My dad was head credit manager of the company store......Don McCartney. Everyone loved my dad. He was educated and mom was a nurse. Our house on Irwin and was beautiful and on a corner near a very steep hilly road down to Franklin. Dad walked it everyday to work.
My uncle lived across from Steve’s Midtown Market, now Stevie’s. My mom lived in Plan 11 then on the corner of Kennedy and ??? the brown 4 story. Goysich family. John, Joe and Frances were the kids. John and Clara the parents. We shopped at Stamen’s and the men’s store downtown. Once in awhile a Pirates game. Breezy’s and Mac’s and of course oh what was the name of the supper club out on Broadhead Road?? Miss jumbo, chipped ham and Tarquinian bread! Thanks for the video! Sad to see it in this condition but I applaud those trying their best to keep it up and running. Make another video!😁
Loved your Aliquippa videos. I graduated in 1961. Lived on Davidson St in Plan 12 till we moved to Brodhead Rd, then I was bussed to AHS. And yes, I attended the Mt Carmel wooden church. Great memories of growing up in a town that was completely alive ! So sad to see it now. Moved to California in 1966. Thanks for posting.
Aliquippa was a great place to grow up. We lived on McDonald Heights on Jarvis St. Could see the blast furnace from my bedroom window. Sad to see what has happened to the city and so many other steel mill towns. I am proud to be from Aliquippa.
We lived on Irwin and left the disastrous surroundings in 1950. We moved to Bethel Park. I grew up there and taught music there. We lived in the wealthy part of. Bethel.
438 Monaca road was a duplex. We lived upstairs and my grandparents lived downstairs. We moved when I was 4 but 80% of my family on both sides lived in Aliquippa. The rest were in Duquesne. I spent a lot of weekends visiting relatives there. I remember all these streets and knew where the driver was the entire ride. The library still looks nice.
Grew up in Beaver Falls and remember how wonderful it all was when all the industry was operating. Wonderful memories of friday night football and the incredible teams in the valley. We all were very fortunate to grow up when we did. A different time. Thanks for your videos of the area.
I would have liked to have seen the Y. The old entrance of J&L. I also would have liked to have seen the Sheffield bowling alley and most of all Breezies Pizza. I have gone as far as to call them and ask if they would send me pizza in Arizona but the owner said he doesn’t have the ability to do so. But I would have liked to of seen the front of it it is my understanding that it is still open. And the bowling alley so many days were spent picking up dad. Bucktail hill what are they interested me. I grew up in Hopewell Township and so seeing some of Hopewell would’ve been nice since it is Aliquippa. Just some suggestions. A good job overall.
I used to live with my parents at 1212 Royal Drive,which is off Imperial drive which is off of Chapel road. I went to Hopewell high school for 11th grade and then got my GED. That was back in 1977/78. I worked at Uniz Demo. And at KFC. I remember the old C and L grocery store. I also worked at a restaurant on Broadhead road called StoneGate. I was a kinda high priced place,but was always packed full. I also worked at a body shop on chapel road right passed the old slaughter house. Then working at a friends farm,turning to the left right before the slaughter house. Your videos brought back alot of memorys. oh,I was a member at the MMPI club on Grandview ave. Keep up the good work. Now i live in Jacksonville,Fl. Retired from U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh.
Great videos very nostalgic.i lived the first 16 years of my life in plan 12. Had family and friends on damn near every street in your videos.have not been back since i moved to southern california in 1979.was great to see some of the old town.great place to be a kid in the time i was there and before.
You most likely knew some of my cousins as there were alot of us running around aliquippa.anyone with the name salvati,barletta and colonna are related.
My dad's sister lived in Hopewell. They were poor and uneducated. Their daughter was my age but vastly different from me. All she cared about at the time was her high school boyfriend. No college. Ever. Got pregnant. Lived in poverty. And the life style of the area. We grew apart. Wouldn't even speak to me when we were older. I was a beloved music teacher and she was a nothing. Worked in some grocery store. So sad. But I don't think these people really knew how bad and sad their lives were. Everyone around them was the same, so there you go. I had goals and visions for my life. Graduated from a Conservatory of Music with a double major......voice and piano. This was first graduate degree. I have performed at the White House and in Carnegie Music Hall for the first time, when I was in High School. I have been on TV since I was in 8th grade. Started piano lessons when I was 4. Spoke for Children's Hospital on KDKA every year that i taught at Bethel.
