- You ate at "Chat and Nibble" once and met Murray.
- You still have a stolen ring from "Nunley's".
- You went either to the "Old Jr. High or the New Jr. High".
- You remember the Prospect Street School and Coolidge School.
- You knew someone in Omega or Alpha or a girl in P.U.X. or O.K.Y.
- You remember two Movie theaters in town and two bowling alleys.
- You thought Sports Night was the most important competition in life.
- The "Baldwin Manor" was a bar and not a condo.
- You were a "Clam Digger" or a "Stump Jumper".
- You had clothes from Tetenbaum's or Duerk Brothers,
- You ever bought hardware at Whitehead's.
- Your big shopping trip was to Hempstead, (A&S, R&G Clothes, Sterns, Robin Hood).
- You thought the Baldwin-Freeport Game was the Super Bowl.
- You thought everyone's parents came from Brooklyn.
- You at one time had a slice of Pizza from “Carlucci’s”
- You brought a triangle of chocolate from the candy store in the Shopping Center.
- If you remember Food Fair, Buttercrest Bakery, Lincoln Stationers, Woolworth's.
- You played ring-a-leav-e-o.
- You knew where “John’s Deli” was, and you knew John and his wife.
- The Tudor Bar, was the coolest bar in town.
- You know what a "Hell Night" is.
- You remember the night before Halloween was "Bad Boys Night".
- You remember Pathmark's location was all woods.
- You at least once had an underage beer in "The Met's Lounge"
- You at one time or another went to Carl Hoppl's for dinner.
- You had a "Hop Scotch" court in chalk on your sidewalk.
- You knew that "Stick Ball" was an official sport.
- You knew exactly when the "Good Humor Man" was coming down your block.
- Your Mom stayed home and Dad worked.
- You never had to lock your doors and did not have a key anyway.
- You had to be home when the streetlights came on.
- Your friend's family had two cars, they were rich.
- Your telephone number started with "BA-3".
- You skated at Loft's Lake.
- You loved your town even though you complained there was never anything to do.
- You rode your bike all over the place and left it in front of a store and knew it would be there when you came out.
- You went "skitching" on the back bumper of cars when it snowed.
- You went to Dairy Barn with empty bottles to buy milk, eggs, and cheese.
- You ran through the "Sprinkler Pool" in Coes Neck Park
- Walking to school was always safe. How about going home for lunch.
- You cutt through the hole in the fence at the back of the football field to get to school or go to the Shopping Center, no matter how many times it was patched, so you couldn’t get through. Someone always opened it again.
- You hung out at Carlucci's
- You hung out at the “wall” next to Woolworth's
- You hung out or partied at The “Woods” on weekends.
- You went to Carvel for ice cream
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- You knew who really started the brush fires in the weeds behind the new Junior High School.
- You bought sandwiches for lunch at Famularo's... with extra bologna for only 10 cents more.
- You've gazed upon the mural in the High School Commons.
- You had pizza and beers at La Bella Note.
- You cut school to hang out at the pool hall next to Modern Bowling Alley,
- You knew who "Tom" was from the textbook in Mr. C's Health Education Class.
- You sat in the girl's Health Ed. Class and wondered why the guys were always laughing.
- The Baldwin train station was like the DMZ in Vietnam.
- You knew that "Bay Colony" was not where the Pilgrims lived.
- YOu knew that Otto's had the best chicken salad.
- You can remember the Sinclair Dino Supreme gas station on Grand Avenue.
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- You knew that the really tall guy and the really short guy at Hotis' were brothers.
- You knew that the 3 white-haired guys at Nunley's were identical twins.
- You ate a tuna sub every day for 3 years standing in the aisle at Famularo's, (returning to class with terrible gas).
- You knew that Mr. Hertz' first name was Dick. (was it really?)
- You knew that the Baldwin Coach Diner had the best Deluxe Cheeseburgers.
- You knew where to go for Short Stays, Week Days...
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- You went "Slot Car Racing" a few stores down from Hotis'.
- You bought bats and tennis racquets at Sportarama.
- You bought egg Salad Sandwiches and Record Albums at Woolworths.
- You bought school supplies at LH Martin.
- You bought "black-and-whites" at Buttercrest Bakery.
- You marched down Grand Avenue to Silver Lake Park in the Memorial Day Parade.
- You remember the Time Capsule we buried in front of Meadow School in 1967.
- You bought paint at Pergament paint store at the corner of Merrick Rd and Grand Avenue.
- You shopped at "Hills" supermarket
- You ate at The Buckboard Inn.
- You remember seeing live chickens at Eckhardt's (corner of Atlantic and Verity Lane).
- You had a Saving Account at Baldwin Bellmore Savings and loan.
- You remember Little League tryouts inside the BHJHS gym.
- You played Little Leage games at Meadow School.
- You attended the Saturday morning gym program at Meadow School, run by a guy with white hair who was in great shape. (and some kid named "Mouse" who was the "superstar" of the program).
- You climbed the ropes and touched the ceiling in the gym.
- You participated in The Presidential Physical Fitness program and won Silver or Gold patches that you sewed on your jacket.
- You were on Safety Patrol and wore a white sash with a Silver Shield on it.
- You bought your gym uniforms at Tetenbaum's.
- You took the N4 bus all the way up Grand Avenue to Hempstead Station.
- You were called to DOSO for "disciplinary action"
- You read the "Golden Wave".
- Your graduation tassle was Blue and Gold.
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- You ate pasta at Sal's Wander Inn (on the other side of the Baldwin / Oceanside bridge).
- You bought a corned beef on rye and some thick sour pickles at Ben's Deli in the Baldwin Harbor Shopping Center.
