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Hi to all you Nutleyites. I was referred to this site by a (dare I say old?) friend, only to realize that I had been here before a couple of years ago. I was trying to go through the many listings so I wouldn’t duplicate old memories, when I realized that this was an impossibility. Nutley was (is) not that big and after my last visit in 1986, it seems to have been fairly static over the years. Sure my old Dairy Queen is gone as are some other businesses, but all-in-all, Nutley seems very much the same as it was in the 50’s & 60’s when I grew up there. As with many sites like this, many of you have remembered the same places I did; Ciccone’s Soda Shop (Franklin Ave & Church St. when I was in Jr High), Ralph’s Pizzeria, Giovine’s Music Store, where I took clarinet lessons, Mrs. Scmidt’s Deli next to Franklin School (which I hear is no longer called that), Gary’s Pharmacy, etc., etc., etc. But, it is not the physical location that defines our memories of it, rather it was the experiences and those with whom we shared those experiences that make the real memories. It was Moran, Deej, The Owl, Johnny V. The Chalk brothers, the Ortiz family, the many girls & all of the others, (too many to mention) that made the memories in Nutley for me. I remember tormenting poor Ann Troy getting her to show us the “Annie Oakley Penny” at the Nutley Museum. Drag racing on Mac Carter Highway after stuffing ourselves on the greatest hot dogs in the world at Rutt’s Hutt. I recognize PapaSmurf from another website. Hi Emil! Like him, I am also older than a lot of you who have posted. I was not there when the ITT tower came down, but I did partake in the late-night swims in their pool, back when it was a whole lot easier to climb the fence and get in. I was there at a time when any kid was safe to get on their bike and ride across town to a friend’s house or to Al’s (& Ann’s) corner store for comics and a “daily Special” soda. I remember all of the kids on our street and the next costing our parents a lot of money when we retaliated against the homebuilder who tore down our fortress in the woods. Also, milk delivered to our home 3 times a week and the Fuller Brush Man bringing my Mom all the cleaning paraphernalia she needed. I’m not so sure there is much of that going on anymore. I guess I have made my point, it wasn’t the places, it was the experiences and they are with me as long as my mind holds out. The DQ Kid
Seeing the Old Nutley site sure got the flashback machine
cranking even though I can't remember breakfast today.
You guys forget about driving the old Flathead Ford down New
St in second gear and letting the glasspacks "back off" between
the houses and the science wing of the school? How Dean of Boys
Dave Broffman promptly put a stop that because it interrupted
the classes going on? All we were doing was saying Hi to friends
that had classes while we were at lunch. Bruce Jones and I made
a contest out of this more than a few times.
Speaking of that, how about Styretown and the driveway
between the buildings when you were going to Bond's? Backing
down there with the exhaust cut out open was a blast! Everyone
knew who was coming just by the sound of the pipes.
I remember when Tom Peters got his job with Ed Mulligan in
the old Sost garage. They had him wear a WHITE shirt to fix
cars! Made no sense to me.
I lived on Union Ave and Conover, by the Belleville line, and
would get up to go to school at 6 am. I'd go across the street
to Jack's, grab the Star Ledger off a bundle, (He wasn't opened
at that hour) put the nickel on the bundle and go back home for
breakfast. Walking to school, Washington and the high school,
was the preferred mode of transportation. Doug Bursch and Fred
Trovatta were the other guys who hoofed it too.
Testa's Pharmacy with the soda fountain and those glass
things filled with colored water hanging in the window later
became White Oak Pharmacy. Freddie's Market where my brother Ken
worked as a delivery boy taking groceries to neighborhood folks
like Frankie Vallie's mom. The Scandia Deli and those nice
Swedish people that ran it. Cheez! That was a while ago!
Thanks for the memories.
Mike Kozub
Hello, I believe I sent you a note sometime back. This
was in regards to the unsolved murder of a woman at the
Hoffman LaRoche plant in Nutley. Actually the murder
occurred on the Clifton side of the plant I believe. Just
was wondering if this is ever talked about anymore down
there and if there are any new suspects? I say this with all
the attention the other unsolved murder at the Totowa Water
Treatment plant. Similar circumstances, and I've read where
they are comparing the two crimes...
The Hoffman LaRoche murder took place in 1968. I have an
issue of Weird NJ magazine that has this story in it. If you
are interested or know anything more about it, please drop
me a line...
Thank you,
Joe
Continue reading below
May we suggest a book about Nutley
Images of America - Nutley
Then & Now - Nutley
In your Sports Notables from Nutley you may wish to
include the following persons:
Bennie Hawkins - NHS Class of 1961 (?) was an
NFL wide receiver for, I believe, the Philadelphia
Eagles.
Don Chuy - NHS Class of 1958 or 1959 (?) was an NFL
lineman (LA Rams ?) who was purported to be one of the
strongest players in the NFL during his playing years. I
believe he went to Clemson University.
Submitted by Ed St. Thomas NHS - Class of 1961.
Plenty of Room for your Old Nutley Memories!
Thank you Uncle T., as always for keeping this subject alive.
Kayla
DQ - The center didn't
change much, but heading north it's all SHOP-RITE. Richards,
Fuccolli's, the sweet shop everything is now SR.
Joe - Nobody remembers the
murder except us. How about old man Soden, another unsolved
murder. Most of the cops didn't even grow up in town.