Yep! If your're interested, I have written numerous articles on Beaver County's history. They are on my website. Here is a link for you: markgrago.com/category/local-history/
We moved to Aliquippa in 1956 and lived in houses across from the train station. We always walked to school. We lived in Linmar for a few years until my parents bought a home on Baker St. That is heading towards West Aliquippa. My favorite place was the beautiful library.I love all the trees on Franklin Ave. My father bought a car when my brother graduated in1964;same year as I did. He went on to Penn State and I went to the convent in Baden. Left there after 6 months and became a waitress, saved my money and went to nursing school in1966 in Erie. Our youngest brother was still in school and had the car most of the time:a 1964 Mustang. My father was old school and did not believe in women driving. I think the delapidated buildings should be torned down and made into small parks. My father worked in the old police station and in retirement liived in Sheffield Terrace.I was only 23 when my mother was killed walking to work in Ambridge by a drunk driver..Jfk gave a speech on Franklin Ave. in a grocery store parking lot while he was on the campaign trail. I was walking home from school and got to see him and all the secret service with rifles on the roofs of different buildings. I don't know the rail or bus system there and how people could get to Pittsburg or nearby towns for workb because Aliquippa certainly does not have it. I finally got my license at 25 because I married an AF man and we moved to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and was pregnant. They don't have any transit system up there. Part 1 was more depressing. There was hope in this video.I have good memories of Aliquippa. My brother showed me this site..
@@MarkGrago I know, I did enjoy your videos, but was saddened by the demise of a once vibrant town. I still have family there, but I moved out after my retirement.
@@trinagonzakez2832 When I tell people we did not LOCK our doors in the summer, they are in unbelief; in that time, growing up, Aliquippa had a relatively low crime rate. That is because the town was prosperous and folks had jobs. I lived in Sheffield, a good neighborhood, mostly all MILL WORKERS, hard-working folks. It was a different time. :(
I lived in Linmar back in the circle. 393 Linmar Terrace I’ll never forget that address. Growing up as a little white kid in the 80s and 90s in Linmar was rough. I wouldn’t trade it for anything tho.
Mark, ,Thank you. I grew up on Jackson St across from the VFW. Your tours are emotional. That town was everything for me until it wasn't. Good work. When you turned right on Polk I had hoped you would have continued to Jackson. I haven't been there for forty years, but I don't forget. Thanks
I would be very embarrassed to say I was from Aliquippa, if in fact that was true. Uneducated blue collar town. Poor. Scrappy. Poor verbal skills. People seemed satisfied to live like they did or still do. Sewickley is the only place I would deem to live on that side of the river. I obtained 4 college degrees. Three from Brown University......Master of Education, Principal Certification, Counc
1: Sewickley is NOT on the same side of the Ohio River as Aliquippa B: The majority of the J&L employees were legal immigrants fresh off the boat and Irish decent from the coal bearing mountains and valleys of West Virginia respectfully. These folks came here to make a good living, which they did, producing the Steel that built the USA's infrastructure. You should be ashamed of yourself for your comment. Use your 4 degrees to research what J&L and it's hardworking employees making a livelihood for themselves and their families did for this great Nation. 🎯
My dad was head credit manager of the company store......Don McCartney. Everyone loved my dad. He was educated and mom was a nurse. Our house on Irwin and was beautiful and on a corner near a very steep hilly road down to Franklin. Dad walked it everyday to work.
I remember when there were no fences in Linmar.
My uncle lived across from Steve’s Midtown Market, now Stevie’s. My mom lived in Plan 11 then on the corner of Kennedy and ??? the brown 4 story. Goysich family. John, Joe and Frances were the kids. John and Clara the parents. We shopped at Stamen’s and the men’s store downtown. Once in awhile a Pirates game. Breezy’s and Mac’s and of course oh what was the name of the supper club out on Broadhead Road?? Miss jumbo, chipped ham and Tarquinian bread! Thanks for the video! Sad to see it in this condition but I applaud those trying their best to keep it up and running. Make another video!😁
Corner of Franklin Ave and Kennedy Blvd. Jacob son’s men’s store downtown and Harold’s Inn. Took me a minute to remember all those places.
Parents had an ice cream store on franklin ave. Lots of great memories in Aliquippa! Thanks for your post!
