Wow! So many places I visited as a kid. My folks were big on variety and exposure and overcoming the fear of strangers and different places. New Jersey was/is a WONDERFUL place to be born and raised. Seashore to mountains, deserts to lakes: Fantastic. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks Paul. I'm glad you liked it. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Paul can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
I had been to that Woolworth in Audubon when I was a kid. I’m 42 now. I think they closed it in the late 80s or early 90s. There’s a Walmart and a Pep Boys and a bunch of other stores and restaurants there now.
Channel Lumber, the Capitol Theater, Rickel, Bamberger's, Caldor's, Burger Chef, Packard's, Clam Broth House ..... Got my first credit card at Korvette's to buy a tape recorder back in '64. Boy, can't believe they're all gone. Thanks for finding all these photos.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on CZcams. Paul Czekaj
Hi... and a BIG "thank you" for the video. I especially love the photo of my grandfather (John Antonik) and his merry-go-round at 1:05-:06. The video has me and my siblings corresponding and trying to figure out the date the photo was taken. The comments below are from my older sister Kitty. I believe the photo was taken in 1957 and that the little girl in the center is indeed our younger sister Mary. Mary also thinks it is a photo of her. It was taken in Belleville, NJ most likely in front of my grandparents house at 133 Ralph Street. I also remember many of the other places pictured in the video. I left NJ 21 years ago and now live in Wyoming. Thanks for the memories. (Irene Antonik Ward)
Thanks for the memories - 1st one shown being Bertrand's Island at Lk Hopatcong! But best 1 is at 1:07 my grandfather, John Antonik & his wonderful merry-go-round w/ metal peg music box that played different songs depending on its position. Father & uncle drove it in the 30s after their high school class days, charging a few cents for a ride. My younger brothers & sisters & I loved to visit Dziadzi ("grandfather" in Polish) & get him to back the merry-go -round out of the old garage that housed it & operate it in the driveway. It wasn't unusual for a few neighborhood kids to come over. I was mostly too old to ride but just loved that music box everytime. Thanks to my brother, Walt for forwarding this link!
+Kitty Antonik Wakfer Thanks so much for letting me know about your Grandfather. Those were great times growing up. I have another video coming out soon about how great it was to be a kid, and how I long for those days. I hope to have it out soon. Look for it on my you tube channel. It's called "A PLACE CALLED HOME". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I think it's the best song I've ever written. Paul
+Paul Czekaj Thank you very much for including this photo. Do you recall how you came to have it? It was taken in the Belleville area where my grandparents lived (next to a large drycleaning company near the Passaic river - house & yard is now a parking lot :( ), though Dziadzi would take the merry-go-round to nearby towns too. My youngest sister & I are pretty certain that the young girl in the center front is her; she'd be about 5yo & time about 1956. Although we've seen the photo before in the family we're not absolutely certain of its exact location, date or who took it. I checked out your oldest vid - NJ as your home & liked your composition. Look forward to your new one. BTW I like pumping my own gas here in Arizona & everywhere else we've traveled; I don't miss the restriction by law in NJ of doing so.
+Paul Czekaj Just got an email from my youngest brother who's answered the question of how you likely got the photo. Chris sent the "pics to a nostalgia reporter for the Star Ledger several years back in an effort to try to locate the truck." He added that young girl is not likely our sister after a round of deducing w/ man who'd been a youngster living behind my grandparents (who contacted him after article ran) he is in the photo & is same age as my brother, 4 yrs younger than my sister. The pic was probably taken in early 60s making our sister too old to be the dark haired little girl in center.
+Kitty Antonik Wakfer All the kids on my block including me were so thrilled when your grandfather came down our street and we got to give him $.10c to have a ride. We didn't have the money back then to go to a real amusement park. We also would wait to hear "Tops All" ice cream man that came around 7:00 PM. We run out of our house with .25c in our hand to get out favorite ice cream. Oh those were the days. Please look for my new song and video coming out soon. It's called "A PLACE CALLED HOME". It's about how great it was to be a kid, and how we wish we could go back to that happy simpler time. Paul
Yes, I do, my mother worked for Two Guys in Kearny, NJ. Two Guys got deliveries via Train. Train tracks were in back of the store. Those tracks fell into the river. And part of the old Two Guys building did too. Anyone recall what the Two Guys from Harrison wanted to originally wanted to name their new store? Remember they worked in the RCA factory in Harrison (4th street now Frank E. Rogers Blvd) RCA would discount scratched and slightly lightly damaged merch. First to the employees. Then if they can't sell it to them then it to the public.
East Brunswick 2 Guys/ Mom was shopping with a 3 & 4 year old in the cart. When she got up to the register, the 4 year old had in his hand a manican's hand. She had to go find the manican with the missing hand
Love this!! One of my favorite memories is the sound the little locker doors made on the Good Humor truck - and the man would have to go to different lockers for different items. That sound, along with the date stamper at the library with its double "kluck-kluck" and the wonderful smell of wood at the old library on Washington Ave in Bergenfield, are good memories. And how all the clothes sold at Two Guys smelled like sauerkraut... I don't know how, but one guy selling hot dogs out front managed to get the smell into everything inside the store! My dad loved Casa Hofbrau, so it wasn't our fault it went out of business - the only place you could get red cabbage. Lots of great memories! Thanks!
+Catherine Guldner Thanks Catherine, Yes they were the good old days. They may sound like little things to people now a days, but they were some of our most cherished memories.
Wow. I'm 66 and grew up in Glen Rock and Upper Saddle River. Seeing Two Guys,Packards (Italian ices were sold right next to the entrance to the liquor dept.) and Bertrands Island really brought back great memories of all the things that made NJ unique. There was racism,poverty,pollution and corruption aplenty . I know that growing up in a white,middle class suburb shielded me from alot of the bad stuff but it was still a great time and place to be a kid. It was a simpler time (for better or worse) when kids were allowed to be kids and the grown-ups lived in there own world. I live in Maine now but a bit of my heart remains in New Jersey. Thank you for posting this video.
I used to hang out with my friends under Seaside pier as a teen, that was taken by Hurricane Sandy. Used to clime underneath it with my first love, high above the beech and ocean. I was timid, he was wild. I loved him to much...still do. I haven't seen him for about 25years.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
I spotted the Wild Mouse roller coaster at Seaside in one of the images too. Although I'm originally a New Yorker, I spent my summer vacations there in the 1950's & 60's. And now those memories live on in an old man's mind out here in Los Angeles. This was a wonderful look back.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on CZcams. Paul Czekaj
The same here, my mother would read a section in the Sunday paper called Jersey jaunts and then we'd all go to wherever it was in our Desoto, she was the navigator and map reader.
Thanks for all the great memories, once a Jersey boy always Jersey boy. I remember Living right around the corner from Brookdale sodas in Brookdale,N.J.., which was In Bloomfield, N.J. Made many visits to the factor . They always showed us around as well as the old Brookdale Soda Trucks that use to the delivery their product wherever you wanted locally. You just selected what ever flavors you wanted and they would deliver and pick up old cases previously ordered no charge. Thanks.
@@CEG0720 So funny, I now live in Colorado. I was born an raised in N.J. Moved out here after hurricane Sandy. I miss Jersey very much, the food, and the smell of the ocean.
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@@carspiv Yes they did. My grandparents in Clifton used to always have a large can of chips and one of pretzels in the kitchen closet pantry. As preteens we would sit out on the breezeway that was between the main portion of the house and the garage eating Charles Chips and drinking Cokes. Pete the Mailman would come by on his route and in the summer time he would always get an ice cold tall glass of sweet tea and in the winter a large mug of hot chocolate. Their house was in the Robinhood Rd. area off of Rt. 46. It was an older neighborhood of mainly retirees.
