You Know You're From Long Island When... (Brookhaven, Huntington: appliances, electric)

[bluesjuke]

Originally Posted by amsm196

Cool, dont toss that Zebra cassette , these days it may have some value on ebay.

Isnt Blue Oyster Cult from Long Island also?

When I came home to the Island returning from the Service when I came out of the Tunnel there was a Billboard that said, "Blue Oyster Cult Welcomes you to Long Island".

Made my Homecoming!
That was in November '77.

I have confession to make.
I think of my childhood and younger days often.

One day my wife say me sitiing there thinking with a tear in my eye.
She asked what I was thinking about and why I was upset.

I replied, "My childhood".

She asked what about it upset me so bad.
I again replied that"I'm not upset, I just miss it".

A very big part of that was the fact that it took place on Long Island and I wouldn't trade that for the world.

I recall almost everything mentioned in this thread by everyone.

Used to go to Hamptons (& the Hamptons), EJ Korvette's, Jahn's Ice Cream Parlor.

TSS did have an awesome record department.

My first job after my paper routes delivering first the Suffolk Sun, then the L.I. Press, and lastly Newsday was at Dairy Barn in N. Babylon and it was a blast with some very good people.

I recall many of the restuarants too such as Link's Log Cabin, the Ground Round, and other places such as the Colonade for Dinner Parties.

I used to ride my bike very long distances and the sights and history were always interesting to me.

After the Service I worked at Fairchild Republic which i my heart will always be the best job I've ever had in the happiness quotient.
What a family we were there.

I recently saw some pics of it falling into severe disrepair after closing on the internet and it was sad.

I was born in Hempstead in '56 when it was a wonderful place to live and we moved to N. Babylon in '60.

Adventurous place it was for kids growing up as we has swiming boating, and ice skating and hockey to play on our lakes.

Clubs, bands, and musicians were plentiful with a good choice to be had.
Almost everyone I knew, including myself, played somethingg.

I still do and wonder how many kept it up.

It was such an experience growing up on L.I. that is difficult to convey to someone that didn't live it themselves.
It soes my heart so good to be reading all of this and speaking to all of you.



And yes, I always ended up at a Diner at the end of the night.

[hotkarl]

I totally miss the 70's.
Good times. Exciting times.
Things were changing, yet stayed the same in a strange way.
LI in the 70's was pretty cool.

[bronxboy2141]

Originally Posted by jtees4

Thanks...neither rings a bell, but then again, I may just not have known the name even then. I'm pretty sure it is not one of those though. Thanks again.

The Mad Hatter / Tuey's was in Setauket

[bluesjuke]

Originally Posted by ClarkStreetKid

New guy here. Former LIer, NBSH class of '77

Don't know if it's been mentioned yet but does anybody remember the Saint James Infirmary?

I posted in another thread about that.

Saint James Infirmary was the original club on that site that later became Cheers.

It was a really big deal I remember when it opened.
I actually recall it being built.

It was for all purposes the first real "nightclub"
that was close to those that lived in the neighborhood.

When I got old enough I hung out there often as it was close to home and had good bands.

Speaking of music does anyone recall Bjurmark Music?

They had a shop on the east side of DPA next to Mohawk Dr. but later moved to South Shore Mall.
Are they still in business?

[JOE BASSPLAYER]

Anyone remember this lounge featuring live music 6 nights a week?...talk'n 70's here.

[Fastrudy]

Silvestri's of Smithtown. Yeah, that was a great place. The owner was a hypnotist and he had the waitress under a spell, she would dance when he gave her the signal and go back to waitressing on another command. I talked to him regarding hypnotism and he told me that a subject has got to want to be hypnotized, that is, you can't hypnotize somebody surreptitously. Great memories of that place.

[NYTom]

Ahhh... Main Street Smithtown in the 70's

Lenny's Clam Bar
Famous Fashions
Uncle Charlies
Murphy's Pub
Howard Johnsons
Mortimers
The Hut
Smithtown Bicycle Center
Town Hall Deli
Whistlestop Saloon
Arbys
Angelos
David Brown Hardware
Johnny Subside (still there)
Blue Jays
Consumers Distributing
Whelens
King George
Super-X
Thom Mcann (I bought my earth shoes there, and my wallabes too)
Grants (Bradford Room had the best fried clams)
Smithtown Stationary
The Paint House (later Aboffs)
The Colony
Dutchmaid Bakery
Lou's Deli

[ClarkStreetKid]

Originally Posted by bluesjuke

When I came home to the Island returning from the Service when I came out of the Tunnel there was a Billboard that said, "Blue Oyster Cult Welcomes you to Long Island".

Made my Homecoming!
That was in November '77.

I have confession to make.
I think of my childhood and younger days often.

One day my wife say me sitiing there thinking with a tear in my eye.
She asked what I was thinking about and why I was upset.

I replied, "My childhood".

She asked what about it upset me so bad.
I again replied that"I'm not upset, I just miss it".

A very big part of that was the fact that it took place on Long Island and I wouldn't trade that for the world.

I recall almost everything mentioned in this thread by everyone.

Used to go to Hamptons (& the Hamptons), EJ Korvette's, Jahn's Ice Cream Parlor.

TSS did have an awesome record department.

My first job after my paper routes delivering first the Suffolk Sun, then the L.I. Press, and lastly Newsday was at Dairy Barn in N. Babylon and it was a blast with some very good people.

I recall many of the restuarants too such as Link's Log Cabin, the Ground Round, and other places such as the Colonade for Dinner Parties.

I used to ride my bike very long distances and the sights and history were always interesting to me.

After the Service I worked at Fairchild Republic which i my heart will always be the best job I've ever had in the happiness quotient.
What a family we were there.

I recently saw some pics of it falling into severe disrepair after closing on the internet and it was sad.

I was born in Hempstead in '56 when it was a wonderful place to live and we moved to N. Babylon in '60.

Adventurous place it was for kids growing up as we has swiming boating, and ice skating and hockey to play on our lakes.

Clubs, bands, and musicians were plentiful with a good choice to be had.
Almost everyone I knew, including myself, played somethingg.

I still do and wonder how many kept it up.

It was such an experience growing up on L.I. that is difficult to convey to someone that didn't live it themselves.
It soes my heart so good to be reading all of this and speaking to all of you.

And yes, I always ended up at a Diner at the end of the night.

Same here bluesjuke, and we did most of the same stuff. I don't know why but NB was a great place to be young. And don't forget hitting the Jack-In-The-Box if you couldn't swing the diner.

[bluesjuke]

"Two Breakfast Jacks, onion rings, and a large Orange".

That was my 2 AM leaving the Club order at Jack in the Box.
Same thing every time.

[ClarkStreetKid]

I could never decide between a Breakfast Jack or the taco, so I'd get both.