Comments on: My Entire Childhood (Except for Dave’s Bar) Has Disappeared

By: sybil

sybil — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:24:13 +0000

wow – I have heard of Chesaning! I grew up in Ithaca. I used to love driving through Chesaning to see the Victorian houses and the schowboat. Sad how things have changed.

By: DeAnn

DeAnn — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:57:55 +0000

Thanks for the great memories! You make me wish I was 12 again and that all those things were back the way they used to be. I grew up by Parshallburg Bridge and it just broke my heart the day it fell in the river.

By: Kerri Perkins Hill

Kerri Perkins Hill — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:07:50 +0000

I TOTALLY remember all of those things you guys have brought up. Little Giant, Ben Franklin, Farmer Peets (my Grandpa worked there), Franks (old location), even calling Rachael’s Dad at Daves Bar. I was a townie when I was very little so I remember going to McDonald Dairy (where Tuscarora Plastics was in recent years…I think it is just empty now) and we would knock on the door (like 6 neighbor kids, Donny Schlucbier, April Lawrence, Michelle Kempenin (sp?) and I can’t remember the others names) and they would give us choc. milk containers like the ones you get at school. We thought we were the schiz. I never got choc milk at home. Do you guys remember “The Point Party Store”? It was the turn around point of the cruise. I think it is a coffee shop or empty now too. I used to love the country store in the mini-mall. The smell was delicious.

Abby I totally remember singing and dancing to MJ at your house. I used to ride my bike down to your grey house on Corunna Rd and it was Michael Jackson fest. I never thought you were white trash….maybe I was too and just didn’t know it. I so remember covering my eyes when MJ turned into the beast in Thriller and hated that voice when he says “Go away!” creepy.

Thanks everyone for the revitalization of the memories. Funny thing is I’d move back in a heartbeat if I could. I used to walk that town like crazy…no wonder I was skinny in high school…even if I never thought I was (117 pounds is a distant dream now). Even at night and never had a bit of trouble…I love my memories of Chesaning.

OMG…remember IGA? we always shopped there cuz it was cheaper than Franks (or so my mom said). I even worked in the donut area one summer in high school….that was not fun with a hangover let me tell u.

Well, geez, I could just go on forever.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:59:51 +0000

@ Kristen.. I had forgotten about fabric at the Ben Franklin. That cutting table was kinda cool. I remember when Frank’s was still in the building next door to the Ben Franklin store. (then it was part of Sarah’s Attic for a bit).

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:41:07 +0000

Holy stroll through memory lane, Batman! I haven’t been to Chesaning in ages, but the last time I did, it was sad. I drove by my old house on Gasper Road and cried… it looked so different! How dare people cut down trees and paint MY porch! Argh! And downtown just looked… down.

I remember Little Giant. And Ben Franklin! I remember watching Betty cut fabric, and when I was little, I wanted to grow up and snip and tear fabric like Betty did…

By: Kathi D

Kathi D — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:38:17 +0000

Dave’s Bar will never die, because even if it gets hit by a car, it is so drunk that it will just roll away and giggle.

Pork is my favorite food too. Mmmmmmmm bacon. I could totally be a vegetarian if bacon was a vegetable. And ham. Yes, ham, too, for sure. And spare ribs.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:40:57 +0000

@ Brandy: I beleive it was called “Little giant dicount stare” Not positive!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:13:56 +0000

Damn, now I miss my Grandma and Grandpa. It is hard when you grow up and realize that all of these people who know everything and can do anything actually are just flawed people, like all of us. I knew my Grandpa and all of his faults and all of his goodness and miss him. I wish I could hear just one more time about how he and his buddies found Amelia Earhardt’s crash site (on Hawaii I think) or some other story I have heard 100X… 101 wouldn’t be bad.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:11:13 +0000

@ Katie… General Meats! I have forgotten them too. I remember my folks would buy like 1/4 or 1/2 cows there. We had a freezer in the garage with all kinds of brown wrapped meat… “ground beef”, “sirloin”, “roast”, etc…

@ Abby and all: Do you remember a green block building on Sharon just north of Gary Road and south of the river? Grandma Aldrich used to work there; it was a meat packer. As long as Grandma and Grandpa lived in their house up the road, every time we went over, Grandma had these big black markers (for labeling the meat) and plenty of white meat packing paper. I don’t remember her NOT having them…

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:47:23 +0000

That was a wonderfull walk down memory lane. I forgot about the security camera deal. I thought that was the coolest thing. I dont remember the picker! You have to out her to me. Send an Email. LOL We lived right down from general meats that was on the corner of Stuart and 57 so I remember the piggy sounds! Do you remember that place. I use to steal a quarter from my dads dresser and ride my bike and get a glass bottle of pop out the vending machine. Now its just a grass lot.