Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff, You have to understand that I'm trying to remember things from 40+ years ago :) Jeff Moore wrote: > 2010-04-20-20:18:34 Mike Durling: > >> That's a beautiful image. It brings back memories of growing up just up >> the river from that bridge. >> > > Cool. This begs the question: on the subject of pork roll, were you a > Taylor family or a Case family? > > (And of course -- a pox on those silly North Jersey denizens who > ignorantly refer to all pork roll as "Taylor Ham".) > > Wow, pork roll is something I have no memory of. Sounds good right now, so maybe there's something in the subconscious. >> Strangely though I only remember daytime views, but that was a long >> time ago. >> > > I have this really vague memory that the '30s neon may have fallen > into disrepair, then been restored sometime in the last decade or two, > but I can't find a reference to confirm or deny that. > > Yeah, disrepair is how I remember it. Its a railroad bridge right? Kinda like a drab green fringed with rust. Your photo evokes the audacity and hope of the bridge in its heyday. >> My Grandad worked at the big General Motors plant in Trenton, which >> has long since closed. >> > > Was that the Fisher Body plant in West Trenton, or was there another > GM outpost I never knew about? > > Not that I remember exactly, but Googling and knowing where he lived I think it was the plant on Parkway ave. in Ewing township. Its probably the same place. My Trenton geography is a little rusty. >>> http://photos.bazbarfoo.com/Stuff-Outside/nightlight/11365892_AmnZg#842899467_amuAU-A-LB >>> >>> [M9 at 1250, 35/1.4 ASPH] >>> > > Best, Mike D > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >