Talk:Olney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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this is for all of you people from olney. was born and raised there in 1956. went to incarnation grade school and then went to cardinal dougherty high school. mayfair chick said all the places that i was gonna say. how about some that she didnt say. fleer's bubble gum at 10th & somerville which is technically logan. proctor & silex at 6th & tabor. a lot of people who lived in olney in the 1960's worked at fleer's or sears or canada dry which was over on whitaker ave behind sears on the boulevard. how about all the great little bars some that are still there. huddle & green parrot on 5th street across from fisher park. did anyone ever leave the olney democratic club(the Demmy) at 8am after a full night of drinking and card playing. how about the osmond post? now that covers 5th street north of olney ave. how about sweeney's tavern at 5th & lindley where you could listen to irish music on sunday nights. big bill's tavern at 5th & fisher where you could get a great meal and and a pitcher of beer for $10.00. how about the kopling house over on rising sun ave or mcnally's tavern at rising sun & clarkson that always had irish music and then became a country & western place. when i was a kid playing baseball in the olney midget league we had 2 ballfields one was at finletter school at front & godfrey and the other was at kiwanis at B & olney across from B & O playground where the school is now. we had a beautfiul ballfield there with dugouts. then in either 1970 or 1971 they opened up the fields at hammond & nedro which are still there. aleshire & sander fields which were named for 2 guys who were killed in vietnam. Frank Rizzo who was mayor at that time came up for opening day ceremonies. it was a real thrill for the people of olney to see our illustrious mayor there in person. how about the Gino's at 2nd & the blvd where betson's is. that was a great place to go stuff your face. gino's was a mcdonald's b4 mcdonald's was a mcdonald's. when i was a teenager there was no swimming pool at B & olney so we would hitchhike up roosevelt blvd and go to Boulevard pools which was located at tyson & the blvd. or we would go to max myers which is at bustleton & magee. sometimes we would go over to the pool at hunting park at 9th & hunting park. i absolutely loved living in olney. my mother & father bought the house on fisher ave in 1950 and my mom still had it till 10 years ago and then she sold it. my aunt lived up on 100 block of rosemar so i was up st. helena's way a lot to visit her. olney was a very special place where you didnt need a lot of money to buy a house and the houses were very nice. when i was growing up it was a big irish population. the germans were there after world war ii and then the irish came up from st. columbas's down around 21st & lehigh and made olney and feltonville their homes. i have plenty more to add but i think i have ran my mouth a little too much already.
