MARIE O'NEILL KRAVETTE

O'NEILL FAMILY ; 195 HOYT STREET, ANYONE REMEMBER IT? I GREW UP THERE LIVED IN APT.1G. WENT TO ST. AGNES R.C.S. ON SACKETT STREET. REMEMBER C&C? THE A&P. MY BROTHERS JIMMY, THOMAS, DENNIS AND I USE TO WALK DOWNTOWN TO MAYS, A & S, AND MARTINS TO SHOP. MY LITTLE SISTER LINDA WAS TOO SMALL. MY BROTHES USE TO TAKE ME TO THE PARAMOUNT, AND MY DAD TOOK MY BROTHER DENNIS AND I EVERY SATURDAY TO THE "DUFFIELD" TO SEE A MOVIE, BUT NOT BEFORE STOPPING AT MCCORY'S TO BUY CANDY. COST TO MUCH IN THE MOVIE, LOL. HE ALWAYS TOOK US TO SEE MURDER PICTURES, LOL. NATUALLY WE LOVED THE 10 CARTOONS, AND MY BROTHER DENNIS ALWAYS HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. I REMEMBER THESE FAMILIES: THE ALIOTTA'S, THE LOUGHLINS, THE SEPUTAS', MISS CAREY, SHE HAD TWIN DAUGHTERS, MISS RUTH, MY MOMS GOOD FRIEND, MISS ELENORE, HI FRANK...... SPANISH PAT. AND SO MANY MORE........WHAT A TIME, WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD....... FORGOT THE NAME OF THE CANDY STORE ACROSS THE STREET, I WORKED THERE WHEN I WAS 14, FOR $7.00 A WEEK........LOVED MAKING ICE CREAM CONES...... WENT TO ST. AGNES SCHOOL, THEN TO BAYRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.... MOVED AWAY IN 1962....... WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IS EVERYTHING STILL THERE? MY MOM USE TO GO TO THE BAKERY AT 2 AM AND GET HOT ROLLS......EMMMMMMMM GOOD......WE GOT A PIZZA FOR $1.00, AND HAD DUGAN'S AND MILK DELIVERED TO OUR DOOR..... MOM HAD THE $1.00 A WEEK MAN, BOY DID SHE BUY LOTS OF STUFF.....I TOOK PIANO LESSONS AND BALLET AT PS 32, FOR ,>50 CENTS A WEEK....... BOY DO I MISS BROOKLYN.

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