YOU MIGHT BE FROM NEWARK, NEW JERSEY IF YOU:
1. Have eaten a Jimmy Buff's and loved it.
2. Shopped at Bambergers, Kleins, Ohrbachs, Kresges and Haines.
3. Went "down the shore" on you summer vacation.
4. Went "up the lake" on Sunday afternoons.
5. Been to the feast at least once in your childhood.
6. Know where Olympic Park was.
7. Went to Rye Beach, or Palisades Park or Bear Mountain on your grammer school class trip.
8. You've always wanted to be a Rockette (if you're a girl).
9. You've always wanted to be an outfielder for the New York Yankees (if you're a boy).
10. Knew at least one person who knew Connie Francis.
11. Knew at least one person who knew one member of the Four Seasons.
12. Knew at least one person who knew Frank Sinatra.
13. Knew at least one person that didn't know Jerry Lewis.
14. Thought South Orange was in the mountains.
15. Know what a Ting-a-ling hot dog was.
16. Never went through a summer without real lemon ice.
17. Were never allowed to go to the City Pools because you might get polio.
18. Always went shopping downtown.
19. Knew where to find fresh mozzerella and home-made raviolis and sausage.
20. Think Branch Brook Park and Sacred Heart Cathedral are the eighth and ninth Wonders of the World.
21. Realize that it takes good water to make great beer.
22. Consider anything east of Route 1; south of the airport; north of Bloomfield Avenue and west of the Parkway are not really in New Jersey.
23. Remember the Ragman, the Iceman, The Bleachman, The Tripeman, the Beerman and the Good Humor Man.
24. Still wish you could shop in the dime store on Orange Street or Springfield Avenue.
25. Know that Breyer's made the best ice-cream.
26. Know that Ballantine made the best beer.
27. Know that Tastee made the best bread.
28. Know that Hoffman made the best soda.
29. Know that Prudential made the best insurance.
30. Know that the Jews lived in the Weequahic section; the Italians lived in the North Ward; the Polacks lived down neck and the Irish lived in Vailsburg.
31. Can remember the finest hotels in the world were on Broad Street; the Robert Treat and the Military Park Hotel.
32. Know that the poor people lived in Stephen Crane Village.
33. You knew that only people on welfare went to City Hospital; everyone else went to Saint Michaels; Saint Barnabus, and Presbyterian.
34. Are aware that there was a reservoir on South Orange Avenue.
35. Know what a stoop is.
36. Think that the Adams Theater on Branford Place is bigger and better than Radio City Music Hall.
37. Think The Newark News was the worlds greatest newspaper.
38. Remember the Thanksgiving Day rivalry between Irvington and West Side or between Barringer and East Orange.
39. Know that the building with Abe Lincoln sitting outside is really the Hall of Records.
40. Don't think of citrus when people mention the Oranges.
41. Ordered a hard roll with butter for breakfast.
42. Remember that the Two Guys were from Harrison.
43. Know what a jughandle is.
44. Know that ours is the only "New" State that doesn't require the New (like try Mexico, York, Hampshire; it doesn't work.
45. Consider a corned beef sandwich with lettuce and mayo a sacrilege.
46. Eaten a boardwalk cheesesteak with vinegar fries.
47. Started planning your Memorial Day weekend in February.
48. Never pumped your own gas.
49. Know where down neck is
AND FINALLY:
50. Can actually remember when Newark was a great place to live.
I worked for a plumber named Mike Stefanelli. He rented a garage on 7th Ave, around 3rd St. We used Mr. Dugan's old truck to haul plumbing supplies. It was a biege oversize van, and you could still see the name Dugan if you stared at the paint job. I was in my junior year at Barringer.
One afternoon we were working in the new convent bldg at Orange & Humbolt, remodeling the place. At lunchtime we happened to be leaning out the 3rd fl. window when we noticed a guy sitting on the front stoop. The guy had a pistol in his back pocket, clearly visible from above. One of the guys called the cops, and we kept watching to see what would happen next.
Before long, an unmarked police car pulled to the curb, and a detective got out with his gun drawn. The dirtbag on the stoop reached for the gun in his back pocket, and one of my co-workers knew what to do next.
Seems he was drinking a can of soda and just happened to drop it; it landed squarely on the shitbird's dome.
He was arrested and that was the last we saw of him.
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If you new the guy who worked at the corner liquor store and requested home deliveries in your father's voice.
If your street was belgian block rather than asphalt and you dug up the blocks for the money.
I forgot about the rides....I use to love when they came but only watched everyone else because I would get motion sickness...but it was so exciting when they came..they always stopped right in front of our house.
Wonderful Site! Lived on West Market St., between Fairmont & Littleton till age 10 (1954). Family moved to East Orange, but, blessedly close to Orange St. which became my favorite place in 1960! Best movie theatre, The Tivoli; best diner, Bodholt's; best street-corner singers; All of them!; best CYO, St. Rose's; Best priest running a CYO, Father Flusk.
To Amedeo, "Turkey", Ernie, Paul, Dickie, Cecelia, Cathy, Liz, Jeanette, Joyce, Billy, Tack, Baby Doll and many others ... Thanks for the memories. To the founder of this site ... Bless You!
ginny,
seem to recall baby doll was a guy. think he was a year ahead of me at sussex ave
anyone else remember driving through south orange around christmas to see the great house decorations, especially on wyoming ave. the president of suburban propane lived there and used to have two enormous candles on his lawn with real flames
The estate where the christmas lights where belonged to Mark Anton the owner of propane gas company.It was located at the corner of Northfield road and Gregory avenue in west orange.And baby doll was a guy who went to sussex ave,school.