Thanks for the memories! My car-avatar is a photo of my first car, parked at my parents' home north of Somerville. I'll bet you can find some photos of the Somerville Traffic Circle I drove around during my first 33 years in NJ, as well as the Leaning Tower of Pizza. My folks and I spent lots of summer weekend days at Lake Hopatcong, and I have fond memories of the Chris-Craft speedboat ride and the huge Water Fountain just below the dam... took me years to get big and strong enough to make it through to the railing in the center. 24 years in CA and the last 10 years in NC and I still have tons of memories of good times in NJ. Great song and photos! Thanks, again!
The dentist our family went to during my childhood was on Main Street, Somerville. I had scary memories of driving the Somerville Circle as a new driver in 1972. Yikes!
Love, love, love this! I grew up in New Jersey in the 1960s/1970s, and remember many of these establishments. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! And good song too, btw.
Having grown up in Brick, NJ in the 70's there are a lot of stores that I remember--Two Guys (extremely busy on Sundays because Monmouth County still had "Blue Laws" so people would come down to Brick to shop--and my father worked there for a short while), Bambergers (got a lot of back to school clothing there), Rickel's, Wetsons (loved their burgers), Burger Chef, just to name a few. So many more stores I remember which were not shown (obviously, you can't cover them all!). Does anyone remember Britt's department store (the go-to place for Boy Scout stuff), or Steinbach's, or H.L. Green's (all of which were in Brick Plaza)? How about Glen Rock Lumber (father worked there for a short while), or Geno's (or was it Gino's) burgers (they sold Kentucky Fried Chicken--back where it was still good), or Bonanza steak house? Thanks for the memories.
Sean - I still have a quality leather belt i bought in Steinbach's circa 1976. It doesn't fit me now, but I could still wear it today if i lost weight. My grandmother loved Britts. If you're as old as i am you probably remember the "Dutch Hut" hamburger joint across Brick Blvd from that location. I remember enjoying those hamburgers and fries a lot.
Hi, its driving me crazy. There was a gay sauna private club in Brick where I believe a mafia guy was shot outside. Do you remember the name of it? Believe late 70s early 80s
There was a Wetson's in Elizabeth on Rahway Ave. for many years starting in the early 60's. We would go there to get our "Super burgers" and fries and by the time we got home there would nearly always be a HUGE oily stain at the bottom of the bag with the contents ready to break through.
This is a great trip down nostalgia road. I grew up in Jersey City. Dad used to take us to Two Guys in nearby North Bergen, now Food Bazaar. It and several other Hudson County businesses were shown. However, the only one whose location was identified was the Clam Broth House in Hoboken.
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@@elmiguel6725 Born and raised there. PS#30 ,Snyder High, Bayonne pool, Roosevelt Stadium,the drive-in, I miss them all. I live in Colorado now but I'll always be a Jersey Girl.
Oh my gosh. Audubon NJ and a photo of the Audubon shopping center. Somehow it's nice to know it hasn't been completely forgotten. I spent many hours there growing up. Sometimes we'd drive there, sometimes we'd walk. It was close enough to do so. Woolworth's had great hot soft pretzels and water ice at the walk up window as well as an indoor restaurant. It's funny the things one remembers. I was about 7, we were waiting in line to turn into the shopping center when, BANG. Somebody rear ended my dad's '63 Chevy Nova.
How could anyone "Unlike " this? Great memories....anyone remember "Eagan's" in North Arlington ...I have their 14' Neon Sign in my yard and it works!!! LOL! Love this video. thanks
+tom catucci I'm glad you liked the song and video. I had some great help recording the song. My friend the amazing N J guitar player and singer Bobby Bandiera played and sang on it along with Joe Biglin on keyboards, Caren Kennedy-Hill and Jackie Zinsmeister on vocals, Matt Fordney on drums, and Matt Schoenbaum on Sax. Check out my other videos about N J on you tube.
+tom catucci I'm glad you liked the song and video. I had some great help recording the song. My friend the amazing N J guitar player and singer Bobby Bandiera played and sang on it along with Joe Biglin on keyboards, Caren Kennedy-Hill and Jackie Zinsmeister on vocals, Matt Fordney on drums, and Matt Schoenbaum on Sax. Check out my other videos about N J on you tube.
Hey! Used to cruise Union Blvd, early seventies, 66 Chevelle. Would drive down from Wayne. Lived first street past Mothers. Used to be swamp there. And what about T G`s, up at Greenwood Lake?
Brought good memories to my mind of "good old Johnstown, PA " and the places that are gone from my childhood. There's no place like home. Thanks for sharing this epic look at New Jersey, especially now that things have really changed for everybody in our country and we're all searching for a new normal.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on CZcams. Paul Czekaj
@@PaulCzekaj Having grown up in Brooklyn, I've made many Jersey jokes over the years (most of them corny as heck). But it was all in fun as you Jersey folks are cool. Nice video!
Thanks Cirderf, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. The Paterson falls is in one of them. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
Good old Caldor department store. Caldor and Bradless were the best department stores, until Walmart came and ran them out of town with all their cheap made in China stuff. Caldor was my first job when I was 16 and in high school. Fond memories of that place.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
This is great! Love that it includes parts of North Jersey like Lafayette Township and Hamburg. I live in Hamburg, but sadly the Gingerbread Castle is a wreck and no longer open. 50's-60's were a great time to live and sure wish we could turn the clock back or find another place like it. Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks B K, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
I grew up in Haledon just outside Patterson in the early 80s and this literally brought me to tears 😢. My father recently passed away in June and I vividly remember some of these places with him, tho many were already gone by the time I came along. Thank you so much for this video and song. It really touched my heart seeing all this stuff. Brought back so many fond memories.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I loved Bertrand's Island! I grew up in Montclair and my family bought a house in Lake Hopatcong, where I spent the summers of 1975, 76, 77, 78, and 79.
Thanks Jackie ,Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Jackie can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
Thanks Mac, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore.
Paul , all your videos are great !!! . I'm a 50's kid so I remember everything .....born in Paterson, raised in Hawthorne, lived In "East Paterson", Midland Park, Basking Ridge, Somerset and now happily retired in the rural quietness of Hunterdon County. Worked at WT Grant's (Hi school),Bamberger's (college) and several school systems around North & Central NJ .And yes there is a Central NJ . I really miss "one all the way" (only in Jersey) , Joey Dee and the Starlighters , the Bar A in Belmar , Royal Manor on wknds down the shore and so much else .You made me think about all those places where you could really dance in NJ without having to go to New Yawk!
Hi, I'm glad you enjoyed my music video. yes they were "THE GOOD OLD DAYS".!!!! Things have sure changed in New Jersey unfortunately not for the better. The property taxes are a killer. Still a nice place to live if you can afford it. I hope to have a new album out by the end of the summer and some more videos too. Thanks again. Paul Czekaj.
Thanks George, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
@@PaulCzekaj I was born and raised in NJ and miss the old Audubon shopping center. I would bike there from Collingswood. I will make sure to watch your other videos and tell people about them.
A simpler time in many ways, but I did notice that some of the places that were in south Jersey were either not identified by town or just left out. But it was a nice trip back to my youth, thanks.
Thanks Harry, Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Harry can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
Great video, FWIW that brown Pabst Blue Ribbon @ 0:20 was actually a green Hoffman soda bottle back in the day. What I really miss is Olympic Park. As a kid I could walk there from my house. Great times gone forever. :(
WOW WOW WOW !!! Grunnings in Plainfield was a great hang and I remember the Steer Inn. I got my first guitar at Rhondo Music on Route 22 in Union. And of course, got my first 45s at Two Guys an EJ Korvettes! What a great video!!!!