OK Mike, so I wore a white
shirt, I worked on clean cars. Remember Eddy Kalooky's Pontiac
you could start it with any GM key. How about jumping Dave
Lautenschlaegers old Ford with a nickle across the switch and
moving on him.
Flat Heads forever but my
chevy was faster.
Ed - Benny class of '62,
with me and Mike.
Nutley Then and Now great
book buy it. Oh yeah written by my wife.
Love this site, jump
starts the brain!!!!!!!!
Tom Peters - '62
NutleyGirlsForever
Wow, NJTest, I must have hung around with you - you have all
the same memories as me!
Entered Radcliffe school the first year it was built. Frank's "Buy or Fly" is a definite memory. If you're from Radcliffe area, do you remember Sandy the horse from Blair's Nursery on Center Street - pulling the sleigh up Church Street and around that whole neighborhood? The big pipeline was THE place to sleigh ride, and many of us had our first kiss in the woods behind Radcliffe school. How about Mrs. Brown's Toy Store right next to Franklin School, got many a Ginny Doll outfit there! And house visits by Dr. Cherashore when you were sick. Getting Wise potato chips in a huge box for parties. Welsh Farms delivering milk to the house and the Fuller Brush Man giving you tiny sample lipsticks - what a treat! "Portable" typewriters being invented - you could actually carry them around (much larger and heavier than a laptop, but we thought they were so groovy! Buying models at Drewes when they had the store in their basement on Church Street, riding to Broad Acres Miniature Golf on bikes in the summer, when you could get a coke, a devil dog and a comic book all for 20 cents, when you'd get a pack of cigarettes for your dad for 25 cents, and could legally buy them! Roller skating on the sidewalks with skates that attached to your shoes and pinched your big and little toes, as a teenager riding around with 8 kids in the car without seatbelts, "Bopping the Ave" and putting 50 miles on your dad's car never leaving Nutley THOSE WERE THE DAYS - the memories go on and on and all make us smile.
Hello, I think it is wonderful what you are doing keeping old Nutley alive. Is there a place that has all the Nutley high year books online? From the forties Etc….
WOW!!! just to have a site
like this and have so many people respond to it in a positive
way certainly says something great about a town. I grew up at 22
Terrace on the Clifton border and remember thinking to
myself.......5 more houses up and I'd be from Clifton.....that
would have sucked!!
Anyway hello Ruth Miller came across your response and
had to write I lived in the corner house catty corner from the
Sassos you would probably remember Frank and Kim, My sister is
Michele and have a brother Victor. I was 7 years old when you
moved out but I do remember you. My father still lives there and
if you went back the neighborhood is still the exact same as it
was when you left, just a few new faces. Do you remember all
the games of hide and seek,
whiffle ball,
and kick ball ?...good times. It's a shame kids today wont have
memories like that. Thanks to xbox, playstation, the 800
channels on cable, text messaging, and the media. OK so some of
my greatest memories of Nutley...
Walking down Franklin Ave to hang with friends in front off
the middle school.
Detective Malanga not letting us stand in the same spot for
more then ten minutes {move along}
The TV repair shop next to Roth's Deli.
The Shop Rite Annex.
Yanticaw School and the Late great John Walker, and the way
he would jiggle the change in his pocket so you knew he was
coming. Lets not forget Tornado Lafrado.
The Franklin Movie theatre and seeing the 12am show of
Halloween on Halloween night.
Sanntines Pizza.
The little Chinese Lady who owned the store on the corner of
Chestnut and Franklin who sold slushies.
And speaking of Chestnut St... My good friend Jack Minneci
who NEVER EVER lets me forget that I am and always will
be.........a NUTLEY GUY .
Thanks for telling me about this site Jack, your friend John AKA Nutley Guy. Go Raiders!!! Go Alfonse
OVER THE BACK FENCE ... Do you remember Brookdale's celery soda? From a weekly column written by Victoria Chalk in the Nutley Sun: "...Appearing on a popular local website created by local history buff Anthony Buccino. It was an essay entitled "A Kid Gets A Job" by Tom Garcia" by Tom Garcia..." Thanks to Vickie, her reader Robert Wilson and to all of you who pass along this web site link. 1.31.08
Had my supper break in the diner (corner of Franklin and
Center St.) on Friday nights . It was an old beat-up place with
the best apple pie around. I think the owners name was Hugo. He
looked just like Popeye. I Worked until 9:00 pm at Nutley
Camera. That was such a cool place! I was in heaven working
there. I learned so much. The owner, Bill Hamilton was one of
the nicest guy you could ever meet. He always had a golfing joke
for anyone who would listen. Dot ,Tony, Ed they were just great
people to work with. Dot was such a pretty girl. She even let
me drive her 57 Chevy just after I got my license.
On Saturday
morning I went up Franklin Ave to a small coffee shop (forget
the name) to bring back the crew their shot of caffeine . I
still remember who took regular and who took no sugar. When you
first walk in to the coffee shop there was a guy name "Sam"
ALWAYS running around . Always flirting with girls. His famous
line was,
"Oh my word!!! I
am having a nervous breakdown!!!!!!! Yessss, can I take your
order!!!!! He was too much. I don't know how he keep up the
routine. He was funny!
I am so
grateful for my father getting me the job at the camera store.
Memories from that time are so precious for me.
Don Nowicki
The Italian Bakery near St. Mary's was Sparacino's. I
worked there - shipofsails
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