Circumstances have forced the museum to create a new set up for the Peabody blog. Fear not! Old posts can still be found and no doubt new posts will emerge. Until then, keep writing, keep commenting, keep remembering!
Just returned from my 30th high school reunion which was fun and well-planned by our Pres Eileen. I heard people RAVE about this site and just had to see it. But I can't find any old blogs. Please help me out.
......................................................... Someone earlier asked about Videttas Pit
Videttas pit was as I remember it was a gravel pit which was owned by Mike Videtta who was a talented member of the Lynn Camera Club. His specialty was cats. He was also an accomplished B&W photographer. He died at age 85 in 1999. For more information see
I came across this site while doing research for the manuscript of my novel "Peabody to Jizan". I was born and raised in Peabody and subsequently lived in several countries of Europe as well as Saudi Arabia. Jizan is located in the southwest limit of Saudi Arabia and I made the observation there that the camel market smelled almost as bad as the leather shops on Foster Street.
I will return to this site later. Fred Morse motioninwood@msn.com
I was born in 1937 and in my early years was raised on Lynfield Street among the Collins, Dudley and Murphy families. I remember that Paddy Collins was a young motorcycle cop on a thundering machine. He went on to become the Peabody Deputy Chief of Police.
In the early 1940's I was old enough to go on adventures. One of them was up Lynnfield St., down Summit a ways, and then into the woods on the left to Ship Rock! I remember cautiously climbing up the metal later to the top of the 2,200 ton (est)glacial eratic boulder. It seemed that I was up so high that I could touch the sky and see forever. About 7 years ago I came upon a piece of Peabody history. It is a 1905 ROTOGRAPH postcard of the rock, and sure enough, there is the ladder (that no longer exists). Over the years a stress fracture allowed a large piece of the rock to split off so it is the postcard that allows the rock to be seen in its original shape.
My first candy store experience was Rene's Market at the junction of Lynn and Lynnfield streets. A little way up Lynn street there is a burial site in a private yard. As kids we attempted to peer in through the keyhole of the cast iron door and speculated as to ghosts on Halloween. It has been marked by the Historical Society but I am not aware of what the marker states. Does anyone know?
What about Klem's bakery next to the church that was on the corner where the courthouse is - Lowell Street? How about Food Shop Bakeryon Main Street, up near where Walgreens is? Mooka's Market on Washington St? Um what about the A&P on Main Street? It was an A&P, right... And OMG Gloria's had the BEST salami around. Peabody Cash on the corner of Washington and Swampscott - FRESHEST Hamburger, they would GRIND IT FOR YOU!!! The bike shop on Foster street next to the old post office. The Nativity (lifesized) at the Shopping Center before they enclosed it. Barachini's and SS Pierce (then yeild house) at Northshore? Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins. Winsor button next to China Sails. Thom McCans men's and ladies SEPARATE STORES, haha. Community Opticians and the tobacco shop.
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Hi,
Just returned from my 30th high school reunion which was fun and well-planned by our Pres Eileen. I heard people RAVE about this site and just had to see it. But I can't find any old blogs. Please help me out.
Thank you.
.........................................................
Someone earlier asked about Videttas Pit
Videttas pit was as I remember it was a gravel pit which was owned by
Mike Videtta who was a talented member of the Lynn Camera Club.
His specialty was cats. He was also an accomplished B&W photographer.
He died at age 85 in 1999. For more information
see
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1306/is_n4_v64/ai_20596693
Francis Roy
Francis in VT
I have heard raves about this site also, and cannot find any old blogs
What is going on??
So Peabody =class of '61
I came across this site while doing research for the manuscript of my novel "Peabody to Jizan". I was born and raised in Peabody and subsequently lived in several countries of Europe as well as Saudi Arabia. Jizan is located in the southwest limit of Saudi Arabia and I made the observation there that the camel market smelled almost as bad as the leather shops on Foster Street.
I will return to this site later.
Fred Morse motioninwood@msn.com
The older posts are at http://www.georgepeabodyhousemuseum.org/gph/blog.html. Obviously the people running this site have certain deficiencies.
I was born in 1937 and in my early years was raised on Lynfield Street among the Collins, Dudley and Murphy families. I remember that Paddy Collins was a young motorcycle cop on a thundering machine. He went on to become the Peabody Deputy Chief of Police.
In the early 1940's I was old enough to go on adventures. One of them was up Lynnfield St., down Summit a ways, and then into the woods on the left to Ship Rock! I remember cautiously climbing up the metal later to the top of the 2,200 ton (est)glacial eratic boulder. It seemed that I was up so high that I could touch the sky and see forever. About 7 years ago I came upon a piece of Peabody history. It is a 1905 ROTOGRAPH postcard of the rock, and sure enough, there is the ladder (that no longer exists). Over the years a stress fracture allowed a large piece of the rock to split off so it is the postcard that allows the rock to be seen in its original shape.
My first candy store experience was Rene's Market at the junction of Lynn and Lynnfield streets. A little way up Lynn street there is a burial site in a private yard. As kids we attempted to peer in through the keyhole of the cast iron door and speculated as to ghosts on Halloween. It has been marked by the Historical Society but I am not aware of what the marker states. Does anyone know?
What about Klem's bakery next to the church that was on the corner where the courthouse is - Lowell Street? How about Food Shop Bakeryon Main Street, up near where Walgreens is? Mooka's Market on Washington St? Um what about the A&P on Main Street? It was an A&P, right... And OMG Gloria's had the BEST salami around. Peabody Cash on the corner of Washington and Swampscott - FRESHEST Hamburger, they would GRIND IT FOR YOU!!! The bike shop on Foster street next to the old post office. The Nativity (lifesized) at the Shopping Center before they enclosed it. Barachini's and SS Pierce (then yeild house) at Northshore? Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins. Winsor button next to China Sails. Thom McCans men's and ladies SEPARATE STORES, haha. Community Opticians and the tobacco shop.
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