+Robin O I got my first electric guitar at E J Korvettes, and I bought my Guild acoustic guitar at Rondo music over 40 years ago. I also remember buying my first 45 rpm at Two Guys. It was Wake up Little Susie by the Every Brothers. I played the Guild on the song.
+Paul Czekaj Sound like you were from the Plainfield area - Grunnings - nobody knows that unless they were from that area. And John's Bargain Store, JJ Newberry's and McCrory's on Front Street, and Robert Hall on 22. I went to the Capitol Theater in Passaic and Art Stock's Royal Manor. I could go on and on - the Neptune Diner, old Asbury Park shots, and the ride in Seaside that was lost in Sandy. I can't believe that you found all of this!!! This is something that I will watch over and over. THANKS
Your work is beyond wonderful. thank you, thank you, thank you for this and your other videos of NJ life. Merry Christmas and many happy new years to continue your work.
+Les Mathis Thanks for your kind words Les. I'm so glad you enjoyed the song and video. I hope you get a chance to see my Christmas music video called "CHRISTMAS IS FOREVER" on you tube. I was "AT THE BEACH" today in Asbury Park. That's also the title of another one of my videos. Check it out too.
Thanks for your devotion and dedication to some great memories of New Jersey. It was fun and bittersweet at the same time. I will share this with NJ family and friends. Blessings and appreciation. 🎶👏🏻👸🏻🙏🏻
Yes. I also lived in Whippany and Montville, and enjoyed seeing the Wetsons and Kiddieland photos, as well as Bamberger's, Two Guys and Korvettes, among so many others. :)
It was wonderful watching all the great photos and music of "Old New Jersey". I felt as if I was reliving my childhood. However, I noticed something odd and "out of place" and was wondering if anyone else noticed the same? While the film depicts the many fabulous old photos of New Jersey, inserted at the 1:16 point is a brief video of pre-pubescent children in bathing suits, getting ice cream. It seemed completely out of place. Not only was it an actual video rather than still photos, but it appeared to have taken place in modern times( observe what seems to be a cellphone and more modern apparel.) Also, this is not an ice cream truck from the 60s. I have no clue why this video was inserted as a part what was otherwise, a wonderful trip down memory lane. It just struck me as being somewhat unusual.
Ron Haimowitz - Wow. You're right. It looks like it may be a smart phone 📱 or maybe a wallet in the girl's hand. It is a video, completely INAPPROPRIATE. What kind of a sick perv. Is taking videos of young girls from behind?
The "modern" video of kids buying ice cream fits if you would actually listen to the song. I don't think there is much in the way of photos of kids buying ice cream from a Good Humor truck in the 60's. It is not a preverted video as some would like to infer. It is kids buying ice cream ffs. Now if that commenter NEEDS it to be perverted to satisfy some NEED they have as an individual, then have at it. Other than that, forget about it!
I love New Jersey!!! Born and Raised typing this in August, 2023 where the Daily Mail just rated NJ THE SAFEST STATE IN ALL OF THE US!!! . We are #1 again NJ. I dubbed our little state "The Little State that Could" . Fun fact: did you know NJ is the most mentioned state mentioned in all of the Hollywood Movies/tv shows etc. Boy, you touched on some real Nostalgia here, my parents favorite restaurant was the "Casa Hafbrou House" it was our go-to special occasion dinner place, I can't believe you added that!!!! Block Buster and Emerson Bowling Lanes were part of my teenagehood I would say. You could have also added the iconic Paramus Park Mall and Triplex Movie theatres of the day.
I loved Mothers. They had 2 bands playing every night. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Dan can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
Captain Starn's deserved recognition. . But wow, many of those were national names as well as some Jersey businesses mixed in. Great job taking us down Memory Lane.
Mac Claire My parents would always take me and friends to a great seafood dinner there when we vacationed in Brigantine-a real favorite! I went there with them in the late 60’s one more time...it must have closed soon after that! Also love Hackney’s in Atlantic City....💕☺️
Clifton born and raised. Brookdale Soda, Charlie's Chips in a can, and Applegate Farm Ice Cream on a warm summer evening. And the museum by the castle! Ahh. I'll be 68 in a few days. This video takes me back. Thank you very much for gathering these old pictures.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos on CZcams called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
God bless you and thank you so very very much for showing thisI was born in New Jersey raised in New Jersey in the beautiful township of brick Town so many wonderful places and wetson's had the best cheeseburgers in the world. Oh how I truly miss bamberger's rickles all those wonderful places but forever locked in our wonderful memories. Thanks again so very much!!!!!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Thank you! I been trying to remember the name of Rustlers steak house for a while! I could see the place all the details inside but could not remember the name and no one else knew what I was talking about!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
So amazing! Thank you for making this awesome video!! So many great NJ memories! Kiddie Land in Pinebrook! Becker's Farm! The Meadowbrook! Zingas!! Brookdale Soda! So many more! 😊😢
This was great ! just seeing all of the old places I visited as a child brought back so many memories I hadn't thought about in years. Thanks for that. Good old New Jersey !! 😁
+Toni Neeley I wish I could have put in all the photos I had but I ran out of time in the song. I'm happy you enjoyed it. Please look up my other music videos about New Jersey on you tube.
+Christopher Sizer Yes Chris. Just go to you tube and type in my name to see more music videos about New Jersey. MY HOME NEW JERSEY part 1 and 2., EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE is about hurricane Sandy, and AT THE BEACH is about all the fun you can have down the Jersey shore. There's even an Elvis tribute and a Christmas song.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on CZcams. Paul Czekaj P. S. I bought the guitar that I played on this song from Rondo music.!!!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Lived in Metuchen until I was 9 which was 1965. Even though I was young when I left I remember a lot of those places. Went back there in 2000...wow did things changes. Lots of great memories from Jersey.
Born and raised. In fact, I'm writing a novel right now set in 1958. There are two scenes that take place on the Flagship!! Thanks so much for this great song!!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
@@PaulCzekaj Hi Paul. Yes, I will check out everything. Thanks so much for what you are doing to honor the legacy of New Jersey, our home. Also, on a personal note, I realized that my brother in law Jim Jacobus, is playing drums on your recording!
I was born and raised in North Jersey in 1946. Born in Paterson, and raised in a small town in northern Passaic County named Wanaque. I remember going to W T Grant in Pompton Lakes. Sort of a general store that had a bit of everything. So many memories from so long ago. I moved to Florida in 1970 and have been here for more than 50 years. But at least I stay warm in the winter now.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Although I am across the bridge in PA, we had many of the same stores. The old Latin Casino, my parents were regulars, as I became of age, I started going there. Every summer my grandmother would take all the grandchildren to Atlantic City where we would walk the boardwalk, then play the games and enjoy the rides and roller coaster at Steel Pier. Who can't forget Ed Hurst?
Great Memories of Jersey. I used to work at 2 Guys From Harrison in Totowa, and I've been to more than 1/2 of the places in the video. I also lived right across the street from the entrance to Bertrand's Island in Mount Arlington. (Lake Hopatcong) No more amusement park. It is all condos now.
+Tony Granito I worked at Korvettes in North Plainfield in high school. This guy did such a good job with this slide show. There were so many places that I remember!
