Eagle Rock Diner - Is that the one from the Great Smoke Out movie from Eagle Rock, Iowa ?
What has disappeared from the Jersey landscape ?
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Use to play pickup games with John, not Kristen at St Peter's outdoor courts. Also, visited him at N. Mexico while on active duty in Colorado. Amazing scorer for his size and always got fouled 10-15 times every game. His games with Brian Taylor (Perth Amboy) were must see !
As the Statler Bros song goes - flat tops, sock hops, Studebaker, Pepsi please - Do you remember these ?
Old Good Humor trucks with white uniforms
Ice boxes
Coal bins in the basement
milk in glass bottles with cream on top
Balsa wood gliders with propeller and rubber bands
Wooden wiffle ball bats
Funballs wrapped with duct tape to last longer. Flew straight
D+R Canal behind RU dorms and J+J
Arnold Constable by State Theater, Livingston Ave (1st big dept store after Young' s
Channel
Burger Chef
Kendall Park skating rink
Victory Cab Co (by RR Station)
Drug stores with soda fountains and egg crepes
Coke syrup for upset stomach from Easton Spa/Sandy' /Warren's
Otto' s (Stone and Wychoff) Home of the roll-burger
Patty's take out seafood on Friday nights
Hadley and North Brunswick airports
Christmas time in downtown NB as a kid
Railway Express on Jersey Ave
City sweeper and water truck
And many many more not remembered.
Old Good Humor trucks with white uniforms
Ice boxes
Coal bins in the basement
milk in glass bottles with cream on top
Balsa wood gliders with propeller and rubber bands
Wooden wiffle ball bats
Funballs wrapped with duct tape to last longer. Flew straight
D+R Canal behind RU dorms and J+J
Arnold Constable by State Theater, Livingston Ave (1st big dept store after Young' s
Channel
Burger Chef
Kendall Park skating rink
Victory Cab Co (by RR Station)
Drug stores with soda fountains and egg crepes
Coke syrup for upset stomach from Easton Spa/Sandy' /Warren's
Otto' s (Stone and Wychoff) Home of the roll-burger
Patty's take out seafood on Friday nights
Hadley and North Brunswick airports
Christmas time in downtown NB as a kid
Railway Express on Jersey Ave
City sweeper and water truck
And many many more not remembered.
Yep. Used to cut through there in the mornings when I was running late senior year at Wayne Hills.
There will probably be more, but thanks to all to remember what I forgot.
Everyone has childhood memories that are their own to keep and are unforgettable. A fun time no matter what your age might be.
Everyone has childhood memories that are their own to keep and are unforgettable. A fun time no matter what your age might be.
Great Delmonico Steaks, always the same quality and free pickles and slaw !
Daffy Dan's and Vogel's Records both in Elizabeth. The clubs in Newark and East Orange I used to frequent.
Flemington Fair Speedway - dirt track modified stock car racing at "Modified Country USA".
Pellet Records - old out of print records and bootlegs upstairs on the square in Morristown.
Pellet Records - old out of print records and bootlegs upstairs on the square in Morristown.
Don't remember 78s but I was shopping for rock and they had lots of bootleg LPs and out of print albums. Back then I considered 20 year old records from the sixties as old!
There was one in Chatham Twp./Greenvillage back in the day. My brother and I almost nailed a Big Bux. Banannas got us. Loved that place. Down the street from the baseball fields. Closed around '83 if I recall.
Yeah, too bad. It closed during the 90s i think. Great charbroiled burgers, dogs, onion rings and gravy fries.
Don't have time to search for this, but if nobody posted it yet, the "Things that aren't there anymore - Central Jersey Edition" FB page has some awesome stuff like this. I'm assuming there are pages like this for other areas/regions, too. It's a closed group, so you need to join to post - anyone should be able to view it though.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TTATACentralNJ/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TTATACentralNJ/
Now they're even older. My grandmother had some old German records about 1/8 " thick and I probably have some bee-bops from the mid 50' s. A little before 45' s that required the insert on the turntable until HiFi took over.
The Latin Quarter in Cherry Hill had some great big name shows if you won at the races. Saw Helen Reedy in her payday.
There is a hot dog/burger place in Wanaque on Ringwood Ave called the Lantern that use to be Twin Falls hot dogs. Don't know if that is related, but it has been there for awhile. Free pickles, relish, onions and hot peppers. Also sell ice cream.
I assume you meant Latin Casino (which eventually became Emerald City a venue for cool punk/alternative music for a few years). And Helen Reddy and heyday...
Do you remember the name of the ice cream store near River Ave in Califon ? Looked something like a general store from the gold rush era.
Art Stock's Birch Hill
Colonel's Garter in South Amboy
Mr. Dee's Hot Dogs
The Bedroom in Morgan
Colonel's Garter in South Amboy
Mr. Dee's Hot Dogs
The Bedroom in Morgan
It's interesting how these hot dog joints closed and then reappeared with the "heritage" name, even if they had different owners. I think the original Falls View in Paterson closed around 1985. It was awesome. Some years later (early '90s, I guess), someone resurrected the name and opened a new Falls View on Newark-Pompton Turnpike in Pequannock. Different owners, supposedly the same recipe. Who knows; it seemed different to me, though still pretty good. They then expanded into these other locations, one of which was that one on Ringwood Ave. I had heard that it was gone, and now that you mention it, I did also hear that a new Lantern opened up there. In fact, now that you mention it, @batts, I rememeber the Totowa Lantern closing, because my buddy and I made a stop there from out of area to get one more in. That was about 2002 or so. Shame... I have no idea if the new Lantern is run by the old Lantern folks.
I went there three or four times as a kid. I believe the last time was 1980. My Dad was VP of sales for a large company back in the day. Great place for big meetings. How times have changed.
How about being able to go just about anywhere in the state and get a good slice of pizza? I really miss that. Now, it's hit or miss... mostly miss.
