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The A & P on Orange Street,  around 1951, with Val Raab on the left.
Take a closer look at the prices.....Tomatoes 4 for .25, Apples....3 for .10,
Onions 25 for .49.........Times have sure changed.
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Two neighborhood movie theaters.
The Essex on Springfield Avenue and The Central on Central Ave.
See The Plaza below.
 
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We didn't have swimming pools in our yards back then so we
made do with the city pools.
(Rotunda Pool)

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The original Hofffman soda bottle
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May 6, 1956, the Newark Evening News (Sunday Edition) ran an article on my family and why we liked to live in the Roseville Section of Newark. My father who went on to become a Chief in the NFD before retiriing around 1976.
To read the entire article click on the picture of my house below.
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