You Know You're From Long Island When... (New York, Babylon: contractor, association)

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by raphael11

Believe it was off Rte 110 on Duryea Rd.

That would place it in East Farmingdale ("Farmingdale, NY 11735" mailing address).

[PARRY123]

dpes any one know if there is a macCORYS STILL ON LONG ISLAND THANK U

[Coney]

Originally Posted by PARRY123

dpes any one know if there is a macCORYS STILL ON LONG ISLAND THANK U

That chain has been long gone, along with Woolworths.

[TJLamb0518]

Originally Posted by Coney

That chain has been long gone, along with Woolworths.

And Caldor.

And Pergament.

And TSS Department Stores

And Billy Blakes.



.....sigh.......

[TJLamb0518]

Originally Posted by Michael T. Gilbert

I also remember going to the Farmer's Market in the late 50s when I was a kid. While the folks were shopping we kids would get dropped off at a tiny free movie theater that showed old Laurel and Hardy movies, Woody Woodpecker cartoons and such. I remember shocking my mother one day when she came in and saw her little 9 year old smoking a cigarette. Actually it was a phony some kid gave me, but a very convincing one. it had red foil at the tip and actually had smoke you could blow out of it. Ingenious! Anyone remember the cotton candy machine next to it?
I was also really into comic books (and since have made a living as a comic book writer and cartoonist). The Farmer's Market had a stall that would sell fairly recent comics with the cover logos torn off for half price. Back then stores could get refunds on any unsold comics just by shipping the logos back, and a little extra cash could be made under the table by selling these stripped comics at Farmers Markets and flea markets and such. Later, some vendors at the market sold older comics, including a very few from the 1940s, some of which I still have in my collection.
Good memories!

Holy CRAP, you're THAT Michael T Gilbert????

I loved Mr. Monster!

[elemental]

Originally Posted by nancy thereader

So anscentry many generations back in Long Island isn't that common? Any posters here? Or are your families NYC then LI?

My Dad's family had a farm in Huntington in the 1840s.

Nancy, there is a house on wantagh ave, in Wantagh between JErusalem and Sunrise that was originally built in the mid-1600's, so there were definitely settlers spread amongst the trade routes, but very few of the millions on L. I. today can make a claim to being from there originally. Compare that to Rome for example and the comparison is clear. It was one big forest with many Indians and a few "round eyes" until the early 1900's.

[elemental]

Originally Posted by TJLamb0518

And Caldor.

And Pergament.

And TSS Department Stores

And Billy Blakes.



.....sigh.......

and McClellans on Rt. 110!

[alexei27]

Originally Posted by nancy thereader

So anscentry many generations back in Long Island isn't that common? Any posters here? Or are your families NYC then LI?

My Dad's family had a farm in Huntington in the 1840s.

I am apparently a direct descendent of Richard Smith (Bullrider Smith) whose anatomically correct Bull (a statue of) is at the fork of 25 and 25A in Smithtown.

My dad believes that he is my 6th Great Grandfather. My great grandfather and Grandfather both lived in Commack, but my dad and I were raised in Westchester county. Im trying to find out if the lineage to Bullrider Smith is true...could be interesting.

[elemental]

Originally Posted by alexei27

I am apparently a direct descendent of Richard Smith (Bullrider Smith) whose anatomically correct Bull (a statue of) is at the fork of 25 and 25A in Smithtown.

My dad believes that he is my 6th Great Grandfather. My great grandfather and Grandfather both lived in Commack, but my dad and I were raised in Westchester county. Im trying to find out if the lineage to Bullrider Smith is true...could be interesting.

That would be very, very interesting. As you learn the lineage, please update us!

[coolaunt516]

Back when one of President Johnson's daughters--I think it was Luci-- got married, I heard on television that they were going on their honeymoon in Jamaica. Which, to me, was where you changed trains to go to Penn Station. I asked my mother why anyone would want to spend their honeymoon in Queens, and she laughed really hard for about five minutes. It took a few years for me to figure out what was so funny!