HELLO EVERYONE:
BROUGHT MY dAUGHTER BACK UP TO bUFFALO FOR HER LAST YEAR OF COLLEGE FOR NURSING. HOUSE IS QUIET AGAIN, BUT I DO MISS HER...... FRIENDLY REMINDER:
OLD tIMERS DAY
SEPT 18TH, 2010
SOFTBALL GAME FIRST PLAYED IN THE POWER HOUSE OR COFFEY STRRET PARK AT 11AM
FOLLOWED BY A GREAT DAY OF FUN AND FRIENDS
SEE OLD ONES AND MAKE SOME NEW ONES
COME ON COME ALL
VFW POST 325 VAN BRUNT STRRET
RED HOOK!!

To, old timer, #5851,
Did the Anthony Chechilo you mentioned
live at 272 Van Brunt St, near Verona
St ? I lived in 270 V. B. ST. Married in 1952 & moved to Park Slope. Will he be attending Old Timers Day ? Would enjoy meeting him.
Another Old Timer, born 1928 at 415 Van Brunt St.

Just remember there was a time when the Irish and Italians were greeted with the same sort of disdain as the newcomers. I remember a time when the "true Red Hookers, ie; pointers" did not recognize any place on the landward side of Hamilton Ave.as Red Hook.I remember the resentment of those living in the Projects. My family's original house on Lorraine and Hicks was taken for the Projects. Yet, during the difficult years of WWII people were able to pull together and petty resentments forgotten. Hope all will think and be kinder and more tolerant with their words.

Rachel, I would help if I could. Except for one visit to my grandfather's foundry I never got close to the Gowanus. I was after all "a pointer"

Sorry this is so long I had to use 3 postings

A general comment about some of the postings on this board: I'm somewhat perplexed at the vitriol and invective I see directed at Rachel,artists,yuppies and newcomers in general. Granted,as with any group, there are some who may have "attitudes" and are unpleasant, but respect is most frequently returned with respect. I'm in Red Hook weekly and the only unhappy encounter I've ever had was with someone who was clearly neither a yuppie nor artist.

As to my credentials: Mine is an old family (Nuttall, Abbott, Hough) of "pointers" who landed in Red Hook in the late 1870's. My paternal family (Murphy) arrived ca. 1895 to join family already in place. My grandmother, mother, Aunts and Uncles all attended the original PS 27. I went to PS 30 and was baptized in Christ Chapel as were all of the maternal relatives. My father's family were Visitation attendees.

Pinky, are you the Pinky related to Mary McGregor and Mrs. Milady? I have some pictures of you taken in the backyard of our house(Houghs') on Wolcott Street.

Ken Brown, sorry I haven't gotten back to you. Computer crash, and still working full time at my advanced age. You brought back a long forgotten memory of your unscheduled departure and subsequent re-capture during your 1st day of kindergarten at Visitation. I'll be out of the country for the next three weeks but will email you when I get back.

Loretta Battiloro:

By chance could you be the Loretta that
attended Manual? If you are, we always
had lunch in the cafeteria and you knew
Joe Kovacic. Please respond either way.

I am one of those oldtimers.theonly name i recognise is Geri Nunziata are you the daughter or granddaughter of Benny & Milly Nunziatta.Families go way on friendships. also am the sister of Mido & JuJu Perroncino.
Nice to meet you

Please let me know when the reunion is this year, my mom in NM would like to
attend.
Thanks!
Gae

Tarek Fatah and Raheel Raza of the Muslim Canadian Congress say the proposed mosque and Islamic community center two blocks from the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are undoubtedly an act of "fitna," or "mischief-making," which is forbidden in the Koran

This information on line
Eileen Coughlin

Sixty seven (67) days until Election Day November 2, 2010.

Last night on TV News
they said familys of 9-11 want the
Mosque built on that site
Then they interview a lady
She did not lose anyone on 9-11
Anyone can say anything For all we know
They could be getting pay From the Mosque people You can say you are anyone
most of the people there did not lose amyone in 9-11 I think if the TV is going to cover a story Find out if they say they are familys of 9-11 That they are .The real familys after all they been living with pain of 9-11 should
be showed some consideration
Eileen

Is there anyone out there who gradutated from Sarah J. Hale in Brooklyn in 1956? Does anyone know how to find a old copy of year books from the days of old.

Hi everyone,

I am a composer living in Gowanus, and I'm writing a song about the Gowanus Canal for a concert next month. I'm looking for people who work and/or live near the Canal. If you have stories to share about the Canal or Gowanus in general, I'd love to hear from you and maybe incorporate your anecdote (and possibly your speaking voice, if you'll agree to be recorded) into my piece. Drop me a line and tell me a bit about yourself if you're interested.

Thanks,
Rachel

hi john perna just wanted to know if you are stillgoing to the baseball part of the reunion i would really like to see you again.and i thought that i was your first girlfriend lol remember when you just got your drivers liscence in i think 1969 and we went to the village to the cafe woi and broke night then the following night to the hofbrow in staten island and broke night i never forgot those times .so fill me in if you will definitely be at the ball game what is it a game like the yankees play or is it softball or stick ball fill me in i know nothing about baseball.and i also heard about other things that you have going on in your life and cannot be talked about on this site i got plenty of friends who would love to meet you .so long for now .

Anyone know where Susan Parascandola is these days? I'd love to send her an e-mail. Thanks.

I haven't been on this site in a long time seems it is the same nothing interesting

someone please talk about our great neighborhood how it changed and the way it was.....People we knew and lost...

who really gives a #@*%! about the south--do you think they would like an italian catholic? c'mon now, these people are all practicing 'new' religions, catholicism is 2,000 years old! how old is 'southern baptist'? anyway, my main reason go get on this site is to basically rant about how these mofo's have RUINED brooklyn; especially red hook, aka carroll gardens! they sneer at any old timer (me), they jeer at the old time religious processions. and prices have gone through the roof!!!! let them build the islamic community center. who really cares? shouldn't we all try to get along--isn't this country based on freedom? the koran does NOT tell muslims to kill people!! wtf is the matter with everyone? look at what has happened during the inqusition. let us all get off our high horse and learn to live in harmony. i specifically send this message to all these yup/hipsters!

Lou:

I read your posting and you are right on,
all religions should have a site by the
world trade center.

Hi Ruthie old Friend:

I just opened the SBN and found your postings. Let me confirm something with you. You are correct when you state that
some states don't recognize the Catholic
religion as "Christians". I found this to be the case in most of the Southern states, such as Alabama, Mississippi,
I visited these states and the prejudice was not to be believed, but that was back in the early 70's.

Ruth, you have no idea of the attitute the Muslim's had after "911", they were celebrating on rooftops in NJ and in NY (particularly Bay Ridge) I believe that these terrorists suffer a mental and criminal disorder and these types are inducted into the fanatical
realm of Jihad. The Iman assigned to
Penal institutions in the U.S. indoctrinate the inmates to radical
Islam. It is an insult to place a mosque on the site where so many working Americans were murdered and the Police and Fireman who went into the flames to try to save them and then the cleanup crews who are now suffering from illness due to the fallout. (What organizations or countries are funding this mosque -this is questionable) Why this particular site?

It is not prejudice, as we always believed to live and let live but they do not have that belief.

Let me hear from you.

Love,
Loretta

My suggestion is that they use the space to build kind of a religious mall whereby all religions could be represented if they choose to do so.