You can place an add up to 400×400 on the front page for 6 months for free. If you choose to continue the ad a one year rate would be $25. Your ad can be an image or text only.
If you are a business listed or mentioned on this site your add [...]
Coca Cola plant Merrimac St - Coke had a plant at this location during the 1970’s
Path connecting Chapel and Beacon Streets - Many kids on their way to the Belleville School used this path to save time. It exits on both Beacon and Chapel Streets. Locate It
Headlines - Located at Market Sq Headlines was the store cops love to see you exit then follow you home. You could pick up a bong, pipes, velvet posters, black lights, rolling papers and bikini posters of Farrah and Cheryl Ladd. The smell of burning inscents permeated every customer and air [...]
Share a memory of a parent, sibling, cousin or friend. Help keep their memory alive.
Doris Gearin 1931-1994 My mother. She worked at EPI and Angies. More Info
What is for school lunch next week for the following week of May 14, 1983?
Please share your memories…
Beef Corral - Located at the traffic circle. This establishment had the first arcade Asteroids game in town. Now called something like Court House Beef, the name was probably changed to fancy it up a bit, since they dropped the new District Court House within 300 ft of the corral. Whatever the name, the [...]
What is for school lunch next week for the following week of May 14, 1983?
Principal - Joseph Donnelly
Teachers mid to late 1970’s
Mr Raymond 4th grade - He was known for saying, “Are you asking me or telling me?” when a student answered a question, and he sensed hesitation in his answer.
Mrs Stromquist (Helen?) 4th grade
Mrs Kirpatrick
Eleanor Griffith [...]
Please add your memories to this school.
Please add your memories to this school.
Please add your memories to this school.
What is for school lunch next week for the following week of May 14, 1983?
Teachers
Al MacDonald - Music
Daniel Krassa - Science
William Rolfe
Mr Diresta
Please add your memories to this school.
WALNUT ST Locate It
Gearin at 5 Walnut St.
To the left at 11 Walnut was the Ayres, Ralph and Edith.
To the right was Dick Winn and wife.
Directly across the street was Henry Rundlet and his wife Gracie. As a child of about 6 years of age, Gracie was the first person I ever knew who past on. [...]
What is for school lunch next week for the following week of May 14, 1983?
“Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School”
Say that ten times fast. Most of us back in the 80’s were drawn to Whittier for many different reasons. Some of those were:
Alternating weeks of academics and shop.
We hated regular school and sought [...]
Do you have any and can you confirm any below?
That Billy Joel bought a brick home on High St between the Federal and Fruit St area. Locate It
Elliot Easton of the cars was seen walking into and dining at Scandia.
Jay Schadler, Reporter has a home in Newburyport, actually Plum Island. This was true [...]
Please add your local band info and link to the comments section. I will then add a live link on this page to your site. You can add past (70’s, 80’s) and current (NOW) band info here!
Many local bands played at the Grog on Middle St and other charity events at the Masonic Temple on [...]
A Little Further Out of Town
As a Newburyporter you probably remember…
Amesbury, Ma
Car Wash - Located at the split of Main St and Merrill St. This was an all wooden structure coin operated do it yourself car wash. I think it was called Merrill’s Car Wash. Locate It
Salisbury Beach, Ma
The Frolics Ballroom [...]
Mr K’s - Located at the 3 roads within a stone’s throw of Atkinson Common. Locate it
Websters Ice Cream - Located next to Riverside Dairy on Merrimac St. Locate it
Emerald Dairy - I believe this was located on Rt 1 near the traffic circle. Please correct me if I am wrong. [...]
Newburyport Youngster Slang of the Day
Bubbtown- the less desirable parts of Newburyport
Bubba- One who lives in the less than desirable parts of town.
Wiggy- A more precise term for a bubbtown resident.
Ya’ Bubba- What you say to get the attention of a Bubba.
Yeat - My interpretation is :a friendly go away or up yours attitude. [...]
Makeshift Playground Death Traps
Granite Block Pile. Located opposite California St off Merrimack, a small road led to a ship yard. This defunct shipyard contained the granite blocks up to around 1979. They were removed a short while after that. The large granite blocks must have been used once for ship building. [...]