A Blog about the Chambersburg area of Trenton NJ. The Burg we all loved and miss. If you were from the Burg I hope many of the pictures and lists and comments under them from good folks bring back some nice memories. Villa Park, Franklin Park, South Trenton, and nearby Hamilton also mentioned. Use the search box atop the blog to find schools,churches,streets,stores,bars etc that you remember. Over 4000 posts and 3000 pics. Enjoy:)
Hey Mack: A suggestion: When you post a photo like this one, that you identify the name of the current occupant (That is if you know the current occupant.)I can't read the sign on the current building, but I think it's that pub over by the County Municipal building. You're doing a geat job. The input from "Joe Z" and "SJBill" are very interesting comments on the history of the area.Keep up the great work. TOM GLOVER
Mack: I do believe that was the Old Wooden Nickle, the narrow street along side was next to Apex parking lot. Across the street was another bar, than the gas station and old metal diner.
Thank You Tom:) I try to avoid mentioning the current Burg as much as possible thus I rarely mention current occupant. I do it on occasion for the more interesting things or if the current occupant is the same as in Burg days long ago:)
-------------------- SJ: My Burg was mostly the 70s and 80s thus I dont know what the Jersey Hirado is. Half the fun of this site is hearing about the Burg before my times :)
THE MAGYARS In 1900 there were 1494 Magyars in Trenton, in 1910 there were 4980 and in 1920 there were 4042.
In Trenton the Hungarians occupy more than thirty-five different streets in whole or in part. All that section of Trenton lying south of Bridge Street, extending many blocks east and west, all the way down to what was formerly Wharton Street, now merged in South Clinton Avenue, is populated by Hungarians.
The Hungarian makes a valuable workman and is quiet, thrifty, industrious, home-loving and sturdy. By nature he is sociable and finds company necessary in his scheme of life. This accounts for the courtesy and politeness of the people. They belong to the various Hungarian churches, both Protestant and Catholic.
The Hungarians are great believers in education and the immigrants send their children to the American schools. Since Hungarian is an Asiatic language, there are many difficulties for the immigrant to overcome before he can learn to read and write English, but his natural talent is shown by the many who speak English fluently. Three newspapers in Trenton are published in the Magyar tongue: The Independence, The Jersey Hirado and The Cross.
I recall the activity in these printing plants all night long. The papers hit the 'stands by dawn, fow the workers to take to Roeblings.
I knw a few guys that worked for both the Hugarian presses and the Trentonian.
It was a great period, but it sounds like you had a great time, too.
SJBill, the metal diner at Broad and Dye was owned by Brusnahan Family. Their son, Harry has a restaurant in New Egypt called Tooties, his wife's nickname. The gas station on the corner, was Harry Wellman, who later had a car repair shop on Furman St. I do remember a big fire on that site, thought it was in the later 60's and Granny Freund was an avid reader of the Hirado.
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Mack: Was this tavern the one across from Apex Lumber across from their parking lot. If so I remember it as the Wooden Nickle.
Remember the big lumber yard fire back in the 50s? I think at the time it was hte lumber yard of Wilson and Stokes.
A cuppla doors away was a printing company that specialized in Hungarian Newspapers back in the 50s & 60s. Mack, remember the Jersey Hirado?
There was a trolley car style diner across the street next to the Sunoco station.
Hey Mack:
A suggestion: When you post a photo like this one, that you identify the name of the current occupant (That is if you know the current occupant.)I can't read the sign on the current building, but I think it's that pub over by the County Municipal building.
You're doing a geat job. The input from "Joe Z" and "SJBill" are very interesting comments on the history of the area.Keep up the great work.
TOM GLOVER
Mack: I do believe that was the Old Wooden Nickle, the narrow street along side was next to Apex parking lot. Across the street was another bar, than the gas station and old metal diner.
Thank You Tom:)
I try to avoid mentioning the current Burg as much as possible
thus I rarely mention current occupant. I do it on occasion
for the more interesting things
or if the current occupant is the same as in Burg days long ago:)
--------------------
SJ: My Burg was mostly the 70s and 80s thus I dont know what the Jersey Hirado is. Half the fun of this site is hearing about the Burg before my times :)
Joe It looks like the ole Wooden Nickle to me too:)
Mack
A little history on the Magyars in Trenton.
http://trentonhistory.org/His/Foreign.html
THE MAGYARS
In 1900 there were 1494 Magyars in Trenton, in 1910 there were 4980 and in 1920 there were 4042.
In Trenton the Hungarians occupy more than thirty-five different streets in whole or in part. All that section of Trenton lying south of Bridge Street, extending many blocks east and west, all the way down to what was formerly Wharton Street, now merged in South Clinton Avenue, is populated by Hungarians.
The Hungarian makes a valuable workman and is quiet, thrifty, industrious, home-loving and sturdy. By nature he is sociable and finds company necessary in his scheme of life. This accounts for the courtesy and politeness of the people. They belong to the various Hungarian churches, both Protestant and Catholic.
The Hungarians are great believers in education and the immigrants send their children to the American schools. Since Hungarian is an Asiatic language, there are many difficulties for the immigrant to overcome before he can learn to read and write English, but his natural talent is shown by the many who speak English fluently. Three newspapers in Trenton are published in the Magyar tongue: The Independence, The Jersey Hirado and The Cross.
I recall the activity in these printing plants all night long. The papers hit the 'stands by dawn, fow the workers to take to Roeblings.
I knw a few guys that worked for both the Hugarian presses and the Trentonian.
It was a great period, but it sounds like you had a great time, too.
My folks, The Slovaks, The Irish
& The Scots were trouble :))
SJBill, the metal diner at Broad and Dye was owned by Brusnahan Family. Their son, Harry has a restaurant in New Egypt called Tooties, his wife's nickname. The gas station on the corner, was Harry Wellman, who later had a car repair shop on Furman St.
I do remember a big fire on that site, thought it was in the later 60's and Granny Freund was an avid reader of the Hirado.
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