tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post3580395199331545818..comments2024-03-29T09:50:43.354-04:00Comments on Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia: Kew Gardens – Part 1Dan Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-10857763948037277142023-08-03T22:18:12.377-04:002023-08-03T22:18:12.377-04:00I lived in kew gardens in the 50’s. Our address wa...I lived in kew gardens in the 50’s. Our address was 713 kew gardens. Our hut was located where horizons sits today, us kids use to cross Colorado ave to go to mikes store to buy gum and candy! There was a play ground to the south of us and I still have family pictures of us living there. I went to fairhome school for kindergarten and lockmore for grades one and two. Tommy ‘s store was located kitty corner from drug mart on the south side of Colorado ave. Great childhood memories!!!Thomas DeCarlonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-16941008149729900882022-02-20T15:46:57.853-05:002022-02-20T15:46:57.853-05:00We were the 1st family to move into Kew Gardens. ...We were the 1st family to move into Kew Gardens. The Lorain Journal took a picture of my mother and me. I was 3 days old and it was 1Nov 1946. We lived at 126 West Drive; the last "house" on the west side of street. There were trailers beyond our house. Our family name was 'Greuter'. I remember the Mitchell's and Hershey's. Lots of good people, but can't Remer the names. There was a carpenter/repair shop a few houses to the north. Milk & ice blocks were delivered by horse drawn wagons. The drivers were very nice to us. The woods were close and it became our playground. We ran around like any young kids. We were poor, but we had each other. We moved to 615 West 23rd St around 1954. I have very few pics, but glad to share.<br />Regards,<br />Bob Greuter<br />440 371 5339Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12391122836643406750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-2564160482122982252021-04-08T16:08:56.304-04:002021-04-08T16:08:56.304-04:00Hi, and thanks for leaving the comment. If you ema...Hi, and thanks for leaving the comment. If you email me at danielebrady@hotmail.com, we can plan on either adding your photos and captions/comments to this blog post as an update, or create an entirely new post with your photos and your comments. You would need to email me the photos along with what you want to accompany them.<br /><br />It would be great to get them onto the blog either way, since many people over the years have expressed an interest in Kew Gardens.<br /><br />DanDan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-2131863115465993862021-04-08T15:50:47.459-04:002021-04-08T15:50:47.459-04:00Parents & I moved to 707 Kew Gardens just off ...Parents & I moved to 707 Kew Gardens just off Colorado Avenue across from where the Drug Mart was built many years later, but the building had been torn down long before that and the land was rented by carnivals at times. There are stories about a couple owning all the land there but they lived in a little "shack" on the North side of Colorado Avenue where I would see them sitting in chairs in front of that little shack when walking home from Lorain High early 1960s. I know exactly where Kew Gardens was. <br /><br />I lived in Kew Gardens with my Parents & baby brother July 1947 through 1951 when we moved back to the Post WWII military housing projects at 917 S Central DR, Lorain, OH so I could go to Boone School for kindergarten. My brother was born while we lived at 707 Kew Gardens. Multiple family members & friends/neighbors lived there at that time, including my Dad's younger brother Kenny and his family. Dad & his brother are WWII Vets (both deceased). I am now 75 & have some pics of our little house at 707 Kew Gardens but don't see how to post the pics. They are awesome. I remember Kew Gardens well in spite of being a toddler there. <br /><br />They had 2 bedrooms, no A/C obviously, & during hot days we slept with windows open using screens, of course, but had no fans either. When it would rain, the sound on the corrugated metal roof was really loud. We used clotheslines in the yard and clothes were washed by hand using a tub or wringer washer (no dryer). We had our own way to cool off during Summer months with a wash basin of water, but often water was not to be used for lawns, washing cars, etc at times. Don't remember much about that little house other than rooms were small. <br /><br />If you would like to see pics, tell me how to share pics! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937725591280941923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-65296702243880056752020-05-18T12:53:12.065-04:002020-05-18T12:53:12.065-04:00I also lived there in 1954-1956 .Our address was 7...I also lived there in 1954-1956 .Our address was 709 right on the east parking lot . I went to 3&4 grade at larkmore school.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410174932158276875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-26057487028884092452019-12-12T15:50:25.107-05:002019-12-12T15:50:25.107-05:00My husbands father lived there in trailer #22My husbands father lived there in trailer #22Dilworth familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18199974590108169250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-72920324612919020552019-11-07T23:49:42.001-05:002019-11-07T23:49:42.001-05:00Mom,Dad and I lived there in the early 50's. M...Mom,Dad and I lived there in the early 50's. My sister was born in 1951. I got my first 2 wheeler Xmas 1951. Got the Pinto pony picture 1952. I was 5. Now I am 72.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10734355789697997249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-60944737823458431692017-07-16T13:33:56.032-04:002017-07-16T13:33:56.032-04:00I lived there. 609 East Drive. It was right next...I lived there. 609 East Drive. It was right next to the Greyhound bus garage just passed Missouri Ave. Later moved to Cromwell Gardens a few blocks down the street. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949227334394923785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-85451691166888099262017-03-06T10:24:08.500-05:002017-03-06T10:24:08.500-05:00Kew Gardens must not have been there very long as ...Kew Gardens must not have been there very long as I grew up on Colorado Ave in the 70/80's and I don't recall anything on the south side of the street near Drug Mart except Trifiletti's gas station. The area between the gas station and Joyce Buick was always heavily wooded and basically our playground. The go-cart place was down the road a bit next to Wendy's as I remember it. I don't remember a trampoline place. <br /> I find it very interesting that we played all over this area as children and there was such a deep history that nobody knew about. I just recently learned that there was a steel mill on the east side in that same area called Cromwell Steel. I remember as a kid wondering what those old railroad tracks behind Trifiletti's were used for since they seemed abandoned long ago. They were apparently remnants of the old steel mill.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-1068131931434787712017-03-06T06:28:50.117-05:002017-03-06T06:28:50.117-05:00I think in that area was where the group who wante...I think in that area was where the group who wanted to grow marijuana wanted to put their operation. Two other business' I remember along the front part of that property next to the service station(Trifilettis'??) that was/is a trampoline place I guess you could pay to play on them(my Mother never let me go) and a Go cart place years later yet another place my Mother would not let me go. But I am alive to tell about it. RaeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com