+Tony Granito I too lived in Mt Arlington, but in my 20s from 1969 to 1975. However as a teenager when our family often visited the summer house on "the Lake" 3 uncles & grandparents (not the grandfather w/ the merry-go-round at 1:07 in vid) owned jointly & I often got over to Bertrand Island w/ my cousins. Such fun! The cotton candy! Thanks for letting us know it what happened to it... The land would be too valuable to support an amusement park of that size but still the memories remain. :)
+Tony Granito I worked at the store in Kearny for a short time in 1969.I was at the closing day for the store in Harrison in 1959-on a Sunday(They passed the Sunday shopping ban shortly after that).I have a friend whose father worked with the two guys who started the business.
Hi, Tony- I remember 2 Guys in Totowa well. Many Sundays , my mom, grandmother & I would ride there to buy groceries. I was maybe 5 or 6 years old. I remember standing on the driveshaft hump (between the front & rear seat) with my head on my chin looking out the windshield. (What is seat? For that matter, what SEAT BELT? My mom's 1960 Mercury Comet didn't have any!) We started in Hawthorne, down Goffle Rd to E. Main St in Paterson. Continued through Presidential Blvd, up Ryle Ave to Totowa Rd. Turned left on Union Blvd to Rt. 46 west & into the 2 Guys parkling lot. My grandmother & I used to partake in miniature bowling each time before we headed for home. No wonder I like food shopping!! I also remember the 'blue laws'- the clothing areas were roped off- no clothing sold on Sunday.
Thank you for doing this. Brings back so many fond memories of people and places. Born in Bayonne, grew up in Rahway, visited or hung out at oh so many of those places . . . .
Saw a lot of cool places that I had been to as a kid but missed Bradlee's, Alexander's, and Steinbach's, all great places! Great video, thanks for posting!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Some great memories but you forgot a few of my favorites: Zabers in Atlantic City, Brigantine Castle, Kiddie City, and Ideal clothing....I still sing that ideal theme song every time I drive down the white horse pike
+Buffy Summers I'm glad the video brought back some nice memories for you. Like you I didn't get in many of my favorite places that are gone from N J. Alexanders, Montgomery Ward, Borders books, Story Land, Action Park, Great Eastern Mills Etc. I had over 100 more photos of places that are gone, but only 3:00 minutes to get them in. I tried to get in something from all around the state. Please check out my other videos about N J.
@@winros3042 I lived in Westfield (born at Overlook in Summit), Matawan, North Arlington and Rutherford. I remember Good Humor from Rutherford. We moved to CT when I was 7 years old. I always missed NJ.
@@miriambucholtz9315 I was born in Newark raised in Elizabeth now I live in East Brunswick. Every Time I Think of Westfield now, I think of that house the Haunted House on Boulevard Avenue!👻
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Look not with your eyes, but with your heart...You'll still see the old New Jersey all around. Beautiful work, Paul.
Wow! So many places I visited as a kid. My folks were big on variety and exposure and overcoming the fear of strangers and different places. New Jersey was/is a WONDERFUL place to be born and raised. Seashore to mountains, deserts to lakes: Fantastic. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks Paul. I'm glad you liked it. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Paul can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
Oh wow. As a long time New Jerseyan, to see these places again was a real treat. Thx for sharing.
I had been to that Woolworth in Audubon when I was a kid. I’m 42 now. I think they closed it in the late 80s or early 90s. There’s a Walmart and a Pep Boys and a bunch of other stores and restaurants there now.
Im a kid now and new jersey is the 2nd state with the most positive cases in the us for coronavirus
Ditto.
Channel Lumber, the Capitol Theater, Rickel, Bamberger's, Caldor's, Burger Chef, Packard's, Clam Broth House ..... Got my first credit card at Korvette's to buy a tape recorder back in '64. Boy, can't believe they're all gone. Thanks for finding all these photos.
Man does this bring back memories from my childhood in the 60s😌
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on CZcams. Paul Czekaj
Hi... and a BIG "thank you" for the video. I especially love the photo of my grandfather (John Antonik) and his merry-go-round at 1:05-:06. The video has me and my siblings corresponding and trying to figure out the date the photo was taken. The comments below are from my older sister Kitty. I believe the photo was taken in 1957 and that the little girl in the center is indeed our younger sister Mary. Mary also thinks it is a photo of her. It was taken in Belleville, NJ most likely in front of my grandparents house at 133 Ralph Street. I also remember many of the other places pictured in the video. I left NJ 21 years ago and now live in Wyoming. Thanks for the memories. (Irene Antonik Ward)
Thanks for the memories - 1st one shown being Bertrand's Island at Lk Hopatcong! But best 1 is at 1:07 my grandfather, John Antonik & his wonderful merry-go-round w/ metal peg music box that played different songs depending on its position. Father & uncle drove it in the 30s after their high school class days, charging a few cents for a ride. My younger brothers & sisters & I loved to visit Dziadzi ("grandfather" in Polish) & get him to back the merry-go -round out of the old garage that housed it & operate it in the driveway. It wasn't unusual for a few neighborhood kids to come over. I was mostly too old to ride but just loved that music box everytime. Thanks to my brother, Walt for forwarding this link!
+Kitty Antonik Wakfer Thanks so much for letting me know about your Grandfather. Those were great times growing up. I have another video coming out soon about how great it was to be a kid, and how I long for those days. I hope to have it out soon. Look for it on my you tube channel. It's called "A PLACE CALLED HOME". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I think it's the best song I've ever written. Paul
+Paul Czekaj Thank you very much for including this photo. Do you recall how you came to have it? It was taken in the Belleville area where my grandparents lived (next to a large drycleaning company near the Passaic river - house & yard is now a parking lot :( ), though Dziadzi would take the merry-go-round to nearby towns too. My youngest sister & I are pretty certain that the young girl in the center front is her; she'd be about 5yo & time about 1956. Although we've seen the photo before in the family we're not absolutely certain of its exact location, date or who took it.
I checked out your oldest vid - NJ as your home & liked your composition. Look forward to your new one.
BTW I like pumping my own gas here in Arizona & everywhere else we've traveled; I don't miss the restriction by law in NJ of doing so.
+Paul Czekaj Just got an email from my youngest brother who's answered the question of how you likely got the photo. Chris sent the "pics to a nostalgia reporter for the Star Ledger several years back in an effort to try to locate the truck."
He added that young girl is not likely our sister after a round of deducing w/ man who'd been a youngster living behind my grandparents (who contacted him after article ran) he is in the photo & is same age as my brother, 4 yrs younger than my sister. The pic was probably taken in early 60s making our sister too old to be the dark haired little girl in center.
+Kitty Antonik Wakfer All the kids on my block including me were so thrilled when your grandfather came down our street and we got to give him $.10c to have a ride. We didn't have the money back then to go to a real amusement park. We also would wait to hear "Tops All" ice cream man that came around 7:00 PM. We run out of our house with .25c in our hand to get out favorite ice cream. Oh those were the days. Please look for my new song and video coming out soon. It's called "A PLACE CALLED HOME". It's about how great it was to be a kid, and how we wish we could go back to that happy simpler time. Paul
I lived in Jersey City. Most of what was there in the 50's and 60's is gone. Especially Journal Square.
Robert Greenhouse Tube Bar!
Colgate, White castle
Yeah, Journal Square is changing fast, even McGinley Square is changing.
Long live Boulevard Drinks and White Mana!
Anyone remember ‘Two Guys from Harrison’?
I do..!! I was from North Arlington and spent my childhood there. The escalators..!
Yes, I do, my mother worked for Two Guys in Kearny, NJ. Two Guys got deliveries via Train. Train tracks were in back of the store. Those tracks fell into the river. And part of the old Two Guys building did too.
Anyone recall what the Two Guys from Harrison wanted to originally wanted to name their new store?
