Small world. I hung out at Caspers in the 70's and I know Little Eddies because I worked at Rex TV at 6011 s Pulaski from 1965 to 1987.
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I was there in the early 50's Lived across Cornell Park on Wolcott. Had hot dog stand on NW corner of 51st & wolcott.
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In the 50's cornell square was fillid with fans. There were four fields an sometimes a game at each one. I served hot dogs at the NW corner of 51st & wolcott.
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Anybody from St Cyril's school or church at 50th & Hrmitage?
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I think it was the 4813 just east of the alton hotel. I worked at western in the 50's.
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I lived at 4630 s francisco fom 1960 to 1997 and did TV service all that time.
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How about an approximate address? That would explaine it all.T
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nordsider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wasn't there a small picnic grove, and perhaps > also called the Polonia Grove, located at the > southwest corner of Archer Avenue and Narragansett > Avenue, at the end of 55th Street? Polonia Grove is still at Drake & Archer ave.
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rjmachon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Richard, is this your old shop at 4344 South > Archer? > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/yochicago1/390252223 Sorry it was 4388 s archer. My mistake,
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rjmachon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Richard, is this your old shop at 4344 South > Archer? YES IT WAS. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/yochicago1/390252223
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I did on street view but could't find it.
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Dunning1 Wrote: I was on 4344 s archer HOME T ------------------------------------------------------- > Looking at that block, on that side of the street, > in 1971, we have the following listing: > 4300-Square Deal Building & Heating Supply House > Inc > 4308-Chicago Public Library > 4312-Standard Television Service > 4328-Matthew's Supreme Homemade Sausage S
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My TV shop was at 4388 s Archer in the 80's & 90's Home TV SErvice
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Pudgee was my buddy Larry's little sister. Pudgee married Dutch (Richard Graborek) but got devorced some years later.He was found dead in a gulch in Arizona from what I was told. She later had a stroke and lost her voice. Her daughter in on face book cooney kuhnhofer. We may have been talking about the same family. .Pudgee hung with Barb also.Well I'm sure there was only one Pudgee in the neihb
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I knew the kennedy girls who live on 51st street between Hermitage and Paulina, That was across the alley from the banquet hall on the north side of the street. Sisters I remember were Sandy, Barbara and Maryann . My friend Stanley married Sandy and his brother Frank married Barbara. I knew them well and thier families.
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Will check it out.
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I lived there in the 50's untill 1957 so we may know each other. What was your girlfriend's name? Remember Leo's Castle' I went to ss. cyrils school .
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From what I see the "L" is still there. I just saw it when we went to the Conservitory. It's and old fashion type of depot.
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Thanks I will look it up on street view.
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Very interesting. What was it's addrress on Prairie? I have always been interested about prairie avenue.
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That building housed a lot of single older men as I can remember.
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Ford City Drive in the 50's.
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I lived at 50th & Wolcott in the 50's across from Cornell park and hung around 48th & Hermitage and the park with the rebels at times, That was a different world then.
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I thought it was always the Green Mill. I knew a few intertainers who played there. I has tunnels that go all the way from it's basement to the Arogon Ball Room what I saw on channell 11. It is a historic place.
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I and my company(Rex Service co) serviced all thier TV's on the floor and ones they sold in costomer's homes.
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b.a.hoarder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > locoengineer Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I grew up near the Kool-Aid factory----what a > > sweet smell when the wind blew a certain way! > > Otherwise we were stuck with the aromas of > > Nabisco...... > > Growing up near Archer
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I know he park but can't remember the resturant you mentioned. What street was it on and what side of the park? My daughter lived in the trailer park and worked at playland back in the 70's.
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I worked on the 2nd floor on 22nd st. I was in crossbar wiring & testing. Boss was Smitty and Powlak. !955 to 1958.
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Are you all talking about houses built on the back of the lot? There are houses all over like that so it's not odd to see it. I lived in one myself.
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There are still some unused outhouses in Oak Lawn usd as tool sheds. There was an out house on 35th & honore back in the 70's . I don't know if it was being used.
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