hi guys—-i’m surprised no one has made comments since 2005—-we use to live at 4915 n. carlisle st and every saturday with my .25 cent allowance I and at least 2 of my girl friends would go to one of the 3 theatres within the 2 blocks of our house (Logan, Rockland or Broad)—-this was in the early 50’s and believe it or not the going price for a movie ticket was $ 0.09 —-with my quarter allowance i could get into the theatre, buy a soda, candy bar or ice cream and popcorn—-I do also remember very clearly how the neighborhood kids got really up in arms when the price of a movie ticket went up from .09 to .10 —-we were insenced (sp. ??)—-how dare they!!!!!!—-I went to Holy Child Catholic School in the neighborhood, i remember there was a little park right across the street from it—-I looked it up just lately and found that they have changed the name of the church—-not sure why—-I have many sweet memories of my childhood in north philly and also remember how safe it was for us kids to play in the street or roller skate at night in the summers when it was still light very late in the evening—-also the fun we had at halloween and all the kids were out knocking on houses and no one had to worry about razor blades in apples that were handed out!!!—-I also remember that all the businesses on broad street would stay open on halloween so they could hand out cookies and cupcakes from Horn and Hardarts or get free boxes of crayons from the five and dime or candy bars from the drugs store on the corner of Rockland st and broad——i don’t think the children of today who only are exercising their thumbs on their cell phones understand how much fun it was to get out into the neighborhood and actually communicate face to face——i’m just glad i didn’t miss that kind of fun—-thanks for letting me share, Toni v., a fellow PHILADELPHIAN :)
hi guys—-i’m surprised no one has made comments since 2005—-we use to live at 4915 n. carlisle st and every saturday with my .25 cent allowance I and at least 2 of my girl friends would go to one of the 3 theatres within the 2 blocks of our house (Logan, Rockland or Broad)—-this was in the early 50’s and believe it or not the going price for a movie ticket was $ 0.09 —-with my quarter allowance i could get into the theatre, buy a soda, candy bar or ice cream and popcorn—-I do also remember very clearly how the neighborhood kids got really up in arms when the price of a movie ticket went up from .09 to .10 —-we were insenced (sp. ??)—-how dare they!!!!!!—-I went to Holy Child Catholic School in the neighborhood, i remember there was a little park right across the street from it—-I looked it up just lately and found that they have changed the name of the church—-not sure why—-I have many sweet memories of my childhood in north philly and also remember how safe it was for us kids to play in the street or roller skate at night in the summers when it was still light very late in the evening—-also the fun we had at halloween and all the kids were out knocking on houses and no one had to worry about razor blades in apples that were handed out!!!—-I also remember that all the businesses on broad street would stay open on halloween so they could hand out cookies and cupcakes from Horn and Hardarts or get free boxes of crayons from the five and dime or candy bars from the drugs store on the corner of Rockland st and broad——i don’t think the children of today who only are exercising their thumbs on their cell phones understand how much fun it was to get out into the neighborhood and actually communicate face to face——i’m just glad i didn’t miss that kind of fun—-thanks for letting me share, Toni v., a fellow PHILADELPHIAN :)