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STICKY:
Posting - - - One Establishment At A Time Please - - - (5 Pages Of Memories)
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I have noticed a few threads here in the (Yesterdays Bound Brook As You Remember It Section) listed with more then one place of interest (Mulitiple Listings) that were located in Bound Brook back in the day all in one thread. Each thread should be about 1 place of interest otherwise it is hard f...
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STICKY:
Take Me Back To The Sixties
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Take a trip back to�yesterday. Take a trip back to the Sixties. http://objflicks.com/TakeMeBackToTheSixties.htm -- Edited by RollingStone on Thursday 15th of April 2010 11:28:57 AM
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P&M Furniture - - - Vosseller Ave, Bound Brook, N.J.
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I am surprised no one has mentioned P&M Furniture located on Vosseller Avenue in Bound Brook. P&M was the place to go back in the day for furniture, TV's etc. I remember my family purchasing their first TV from P&M as well as others over the years. We actually purchased our first Zenit...
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Tip Tops & Bens Mid Town Market
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does anyone remember ben's mid town market tiptops now the golden corner -- Edited by RollingStone at 03:43, 2008-07-17
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Apgar Bros. Trucking
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Just wondering how many of you remember the Apgar Trucking Company located up on Union Avenue where Somerset Savings Bank sits now from back in the day?
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Rick's Cycle Center
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How many of you remember Rick's Cycle Center? I can remember it from when it started out on East Street. Rick became one of the first Triump Dealers in the area back then. During the 60's Rick Solderberg moved his MotorCycle business over to the corner of Drake and Main Street in the old building that pri...
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JFK Little League
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Who played for some of the old teams back in the late 60's early 70's P&M Furniture, Conroy/Efingers, Elks, Lions, Lasko's, Schofield, Reseach Control to name a few. Add on if i missed some
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Lalaine's Women's Shop
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Do any of you remember the women's dress shop, LaLaine's? Was located "downtown" on Main St. Can't remember their names, but I think a husband and wife ran the place. My Mother would drag me in almost every week to buy something after she got paid.
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Cal's Esso Gas Station On Main Street, Bound Brook
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Cals Esso Station. Plenty should remember Cal's. I remember Cal's like it was yesterday as I walked to school past and through their lot. I can't forget Bobby and Dave Cal both working there with their brother Albert with their father and their Boxer Dog Cindy greeting the people coming in. They had a g...
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Wendels Jewelry Store - - - - Main Street
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How many of you remember Wendels Jewelry Store on Main Street? I remember it when it was located right next door to the Pet Shop.
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DeRosa's Pizzeria
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How many of you remember having a Pizza at DeRosa's pizzeria on Talmadge Ave in Bound Brook? I can remember way back when a Pizza at DeRosa's was just 60 cents and 10 cents for a Coke or Pepsi. Man that was a good Pizza. [IMG]https://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z223/ffas23/7d646a3c-d1ee-491d...
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Chitches
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I alway's liked Chitches Pizza. We used to stop in quite often for there sausage pie and a friendly chat with "Chick" at the bar. The pie was on the small side but very good along with a glass of Birch Beer !!
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Sunnyside market
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Don't think we started a post on this one, remember Sunnyside. It was next to or close to Brachs, run by Norm and I believe his brother, forgot his name though. It was a small grocery store and butcher shop.
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Lasko Soda Bottling Company
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Ok how many of you remember the Lasko Soda Bottling Company on Fairview Avenue? I remember it like it was yesterday. I use to cut through the back of the place walking up to BBHS during the mid 60's. [IMG]https:...
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Bound Brook Dump
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I know this is a smelly subject but does anyone remember when BB had it's own dump just outside of town? One of my first jobs out of high school before my first year at college was working a summer for the BB Sanitation Department. One morning I was assigned to the sanitation truck to pick up garbage. Aft...
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Chris Mastrup's Motorcyle Shop - - Mountain Ave
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Looking around in the Yesterdays BB section here I noticed that you have Ricks Cycle Center and Otto and Joe Williams Motor Cycle shops listed but I did not see Chris Mastrup's Motorcyle Shop formerly located on Mountain Ave in Bound Brook so I thought why not list it here. I knew Chris pretty well at on...
