Hey Mookie, By any chance did you go to St Michaels or Hedges in the 50's?
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A fellow supervisor that I worked with at American Can lost his sister in that Green Hornet fire. His name was Jimmy Mennite. I have a photo from the paper on that disaster.
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As a kid we felt special that someone would operate our elevator. LOL
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RCA Records on 48th and Ashland
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When the red street cars were replaced with the green hornets my Dads friend (Tom) was a driver and he gave me his metal trolly tag with his Number that was placed on the outside of the trolly. I still have it and a few of the transfers that were used back then. Good old days.
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It's amazing that someone else knows something about Claussens Pickle Farm. I grew up at Oakley Playground across the street from the farm. We played in their fields and when the city built the reservoir on 50th street they put all the dirt on the farm. The hill was a couple blocks long and back then it felt just as high. We would ride our bikes down the hill. Fly our kites from the top and sled r
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How about the table game basketball played with a small ping pong ball shot from a spring loaded hole that you would push when the ball was in the hole. It depended on how much force you pushed.
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I would think anyone into old cars or the memories your car brought to you while growing up in the 50's 60's in Chicago sometime in your life span you would read through the Hemmings Motor Book. Talking about Old Popular Mechanics and Popular Science books I still have around 50 books from the early 40's - 60's. I'll look through them every so often. Brings back many memories of the good old days
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My next car I just had to have. I traded my 1975 Monte Carlo for a 1973 Mark IV Brown on Matelic Brown, all brown leather seats and as you know Marks are fully loaded. I owned a hot dog vendor business with three mobile trucks at the time and my mechanic owned the Mark so it was in excellent condition. This is one of the many cars I should have kept...
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Growing up in the YARDS we had many street cars down 51st, Western Ave, Ashland you name it. I still remember the old red cars with a sand box for when the tracks were covered with ice.
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Goldblats on 47 & Ashland had a old elevetor. They always had someone operating the elevator for their customers. Brabecs on 51st and Damen had a dump waiter LOL.
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Hi Guys, I'm back with my saga of cars that I had over the last 54years of driving since I was sixteen. My next car, the 8th that I purchased new was a 1975 Burnt orange Monte Carlo with all white interior, white leather top, white pin stripe and Vogue tire a real p--p car LOl. My next post I'll tell you what I traded it for one year later. Happy motoring!!!!!!
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Let's hear from all the car nuts out there in Chicagoland................
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Keep posting................
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keep posting.....................
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It is funny that someone would mention wooden block alleys. The American Can Co. on 61st and Western had all wooden block floors throughout the plant especially the upper floors.
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When you find out let me know.
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Posted by: Richard Stachowski (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net) Date: January 02, 2016 08:10AM Was Oakley park behind the pumping station or near 51st st. ? Rich, Oakley Playground was right on 51st one bloch South of Roger Casper Hideaway formerly Town Club Tavern Markbasile, When I went to St Michaels in the 50's we didn't have a rink. Most of the skating parties where at St Joe &am
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Both games had vibrators that would move the players down the field until the defensvie player would touch the player with the football. The baseball game would move the player to each base depending on how far the ball was hit and where.
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We had a research lab in Barrington, IL. Headquarters on Bryn Meyer Ave. Northside of Chicago
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In the 60's we hung around a small dive south of Motor World Hotel and restaurant on 53rd & Pulaski. They had pin ball machines. It was kind of a hide a way for us after bowling at Marzano's
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Another game that we played during the football season was Electric Football table game. I still have that one and Electric Baseball. They were both popular in the 50's 60's
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My brother and I played for Oakley Playground in the 50's and another park we would travel to was Murray Park amongest many in the Chicago area.
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I remember my parents supported/pledge building a rec/social center for St Michaels and my brother and I never had a chance to use it. Is it still there?
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Oakley Park was our hang out in the 50's, however going to St Michaels in the 50's we made Cornell our second home playing softball, football, swimming and girls. LOL
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Rich, you have a great memory.
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Vito & Nicks is the best.
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Vito & Nicks is the best. They use to bring us pizzas at Bullwinkles Lounge on Monday nights back in the Disco days of the 70's.
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Vito & Nicks was good. They use to bring us pizzas at Bullwinkles Lounge on Monday nights back in the Disco days of the 70's.
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I remember back in the early 50's when I was around seven and I went to the dime store on 51st and Damen to buy a plastic Baby Jesus for my Moms manger. I paid .10 cents. 30 years later we found out that I actually had two Baby Jesus's stuck together. I would call that a two for one sale. LOL
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