Atlantic City Memory Lane

Submitted by Anubis from Las Vegas. Entered on March 11, 2010
"My thoughts - an an adult I can agree/disagree or ignore your comments. Regardless of which I do, I appreciate ALL comments and want to see them. I have learned a lot based on the comments here and want to see that continue (even when I don't agree with them). The important thing is to see what other people think, the good, bad, and ugly. " Edit Entry

Submitted by frankie d from . Entered on March 11, 2010
"Sorry ladies and gentelman, guess i should mind my own buisness. wont happen again. all in love, of the city and my personal memories." Edit Entry

Submitted by Anubis from Las Vegas. Entered on March 11, 2010
"Maybe Judy Gilmore is correct that Inlet/Ducktown kids were more "organized" in that they all knew each other and played/worked together. Chelsea was more isolated small groups that didn't really have all that much contact (my opinion). Regardless, one of the main things I remember was being able to go anywhere in AC and not have any problems, and I do mean anywhere. I certainly am not aware of any feuds between various sections of the city. Actually, as anywhere, there were a few kids in Chelsea (could name names but no reason to) that seemed to enjoy harassing the neighborhood kids without a need to go another section of town. Normal kid stuff, nothing really bad. Remember the mythical "Water Rats"?" Edit Entry

Submitted by ernest kuhl from michigan. Entered on March 11, 2010
"Sorry Judy, did not intend any harm. And as for frankie from ducktown, lets not get stupid. Just wondering if there were any kids that chime in on this site I might know. Oh amd I walked through your area of ac many times. If fact I lived in the village back when. Never had any trouble. take care" Edit Entry

Submitted by frankie distef from va . Entered on March 11, 2010
"angus, judy, girls.......can I believe my ears? There seems to be a small up rise of the old ducktown/chelsea fued in judys last opinion. :> OHHHHHH! far be it from me to even think about starting a fued with chelsea. why this duck town boy would never think about that. We were good boys! mind our own buisness! All we asked for is that non duck town folks would kindly stay on atlantic avenue while traveling north and south in the city. Al though there were a couple of folks that had to come through artic and mississippi to start some crap.I remember Hitler from northfield came through in their parents vehicles, about four or five cars , to wage war their cars did not look the same when they hy tailed it out of there, not to mention the injuries they sustained.LOL LOL LOL LOL." Edit Entry

Submitted by Judy Gilmore from Boston. Entered on March 11, 2010
"My maiden name is Gilmore. " Edit Entry

Submitted by mikejohnsonrules from USA. Entered on March 11, 2010
"Hello. My wife and I bought our house about 6 months ago. It was a foreclosure and we were able to get a great deal on it. We also took advantage of the 8K tax credit so that definitely helped. We did an extensive remodeling job and now I want to refinance to cut the term to a 20 or 15 year loan. Does anyone know any good sites for mortgage information? Thanks! Mike" Edit Entry

Submitted by enrest kuhl from michigan. Entered on March 10, 2010
"Judy Gilmore, did you use to hang with Carol Corkhill etc ant the skateing rink in ventnor? Was your maiden name Law?" Edit Entry

Submitted by Shannon Vincent from Utah. Entered on March 10, 2010
"I was just wondering if anyone had any information on a candy shop that was located on Pennsylvania Ave and Boardwalk in the 1930's? My husbands great grandfather owned a candy store named Southern Sweet Shop. It was at that address and his name was Charles Southern (changed from Tripician) We are looking for any information about Charles, the store or his family. " Edit Entry

