The lady who used to lower the basket was named Parmina. I remember her. She lived up on the top floor and couldnt walk due to health reasons. She would throw down a list and money to any kid walking by who would agree to go to the corner store for her. Then she woukd lower her basket on a long string and pull up her groceries. Then she would throw down a tip for the kid that did her shopping. This was in the 1970's.
This is an absolutely amazing video. Not too many old timers around who grew up in the North End. Please make more and as many as you can. This is literally preserving history. Priceless footage
When my parents said we were going to shop I could hardly wait to get to the corner of of Salem St to get a square piece of pizza from the old man pushing the doll cartridge. My brother and I would eat while we Played with the snails outside Giufres’ fish market. I met Spin in the pizza shop on Blackstone street early on a Saturday morning. We met and talked like we were old friends. It used to marvel me with his age,energy and his personality. After pizza at 8:00 in the morning I would stop up and down the street and hit Joey O,s. Bought meat cheese and cc’s at Al Capone,Harry D’Orsi’ and beef at United. I miss how they used to hawk for sales. We would party in Boston until last call and then go to the North End to eat. Back then it was alive as if it was Mid afternoon.remember Circle Pizza. This all started when I was three years old and now I’m,we’ll,enough of that. I could go on and on and on but for those of you who only know what you hear I wish you were then. I wouldn’t change a thing. With tears…CIAO..!!
Ciao paisans . Im a native born New Yorker from the Bronx and lived in Salem back in the early 80s and loved the North end huh? A lot of great memories. I use to get some great Italian ice in both the North end and east Boston near Chelsea . Grazie mille fellas . Thanks for sharing this great historical video of the great old North End guys Salute 🍷
Stand was across from the Quincy market fanuile hall square. My shoe shining first stop . Working my way down to the combat zona. A ruff area of Boston .. 1966i was 12 . No place a kid. But it was night. During the day I hopped a fence in to Suffolk Downs .
Bova's Bakery - in the early 80s when I went to college in Miami my two sisters adopted a pair of cats/kittens from this place. One was an orange tabby whom they named Bova, the other a grey tabby whom they called Bee. I'm sure these two guys saw the two felines before they were adopted. Fond memories ☺️
Stationed at USCG base Boston " North End " 1965 '66 , an old brick building on the harbor . Loved to walk the city when off duty and point to Charlestown Navy Yard across the Bay when tourists came looking for the USS Constitution . Very fond memories - like " Spin " & "Joey " I'm 77 yrs old now .
This video makes me nostalgic. Listening to my grandfather tell stories of his neighborhood. Though my family is from the boston area and get our cannolis at Mike’s every Christmas. It does make me sad that its getting pricy to move there so I’ll have to save up :(
Good friends of mine, the Biasiucci’s, lived down on Hanover St. in the 50’s & 60’s. I lived in Roxbury in the 60’s & 70’s, and we used to go shopping at the open air market at Haymarket. My favorite restaurant was the European on Hanover. As a red headed Irishman, I always felt safe in the North End 🤌🏼
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it's kind of sad how Joey O keeps saying "was" when referring to the North End ... now it's just expensive apartments and the two main tourist streets.
