. I still use speakers from Hi fi Haven bought about 28 years ago.
No comment on the Showcase.
Here's something I DON'T miss: smoking "sections" on airplanes.
As a kid I sat with my dad in a non-smoking section one row behind a smoking one. LULZ!
PS: I'm a former smoker too, but at that age it was completely overwhelming and between the smoke and turbulence made for a very unpleasant flight.
As a kid I sat with my dad in a non-smoking section one row behind a smoking one. LULZ!
PS: I'm a former smoker too, but at that age it was completely overwhelming and between the smoke and turbulence made for a very unpleasant flight.
Palace Amusements in Asbury Park. $2 movies at the Neptune City movie theater. Saw the original Dawn of The Dead there. Seaview Square Cinemas. My young 8 year old mind was blown when I saw Star Wars there for the first time.
Somerville drive in?
Great eastern
. Concadora (sp?) front street in Plainfield. James Bond at Liberty theatre. Strand.
Ice skating on frozen ponds.
There was a shooting range in scotch plains I think. Forget the name.
Bowcraft amusement (sp?) Is that still there?Huston lumber
. Watchung lake club.
Wagner farms.
Milk delivered.
Wagon bumps on mountain roads.
Winstons
. Oconnors.
All you can eat clams at hojo's.
Bridge water east and west.
Hoffmanns deli.
Great eastern
. Concadora (sp?) front street in Plainfield. James Bond at Liberty theatre. Strand.
Ice skating on frozen ponds.
There was a shooting range in scotch plains I think. Forget the name.
Bowcraft amusement (sp?) Is that still there?Huston lumber
. Watchung lake club.
Wagner farms.
Milk delivered.
Wagon bumps on mountain roads.
Winstons
. Oconnors.
All you can eat clams at hojo's.
Bridge water east and west.
Hoffmanns deli.
Was thinking about Little Teddy's just the other day. Where has the time gone?
Are you from EB? I vaguely remember that drive-in. How about:
Ice skating on the pond in front of the library
Smith Apple Orchard (now a Toll Brothers development)
China Moon on Ryders Lane
Victoria Station by the mall
I am originally from EB and remember all those as lived in Windsor Park behind the McDonald's on Race Track Rd and 18 ....Back in the day Late 60's early 70's there was a bar on Ryders Ln & Salt Meadow Rd that used to give us "under aged" HS FB & BB players drinks in a plastic container that we would take to party's or back to the HS to drink. Also there was a turkey farm when I was growing up were Brunswick Square Mall was built and on the other side of 18 was an open field were all the kids in the "hood " would play FB BB after rounding up the kids..........
I remember when I was little, their honey combs with the fake bees in the glass table tops always used to scare the bejeezus out of me.
Best record store I ever went to: Cheap Thrills in New Brunswick
Not in NJ, but in Phila: 3rd Street Jazz--unreal selection of every genre.
Jerry & Joe's in Willingboro----my favorite hoagies ever....plus the barrel with pickles, where you reached in and picked your own.
Not in NJ, but in Phila: 3rd Street Jazz--unreal selection of every genre.
Jerry & Joe's in Willingboro----my favorite hoagies ever....plus the barrel with pickles, where you reached in and picked your own.
Just went past it tonight going to a HS graduation.. Same colors, but now is Billy' s Famous Root Beer. Nice looking place to stop.
Can't place Bullwinkles, but sounds so familiar. Was it on RT 23 North or by Slaters Mill ?
Meyers Brothers was the Big Toy store in NB on Church St. Only place for real toys, bikes, pool tables, etc.
All great. P J Youngs was the upscale dept store in NB. Paper stands in the RRStations. Is the Wooden Nickle still in North Brunswick ?
