Don't believe in Stop signs, huh? lol. Thanks for the memories. I grew up in Middletown through the 60s and 70s.

That was great

My parents both grew up there. Still have family that lives there. Seems so crazy since we moved to So-Cal in 2000. Some of my family's last names are Sweeney, Boyce, Whitman. Heard of any?

Used to be called Chi Chi’s before DeStefano’s. 🤌🙌

born at horton hosptital , lived on schutt road, and went to middletown schools ...miss it though...thank u so much for the tour lots of memories

My family left Middletown in 1957...We moved to Queens, NY...We use to live on Maryland Ave. in Middletown..Us kids would some times go up to the State Hospital, and run around there..Use to be a big rock we use to climb on..It had fools gold all around..I some times wonder if the rock is still there..

you lived right next to the house i live in now that’s crazy

Yes!!! The ol' Houston/HUGHston dilemma. Was a thing back in the mid 70's and 80's when I lived there! That factory building used to be called PFW (Polak's Fruital Works). My mother worked there and would often come home with big ticket perfumes that hadn't hit the market yet! Hundreds of paper test strips that were held up with PFW clips dotted every flat surface in the house and my brother and I had to go from strip to strip and describe the smell to our mother. Ugh! HATED IT! Thanks for taking me along on your visit/tour to Middletown, NY! This is something I wanted to do for years.....but SOOOOO glad you did it for me. I left shortly after graduating HS in 1980. I remember telling my young son how my brother and I would have to walk to school EVERYDAY ....rain sleet snow heat.....from our apt in College Hill (by the post office) to the HS! Told him it took over an hour and was MILES AND MILES away. Of course he googled mapped and calculated an 8 minute drive, or a 1.1 miles walk! So, I agree with you about how different (shorter) distances actually are from what we remember as kids. LOL! He doesn't let me live this one down.....to this day! Was that last school (the one boarded up) the old Truman Moon School? I remember going there. One of my teachers there, Ms. Penski, would spray paint her one pair of shoes to match her outfit of the day!). She wouldn't even bother to take the shoes off of her feet before spraying.....so her ankles often matched her outfit as well! We used to hang out at the "Egg Pond" that was across the street from the Middle school. Wonder if that cesspool is still there? We also like to sneak into OCCC ...especially their nursing dept....and play around with the "bodies"....propping them in windows...etc. I once found a $50 bill by the pay phones and I kept it! Didn't tell my mother......so my brother and I could have any candy we wanted and lunch money for a long time! Thanks for sharing this video. Took me a while to find it......glad I did! All the best!!

what is in place of Lloyds plaza do you know now?

Oh crap I just realized when you said crack alley, I thought of Linden Av off North St. Back in the late 70's when I was in elementary school at Truman Moon, your school is where I had band practice I tried the tuba [ the thing was larger than me] mom had to place it on my lap, also trumpet and drums. Why it was held at your school, I don't know do you??

I went to Memorial I think in for 3rd and 4th grade in 1988 to 1990. We walked from Monhagen and I think I remember passing a big factory - was that the fragrance factory. We used to play at the DPW across the street from our house and swim at Maple Hill Park. I moved to rural Sullivan Country in 1990 so Middletown was always a fond memory.

Did you hang out with anyone in the estates? And what was there name?

That Italian Pork Store is the best. I miss that place.

I think u might have passed my house

I lived on Hanford St. (near Rock Fantasy) as a toddler in the early 70's. Also Ridgewood Ave in the suburb known as Mechanicstown. In the late 70's I lived on a dirt lane near Crystal Run when Crystal Run Rd was also a dirt road and cows and tractors would be on the road at any given time. I used to sit on a stone wall and watch the sunset over a field where today there is Holiday Inn. My mom and I used to shop at Lloyd's and Orange Plaza alot. I never got over the Orange Plaza being replaced by the Galleria. I loved that mall. My friends and I used to get stoned and hang out in the arcade or record store for hours. My stepfather's parent's house was nestled against Hillside Cemetery near Monhagen Ave and the public works. I lived there off and on until 2007. We also lived on North Beacon St in 1983-85. I went to Scotchtown Ave school, Truman Moon school, Academy Avenue School and Chorley School for various grades...but I ended up going to middle school and high school in Pine Bush. For almost 10 years I worked at ShopRite on Rt211 behind the fair grounds...from 1991 to 2000. That store isnt there anymore. I moved to western P.A. in 2007, and last visited Middletown in June 2019. I probably won't be back there anytime soon as I have no remaining family living near there.

i lived on ogden st and remember the old lady in the small house wow

Sweet memories. So I lived in many places but I specifically remember living in a blue house up from colonial diner. Fair grounds were always amazing. My dad was a forklift driver @ playtogs shopping center. We watched space jam in that theatre. It used to be the $1 “cheap” theatre. Nice pool hall up stairs. Then after getting married I lived on Watkins Ave

I was hitchhiking and wound up in Middletown. I went to Tom petty w/ Replacements at the Race Track. Wound up working and living there (Excelsior ave by the fire dept....) till hurricane hugo, Enjoyed your video very much

You passed the house I grew up in on Sprague Avenue. The factory was called PFW (Pollocks Fragrance Works) Sometimes it smelled like Perfume, Candy and other times YUCKY SOUR SMELL. Horton Hospital up the hill complained that it made their patients sick and eventually they changed the towers so you could not smell it

Thanks for the tour. I grew up in Middletown during the 50's, 60's. I remember recess in "the pit" at Memorial school.

I still live here lol

The only thing I miss about Middletown is the colonial diner

I see you don't like stopping at Stop signs.

Your elementary is gonna be turned into a Chinese school by my godfathers house owner with another dude, they’ll be repairing the whole thing.

Thank you for posting, brought back lots of memories.