harolds i used to walk his dog playboy, got penny candy, kerns cream soda and breyers ice cream...great video

Hello Mickey, thank you for this video. Your uncle sounds like a great guy, and I am so very sorry he was one of those very talented aircrew who perished during that terrible summer. What a loss. My dad, Capt. Don McVicar KC, OBE, was a Captain/Navigator in the RAFFC, joining in Nov. 1941. He delivered 30 bombers across both the North and South Atlantic, as well as working as an instructor in Dorval, checking out pilots on the new types they were tasked to deliver. Not only did he survive the war, he founded an airline in Dorval, World-Wide Airways, which began as an employment agency for other excellent but now-out-of-work aircrew, and then ferried war surplus and new aircraft to 15 countries. WWA was active for about 20 years. In 1981 Dad published the first volume of his memoirs, "Ferry Command" which were very well received by the aviation community. I know Carl Christie made many references to Dad's books in his own excellent "Ocean Bridge." Dad passed away in 1997 after completing his memoirs of six decades in the Golden Age of Aviation, and his books eventually went out of print. Except, now, channeling my father's perseverance, and after fourteen years of work, I have brought all nine volumes back, over 627,000 words, thanks to Amazon, as both paperback and Kindle ebooks. So I know Dad is smiling down on me! I must comment, however, that I was shocked and disappointed when you described the heroic first delivery of the bombers, with the first seven departing Gander on the night of November 10-11, 1940, and showed NOT Lockheed Hudsons, but Spitfires or Hurricanes (I always get those mixed up lol)! Not only are they not bombers, they were not made in North America! The other glaring error was that when you were discussing the Return Ferry Service, you should have showed a B-24 Liberator, not a Curtiss Commando! Dad flew home in RFS Libs many times and narrowly missed being killed in AL591 which crashed on approach to Gander in February 1943. (He called that chapter, "The Death Bump" and it's in "North Atlantic Cat.") Having grown up in my dad's hangar, I have airplanes in my blood, and getting these classic warbirds right is very important to me! I've flown in my dad's Commandos which he bought when WWA was a subcontractor on the Distant Early Warning Line in the early 1950s. (Yes, he wrote a book about it!) But when it comes to airplanes, you absolutely must count on someone calling you out if you get anything wrong! Other than that, great work. Here's our website: wordsonwingspress.com

This is the reason I vote. The men who sacrificed so much and in horrible conditions without adequate uniforms including no footwear, deserve our gratitude and respect.

99,999-100000 Nice 👍🏼

Screw humanity for taking this away from us.

I visited Jersey Homesteads/Roosevelt once, many years ago, just because I wanted to see the interesting houses. There was once a branch post office called Jersey Homesteads Rural Station. I have at least one piece of mail cancelled there. It's a very interesting little town. Thanks for the video.

Somorset county is me

New Jerseyan over here

Trenton NJ born and raised

Hi. I'm also a descendant of John Hampton and attempting to find a paper trail that's verifiable. Do you have source info for any of this? :-)

The female WASP ferry flyers are the renown now...(Im not sure if, and what payment they got. military and veteran status they got first in the 70ties) But of course, most ferry flyers were male, organized by the Army. Wasp wasnt allowed to do long transports over open waters, though. Fun fact; the british ATA was more liberal (inlucing equal payment), and they HAD a group of female aviators flying over North Atlantic, including some american women among them. - they called themselves for group 99 or club 99.

Sorry, but I still can't get past all the vandalism at the brick factory. 20 years ago there was ZERO graffiti there. I have pictures to prove it.

The location (latitude and longitude) of the bridge in photograph at time stamp 2:56 is 39.6605629, -74.844702. You can see all the track in the photograph on Google Maps. The Reading main line track on the bridge used to go straight through to Hammonton and Atlantic City before being removed in the early 1930's. The Reading tower was located roughly at 39.662160, -74.84679.

My grandmom lives here

I was born in Burlington County New Jersey

I remember the State Fair being in Flemington at that time

Man you really tape into some memories. Great job!

