That Old New Jersey

[@erikreichmann3963]

Look not with your eyes, but with your heart...You'll still see the old New Jersey all around. Beautiful work, Paul.

[@pauldormont4470]

Wow! So many places I visited as a kid. My folks were big on variety and exposure and overcoming the fear of strangers and different places. New Jersey was/is a WONDERFUL place to be born and raised. Seashore to mountains, deserts to lakes: Fantastic. Thanks for posting this.

[@PaulCzekaj]

Thanks Paul. I'm glad you liked it. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Paul can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.

[@madamhummingbird]

Oh wow. As a long time New Jerseyan, to see these places again was a real treat. Thx for sharing.

[@chrish5018]

I had been to that Woolworth in Audubon when I was a kid. I’m 42 now. I think they closed it in the late 80s or early 90s. There’s a Walmart and a Pep Boys and a bunch of other stores and restaurants there now.

[@mizixty]

Im a kid now and new jersey is the 2nd state with the most positive cases in the us for coronavirus

[@Focusakker]

Ditto.

[@andywestner9823]

Channel Lumber, the Capitol Theater, Rickel, Bamberger's, Caldor's, Burger Chef, Packard's, Clam Broth House ..... Got my first credit card at Korvette's to buy a tape recorder back in '64. Boy, can't believe they're all gone. Thanks for finding all these photos.

[@IreneCarolWard]

Hi... and a BIG "thank you" for the video. I especially love the photo of my grandfather (John Antonik) and his merry-go-round at 1:05-:06. The video has me and my siblings corresponding and trying to figure out the date the photo was taken. The comments below are from my older sister Kitty. I believe the photo was taken in 1957 and that the little girl in the center is indeed our younger sister Mary. Mary also thinks it is a photo of her. It was taken in Belleville, NJ most likely in front of my grandparents house at 133 Ralph Street. I also remember many of the other places pictured in the video. I left NJ 21 years ago and now live in Wyoming. Thanks for the memories. (Irene Antonik Ward)

[@richardo5951]

Wow. I'm 66 and grew up in Glen Rock and Upper Saddle River. Seeing Two Guys,Packards (Italian ices were sold right next to the entrance to the liquor dept.) and Bertrands Island really brought back great memories of all the things that made NJ unique. There was racism,poverty,pollution and corruption aplenty . I know that growing up in a white,middle class suburb shielded me from alot of the bad stuff but it was still a great time and place to be a kid. It was a simpler time (for better or worse) when kids were allowed to be kids and the grown-ups lived in there own world. I live in Maine now but a bit of my heart remains in New Jersey. Thank you for posting this video.

[@catherineguldner9883]

Love this!! One of my favorite memories is the sound the little locker doors made on the Good Humor truck - and the man would have to go to different lockers for different items. That sound, along with the date stamper at the library with its double "kluck-kluck" and the wonderful smell of wood at the old library on Washington Ave in Bergenfield, are good memories. And how all the clothes sold at Two Guys smelled like sauerkraut... I don't know how, but one guy selling hot dogs out front managed to get the smell into everything inside the store! My dad loved Casa Hofbrau, so it wasn't our fault it went out of business - the only place you could get red cabbage. Lots of great memories! Thanks!

[@PaulCzekaj]

+Catherine Guldner Thanks Catherine, Yes they were the good old days. They may sound like little things to people now a days, but they were some of our most cherished memories.

[@miriamricci1706]

So many memories. I worked at Korvettes, lived in Ramsey not far from the drive-in, bought stuff from Rickles. 2 Guys, Bambergers, etc. Thanx.

[@KittyAntonikWakfer]

Thanks for the memories - 1st one shown being Bertrand's Island at Lk Hopatcong! But best 1 is at 1:07 my grandfather, John Antonik & his wonderful merry-go-round w/ metal peg music box that played different songs depending on its position. Father & uncle drove it in the 30s after their high school class days, charging a few cents for a ride. My younger brothers & sisters & I loved to visit Dziadzi ("grandfather" in Polish) & get him to back the merry-go -round out of the old garage that housed it & operate it in the driveway. It wasn't unusual for a few neighborhood kids to come over. I was mostly too old to ride but just loved that music box everytime. Thanks to my brother, Walt for forwarding this link!

