WOW I never would could have remembered that but yes now you remind of it I DO! Oyes, thank you for that memory! I miss it... Did we not also have public orchards and farming places? I reemember the library having beds... people tell me it imagin but also the train station had a waiting dormitory area! On Sep 21, 2011, at 9:07 PM, Wilma de Soto wrote:
> I hate to admit this, but when I was pre school kid and early student in the > 60's, at City Line Ave. and Monument Rd. there was NOTHING there except WCAU > Channel 10 TV station and farms and wood. Impossible to imagine, even for ME > and I do remember that although it's kind of a hazy memory.ll > > > Richard Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So the people were farming? >> >> On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:04 PM, Kirk Wattles wrote: >> >>> Not named after blocks used for slave auctions... >>> >>> "In 1835, the overcrowded Philadelphia Almshouse moved to Blockley Township >>> in West Philadelphia, an area once known as "Blockley Farm" now between >>> 34th Street and University Avenue. Built to house a variety of >>> Philadelphia’s indigent population, the facility consisted of quadrangle of >>> four sizable buildings including a poorhouse, a hospital, an orphanage and >>> an insane asylum." >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockley_Almshouse >>> >>> "The name is supposed to have been derived from Blockley, a parish in >>> England in Worcestershire." >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockley_Township,_Pennsylvania >>> >>> fwiw >>> >>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Richard Conrad wrote: >>>> "Blockley" bothers me. In the 1800's people were placed on blocks and >>>> auctioned. Happening still in its ways. West Philly perhaps makes us >>>> seem other than Philly... >>> >>> >>>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Wilma de Soto wrote: >>>> >>>>> Why does West Philadelphia bother you and not "Blockley"? >>> ---- >>> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >>> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >>> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. >> >> ---- >> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >> list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see >> <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
