Fourteen Cents! That is what it cost me at a matinee on the day of the Big Blizzard in December of 1947! Had to walk back to the Projects at the bottom of Remsen Avenue. The snow was two feet already (drifts). I was 9 years old. We used to see a few cartoons, a 15 minute serial of which Dick Tracy was my favorite (had to come back the following week to see how Dick Tracy managed to save Tess from a “sure death”)!
and a double feature! All out of a quarter allowance, I was able to buy two candy bars (Bonanza Taffy and Good and Plenty).
Moved out to Hicksville (with six brothers, Mom and Dad) in 1950, but I made several trips back when I was 10 and 11 to hopefully see one of my old girlfriends; Jannet Rockerfeller, Chloe Hennessy, Josephine Engrasier or Beatrice Folley. I’m surprised I remembered their names after 55 years. Canarsie had a real impac on me, for sure. The Pier, “Bare Ass Creek” (Padegett Basin), P.S. 115! The Stables, and what was left of Golden Park, which Mom and Dad used to visit in the 30’s.
Last time in Canarsie was the June of ‘85. I took a picture of the Canarsie Theater Marque: 1. “A View To Kill”, 2. “Rambo”, and 3. “Perfect”. There are five guys hanging out on the corner in front of the candy store.
Feel free to contact me for more info, anytime:
I live in Clearwater, Florida now, which seems to be populated with half of Brooklyn. Well, the guys I know, anyway.
I really enjoyed this site and will come back often. Thanks
RonTownson
Fourteen Cents! That is what it cost me at a matinee on the day of the Big Blizzard in December of 1947! Had to walk back to the Projects at the bottom of Remsen Avenue. The snow was two feet already (drifts). I was 9 years old. We used to see a few cartoons, a 15 minute serial of which Dick Tracy was my favorite (had to come back the following week to see how Dick Tracy managed to save Tess from a “sure death”)!
and a double feature! All out of a quarter allowance, I was able to buy two candy bars (Bonanza Taffy and Good and Plenty).
Moved out to Hicksville (with six brothers, Mom and Dad) in 1950, but I made several trips back when I was 10 and 11 to hopefully see one of my old girlfriends; Jannet Rockerfeller, Chloe Hennessy, Josephine Engrasier or Beatrice Folley. I’m surprised I remembered their names after 55 years. Canarsie had a real impac on me, for sure. The Pier, “Bare Ass Creek” (Padegett Basin), P.S. 115! The Stables, and what was left of Golden Park, which Mom and Dad used to visit in the 30’s.
Last time in Canarsie was the June of ‘85. I took a picture of the Canarsie Theater Marque: 1. “A View To Kill”, 2. “Rambo”, and 3. “Perfect”. There are five guys hanging out on the corner in front of the candy store.
Feel free to contact me for more info, anytime:
I live in Clearwater, Florida now, which seems to be populated with half of Brooklyn. Well, the guys I know, anyway.
I really enjoyed this site and will come back often. Thanks
RonTownson