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AMERICAN CYANIMID / CALCO PICNIC GROUNDS
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HEY HOW ABOUT HEARING THE CALCO WHISTLES DURING THE DAY AND WHEN THERE WAS A FIRE IN TOWN THEY WOULD BLOW..............OR WHEN THE WIND WAS RIGHT YOU'D GET THAT NICE SMELL COMING FROM THE PLANT..... AND HOW ABOUT DURING THE SUMMER ALL THE PICNICS THEY USE RUN UP WHERE NOW THE COSTCO, HOMEDEPOT IS TODA...
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Otto Williams (Williams Harley Davidson and Schwinn Bicycles)
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I am sure many people remember Otto and Joe Williams Harley Davidson and Schwinn Bicycle Dealership. My grandfather bought me my first 3 speed Schwinn bike from them during the later 50's. Otto passed on years ago but I still see Joe on Occasion. The Dealership was sold and eventually moved up to Leb...
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Bound Brook PD Of The Past
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missinglaskobirchbeer Veteran Member Status: OfflinePosts: 34Date: May 6 10:11 PM, 2011IP: 69.250.95.71 Reply Quote More Edit PostDelete PostBan IPReport Spam Oh I miss the day of Officer Sara.  And the italian guy who was Chief - used to live by Codrington Park.  __________________ Ro...
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Bound Brook Diner
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Who could forget the BB Diner. They always had good homemade food at a good price. Steve and his son's and daughter in laws did all the cooking with fresh meat from Buno's market. Great breakfast with home fries to die for. My Dad first took me there as a kid in the 50's when it was known as SUPER DINER and wa...
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Bound Brook Oil-Less Bearing Corporation
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I don't think anyone on this forum remembers the Bound Brook Oil-Less Bearing Corporation but I thought I would mention it here as both my Grandfather and Father worked for this company at one time. My Grandfather actually retired from this company around 1966 that I remember. I have his Gold Watch pr...
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Pluhars Tavern
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I went to school with Barbara Pluhar. Her Dad owned the Tavern. Also Johnny Warner whose Dad had the BoundBrook Hotel. Anybody know if those people are still around Bound Brook ??
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St. Josephs Church Annual Fiesta
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How can we forget this? Â It was exciting as a kid to ride my bike to the church parking lot to watch the workers set up the rides and the booths. Â Had to beg to go to the Fiesta and walk around. Â Of course would have to put that dime down to try and win a stuffed animal on the wheel! Â The smells, the sounds. Â Food...
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The Annex Hotel on Main St . Down town
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My Uncle Ernie owned this joint in the 50's and sold it somewhere in the early 60's. My Dad used to tend bar there in that time frame.. I remember going there with my Dad on a Friday night while he worked. My Aunt Amie would take me into the back room and watch me while my Dad worked. My Uncle would cash pay che...
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Codrington Park
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I'm sure that many of you remember Codrington Park. Is it still there? I think the pool, park and the field house were the biggest attraction for kids during the summer. I would go there everyday, sometimes staying there all day swimming, playing zell ball, wiffleball and ping pong and air hockey in...
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Bound Brook Floods
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Not all memories of Bound Brook are good ones. Growing up, I lived through three floods. I don't mean some water in the street. The worst I saw was water almost up to our ceiling. Our refrigerator flooding in the kitchen. Worst of all, when the water receded, thick, smelly mud was left everywhere. In t...
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Pet Store??
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I remember going to Lou's Sub shop then stopping by the Pet store to watch the monkey in the window do all kinds of nasty stuff. What was the name of the pet store??
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St. Joseph's Jamboree
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Okay, this would only be known to those who went to St. Joes school where we held the annual Fiesta in June. In May every year, they had this jamboree with three rides (all on trucks...pre-assembled). There was a four car ferris wheel, a whip and damn if I can remember the third. There were horses at the e...
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Calco Field Fight/Riot?
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Does anyone remember a huge fight/ruckus at Calco field back in the 60's?? What was that all about?
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Bound Brook's Biggest Fires
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Bound Brook had it share of Big Fires back in the day that I felt I would start a thread on the subject. I can remember quite a few. Spoken on another thread (Kurtz Cigar Store) here in the Yesterdays Bound Brook As You Remember Section the large fire that struck the old Kurtz, Wrights Hardware and the A...
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