Scenes from around Cherry Hill New Jersey, circa 1970. Includes the original Garden State Park, the Cherry Hill Inn, the old library and houses that have long since been demolished.
I saw Cherry Hill Library and West High School. Where's Ellisburg Circle ;-) I grew up and spent nearly 40 years in Cherry Hill before moving to the Midwest. Nice area but I love the Midwest more believe it or not. I lived on the East by Cooper School side but went to Eustace. Somebody have a hoagie or a cheese steak for me at Big John's.
Bamburgers is now Macy's, the Rickshaw Inn is now a foreign car dealership. It was cool to see the old Garden State Racetrack again. Saw some scenes of Denton Vacuum in the Cherry Hill Industrial park.
Really a blast from the past -- the original race track, the Rickshaw Inn, Bamberger's and Harvest House cafeteria at the Mall, the Hospital and Cherry Hill West High School before their expansions. I would have added the Latin Casino and definitely the Hawaiian Cottage, but still it's not exactly video I could run out and get today.
Bit of old Colestown Cemetery in there, too. In light of what Cherry Hill has become, Lower, Slower Delaware is now more my speed, or meth, as some down here would have it.
If whoever shot these videos knew that 50 years later some complete strangers would be watching them, he might have held the camera steadier, panned slower, and focused better. Were these originally 8 millimeter?
This was like traveling in a time machine. Route 38 seemed a lot more spacious in 1970. It was awesome to see the old Cherry Hill Inn, which is now Cadbury - an assisted living facility.
Cool video...I grew up in cherry hill and remember lots of this footage. Was cool seeing the cherry hill inn,Woolworth's,and of course the racetrack. Forgot bout the old rca building where Lowe's now stands. Sucks as a life long resident I don't go to Lowe's or the mall on the weekends due to the fact that 3/4 of Camden migrates there on weekends.
I remember it, too. 1977. We lived in the Kingston Estates section & the smoke was billowing over our house- wind was easterly that day. Cherry Hill & South Jersey have changed WAY TOO MUCH since that time. I left for Sussex County, DE in '09...
I grew up in Cherry Hill and looking back at this film reminded why I hated living there so much. Left when I graduated East and never looked back. The town is an over crowded mess.
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I saw Cherry Hill Library and West High School. Where's Ellisburg Circle ;-) I grew up and spent nearly 40 years in Cherry Hill before moving to the Midwest. Nice area but I love the Midwest more believe it or not. I lived on the East by Cooper School side but went to Eustace. Somebody have a hoagie or a cheese steak for me at Big John's.
Elisburg Circle is at the intersection of Route 70 and 41
Bamburgers is now Macy's, the Rickshaw Inn is now a foreign car dealership. It was cool to see the old Garden State Racetrack again. Saw some scenes of Denton Vacuum in the Cherry Hill Industrial park.
I LOVE old footage like this! Thanks for posting it!
Really a blast from the past -- the original race track, the Rickshaw Inn, Bamberger's and Harvest House cafeteria at the Mall, the Hospital and Cherry Hill West High School before their expansions. I would have added the Latin Casino and definitely the Hawaiian Cottage, but still it's not exactly video I could run out and get today.
I think the first few seconds is the old library too
Yes, the Latin Casino on Route 70 would have been great to see. It was replaced by Subaru headquarters and now nothing. Subaru moved to Camden.
Yes there's parts of New Jersey that not so great but that's true about every state in the Union. Personally I love Cherry Hill New Jersey.
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I will be 50 next year and lived near Cherry Hill my whole life. I remember almost all of the sites on this video, so cool!
Bit of old Colestown Cemetery in there, too. In light of what Cherry Hill has become, Lower, Slower Delaware is now more my speed, or meth, as some down here would have it.
If whoever shot these videos knew that 50 years later some complete strangers would be watching them, he might have held the camera steadier, panned slower, and focused better. Were these originally 8 millimeter?
The woman who gave this to me was in middle school when she and a friend shot this video. It was for a school project.
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This was like traveling in a time machine. Route 38 seemed a lot more spacious in 1970. It was awesome to see the old Cherry Hill Inn, which is now Cadbury - an assisted living facility.
Great video. My family lived there for 40 years.
I think the white house with green trim at the end of the video was my dentist office.
wish it stayed the same !!! it was a nice place to live now the traffic and all the building destroyed a wonderful nice town .......
i have always thought of what garden state park would look like since there is now a shopping mall there and it's impressive. And west looks the same.
Soooo cool! Thanks for the memories 👍👋
Cool video...I grew up in cherry hill and remember lots of this footage. Was cool seeing the cherry hill inn,Woolworth's,and of course the racetrack. Forgot bout the old rca building where Lowe's now stands. Sucks as a life long resident I don't go to Lowe's or the mall on the weekends due to the fact that 3/4 of Camden migrates there on weekends.
So cool to see
I saw the race track burn down. That was the largest fire I have ever seen. You could feel the heat from the flames from you car.
I remember it, too. 1977. We lived in the Kingston Estates section & the smoke was billowing over our house- wind was easterly that day. Cherry Hill & South Jersey have changed WAY TOO MUCH since that time. I left for Sussex County, DE in '09...
I was playing baseball in Maple Shade and saw it burning
I grew up in Cherry Hill and looking back at this film reminded why I hated living there so much. Left when I graduated East and never looked back. The town is an over crowded mess.