Remember they worked in the RCA factory in Harrison (4th street now Frank E. Rogers Blvd) RCA would discount scratched and slightly lightly damaged merch. First to the employees. Then if they can't sell it to them then it to the public.
Not only Two Guys but EJ Korvettes, WT Grant, Alexander’s, Great Eastern, Bambergers and Teppers!
Yep. Had a Two Guys just up the street,on Paterson Plank Rd,in North Bergen.
East Brunswick 2 Guys/ Mom was shopping with a 3 & 4 year old in the cart. When she got up to the register, the 4 year old had in his hand a manican's hand. She had to go find the manican with the missing hand
I literally smiled from ear to ear through the entire length of this! Thank you for tripping so many synapses!
Love this!! One of my favorite memories is the sound the little locker doors made on the Good Humor truck - and the man would have to go to different lockers for different items. That sound, along with the date stamper at the library with its double "kluck-kluck" and the wonderful smell of wood at the old library on Washington Ave in Bergenfield, are good memories. And how all the clothes sold at Two Guys smelled like sauerkraut... I don't know how, but one guy selling hot dogs out front managed to get the smell into everything inside the store! My dad loved Casa Hofbrau, so it wasn't our fault it went out of business - the only place you could get red cabbage. Lots of great memories! Thanks!
+Catherine Guldner Thanks Catherine, Yes they were the good old days. They may sound like little things to people now a days, but they were some of our most cherished memories.
Wow. I'm 66 and grew up in Glen Rock and Upper Saddle River. Seeing Two Guys,Packards (Italian ices were sold right next to the entrance to the liquor dept.) and Bertrands Island really brought back great memories of all the things that made NJ unique. There was racism,poverty,pollution and corruption aplenty . I know that growing up in a white,middle class suburb shielded me from alot of the bad stuff but it was still a great time and place to be a kid. It was a simpler time (for better or worse) when kids were allowed to be kids and the grown-ups lived in there own world.
I live in Maine now but a bit of my heart remains in New Jersey. Thank you for posting this video.
I used to hang out with my friends under Seaside pier as a teen, that was taken by Hurricane Sandy. Used to clime underneath it with my first love, high above the beech and ocean. I was timid, he was wild. I loved him to much...still do. I haven't seen him for about 25years.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
I spotted the Wild Mouse roller coaster at Seaside in one of the images too. Although I'm originally a New Yorker, I spent my summer vacations there in the 1950's & 60's. And now those memories live on in an old man's mind out here in Los Angeles. This was a wonderful look back.
Crying and remembering my folks and Sunday drives too nowhere, far yet near too home!
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The same here, my mother would read a section in the Sunday paper called Jersey jaunts and then we'd all go to wherever it was in our Desoto, she was the navigator and map reader.
Always went down the shore during the summer. A true Jerseyan doesn't go to the beach. They go 'down the shore.' :-)
@@richcook2007 That's right ! We went to Mantaloking.
I am not from N.J ,I am from Liverpool England but have been there it is a down to earth feel
Love liverpool. Especially the football team.
My hometown Elizabeth NJ is the Liverpool of America.
Maybe South Jersey?
Thanks for all the great memories, once a Jersey boy always Jersey boy. I remember
Living right around the corner from Brookdale sodas in Brookdale,N.J.., which was
In Bloomfield, N.J. Made many visits to the factor . They always showed us around as
well as the old Brookdale Soda Trucks that use to the delivery their product wherever you wanted locally. You just selected what ever flavors you wanted and they would deliver and pick up old
cases previously ordered no charge. Thanks.
This almost made me cry
@Nomo 😅😅😅😅
I know wat u mean 😥🤧
You have my profile pic
This did make me cry .. I moved from NJ to Colorado in 1982 ... and now don't remember why ... wish I could go back
@@CEG0720 So funny, I now live in Colorado. I was born an raised in N.J.
Moved out here after hurricane Sandy. I miss Jersey very much, the food, and the smell of the ocean.
Feeling nostalgic at this tough time. I'm not a native (grew up on LI) but have lived here for 30 years. Well done Paul.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on CZcams. Paul Czekaj
I was born in East Orange General. Spent my years growing up in Pompton Plains. I visited so many of these places. Great memories. Thanks.
I remember most of these places that were part of growing up in New Jersey.
drinking brookdale soda and eating charlie chips pretzels. those where the days
I remember getting Brookdale soda. You choose any flavor n put it in a case and they were large glass bottles.
Charles Chips used to home deliver, right?
Mike Dunham Yes, memories of my father taking me there with the empty bottles and getting a fresh case of mixed....
@@carspiv Yes they did. My grandparents in Clifton used to always have a large can of chips and one of pretzels in the kitchen closet pantry. As preteens we would sit out on the breezeway that was between the main portion of the house and the garage eating Charles Chips and drinking Cokes. Pete the Mailman would come by on his route and in the summer time he would always get an ice cold tall glass of sweet tea and in the winter a large mug of hot chocolate. Their house was in the Robinhood Rd. area off of Rt. 46. It was an older neighborhood of mainly retirees.
@@carspiv Sure did..right to the front porch. In a big can. I remember thinking that they melted in your mouth like butter 💙
This was wonderful and brought back such good old memories.
Thanks for the memories! My car-avatar is a photo of my first car, parked at my parents' home north of Somerville.
I'll bet you can find some photos of the Somerville Traffic Circle I drove around during my first 33 years in NJ, as well as the Leaning Tower of Pizza.
My folks and I spent lots of summer weekend days at Lake Hopatcong, and I have fond memories of the Chris-Craft speedboat ride and the huge Water Fountain just below the dam... took me years to get big and strong enough to make it through to the railing in the center.
24 years in CA and the last 10 years in NC and I still have tons of memories of good times in NJ. Great song and photos!
Thanks, again!
+plusaf dotcom .... and the White Castle "burgers", too!
Leaning Tower of Pizza.....I forgot that one! Somerville Circle....the craziest circle I've EVER seen.
@@Brightstar1001 Now the Somerville Circle is even crazier,lol
The dentist our family went to during my childhood was on Main Street, Somerville.
I had scary memories of driving the Somerville Circle as a new driver in 1972. Yikes!
awesome video. Pabst Blue Ribbon, I was born & raised in Newark, my Dad worked their, and so did I when I was 17.
Love, love, love this! I grew up in New Jersey in the 1960s/1970s, and remember many of these establishments. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! And good song too, btw.
Having grown up in Brick, NJ in the 70's there are a lot of stores that I remember--Two Guys (extremely busy on Sundays because Monmouth County still had "Blue Laws" so people would come down to Brick to shop--and my father worked there for a short while), Bambergers (got a lot of back to school clothing there), Rickel's, Wetsons (loved their burgers), Burger Chef, just to name a few.
So many more stores I remember which were not shown (obviously, you can't cover them all!). Does anyone remember Britt's department store (the go-to place for Boy Scout stuff), or Steinbach's, or H.L. Green's (all of which were in Brick Plaza)? How about Glen Rock Lumber (father worked there for a short while), or Geno's (or was it Gino's) burgers (they sold Kentucky Fried Chicken--back where it was still good), or Bonanza steak house?
Thanks for the memories.
Sean - I still have a quality leather belt i bought in Steinbach's circa 1976. It doesn't fit me now, but I could still wear it today if i lost weight. My grandmother loved Britts. If you're as old as i am you probably remember the "Dutch Hut" hamburger joint across Brick Blvd from that location. I remember enjoying those hamburgers and fries a lot.
