Comments from geco916

Showing 5 comments

geco916
geco916 commented about Alba Theatre on Feb 4, 2008 at 8:15 am

the fruit store owner was harry ,sal the barber his worker was phil.the bread store we use to call her bonadada not right spelling she always was a grump.i think the loaf of bread use to be 15 cents,i still can picture the store,across the street from the store was a candy store,and another small grocery store

geco916
geco916 commented about Alba Theatre on Jan 29, 2007 at 3:27 pm

I REMEMBER MR SKOLSKY HE WAS A NUT…LOL…IT DOES SEEM LIKE YESTERDAY…MY OLDEST BROTHER WHO WOULD OF BEEN 70 THIS YEAR ALWAYS WENT TO THE ROGERS,HE USE TO SPEND ALL DAY THERE ON SATURDAY…OH TO GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS.. WE DIDNT HAVE MUCH BUT WE WERE HAPPY..THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES…SARA

geco916
geco916 commented about Alba Theatre on Jan 29, 2007 at 12:40 pm

yes it was big,i remember Mrs Hitner,MR. GANNON MR. LOROCCA AND MR. COLONE OH HE CAME LOOKING FOR ME MANY TIMES HE WAS THE TRUNE OFFICER,I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL…I BECAME GOOD FRIENDS WITH HIM I INVITED HIM TO MY WEDDING….SARAH

geco916
geco916 commented about Alba Theatre on Jan 29, 2007 at 11:44 am

i lived on bushwick ave near flushing ave i remember on my
way to and from school i use to stand by the window of
kirschs soda plant and watch the bottles as they were
filling up,every once in a while someone would come out and
bring me and my friends a bottle of soda,those were the days
and they were the best ,i went to ps24 and then to jhs145

geco916
geco916 commented about Alba Theatre on Jan 28, 2007 at 2:27 pm

Edward G. Robinson’s brother had a Dentist
Office next door from the albe theater i did use him a few times,that was back in the earley 60s,i do remember bushwick ave and flushing ave i was born there 1945 we were eight children,my oldest brother vincent use to shine shoes on flushing ave and broadway,right by the train station,i worked in woolworths in the 60s behind the cafe, from there i went to work in mets supermarket on flushing ave and garden st,on garden st there was a chicken market and my mom use to send me there to get fresh killed ckickens the man that owned it was angelo,there was a pool hall on flushing ave ,when i got married i lived on flushing ave right upstairs from linden store front and a barber shop,the albe theather use to have colering contest wich one of my sisters won it was a bike,Manhattan ave was the place to buy material,my mom always bought all her sewing needs there ,there was Bickford’s New Light Cafeteria ,white towers,i remember all of it,one of my fathers friend use to have a push cart on the corner of flushing and broadway and sell fruit,those were the good old days.