I used to live on grant street, man the memories
Loved your Aliquippa videos. I graduated in 1961. Lived on Davidson St in Plan 12 till we moved to Brodhead Rd, then I was bussed to AHS. And yes, I attended the Mt Carmel wooden church. Great memories of growing up in a town that was completely alive ! So sad to see it now. Moved to California in 1966. Thanks for posting.
Aliquippa was a great place to grow up. We lived on McDonald Heights on Jarvis St. Could see the blast furnace from my bedroom window. Sad to see what has happened to the city and so many other steel mill towns. I am proud to be from Aliquippa.
I also lived on McDonald Heights on 3rd Hill. Best place to grow up. Life lessons came at you every day.
We lived on Irwin and left the disastrous surroundings in 1950. We moved to Bethel Park. I grew up there and taught music there. We lived in the wealthy part of. Bethel.
Neautiful city must have been great in its hay day
438 Monaca road was a duplex. We lived upstairs and my grandparents lived downstairs. We moved when I was 4 but 80% of my family on both sides lived in Aliquippa. The rest were in Duquesne. I spent a lot of weekends visiting relatives there. I remember all these streets and knew where the driver was the entire ride. The library still looks nice.
My grandmother used to live on plan 12 in Aliquippa Pennsylvania her name was Virginia M Collins😀
Our house on Irwin still is perfectly beautiful. It's on a corner but don't know the house number.
Grew up in Beaver Falls and remember how wonderful it all was when all the industry was operating. Wonderful memories of friday night football and the incredible teams in the valley. We all were very fortunate to grow up when we did. A different time. Thanks for your videos of the area.
I would have liked to have seen the Y. The old entrance of J&L. I also would have liked to have seen the Sheffield bowling alley and most of all Breezies Pizza. I have gone as far as to call them and ask if they would send me pizza in Arizona but the owner said he doesn’t have the ability to do so. But I would have liked to of seen the front of it it is my understanding that it is still open. And the bowling alley so many days were spent picking up dad. Bucktail hill what are they interested me. I grew up in Hopewell Township and so seeing some of Hopewell would’ve been nice since it is Aliquippa. Just some suggestions. A good job overall.
I used to live with my parents at 1212 Royal Drive,which is off Imperial drive which is off of Chapel road. I went to Hopewell high school for 11th grade and then got my GED. That was back in 1977/78. I worked at Uniz Demo. And at KFC. I remember the old C and L grocery store. I also worked at a restaurant on Broadhead road called StoneGate. I was a kinda high priced place,but was always packed full. I also worked at a body shop on chapel road right passed the old slaughter house. Then working at a friends farm,turning to the left right before the slaughter house. Your videos brought back alot of memorys. oh,I was a member at the MMPI club on Grandview ave. Keep up the good work. Now i live in Jacksonville,Fl. Retired from U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh.
Mike Liese Thank you, Mike! Welcome!
What about the old pool hall and Lindy's, where the mill hunks got their skin books before work.
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They had a great selection! Probably the best in Beaver Co..@@MarkGrago
Thank for taking me down memory lane...
These videos bring back a lot of memories. Thank you, and keep up the good work
Great videos very nostalgic.i lived the first 16 years of my life in plan 12. Had family and friends on damn near every street in your videos.have not been back since i moved to southern california in 1979.was great to see some of the old town.great place to be a kid in the time i was there and before.
Yes, it was, John. Thank you so much for commenting and watching!
I agree the rich kids lived in Dmetia
You most likely knew some of my cousins as there were alot of us running around aliquippa.anyone with the name salvati,barletta and colonna are related.
There was a Dave Barletta who lived near me. I'm not certain he grew up in Quip, though.
My dad's sister lived in Hopewell. They were poor and uneducated. Their daughter was my age but vastly different from me. All she cared about at the time was her high school boyfriend. No college. Ever. Got pregnant. Lived in poverty. And the life style of the area. We grew apart. Wouldn't even speak to me when we were older. I was a beloved music teacher and she was a nothing. Worked in some grocery store. So sad. But I don't think these people really knew how bad and sad their lives were. Everyone around them was the same, so there you go. I had goals and visions for my life. Graduated from a Conservatory of Music with a double major......voice and piano. This was first graduate degree. I have performed at the White House and in Carnegie Music Hall for the first time, when I was in High School. I have been on TV since I was in 8th grade. Started piano lessons when I was 4. Spoke for Children's Hospital on KDKA every year that i taught at Bethel.