Hi, its driving me crazy. There was a gay sauna private club in Brick where I believe a mafia guy was shot outside. Do you remember the name of it? Believe late 70s early 80s
@@richmonroe203 - It was "The Egyptian".
@@cmans79tr7 Thank you! You know it had to be mafia for a place like that to be in Brick.
There was a Wetson's in Elizabeth on Rahway Ave. for many years starting in the early 60's. We would go there to get our "Super burgers" and fries and by the time we got home there would nearly always be a HUGE oily stain at the bottom of the bag with the contents ready to break through.
I LOVED this., Talk about a wonderful trip down memory lane. I know almost every single place & I will always be a Jersey girl!
I'm getting old---I remember most of these places!
Thank you so much Paul for the wonderful memories which will remain in my heart forever. Dalelorraine
This is a great trip down nostalgia road. I grew up in Jersey City. Dad used to take us to Two Guys in nearby North Bergen, now Food Bazaar. It and several other Hudson County businesses were shown. However, the only one whose location was identified was the Clam Broth House in Hoboken.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on CZcams. Paul Czekaj
Yesssss, Jersey City(Greenville)....where ever I go I meet someone from JC
@@elmiguel6725 Born and raised there. PS#30 ,Snyder High, Bayonne pool, Roosevelt Stadium,the drive-in, I miss them all. I live in Colorado now but I'll always be a Jersey Girl.
@@joannoneill2531 All roads lead to JC 😉
So sad but what memories it brings back! They were good days. Thanks for sharing Barbara.
Yay! Born in1964, I was born in Cape May Court House, NJ. So many memories growing up in South Jersey. 🌸
Oh my gosh. Audubon NJ and a photo of the Audubon shopping center. Somehow it's nice to know it hasn't been completely forgotten. I spent many hours there growing up.
Sometimes we'd drive there, sometimes we'd walk. It was close enough to do so.
Woolworth's had great hot soft pretzels and water ice at the walk up window as well as an indoor restaurant.
It's funny the things one remembers. I was about 7, we were waiting in line to turn into the shopping center when, BANG. Somebody rear ended my dad's '63 Chevy Nova.
How could anyone "Unlike " this? Great memories....anyone remember "Eagan's" in North Arlington ...I have their 14' Neon Sign in my yard and it works!!! LOL!
Love this video. thanks
+tom catucci I'm glad you liked the song and video. I had some great help recording the song. My friend the amazing N J guitar player and singer Bobby Bandiera played and sang on it along with Joe Biglin on keyboards, Caren Kennedy-Hill and Jackie Zinsmeister on vocals, Matt Fordney on drums, and Matt Schoenbaum on Sax. Check out my other videos about N J on you tube.
+tom catucci I'm glad you liked the song and video. I had some great help recording the song. My friend the amazing N J guitar player and singer Bobby Bandiera played and sang on it along with Joe Biglin on keyboards, Caren Kennedy-Hill and Jackie Zinsmeister on vocals, Matt Fordney on drums, and Matt Schoenbaum on Sax. Check out my other videos about N J on you tube.
My parents went to Egan's when I was little. We lived on Stover Ave. for years.
Omg I used to eat at Eagans all the time
Hey! Used to cruise Union Blvd, early seventies, 66 Chevelle. Would drive down from Wayne. Lived first street past Mothers. Used to be swamp there. And what about T G`s, up at Greenwood Lake?
Rickell's, Channel, 84 Lumber...all gone. Thanks to Home Depot, Lowe's, Wal-Mart, and China
Nicely done! I'd love to do a #2, we all have places that could fill this song!
So many memories of growing up in Jersey. Thanks for making this.
That was great! I remember a lot of those places while growing up in the greatest state in the USA!
Brought good memories to my mind of "good old Johnstown, PA " and the places that are gone from my childhood. There's no place like home. Thanks for sharing this epic look at New Jersey, especially now that things have really changed for everybody in our country and we're all searching for a new normal.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Now sadly, we will lose many more wonderful places after covid19 destroys our economy
Our Governor will destroy our economy before Covid-19 does.
Clifford Bodine what a moronic take
@@stanleyrogouski Grocery store workers r not "risking their lives". Small businesses need to open. There is no such thing as a NON-ESSENTIAL Worker.
@@lisac8669 , Agreed..........
Corona Virus is a lie of the New World Order Ayenda.
Great song. Those photos brought back a lot of great memories.
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Having grown up in Brooklyn, I've made many Jersey jokes over the years (most of them corny as heck). But it was all in fun as you Jersey folks are cool. Nice video!
Thanks Cirderf, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. The Paterson falls is in one of them. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
Good old Caldor department store. Caldor and Bradless were the best department stores, until Walmart came and ran them out of town with all their cheap made in China stuff. Caldor was my first job when I was 16 and in high school. Fond memories of that place.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
pacluv Caldor in Route 46 Totowa was my bread and butter.....my family bought everything there. I cried when the store was closed
This is great! Love that it includes parts of North Jersey like Lafayette Township and Hamburg. I live in Hamburg, but sadly the Gingerbread Castle is a wreck and no longer open. 50's-60's were a great time to live and sure wish we could turn the clock back or find another place like it. Thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you! This was my childhood, grew up in Bergen County where my Dad grew up! Seems appropriate to return to this great time today, 4th of July.
I went to many of these places as a youth with my grandparents...
Old enough to remember some, have heard of all! When Jersey was Jersey!
Thanks B K, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
I grew up in Haledon just outside Patterson in the early 80s and this literally brought me to tears 😢. My father recently passed away in June and I vividly remember some of these places with him, tho many were already gone by the time I came along. Thank you so much for this video and song. It really touched my heart seeing all this stuff. Brought back so many fond memories.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I loved Bertrand's Island! I grew up in Montclair and my family bought a house in Lake Hopatcong, where I spent the summers of 1975, 76, 77, 78, and 79.
Jersey born and raised baby ❤️
Thanks Jackie ,Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Jackie can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
Hell yeah absolutely,!!! greetings from someone from bricktown!!!!
Tyler Zorn hi Bricktown, Sayreville here !
Hello from Keyport!
Sayreville!!!! WOOOOO!!!
It's 2020, CoronaVirus has me in isolation and I am watching this cool video. Just amazing. And yes, I live in NJ.
Thanks Mac, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore.
Paul , all your videos are great !!! . I'm a 50's kid so I remember everything .....born in Paterson, raised in Hawthorne, lived In "East Paterson", Midland Park, Basking Ridge, Somerset and now happily retired in the rural quietness of Hunterdon County. Worked at WT Grant's (Hi school),Bamberger's (college) and several school systems around North & Central NJ .And yes there is a Central NJ . I really miss "one all the way" (only in Jersey) , Joey Dee and the Starlighters , the Bar A in Belmar , Royal Manor on wknds down the shore and so much else .You made me think about all those places where you could really dance in NJ without having to go to New Yawk!
Hi, I'm glad you enjoyed my music video. yes they were "THE GOOD OLD DAYS".!!!! Things have sure changed in New Jersey unfortunately not for the better. The property taxes are a killer. Still a nice place to live if you can afford it. I hope to have a new album out by the end of the summer and some more videos too. Thanks again. Paul Czekaj.
I still remember Two Guys, wow.
Great video, thank you so much for helping me relive my past. I miss all those old stores.
Thanks George, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj
@@PaulCzekaj I was born and raised in NJ and miss the old Audubon shopping center. I would bike there from Collingswood. I will make sure to watch your other videos and tell people about them.
This is so Great! I will always remember. Thank you!
A simpler time in many ways, but I did notice that some of the places that were in south Jersey were either not identified by town or just left out.
But it was a nice trip back to my youth, thanks.
