[PRCo] Re: Good Old Days

[robert simpson]

Thanks, John;
   
  It would have been the 75 car because I lived slightly closer to Ellsworth Avenue.  I remember it passed the old Columbia Hospital on the left and MSA on the right.
   
  Bob
   
   
  Robert Simpson
  from Krazy California
John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:
  
You probably took a 76 car to reach Swissvale Ave., Bob.

Their were a couple lines to Wilkinsburg.

75 Wilkinsburg via East Liberty went out Ellsworth from Oakland to East 
Liberty, then Penn Avenue to vicinicty of Columbia Hospital and west side 
PRR station in Wilkinsburg (well, within couple blocks)

76 Hamilton-Jane St. west out Fifth from Oakland to Point Breeze where it 
crossed Penn Ave. and the 75 line. Then through Homewood on Hamilton to 
Tioga St. Loop, then Wood St. to Wilkinsburg business dist., then Swissvale 
Ave. to Jane St. near Edgewood border. During 50s, we lived about a block 
away from Jane St.

There was also the 64 Wilkinsburg-E. Pgh that went out Forbes to Frick Park 
area, meandered through Wilkinsburg, Edgewood, Swissvale, N. Braddock to E. 
Pgh.

Also 87 Ardmore which went out Liberty Ave. to East Liberty, through 
Homewood on Frankstown, past Tioga St. loop to Wilkinsburg business dist, 
then Ardmore Blvd. to E. Pgh, then to Wilmerding.

And in prior years (before my memories of late 50s - went to bus around 
1953) there was a 78 Verona that went from Wilkinsburg, out Laketon Rd. past 
what became East Hills (?) Mall, to Verona and Oakmont. At one time the 
Wilkinsburg terminal was a crossover on Forbes at Braddock.

Cheers
John





>From: robert simpson 
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Good Old Days
>Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 21:25:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Ed,
>
> I remember the Sears store on Highland Avenue very well and also 6 volt 
>batteries in cars. We had a 1950 Chevvy which had one. Don't remember the 
>Pennsy station in E. Liberty but do remember the station in Shadyside just 
>below Shadyside Hospital. They supposedly had a model train exhibit but it 
>was always closed. There were several theaters in E. Liberty but their 
>names escape me. I remember one large theater, the Enright, on Penn Ave 
>near Negley. It had a pipe organ that was often played on weekends. In 
>later years, it stopped showing movies and had boxing matches. Visited E. 
>Liberty about 4 years ago and was very disappointed to see so much has 
>vanished. Also remember a high-rise building (maybe 15 stories or so) on 
>the corner of Highland and Penn Avenues which was demolished in the 1960's 
>for some unknown reason. Also visited Wilkinsburg where I once worked on 
>Swissvale Ave. Not much left! Used to travel there by streetcar from 
>Shadyside and remember the
> line was on Fifth Avenue which turned onto Penn Ave but can't remember 
>the number - help me....was it the 75 Wilkinsburg?
>
> All we have are our memories to share with others.
>
> Robert Simpson
> from Krazy California
>
>"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> A battery charger that hangs in my garage was purchased at the East 
>Liberty
>Sears store about 1955 or 56. We had to drive out there to get it because
>the Dormont store didn't have it in stock. It charges either 6 or 12 volt
>batteries. We "needed" one because the auto industry switched to 12v
>electrical systems in 1955, and in case the lights on our '55 Chevy wagon
>ever got left on, we wouldn't have been able to charge the attendant dead
>battery with the 6v charger previously on hand.
>
>If I recall, it was a Friday night that we went, and the store was quite
>busy. It was also a long ride from the countryside of northern Washington
>County.
>
>The charger still works.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
>Schneider
>Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 7:09 PM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Good Old Days
>
>
>I spent my Sunday mornings, whether I liked it or not, in Mellon's
>Stairway to Heaven in East Liberty. I have some other memories of
>that subset of Pittsburgh. Remember the Pennsy station? And about
>two or three blocks west of Highland on the south side of Penn Avenue
>was a small model railroad shop ... used to buy Strombecker wooden
>models in there. I'm going back to the days before Monroeville when
>people went to S'Liberty or Wilkinsburg to shop. Remember the big
>Sears Roebuck store on Highland Avenue? I'm told there were also
>seven movie theaters in East Liberty.
>
>On Aug 31, 2007, at 7:45 PM, robert simpson wrote:
>
> > Was looking through some old papers and found my old membership
> > card for the Lexington Roller Rink in East Liberty!
>
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