I remember White City my Grandfather took me there to go on the rides.I love to go there......But they took that away I remember the Carnivals that came to Worcester we had so much fun as a family going there......Then they took that away I remember walking in the parks with my girlfriend at night holding hands..But now gangs took over the parks....And they took that away I remember hanging out in south main street Worcester with my friends..Then drugs and hookers came in.....And they took that away I remember going to Water street to get fresh bread and donuts......But they took that away And i remember my mom taking me to Denholmes,Filenes,and Walgreens on main street......But they took that away I remember going to the Paris Cinema..Loews Palace..Showcase Cinema..Warner Theater..Capitol Theater.....But they took that away I remember living on Ledge st. in worcester the highway came through...And took that away.....Now i live in the south far,far away. My Poem ...They Took That Away By Robert Pitchman Web site designed & hosted by Robert Pitchman http://www.bobsplace2008.com

Thursday, May 15, 2008 I was born in Worcester 1949. I remember getting a ride to Miss Hunters� and Miss Morgan�s nursery school on Beechmont Street in 1952-53. I remember walking across Oak Path to Lee Street Elementary School. We walked to school twice a day due to coming home for lunch. I was the trumpeter for taps at the Memorial Day Observance at school for Miss Robinson�s fifth grade class. I remember having to catch Elizabeth Kennedy�s braids (she sat in front of me in Miss Splain�s 6th grade class) cause they were whizzing by my face every time she moved her head to talk to the teacher or the next desk classmate in front of me. Miss Splain sent me to the principal and Miss Maynard gave me the ruler on the knuckles. Two of my chores in school was to clap the erasers, and lower the rope for the maintenance man (Does any one remember his name. He was a pleasant personality) so he could attach the flag and raise it when the school played the national anthem and then we said the pledge of allegiance. We also either read a passage from the Bible or the teacher read a passage. I remember Miss Splain in the sixth grade reading from Bible each morning. When I went to the next school in 1961 at Forest-Grove Junior High School, something was different, cause they had passed a law by the judges of the courts forbidding reading of the Bible. I missed that start of the day reading from the Bible in school. Once a year, usually in the fall the school held a Fair, or outside Bazaar, with booths full of games and selling items so to raise extra funds for the school. School was a family event. Years later I found out we had walked by a house every day on 10 Institute Road, (in the 1950�s and 1960�s) where the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Book of Daniel was held by a family till it was repurchased by the State of Israel and put back in Jerusalem. I remember a new high school opening up on Newton Hill named Doherty Memorial High School, of which there was a rush of students and teachers trying to get into the new building. I elected to go to North High School instead in 1964. I remember Jeff Cook and others in the neighborhood being part of a citizen petition at the City Council session at City Hall trying to stop the WNEB Radio Tower in Duffy Field area where a lot of the neighborhood youth would roam on our free time. I remember when the new Zoo Director came to town to help organize and build a zoo. We sold yellow bricks for $5, which was for a lifetime pass at he Zoo when it was built. I remember animals being borrowed from other Zoo�s to parade in our neighborhood and downtown at City Hall and other areas to get interest in a Zoo. Once a group of us held a sign at a Boston Red Sox game to get interest in the Zoo in Worcester. Does anyone remember the �Dig up Siegfried� sign? I remember the tents being set up by the railway yards on Southbridge Street where the B.T. Barnum and Bailey Circus would come once a year. There was always a parade of elephants and other animals on the first day they came to town from the train. I remember the hurricanes of the 1950�s (Hurricane Carol of 1956 was pretty significant, I believe) and the tornado of 1953. Looking down from Whitman Road, I saw Park Avenue and the Bus Company Garage flooded with water. I do remember when a student pilot tried to make an emergency landing on the frozen Indian Lake, but missed and wiped out the first three homes on the corner of Forest and Grove Streets. I do remember most neighborhoods had a corner family market and grocery store. (Do you remember Tech Market on Park Avenue and Russell Street, right next to Sam�s Candy Store)? First National Stores was the only supermarket till Iandoli Markets came along later in time in the late 1960�s. I remember when Sunday was the Sabbath and a day off according to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. All stores and gas stations were closed. Drug Stores were open. Do you remember Tech Pharmacy? The first Friendly Icecream Stores was opened on Highland and North Ashland Street in 1963. The Awful Awful Ice Cream delight was $.35. A big beef hamburger was $.35. The first supermarket plaza was Lincoln Plaza in 1962. I remember when the airport; McGrath Field, had 7 airlines and a freight airline plus a small restaurant. I remember a speedway for cars in Westborough, with a demolition derby every Saturday night. I remember there were always races of cars up airport hill when the coast was clear of authority. I remember going up to Green Hill Park and seeing a buffalo in a big fenced in area. I remember the fireworks on July 4th were at Green Hill Park. I remember the foot traffic on Main Street sidewalks was so busy there were four lines of pedestrians. Two lines of pedestrians were going one direction and two lines of pedestrians were going the other direction. Stores would stay open late on Wednesday night till 7 or 8 PM. Nighttime was home, family, and neighborhood time. There was a different dress for downtown then for the back yard. I remember the food/restaurant called the Waldorf or automat where food was purchased from the early vending type machine lockers with quarters. I remember when the Worcester Public Library was in the old Higgins House on Elm Street. I remember when Worcester had its own telephone company. I left town in the late 1960�s for school and the military for a while, but could not go far in the world with out some reference to some person, product, service, education, and/or manufacturing company from this area. I felt blessed and proud of what my forebears built up through the grace and mercy of their faith through the Providence of Almighty God of the universe. in care of Hunt Frost

Americans living on this earth have a rich history of overcoming all things that hinder progress, timidity, Pride, Envy, and all the seven deadly sins. We have the Providence of Almighty God passed on to us by our forebears who left a mark of unselfish living through faith. They lived by that blind faith we can not see, guaranteeing us that City on a Hill that has been reaffirmed in us Americans by such leaders as Governor Winthrop (the first Governor of Massachusetts, and President Ronald Reagan (a former President of these United States). Praise God for people who keep on giving. They will see that City on a Hill.

Don Asher: Well-known author and jazz pianist, born and raised in Worcester. Two of his books deal with his life in Worcester before moving to San Francisco.

Frankie Capp: Famous jazz drummer and big band leader in LA. Born Frank Cappucio, 8/20/31 in Worcester. Has played with Stan Kenton, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and still is active in California. Appears on many recordings.

V66! Seeing MTV first and then V66 it was clear that the latter had better and even more videos. And the fact that the station broadcasted from MA and not somewhere in anonymous cable land somehow made the music and videos more real. Thanks for the page

I response to Dallas about "Live Life". In winter of 85/86,there was a song called "Live is Life" by an Austrian band called Opus. That's most likely what you're looking for.

Basement: The restroom, especially of a school. When I was growing up in the 60s and 70s, we would ask to go to the basement.

Nora Marlowe: Nora Marlowe was a graduate of St. Peter's high school around 1933. She was Mrs Brimmer on the television show the Walton's.

Ive been living here over 70 years so all your memories i remember also.honey felicette we went to school together but i was a little older you were in my brothers class howard i went into your fathers drug store to get a coke and he told me JFK had been shot there were two hawkeye hamburger places i know of 1 was behing hope cemetary where the fruit stand is and the other was on w boylston st just at the west boylston line betty brown girls trade was on chattam st right across from st pauls i remember doctor gadbois when he lived on blithwood ave. schools gone now st anns is still there but its more day care than anything i worked at the blue bell on chandler st when paul and dot had it barbara hanley cayer