Thanks Harry, Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Harry can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
Just wonderful! I grew up in NJ in the 60s and 70s and I remember most of those spots.
Originally from New Jersey & still have relatives there. Enjoyed the trip down memory lane! Thanks, so much, for sharing!
Great video, FWIW that brown Pabst Blue Ribbon @ 0:20 was actually a green Hoffman soda bottle back in the day. What I really miss is Olympic Park. As a kid I could walk there from my house. Great times gone forever. :(
WOW WOW WOW !!! Grunnings in Plainfield was a great hang and I remember the Steer Inn. I got my first guitar at Rhondo Music on Route 22 in Union. And of course, got my first 45s at Two Guys an EJ Korvettes! What a great video!!!!
+Robin O I got my first electric guitar at E J Korvettes, and I bought my Guild acoustic guitar at Rondo music over 40 years ago. I also remember buying my first 45 rpm at Two Guys. It was Wake up Little Susie by the Every Brothers. I played the Guild on the song.
+Paul Czekaj Sound like you were from the Plainfield area - Grunnings - nobody knows that unless they were from that area. And John's Bargain Store, JJ Newberry's and McCrory's on Front Street, and Robert Hall on 22. I went to the Capitol Theater in Passaic and Art Stock's Royal Manor. I could go on and on - the Neptune Diner, old Asbury Park shots, and the ride in Seaside that was lost in Sandy. I can't believe that you found all of this!!! This is something that I will watch over and over. THANKS
+Robin O There were TWO Grunnings in South Orange--one in the town, and one up on the hill (both on South Orange Avenue)
+Bob Masucci The Grunnings that I was referring to was in Plainfield. Interesting!
Your work is beyond wonderful. thank you, thank you, thank you for this and your other videos of NJ life. Merry Christmas and many happy new years to continue your work.
+Les Mathis Thanks for your kind words Les. I'm so glad you enjoyed the song and video. I hope you get a chance to see my Christmas music video called "CHRISTMAS IS FOREVER" on you tube. I was "AT THE BEACH" today in Asbury Park. That's also the title of another one of my videos. Check it out too.
Thanks for your devotion and dedication to some great memories of New Jersey. It was fun and bittersweet at the same time. I will share this with NJ family and friends. Blessings and appreciation. 🎶👏🏻👸🏻🙏🏻
+Elaine Silver Are you the same same Elaine Silver that used to live in Hopatcong.????
Yes. I also lived in Whippany and Montville, and enjoyed seeing the Wetsons and Kiddieland photos, as well as Bamberger's, Two Guys and Korvettes, among so many others. :)
It was wonderful watching all the great photos and music of "Old New Jersey". I felt as if I was reliving my childhood. However, I noticed something odd and "out of place" and was wondering if anyone else noticed the same? While the film depicts the many fabulous old photos of New Jersey, inserted at the 1:16 point is a brief video of pre-pubescent children in bathing suits, getting ice cream. It seemed completely out of place. Not only was it an actual video rather than still photos, but it appeared to have taken place in modern times( observe what seems to be a cellphone and more modern apparel.) Also, this is not an ice cream truck from the 60s. I have no clue why this video was inserted as a part what was otherwise, a wonderful trip down memory lane. It just struck me as being somewhat unusual.
Ron Haimowitz - Wow. You're right. It looks like it may be a smart phone 📱 or maybe a wallet in the girl's hand. It is a video, completely INAPPROPRIATE. What kind of a sick perv. Is taking videos of young girls from behind?
TRUE.
The "modern" video of kids buying ice cream fits if you would actually listen to the song. I don't think there is much in the way of photos of kids buying ice cream from a Good Humor truck in the 60's. It is not a preverted video as some would like to infer. It is kids buying ice cream ffs. Now if that commenter NEEDS it to be perverted to satisfy some NEED they have as an individual, then have at it. Other than that, forget about it!
I just knew you couldn't leave out Palisades Park!
+carroyo911 He saved the best for last!
So sad what they did to that place. They shouldve left it.
I love New Jersey!!! Born and Raised typing this in August, 2023 where the Daily Mail just rated NJ THE SAFEST STATE IN ALL OF THE US!!! . We are #1 again NJ. I dubbed our little state "The Little State that Could" . Fun fact: did you know NJ is the most mentioned state mentioned in all of the Hollywood Movies/tv shows etc. Boy, you touched on some real Nostalgia here, my parents favorite restaurant was the "Casa Hafbrou House" it was our go-to special occasion dinner place, I can't believe you added that!!!! Block Buster and Emerson Bowling Lanes were part of my teenagehood I would say. You could have also added the iconic Paramus Park Mall and Triplex Movie theatres of the day.
Great video. Grew up in cedar Grove and Maplewood so I k ol all those places. I used to go partying at Mothers every weekend. Good memories.
Dan Sherman CGI’s!!
I loved Mothers. They had 2 bands playing every night. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Dan can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.
Hoffman's soda and Ballantine beer and ale in Newark
Captain Starn's deserved recognition. . But wow, many of those were national names as well as some Jersey businesses mixed in. Great job taking us down Memory Lane.
Mac Claire My parents would always take me and friends to a great seafood dinner there when we vacationed in Brigantine-a real favorite! I went there with them in the late 60’s one more time...it must have closed soon after that! Also love Hackney’s in Atlantic City....💕☺️
And Hackneys’’s Seafood Restaurant in Atlantic City with brass railings and great seafood!
Brings back great memories, left a smile on my face and brought joyous tears from my eyes
Clifton born and raised. Brookdale Soda, Charlie's Chips in a can, and Applegate Farm Ice Cream on a warm summer evening. And the museum by the castle! Ahh. I'll be 68 in a few days. This video takes me back. Thank you very much for gathering these old pictures.
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos on CZcams called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
WONDERFUL memories....miss all of these and the times when we really enjoyed "our state" home.
Pal's Cabin was a gigantic loss to many!
God bless you and thank you so very very much for showing thisI was born in New Jersey raised in New Jersey in the beautiful township of brick Town so many wonderful places and wetson's had the best cheeseburgers in the world. Oh how I truly miss bamberger's rickles all those wonderful places but forever locked in our wonderful memories.
Thanks again so very much!!!!!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
@@PaulCzekaj ,... Thank you so much for the message Paul I look forward to watching the other videos!!!
Nice slide show. I saw many places I had been at while growing up in the 50's in Jersey. Very nostalgic.
Thank you! I been trying to remember the name of Rustlers steak house for a while! I could see the place all the details inside but could not remember the name and no one else knew what I was talking about!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
The rustler had the best steaks and salad bar!!!! Miss that place so much!l
My mother used to call Johns Bargain Store "Cheap Johns" her Christmas shopping store. 🙂
I grew up in the Bronx, we had one near us. My mom used to take me there. Moved to central NJ, been here since.
There was also a John's Bargain Store in Park Slope, Brooklyn on 5th Ave. that my mom loved! This was in the 60's.
So amazing! Thank you for making this awesome video!! So many great NJ memories! Kiddie Land in Pinebrook! Becker's Farm! The Meadowbrook! Zingas!! Brookdale Soda! So many more! 😊😢
This was great ! just seeing all of the old places I visited as a child brought back so many memories I hadn't thought about in years. Thanks for that. Good old New Jersey !! 😁
+Toni Neeley I wish I could have put in all the photos I had but I ran out of time in the song. I'm happy you enjoyed it. Please look up my other music videos about New Jersey on you tube.
+Paul Czekaj More videos about NJ?
