There should be alot of us Jerseyites out there

Is Tickners Feed and Supply still in Hackettstown?

HI all, as a kid I lived in Cupsaw Lake, then Fredon, then Blairstown, moved to upstate NY in 1981 and I love it here, I am alway telling people how nice NJ really is if they would see more of it than Newark Airport has to offer, I have never been from Joisey, I have always been from New Jersey I think you do your state a misjustice if you live in a rural part of NJ and tell people that your from Joisey, Just like now, I'm from upstate NY " Cooperstown "

Glenn

Smoker858 wrote:Is Tickners Feed and Supply still in Hackettstown?

Yes but it sure doesn't look like it did back in the day ...

sootman wrote:HI all, as a kid I lived in Cupsaw Lake, then Fredon, then Blairstown, moved to upstate NY in 1981 and I love it here, I am alway telling people how nice NJ really is if they would see more of it than Newark Airport has to offer, I have never been from Joisey, I have always been from New Jersey I think you do your state a misjustice if you live in a rural part of NJ and tell people that your from Joisey, Just like now, I'm from upstate NY " Cooperstown "

Glenn

I'm still here in Ringwood . 25 years. Now, only 1 blinking traffic light, at the Skyline Drive/ St Catherine's Church intersection.
Progress is overrated.

I lived in Alpha, NJ in the house I was born in until I graduated from college. We heated with Anthracite coal in a hand fired boiler. As you NJ residents know there are two bridges between Phillisburg, NJ and Easton, PA. One's a toll bridge one's is not. Our Easton coal supplier, named Union Coal Company, delivered in a high lift truck. A single truck load was enough for a season. One time coal was delivered in two half loads, in two trucks. Why? The toll on the bridge was raised from 10 to 25 cents. So they brought coal in two trucks so they could get under the weight limit on the free bridge. I sort of remember coal was $8 a ton. I also remember you could get coal carried in for 50 cents at ton extra. My parents only did that once. The coal would be bagged at the curb and carried down the cellar steps. Different times for sure. While Alpha has changed over the past decades the change has been minimal compared to where I now live in Maryland. Alpha finally got a traffic light, a sign of progress.

Nevercold wrote:

sootman wrote:HI all, as a kid I lived in Cupsaw Lake, then Fredon, then Blairstown, moved to upstate NY in 1981 and I love it here, I am alway telling people how nice NJ really is if they would see more of it than Newark Airport has to offer, I have never been from Joisey, I have always been from New Jersey I think you do your state a misjustice if you live in a rural part of NJ and tell people that your from Joisey, Just like now, I'm from upstate NY " Cooperstown "

Glenn

I'm still here in Ringwood . 25 years. Now, only 1 blinking traffic light, at the Skyline Drive/ St Catherine's Church intersection.
Progress is overrated.

Nevercold
I loved Ringwood, when I was growing up in the 1960s what is now Skylands was know as Shelton college [ a couple square miles ] and had been abondon or went broke and we used it as our personal playground to camp and fish and all the other stuff that a 10 or 12 year old likes to do, who would belive today that my mom and dad would let a bunch of ten year olds go out by themself and go a mile or 2 into the woods to camp for a day or two, but then again we were Boy Scouts I lived on Whaleback terrace 2nd house on the left

Glenn

OK... I'll admit it, born in Newark, but lived in the Warren and Sussex county area till about the late 70's, early 80's or so, been a while ago. Now living in Pennsyltucky just outside of Reading.... Noticed one of the members is from Stillwater, myself and some of my friends use to hang out at Mr. Gearharts place,I believed he owned a car dealership in Newton.. nice Model T's in his garage, even took us out for a ride in one once... what an experience to ride in a T

what an experience to ride in a T

Even more fun to drive one! Where was Mr. Gearhart's place?

cntbill wrote: myself and some of my friends use to hang out at Mr. Gearharts place,I believed he owned a car dealership in Newton..

Years ago, I bought my Ford Explorer at Newton Ford. Got a real good deal there.

Wood'nCoal wrote:

what an experience to ride in a T

Even more fun to drive one! Where was Mr. Gearhart's place?

If memory serves me, his place was either on the corner of 521 and Main St, or just a little down from the corner on 521. His pool house was part of the garage and game room that had the T's in it.... I just did a quick look with Google Maps, and don't seem to spot it, but the big field is still there.

DVC500 at last wrote:

cntbill wrote: myself and some of my friends use to hang out at Mr. Gearharts place,I believed he owned a car dealership in Newton..

Years ago, I bought my Ford Explorer at Newton Ford. Got a real good deal there.

That was Condit Ford, was sold to World Auto Group, the Ford dealer is gone, the Toyota agency (formerly farther up Rt. 206) is in that building now.

on the corner of 521 and Main St, or just a little down from the corner on 521.

Next to the Stillwater Mill?

Wood'nCoal wrote:on the corner of 521 and Main St, or just a little down from the corner on 521.

Next to the Stillwater Mill?

Mill still there? I am not really sure seems such a long time ago as to the exact location to his place, but the memory of the ride in the T is much more vivid... lol But I think it was just below the "A" on 521

The building just below the "A" is the Lakeland bank (formerly Newton Trust). It's on the corner of the intersection across from the church. The mill is further down Main St. by the river.

Greetings from Jim from Bloomsbury,Beautiful Hunterdon county, NewJersey

Welcome to the forum Waterman++ and fellow NJer! Beautiful place it is, tucked just above Pine Hollow on the Muskie at the foot of the hill. Did they take the dam out yet?

Ah, if only we had a few of those beauties in your picture at this time of the year