Stokeley Van Camp 1979, South Trenton
If you are reading this blog and have not been back to
the Trenton area for many years, heres the story.
Stokeley Van Camp closed long ago and was made into
nice senior housing. Then a highway was built next to it.
But here it was on ole Lalor Street in 1979 before all
of this:)
6 comments:
At certain times of the year the smell of tomatoes cooking would be amazing.
Mack: Just like Cathy said, I remember the smell of those tomatoes on a summer evening.
I remember truck loads of tomatos lined up on a side street off Lalor St next to the skating rink.
Bob Reck
That "road" was lead to on of our wilderness areas - the dirt road that followed "the tracks", and continued all the way to the grade crossigns at Cass St. and S. Broad heading north, and all the way to the 6-11 Little League and Trenton Babe Ruth, and further on to the swamps, Bordentown and Fieldsboro, heading the other way.
We did everything in there, safe from our parents' wrath. ;-)
Next to Stokeley's there would frequently be a line of Fruitgrowers' Express refrigerator rail cars loaded with fruit from Florida.
Not only ketchup, Stokely's made some kind of fruit drink like Hawaiian Punch - maybe even Hawaiian Punch itself - not sure.
Hi Mack: My sister Rose lived in one of the senior apts and I must say they did a wonderful job of providing them with very livable quarters. Across the street, on Lalor, is the large cemetary containing the remains of many prominent people of Trenton.
I worked at Stokely's during a couple summers while in college. With buddies, Tom Allegretti and Joe Piwonski. Never laughed so much when we splilled an entire pallet of empty Hawaiian Punch cans, while we were feeding the production line. Those were the days!
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