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  Jim Spencer January 24, 2010 at 11:24am

  I don't think anyone minds you guys reminiscing here. Like I said I'm originally from R.I. so I would like to know about the places that used to be here.
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  RMC John Joseph, Ret. January 23, 2010 at 9:29am

  Anyone here from West Chester or Chester County?
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  jeff zahratka September 19, 2009 at 1:16am

  Carlson Olds, AC Motors was accross the street. They were a Chrysler Plymouth dealer. I workked there too. We thought the AC stood for Alcohol and Cigars cause the salesman were always drinkin and smoking big cigars when they sold one of those big New Yorkers
  
  Thanks for the feedback
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  QM2 Eric Toth September 18, 2009 at 8:42am

  You know, eventually we're gonna get slagged for having all these non-navy comments here...we ought to go offline for reminiscing. Was the name of the olds dealer, Ratner? AND...
  
  Your book is damn funny, OMG, between reading it with a stupid smile and laughing out-loud it is hilarious. The 'phantom shitter' ... everyone ship must have had one! I forgot so many things that all came rolling back, the practical jokes underway, the captain as accomplice, the wickedly funny impersonations!! And I'm only up to 1980!! How can you possibly remember all of that? I am dying. The 'skate rate'. I'm probably going to have to finish reading it this evening before I sleep tonite, it is definitely a page turner !!
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  jeff zahratka September 15, 2009 at 8:59am

  We used to have family reunions there at Crabapple. I worked in high school at a car dealer called Carlson Oldsmobile on RT 30. For a while before that I had a part time job as a stock boy at a woman's clothing store in Irwin called Bronx. I remember buying my clothes from these two old guys named Saul and Al at a store on Main St. called Bergads. I know all those stores are different now but it really surprised me that Isaly's closed.
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  QM2 Eric Toth September 15, 2009 at 8:29am

  of course i remember blue dale pool.and ligioner beach too..and the maple drive in theater. i use to bowl at norwin lanes our school had a bowling club that met there...its closed now. blue dale pool has been filled in...maple drive in is closed as well...and norwin east is now the combined catholic school for st. agnes...ic and another school....do u remember crabapple park off clay pike near hermonie??
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  jeff zahratka September 15, 2009 at 6:47am

  I know Markvue Manor. Do you remember a public swimming pool there called Blue Dell? I actually have that place in the next book. Thanks for getting Sweepers Sweepers. The guy in the first chapter, cousin Gary was from Hermanie, the Bowling Alley I talk about in the book was over the tracks by Nowin East up that hill on the right. It may have been called Norwin Lanes at the time.
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  QM2 Eric Toth September 14, 2009 at 4:33pm

  where is Mark Acres? i grew up east of the high school off rt. 30 in a place called markvue manor. it was not far from spitz's the auto wrecking yard (thats still there). btw - i ordered your book can't wait to read it. my son is in nrotc at CMU, i'll try to get him to read it as well.
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  jeff zahratka September 14, 2009 at 3:59pm

  I left in 72: Lived in Mark Acres. I still have a lot of relatives back there. My next book is set in that area. In fact It will be titled Brush Creek.
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  QM2 Eric Toth September 14, 2009 at 1:31pm

  Yeah, free in '83. You? if so, what neighborhood?