Posted by Bruce Jacobs on August 09, 1999 at 22:08:33:
In Reply to: Re: Memory Test posted by Ellen J. Shalat on May 14, 1999 at 17:54:12:
: : I remember hitchhiking to Rockaway Beach so so so many times, how stupid were we????
: : : : I believe the last dairy farm was on Wortman past Ashford towards the industrial section. My friend Frank Robidas used to be a pasturizer there. Do you remember when the horses got out and were wandering down Linden Blvd??
: : : : : Who reemmbers the last dairy farm in Brooklyn that was at the corner of Vermont and Stanley. It was owned by the Wenk family? Also, does anyone remember a horse corral that was within walking distance of the Projects? I have a vague (very!) memory of riding ponies in the area in 1958 - 1959. Lastly - remember the milk machines and a quart only cost 25 cents!!
: : : I remember that dairy farm!
: : : I lived at 187 Wortman Ave. and as I walked towards Linden Blvd, I could catch a "whiff" of REAL cows! I also remember junk yard dogs, trampolines, the seltzer man, and walking in the snow to TJHS from Linden Blvd because every bus passed me by. I remember hitching to Rockaway Beach.
: I hitch hiked to Rockaway with you and Mona Hauptman, Janice Geerer, Gail Workman, Marsha WEiss, I certainly do recall the dairy - Joyce Spearman and Harriet Stolzenberg lived in the buildings across the street. Do you also recall the park we walked by on the way to ps 213?
Ellen: I remember all that you have mentioned. I
use to live in your building on the 4th floor, 4E
two floors directly below Bruce Gilbert and I remember that you also lived on the 6th floor and had a crush on BG. You also had a brother and life was much simpler then. Everyone should remember the farms because that is where we would get tomatoes from to throw at the buses. I also remember everyone mentioned above. Hope all is well with you.....
Bruce