+Christopher Sizer Yes Chris. Just go to you tube and type in my name to see more music videos about New Jersey. MY HOME NEW JERSEY part 1 and 2., EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE is about hurricane Sandy, and AT THE BEACH is about all the fun you can have down the Jersey shore. There's even an Elvis tribute and a Christmas song.
RONDO MUSIC a place where dreams came true.
I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on CZcams. Paul Czekaj P. S. I bought the guitar that I played on this song from Rondo music.!!!
@@PaulCzekaj I play guitar and write tunes as well. I lived in Union near Suburban Golf Course.
Hi James!..Bought my 1st "brand new" drumset at Rondo Music when I was 15 yrs. old...Wow, what great memories!
@@toddwalkerdrumstudio My friend Mike and I would walk over to Rondo on a Saturday morning and just look at the drums.
GREAT VIDEO. What a walk down memory lane!
Wow that was cool. Being a North Jersey guy ( Orange). Seeing Grunnings in South Orange was great. There were two stores. Nice job!!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Lived in Metuchen until I was 9 which was 1965. Even though I was young when I left I remember a lot of those places. Went back there in 2000...wow did things changes. Lots of great memories from Jersey.
The White Manna hamburgers on Tonnele ave is still there in Jersey City. It was so much better than white castle.
USS Pandumbic White Manna is STILL there in Hackensack. White Manna even has a Wikipedia article!
USS Pandumbic It’s like taking a tasty trip back in time!
we used to buy them by the bagful.
Irish place . Corner whit Manhattan ave
Next time include the Colgate Clock by Exchange Place, Jersey City.
Born and raised. In fact, I'm writing a novel right now set in 1958. There are two scenes that take place on the Flagship!! Thanks so much for this great song!!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
@@PaulCzekaj Hi Paul. Yes, I will check out everything. Thanks so much for what you are doing to honor the legacy of New Jersey, our home. Also, on a personal note, I realized that my brother in law Jim Jacobus, is playing drums on your recording!
I was born and raised in North Jersey in 1946. Born in Paterson, and raised in a small town in northern Passaic County named Wanaque. I remember going to W T Grant in Pompton Lakes. Sort of a general store that had a bit of everything. So many memories from so long ago. I moved to Florida in 1970 and have been here for more than 50 years. But at least I stay warm in the winter now.
Thanks for including my neighborhood soft drink beverage company. But the Claremont Diner is missing!
Best chees cake EVER
Does anyone remember a soda beverage manufacture called, BOLLER located in the Peterstown section of Elizabeth,NJ?
ask diane main she.. is the smart one
My Aunt always had a good supply of Boller’s soda for family picnics
My brother-in-law worked there as a driver! They had the BEST GRAPE SODA ON THE PLANET!
Thank you so much! This was great. Brought back so many memories. I am a Jersey Girl & you brought back my yester years! 💜😙
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Left NJ in 1975. What a Trip !!! Thanks. Great Vid.
wow I remember lots of those places...crazy eddie his prices are....
+Cathy Ywaski INSANE!
and a little stock manipulation by "crazy" eddie antar and....jail!
Insane🤪
Spent a lot of my 43n years driving trucks, delivering in NJ. We had a lot of those stores here in CT too.
Miss the Wagon Wheel and all those joints in Keansburg!
Although I am across the bridge in PA, we had many of the same stores. The old Latin Casino, my parents were regulars, as I became of age, I started going there. Every summer my grandmother would take all the grandchildren to Atlantic City where we would walk the boardwalk, then play the games and enjoy the rides and roller coaster at Steel Pier. Who can't forget Ed Hurst?
+4Is2See If you want to see many more things and places from Jersey check out my videos "My Home New Jersey part1 and 2.
Thanks. Will check them out.
Great Memories of Jersey. I used to work at 2 Guys From Harrison in Totowa, and I've been to more than 1/2 of the places in the video. I also lived right across the street from the entrance to Bertrand's Island in Mount Arlington. (Lake Hopatcong) No more amusement park. It is all condos now.
+Tony Granito I worked at Korvettes in North Plainfield in high school. This guy did such a good job with this slide show. There were so many places that I remember!
+Tony Granito I too lived in Mt Arlington, but in my 20s from 1969 to 1975. However as a teenager when our family often visited the summer house on "the Lake" 3 uncles & grandparents (not the grandfather w/ the merry-go-round at 1:07 in vid) owned jointly & I often got over to Bertrand Island w/ my cousins. Such fun! The cotton candy! Thanks for letting us know it what happened to it... The land would be too valuable to support an amusement park of that size but still the memories remain. :)
+Tony Granito I worked at the store in Kearny for a short time in 1969.I was at the closing day for the store in Harrison in 1959-on a Sunday(They passed the Sunday shopping ban shortly after that).I have a friend whose father worked with the two guys who started the business.
Hi, Tony-
I remember 2 Guys in Totowa well. Many Sundays , my mom, grandmother & I would ride there to buy groceries. I was maybe 5 or 6 years old. I remember standing on the driveshaft hump (between the front & rear seat) with my head on my chin looking out the windshield. (What is seat? For that matter, what SEAT BELT? My mom's 1960 Mercury Comet didn't have any!)
We started in Hawthorne, down Goffle Rd to E. Main St in Paterson. Continued through Presidential Blvd, up Ryle Ave to Totowa Rd. Turned left on Union Blvd to Rt. 46 west & into the 2 Guys parkling lot. My grandmother & I used to partake in miniature bowling each time before we headed for home. No wonder I like food shopping!! I also remember the 'blue laws'- the clothing areas were roped off- no clothing sold on Sunday.
I worked at Two Guys in Dover !!
Nagel's Candy Barn
Thank you for doing this. Brings back so many fond memories of people and places. Born in Bayonne, grew up in Rahway, visited or hung out at oh so many of those places . . . .
Saw a lot of cool places that I had been to as a kid but missed Bradlee's, Alexander's, and Steinbach's, all great places! Great video, thanks for posting!
I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on CZcams. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj
Some great memories but you forgot a few of my favorites: Zabers in Atlantic City, Brigantine Castle, Kiddie City, and Ideal clothing....I still sing that ideal theme song every time I drive down the white horse pike
+Buffy Summers I'm glad the video brought back some nice memories for you. Like you I didn't get in many of my favorite places that are gone from N J. Alexanders, Montgomery Ward, Borders books, Story Land, Action Park, Great Eastern Mills Etc. I had over 100 more photos of places that are gone, but only 3:00 minutes to get them in. I tried to get in something from all around the state. Please check out my other videos about N J.
Yeah!..I remember the Sea horse pier before it became the castle in Brigantine!...I'm getting old!!!..😀..lol
@@PaulCzekaj , Well there's always room for part 2 ! I'm sure.
I remember the Good Humor truck. Coconut popsicles were my favorite.
Toasted almond?
@@winros3042 No, I always had the coconut. I also picked chartreuse construction paper during art in kindergarten. I always had to be different.
@@miriambucholtz9315 that's funny I always had to be different too and I still am! I grew up in Elizabeth down North End.
@@winros3042 I lived in Westfield (born at Overlook in Summit), Matawan, North Arlington and Rutherford. I remember Good Humor from Rutherford. We moved to CT when I was 7 years old. I always missed NJ.
@@miriambucholtz9315 I was born in Newark raised in Elizabeth now I live in East Brunswick. Every Time I Think of Westfield now, I think of that house the Haunted House on Boulevard Avenue!👻
So many memories. I worked at Korvettes, lived in Ramsey not far from the drive-in, bought stuff from Rickles. 2 Guys, Bambergers, etc. Thanx.
I have fond memories of many of the places shown. Mandy's a time I wish I could go back to those days. Thanks for remembering.......