You asked for it so here I go. My great uncle ,George Swain, was superintendent of the fairgroungs. He and my Aunt Mable lived on Nottingham Way. Naomi Rice , the mother of my classmate Frank was Hamid's secretary. She got me my first job working the consetions in the grand stands. That was the end of the 50's till 1965. Great money for a kid. When I hook up with the french fry guy I was in the chips. Let's not forget the Shrine Circus, and along with the Trenton 200 were also money makers. My uncle was a township cop ( Raymond Sellnow), on Fair Day school would let out for a half day. My cousin Richard and I would do the fair in style. First stop would be the "Little Police Station." My uncle always got the fair duty. So we would pickup an unlimited cash of tickets.Rides, sideshows, and any thing you needed a ticket was ours. I guess the last fair I attended was the fall of 1966. There was a bad fight where a guy got slashed pretty badly. I never went again. Thanks for this great video,

Did they sing Stormy Weather?

I’m 65 now 😢😢

Yes in the early 70s we raced at pleasantville New Jersey 😢

Please look it up

Forgotten speedway in pitman New Jersey 😢

Forgotten speedway in paulsboro New Jersey 😢😢😢

Please make a video

It was in the pitman book 😢

Please look up the train explosion in pitman New Jersey it was long ago 😢😢😢

I think they did it but beat it o while ,we black people got beat and torture by white people for years things still bad for black people any though black people is black people worse enemy !!!

Very interesting! I recently learned that John Hampton was my 8-greats grandfather. I enjoyed seeing the places associated with his life. Thank you for making the video!

Two-legs Wyvern Yet again.

Thank you so much for this content. You get an A+! ❤👍🏽

Ya we moved to Florida in 1996 , to watch are grandkids grow up,,however i remember visiting fort mott in pennsville several years before we moved,,a good day spent at the site,,just drifting back in history!!!🎗🎗⚓⚓🏛

You forgot Iceland and Greenland for fuel.

Did they go into why he did it???

Every once in a while i like to come back to this video and i love it so much. my grandfather actually did do a lot of things for this town and funfact founded the Roebling Firesquad and plenty of other things as well!

Nice vid. I so like that Roebling made the 3"wire rope that was used on the inclined planes for the Morris Canal. The Morris Canal is a marvelous example of ingenuity.

Do not purchase a home in NJ....Everything is expensive in NJ!!!

Some big names raced that track. I could hear the cars whipping around the track and the announcer from my house. Also some big name bands played the fair. Alman brothers, Aerosmith…..and the Joe perry project to name a few

....The jury got it wrong. [The accused were wealthy, influential residents who bought off witnesses.]

Stumbled on this place a few years back, didn't know about the history of this place till I came across this video. Went out there today to take some pictures, but everything's gone now. Seems like it's an active railway again.

Beautiful

This killer was a relative of my mother. Clarence bill was her brother Rosa Lee hill’s uncle, who was also not a nice man either Crazy.

i didnt know you lived in the area, anyway i am joe and i still live in my childhood home and when i was a kid i worked the slide at the fair when it came in town . I party so many times on the track back in the late 70's early 80's and when they tore it down it broke my heart something awful, I seen so many concerts there to .

Thank you for highlighting Rockingham State Historic Site! Your attention to getting the facts straight is also MUCH appreciated (a lot of misinformation out there). We will be looking much better after a 6-month renovation and will be reopen for tours later in the summer. All are welcome to come and see!

How can someone/me be able to go to the island?

I still like NJ even though I couldn't afford to live there after a brief stay in Chatham (1975). I also like Morristown and that would be my 1st choice to explore more of its surrounding beauty one day. ✌️

We live in New Paltz since 2004...love it here!

Grew up about a mile from the track and would climb trees at old turn 3 the turn 4 when the dogleg was added. Wasn’t a big Fair fan as it was junky and could get rough for a kid. Loved the racing sounds and smells. Knowing it was the preview for Indy was always a point of pride. Sigh. Time marches on.

I can remember swimming in them Lakes

Wonderful quick tour on NJ treasures. 👍 I got to visit the Washington Headquarter in Morristown while I was living temporarily in Chatham. I still like Morristown to these days for its beautiful old charm. 🕊️