Seaside Heights NJ
Clearly the hands down winner for the place folks I knew
went when they went down the shore. My Grandma MacNicoll
had good luck on the boardwalk wheels you see pictured
above. She would win the giant teddy bear... I would win
something cheesy like toy plastic ants:)
Here is a bit about Seaside from their website:
On December 1, 1915, the first toll bridge was opened across
Barnegat Bay, linking Seaside Heights with Toms River and the
mainland. The bridge was built by the Island Heights and
Seaside Heights Bridge Company at a cost of $153,477.90. The
tolls varied; a horse and buggy was 25¢ - with extra persons
an additional 10¢, a car and driver cost 40¢ - with additional
persons an additional 15¢, horses, cattle, pigs and sheep cost
10¢ each. Children under 5 were allowed to cross free of charge.
Now visitors had more convenient access without having to take
a boat or travel by train on the railroad bridge built in 1881.
By this time, there were now two new hotels in Seaside Height:
the Sheridan Inn and the Sumner Hotel. The Seaside Heights
Amusement Company announced plans to build a theater and carousel
along with billiard, pool and shuffleboard rooms. Before World
War I, an amusement park opened between Seaside Heights and
Seaside Park. The two communities were to share the benefits
for the remainder of the 1900s. So the seeds were planted that
would flourish into New Jersey's "Family Fun and Sun Resort,"
claiming Seaside Heights as the greatest concentration of games
and amusement rides in the world! But it took a lot of
persistence. The first three blocks of boardwalk took four
years to build back in 1917. Four decades late, in 1955, a
major boardwalk fire destroyed a substantial number of amusements
including the original carousel that dated back to 1917. Today's
17-block, mile-long boardwalk is enjoyed by the tens of thousands
who visit each week in season. Strolling along the boardwalk was
a success from the beginning. It's reported that in 1917 the
Pennsylvania Railroad had to send a special 12-car train to
get Philadelphia visitors back home. Today's day-trippers
flood in from North Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania via
freeways and toll roads all feeding into the $6 million
Thomas A. Mathis Bridge, which replaced the narrow wooden
bridge back in 1950
7 comments:
I remember going over the wooden bridges in the early 50's and the rattling and rumbling and someone commenting on the narrow rails and how one could go into the bay. Pure terror for a little kid.
I also remember the forest fires and trying to get back to Trenton through the smoke. Fireman would appear with a lantern out of the smoky haze to detour us down a sand road.
The above were memories from being huddled under the plaid lap blanket that hung on the strap the went across the back of the front seat. The car was my Aunts huge green Buick Roadmaster and it had those "curb feelers".
Yesterday I came across some photos of my playing in the street puddles in Seaside. Cheap entertainment after a summer storm.
Skip
I just loved the boardwalk period, the games, rides, tomato pie, steak and sausage sandwiches and the people watching. With all the beaches here no boardwalks with that type of entertainment. Daytona has one but it's nothing to compare.
Just loved the boardwalk with all the games, food and just the smell of it all. Seaside Heights was great. My kids liked Pt. Pleasant.
Hi Mac...I always loved Seaside when I was a kid except when they caught me changing into my swimming trunks in the car. This was in the 1930s and that day the jail was loaded with kids fro the Burg who were doing the same thing. Jim Tallon, who had an office on Hamilton Ave. and was an official in Seaside got us out. My mother thought I was going to miss out on my school tests. It was during the depression and we could'nt afford to rent a locker just to change clothes. Every omce in awhile they did that but we got caught that day. Regards.
My Dad talks about the wooden bridge, its a bit before my time:)
Point Pleasant is nice too.
Ralph what a joke the Seaside
cops were to bother folks changing
in the car:)
Oh, they were into generating revenue back then by hook or by crook. Those crackdowns were all about putting those dollars into the kitty of the people who had the change rooms and showers. I hated those.
The alternate was to go to a "beach club" and those did not have the sweaty and crowded pack-em'-in atmosphere. One of my Dad's "better heeled" pals I think had a membership or knew someone. That was the way to fly back then with nice Adirondack chairs and drinks at the open air bar. We went once or perhaps twice.
How about the "half way" houses for the thirsty and weary? I think there was one at the half way point on every highway from every major town. At least there was for Seaside and LBI.
Maruca's is still peddling pies on the boardwalk and from what I hear it is still a huge slice.
Funny, but my mind can be so clear on some of the things that happened between two and like eight or nine years old. I hit my older sister up with a few things that happened and two were in my crib. She was amazed.
Skip .. and whad' went on here. This is the last site that I thought would be hit by the worms and similar ilk. Sorry Mac .. had to comment but don' wanna' know. I'm just shocked.
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