Germantown: Your Thoughts Archives just last sat.june 21 we had a st.vincent picnic at one of our classmates house and had a great time we try to keep our old friends in touch with each other.i told some of them about the web site .i spent a lot of time as a kid in brills pool room and at chew & chelten and at lintons at germantown& chelten.if any remembers me or any from those places let me know i'm 55 GREGG STRIANO, born in germantown 131 rittenhouse st also lived 633 e woodlawn ave................................................................................................................. For anyone who might be interested there will be a mass Sunday 11/14/2004 at Immaculate Conception church with coffee and donuts afterwards. There will be an open forum for ideas on the new alumni assoc of the Immaculate Conception school. Judy Fanelli [09-29-2004].............................................................................................................. What a great neighborhood it was! I lived on the 1300 block of Haines st. It was considered East Germantown and it was on the border of West Oak Lane and Mt. Airy neighborhoods. I attended Immaculate Conception and finished there in 1965. We moved in 1969 because they built the Martin Luther King H.S. and took our homes for that site. I remember going out to the "Ave." with my parents. That was the place to shop. All the great stores on Germantown Ave. and Chelten. Later they built the Cedarbrook Mall and Cheltenham Plaza and we started going there. Germantown and Chelten at Christmas was wonderful. I remember the big lighted bells strung along the wires on Chelten Ave. all the way to Green Lane. Germantown Ave was also decorated that way all the way to Chestnut Hill. I spent so much time in that neighborhood buying records at Woolworth's and going to the movies at the Orpheum. I would take the trolley to Chestnut Hill to Valley Green park. All this alone at age 14 or so. I had a park two doors down from me on Haines called Aubury Park. We had three big hills for sledding and lots of wooded area for playing "army". We used to hang out on the stone wall that surrounded the park on Haines st to Ardleigh st. The kids from the neighborhood played baseball all day in the summer and football in the fall. We would go to Heller's store on Price st. for a 16 oz soda and a pack of Tastycake for a total of .25. Maybe play a little pinball at Mom's on the corner of price and Crittenden. Does anyone remember the carnival every year at Immaculate? Also a small one on Price st. and Crittenden. There was also a Thanksgiving Parade on Haines st every year with horses and antique cars and of course, the Oscar Meyer Weinner Whiltle car. Great memories! Bill Cupo, Now living in Chalfont, working for Postal Service for 26yrs at Langhorne, Pa. [09-16-2004]............................................................................................................... What a great site,I loved living in .germantown. Went to Immanculate in the 50's. I remember the good ole IHM,s, Sister Stella Marie, Sister Joachim(whew). Went back for a 35th class reunion in '91, was sad to see that the school burnt down. went to Cardinal Dougherty for one year, got tired of getting my head slammed against the blackboard in math class by Father Cornwell (?). I transferred to germantown, which I will forever regret not because of the education, but for not graduating with my classmate from Immaculate. I recall the good times at waterview, the pool there, remember boys swimming days, and girls swimming days ? My kids can't believe that we swam on seperate days. The Walton theater, the Orpheum, the Colonial. The great banana splits at the dairy maid at germantown ave and ashmead st. The great hoagies, cheesesteaks at the steak shop at chew and chelton. Knabs and Maryann's bakery's. We can't get anything like that down here in Virginia. I lived on Haines street across from the Holy Rosary Church. Also live on Musgrave street behind the Miraculous Medal Shrine and Seminary. Germantown was a great place to live, the people were close, and everyone knew one another. I took my kids up there a few years back, and they said "You live in this area", I told them it wasn't always like this. Any way I miss the old days, and the old Germantown, but things change and I guess we do to. Hello to all who once called Germantown, and those who still do, their hometown.... Charlie McGinnis, Retired Coast Guard, living in Warrrenton, Va. [07-31-2004] .............................................................................................................. I remember that donut shop at Germantown & Chelten. I loved their creme donuts. I worked at a restaurant as a teen and took the E bus to Germantown & Chelten before transferring on to the K or 26 bus. Sometimes it would be quite late, but they were always open. There was another great bakery at Chelten Ave & Boyer St called Marianne's Bakery. Loved their treats. I really enjoyed the posts here. I was born and raised in East Germantown, on the 900 block of Price Street. I graduated from Immaculate Conception in 1970, from Cardinal Dougherty in 1974 and my family moved out of Germantown in 1976. I still go back there, at least once a year for the homecomings at Immaculate Conception. This year, it is on Sunday, 6-3-04 at 11:00am. Germantown was a wonderful place to live and to grow up. Like so many others, I have a lot of fond memories of Germantown. Would love to talk more about Germantown. Email me Dennis McGlinchey Dennis.McGlinchey@ibx.com Dennis McGlinchey [05-28-2004]............................................................................................................... What a great web site! Wonderful pictures and great memories. I went to Immaculate Conception in the 50's. Beautiful church which is still there, but the school burned down some time ago. I worked at the Band Box and the Orpheum theater as an usher. Played soccer at the Germantown Boy's Club, where they had these old movies on Friday nights and the kids screamed all the way through the shows. Played indoor soccer in the "Cage" downstairs. Hung out with the guys on Papiana's grocery store step asking older guys to buy us beer. Every Sunday in the summer went out to Blue Bell park with all the guys from Cowtown to play softball. Went to dances at some place called "The Canteen" on Germantown Ave. I remember all the Holy Rosary guys hanging out at Minton's. Most of my friends came from St. Vincent's. We played stick ball and hose ball and half ball and step ball. I remember the older guys played football in the streets with newspapers rolled together and taped. I was dying to get out of Germantown. Now, of course, I miss it. Go figure. Jerry Murphy, Yreka, California (near Oregon) age- 58 [02-25-2004] born & raised in Germantown, went to St Michael of The Saints,Germantown & Logan, North Catholic class of 56, looking for a old friend who lived on Locust ave met at the