Submitted by Anubis from Las Vegas. Entered on March 10, 2010
"Here is an old one but maybe someone that visits here has more info. Up until 1929 what was called "National Currency" was issued. The bank notes (currency) looked quite similar to regular US currency but had the bank charter number and name printed on them. Listed below are the banks in the AC area and charter numbers that issued National Currency. My question is where some of these banks were located, specifically what bank was located in the Embassy Theater building at New York and Atlantic Ave and what bank was located in the building where Trench's Neptune Inn was later located (Chelsea National Bank?)? This is all ancient history but perhaps someone has more info. 2527 / Atlantic City / Atlantic City National Bank, 3621 / Atlantic City / Second National Bank, 4420 / Atlantic City / Union National Bank, 5884 / Atlantic City / Chelsea National Bank, 6508 / Pleasantville / First National Bank, 8800 / Atlantic City / Boardwalk National Bank, 10248 / Ventnor City, Atlantic City / Ventnor City National Bank, 10823 / Absecon / First National Bank, 12510 / Pleasantville / Pleasantville National Bank, 12886 / Atlantic City / Pacific Avenue National Bank, 14289 / Pleasantville / Mainland National Bank. As you can see (and this list may not be complete) there were surely a lot of banks in the AC area circa 1929 and many went under during the depression. " Edit Entry

Submitted by Anubis from Las Vegas. Entered on March 10, 2010
"Hello Frankie Distef. I think they used to set up showers on the fire plugs by each fire house in the summer. There certainly was one at the fire house at Annapolis and Atlantic and pretty sure there was one at California and Atlantic. Wonder if they still do this?" Edit Entry

Submitted by frankie distef from va.. Entered on March 10, 2010
"anubis hi. i was raised on chelsea ave and brighton ave. born on mississippi ave. I remember as I grew I hung with rockys son dino castellani, matty finestone, my brother tommy hooked up with mary valotti. her dad was supposed to be a very influential man. remember super subs Idont think any one named that sub shop. how about the shower head on the corner of the fire house where you could rinse off. my mom let me drive to my aunt elaines house on weymouth ave. back there on that street on the bay every time we went to my aunts house.A 1962 ford falcon. My Mom is phyllis affriseo.Elaine married one of the leeds brothers, Richard. tommy was his bro.her first husband was carl hupperich worked at previties meats on missouri. they called rebel. died in a bad car crash in a previty delivery truck. I begged my mom to let me go with him. she wouldnt let me go cause he was too wild. " Edit Entry

Submitted by Judy Gilmore from Boston. Entered on March 10, 2010
"Class of 62 from Stenton Place. I think the Inlet and Duck Town kids were more organized as a group then Chelsea. Judy Gilmore" Edit Entry

Submitted by Anubis from Las Vegas. Entered on March 9, 2010
"Mr. Kuhl raises an interesting point: Where are all the Chelsea kids? It seems to me the majority of contributors here are from the Inlet and Ducktown areas for some reason. Where are the people that attended Richmond Ave school? Two names from the past just popped into my head: Helen Rouse was the Richmond principal and Edith Rome the school secretary in the late 40's and early 50's. Sadly, Richmond Ave school has now joined ACHS and Central Jr High as gone." Edit Entry

Submitted by Ernest B. Kuhl from michigan. Entered on March 8, 2010
"Interesting reading others experiences. It would be nice if others put in the time frames they are speaking about. All my previous inputs were from 1943 through 1967. Anybody out there a 62 grad of achs? Where is all the chelsea kids? " Edit Entry

Submitted by frankie destef from va. beach, va.. Entered on March 8, 2010
"Remember walking to the beach as a kid every summer, and sooner or later, because we most likely had no shoes and just a towel, you get up to the boards and pick up a freakin splinter the size of a straight pin? I hated when that happened. How about looking for loose change under the boardwalk that fell through the cracks around the stands that sold sausage or pizza,etc. I remember cutting my right foot on a curved piece of broken bottle in the middle of my foot from one side to the other. The life gaurd stands were on that cut real quick. the life guard stands. the refreshing fresh water spicket to get a drink when you were thirsty. how about playng that "cut the cake", dare game. build a mound of sand, put a popsicle stick in the top, slice away a bit of sand until someone made the stick fall. the fun part was to do something suggested by the guys. my favorite was running fast through the sand toward a couple of girls with lotion on their backs while they tanned laying on their stomach, and kicking up sand all over the place. well you know sand and lotion dont mix. it was GREAT!!! The jelly fish in the water sucked. The clams that gathered about20 to 30 ft into the water sucked. how about that one clam or crab that always seemed to nip the side of your foot. body surf? no one on the coast could truly body sirf like the AC kids. My brother tommy and I body surfed "The Wedge" in newport beach, Calif. there was no puttin your hands in a praying position with your head and face down in the water like the shubees. Hell, my sister linda without a doubt could out body surf any guy in the water. Oh one other thing about the secrets under the boardwalk. It was great for looking up ladies dresses. ;) " Edit Entry

