Sadly my family ties to Mayfair is just about gone...my gram lived on Charles st. Right around the corner from steins...last one left of my family that grew up in the neighborhood is my uncle bill. It's strange, I never found how much I treasured my philly roots till my dad passed a couple years back. Mayfair ain't what it used to be, but the night of my dad's funeral, I took my wife down to the neighborhood, walked up frankford Ave at 1030 PM and nobody bothered us, stopped and grabbed some water ice and shed a tear or two.
I grew up in the 80’s in Large & Fuller…Datillos Deli a block away,Solly Playground,Pennypack park right there,Great place to grow up in the 80’s…Goodtimes!
Lot of memories, thanks for this! I would go to my grandmom's every Christmas Eve, she lived on Cottage Street. (There was a HUGE Xmas light display a few blocks away on Jackson St. near Magee). My dad would always take Cottman to the area, wow...I remember that classic Dunkin' Donuts. Just loved that area when as a kid period, lot of great times. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.
Thank you for this, brought back so many goos memories, I grew up on princeton ave across from mayfair elementary school in the 70's and to the mid 80's. Lincoln high class of 86. I miss those times and the area it was!
I was born in the 80’s, lived on woodhaven rd, and used to play with friends in the neighborhood next to my apartment complex. I didn’t moved to the Verree rd area till I entered high school, but most of my good memories are from back then. I had woodhaven mall for abit, but then we got Franklin Mills mall ( will forever be that, not this Philadelphia Mills Mall crap. Met a couple of great friends back then, to bad most of them I’ve lost contact with. These days Northeast Philly don’t have the same feel as it used to, but at least better then other areas of Philly.
Plenty to do back in the day. Concord, Playland , Mayfair and the Merbem. Wall ball, stick ball, hand ball, wire ball, step ball , jailbreak and buck buck to name a few.