Yes on mcminn near 21st..im 54 he is a little older than i am
Yep! If your're interested, I have written numerous articles on Beaver County's history. They are on my website. Here is a link for you: markgrago.com/category/local-history/
Like the Terrace. I saw the house I grew up in.
We moved to Aliquippa in 1956 and lived in houses across from the train station. We always walked to school. We lived in Linmar for a few years until my parents bought a home on Baker St. That is heading towards West Aliquippa. My favorite place was the beautiful library.I love all the trees on Franklin Ave. My father bought a car when my brother graduated in1964;same year as I did. He went on to Penn State and I went to the convent in Baden. Left there after 6 months and became a waitress, saved my money and went to nursing school in1966 in Erie. Our youngest brother was still in school and had the car most of the time:a 1964 Mustang. My father was old school and did not believe in women driving. I think the delapidated buildings should be torned down and made into small parks. My father worked in the old police station and in retirement liived in Sheffield Terrace.I was only 23 when my mother was killed walking to work in Ambridge by a drunk driver..Jfk gave a speech on Franklin Ave. in a grocery store parking lot while he was on the campaign trail. I was walking home from school and got to see him and all the secret service with rifles on the roofs of different buildings. I don't know the rail or bus system there and how people could get to Pittsburg or nearby towns for workb because Aliquippa certainly does not have it. I finally got my license at 25 because I married an AF man and we moved to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and was pregnant. They don't have any transit system up there. Part 1 was more depressing. There was hope in this video.I have good memories of Aliquippa. My brother showed me this site..
Wow! Thank you for sharing your stories, Maria. I'm sorry how you lost your Mom. I'm glad you watched my videos!
Yeah I remember the old white clapboard church back in the 60's when I was a kid. And Mac's Donut's was a hole in the wall with great donuts.
Go up thru wykes st? Grove st? Spooner st?
Grandmother left me her house on Wykes st
Aliquippa is not dying, it is dead. Sad to say but true.
Sadly, this is a bitter truth you stated. Thanxs for watching! 👍👍
@@MarkGrago I know, I did enjoy your videos, but was saddened by the demise of a once vibrant town. I still have family there, but I moved out after my retirement.
@@trinagonzakez2832 When I tell people we did not LOCK our doors in the summer, they are in unbelief; in that time, growing up, Aliquippa had a relatively low crime rate. That is because the town was prosperous and folks had jobs. I lived in Sheffield, a good neighborhood, mostly all MILL WORKERS, hard-working folks. It was a different time. :(
I remember the store as P&D what year did u graduate?
I lived in Linmar back in the circle. 393 Linmar Terrace I’ll never forget that address. Growing up as a little white kid in the 80s and 90s in Linmar was rough. I wouldn’t trade it for anything tho.
Hell Mark compared to Plan 11 Demattia kids were rich. Although we weren't bad off in New Sheffield.
Quite true!
what kind of camera are you using in this vid?
Mark, ,Thank you. I grew up on Jackson St across from the VFW. Your tours are emotional. That town was everything for me until it wasn't. Good work. When you turned right on Polk I had hoped you would have continued to Jackson. I haven't been there for forty years, but I don't forget. Thanks
Thank you for your kind comments, John. I'm glad you like the video. Thanxs for watching!
Sinclaire sounds boorish stick upr
God bless the Quip... and all those that are from the Quip. Great video
Nasty now
I would be very embarrassed to say I was from Aliquippa, if in fact that was true. Uneducated blue collar town. Poor. Scrappy. Poor verbal skills. People seemed satisfied to live like they did or still do. Sewickley is the only place I would deem to live on that side of the river. I obtained 4 college degrees. Three from Brown University......Master of Education, Principal Certification, Counc
1: Sewickley is NOT on the same side of the Ohio River as Aliquippa
B: The majority of the J&L employees were legal immigrants fresh off the boat and Irish decent from the coal bearing mountains and valleys of West Virginia respectfully. These folks came here to make a good living, which they did, producing the Steel that built the USA's infrastructure. You should be ashamed of yourself for your comment. Use your 4 degrees to research what J&L and it's hardworking employees making a livelihood for themselves and their families did for this great Nation. 🎯