Submitted by frankie distef from va.. Entered on March 7, 2010
"Sorry woody about the acid hill thing. it was meant for tommy d. tommy my mom shopped at hy mallins too. wasent he located around gordons ally? gordons might be the other place you r trying to remember. by the way my bro and sis and i had to be the best dressed on easter or my mom wouldnt have it. i remember the cardigan jacket we had one year when the beatles hit the states. john lennon came to trenches neptune while they sung in the convention hall to have dinner and pop came home with an autograph for me and my brother. it read," Best wishes frank distef, john lennon." Kelly, whats up? did you mention the phase 2 on va. ave? owned by max who had a karate school on the corner of stenton Pl. and atlantic. how about grandma beady mike pestritto on drums? 14 drums and 15 cymbles. he played on everything he could one night all the way out the front door into the street and we all followed him. on the guitar was phil his partner. i grew up with mike off chelsea ave. when he got his first set of drums." Edit Entry

Submitted by frankie distef from va.. Entered on March 7, 2010
"Ricky I remember working funland. didn't you get me the job? i learned to juggle small stacks of coupons at the pokino games. i think it was bobby martino who taught me. al's nephew or something. to this day I can still try to stick my arm up the tube to unclick the balls for free games on the skill ball machines. remember that? YO! woody wats up bro. I heard a story that goes back maybe a little bit earlier than 1816 or around that time. We all know the ocean air has a magical healing power, so folks would bring their ill stricken relatives to the boards in a wheel chair to capture that healing power in the ocean air. the idea of the chair may have come from this story. you guys ever remember that light blue ford galaxey with sgt peppers and flowers and whatever painted all over it roam through the city? guess who the owner was.:) im sure you remember acid hill woody. got to go read some more. later!" Edit Entry

Submitted by Woody from Mays Landing, N..J.. Entered on March 7, 2010
"To answer Frankie from Virginia Beach. According to the Atlantic City Library,The first Rolling Chair was introduced at the Phila. Convention Center in 1816. It held only 1 person. They arrived in Atlantic City in 1884 when Philadelphian Harry Shill started renting them. In 1887, Wm Hayden who owned a hardware store near the boardwalk started renting them also. You didn't need a license until 1881.It cost $10.00 for the license" Edit Entry

Submitted by Tommy D from Italy. Entered on March 7, 2010
"Frankie D figgers to be about 5/6 years behind me but a lot of what he saw/did, I did/remember a couple years before him. I wanna throw out (again) a couple names that seem to have gone off the Radar: Porky Falcone, Charlie Vitale, Freddy Hooley, Cathy Blackburn, Irv Waters, SM Elissa (OLSS), Norman (Murphy) Hudson, Richie (Gator) Gallagher, ??? Rode the tire into the lake on acid at Gravelly Run, can still see the halo's around my now very respectable friends, Bobby S and Joey D; Blah Blah Buckets, delighted to be terrified by that poor ol' SOB; and there was a cop's brother who became a bum and would buy booze for us in '61-'62 (MacAvaddy?); and Crazy Charlie, scary 'Philly kid' from Texas and the boards, his sister Linda became my 1st girlfriend when I was sent away to Wilmington after my mini-criminal stint as an ACHS sophomore; Joe Teplitzky firing me (busboy) for drinking his wine in the basement; running at top speed to keep up with a walking Wilt Chamberlain in AC Convention Hall (Harlem Globetrotters); My mother taking me (by the ear) to Carla Brotmann's house Saturday morning after seeing my 14 year old hickied neck at 6AM, major humiliation; And now...where are we? All over the place! There wasn't a whole lot to keep us there but we did get a good "schoolin'" to go out into da world, huh?" Edit Entry