[@PaulCzekaj]

+Kitty Antonik Wakfer Thanks so much for letting me know about your Grandfather. Those were great times growing up. I have another video coming out soon about how great it was to be a kid, and how I long for those days. I hope to have it out soon. Look for it on my you tube channel. It's called "A PLACE CALLED HOME". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I think it's the best song I've ever written. Paul

[@KittyAntonikWakfer]

+Paul Czekaj Thank you very much for including this photo. Do you recall how you came to have it? It was taken in the Belleville area where my grandparents lived (next to a large drycleaning company near the Passaic river - house & yard is now a parking lot :( ), though Dziadzi would take the merry-go-round to nearby towns too. My youngest sister & I are pretty certain that the young girl in the center front is her; she'd be about 5yo & time about 1956. Although we've seen the photo before in the family we're not absolutely certain of its exact location, date or who took it. I checked out your oldest vid - NJ as your home & liked your composition. Look forward to your new one. BTW I like pumping my own gas here in Arizona & everywhere else we've traveled; I don't miss the restriction by law in NJ of doing so.

[@KittyAntonikWakfer]

+Paul Czekaj Just got an email from my youngest brother who's answered the question of how you likely got the photo. Chris sent the "pics to a nostalgia reporter for the Star Ledger several years back in an effort to try to locate the truck." He added that young girl is not likely our sister after a round of deducing w/ man who'd been a youngster living behind my grandparents (who contacted him after article ran) he is in the photo & is same age as my brother, 4 yrs younger than my sister. The pic was probably taken in early 60s making our sister too old to be the dark haired little girl in center.

[@PaulCzekaj]

+Kitty Antonik Wakfer All the kids on my block including me were so thrilled when your grandfather came down our street and we got to give him $.10c to have a ride. We didn't have the money back then to go to a real amusement park. We also would wait to hear "Tops All" ice cream man that came around 7:00 PM. We run out of our house with .25c in our hand to get out favorite ice cream. Oh those were the days. Please look for my new song and video coming out soon. It's called "A PLACE CALLED HOME". It's about how great it was to be a kid, and how we wish we could go back to that happy simpler time. Paul

[@shanebruce3997]

Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I loved Bertrand's Island! I grew up in Montclair and my family bought a house in Lake Hopatcong, where I spent the summers of 1975, 76, 77, 78, and 79.

[@MarkMcCluski]

I literally smiled from ear to ear through the entire length of this! Thank you for tripping so many synapses!

[@ronvavra]

I was born in East Orange General. Spent my years growing up in Pompton Plains. I visited so many of these places. Great memories. Thanks.

[@luckyotter623]

Love, love, love this! I grew up in New Jersey in the 1960s/1970s, and remember many of these establishments. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! And good song too, btw.

[@tylerzorn6152]

God bless you and thank you so very very much for showing thisI was born in New Jersey raised in New Jersey in the beautiful township of brick Town so many wonderful places and wetson's had the best cheeseburgers in the world. Oh how I truly miss bamberger's rickles all those wonderful places but forever locked in our wonderful memories. Thanks again so very much!!!!!

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@tylerzorn6152]

@@PaulCzekaj ,... Thank you so much for the message Paul I look forward to watching the other videos!!!

[@craigheise6703]

Thanks for all the great memories, once a Jersey boy always Jersey boy. I remember Living right around the corner from Brookdale sodas in Brookdale,N.J.., which was In Bloomfield, N.J. Made many visits to the factor . They always showed us around as well as the old Brookdale Soda Trucks that use to the delivery their product wherever you wanted locally. You just selected what ever flavors you wanted and they would deliver and pick up old cases previously ordered no charge. Thanks.

[@GJM866]

Saw a lot of cool places that I had been to as a kid but missed Bradlee's, Alexander's, and Steinbach's, all great places! Great video, thanks for posting!

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@TheresaLockwood]

I used to hang out with my friends under Seaside pier as a teen, that was taken by Hurricane Sandy. Used to clime underneath it with my first love, high above the beech and ocean. I was timid, he was wild. I loved him to much...still do. I haven't seen him for about 25years.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@jayski9410]

I spotted the Wild Mouse roller coaster at Seaside in one of the images too. Although I'm originally a New Yorker, I spent my summer vacations there in the 1950's & 60's. And now those memories live on in an old man's mind out here in Los Angeles. This was a wonderful look back.

[@enolastraight577]

Longtime resident of Somers Point, NJ...and the things I remember that aren't there anymore are Zaberer's on the Black Horse Pike, Dunes on the causeway between Somers Point and Longport, and the Late Great hometown heroes Bayshores and Tony Mart's.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@dougdepaul883]

awesome video. Pabst Blue Ribbon, I was born & raised in Newark, my Dad worked their, and so did I when I was 17.

[@MagSeven7]

Great video brings back fond memories. I lived across the street from Packards in Hackensack and almost forgot how it looked! I spent so much time at Palisades Park and Olympic Park and remember too when Bambergers opened in Paramus! As a small child I could see Two Guys in North Bergen from the window of our top floor apartment. Thanks again.

[@ginamd1950]

I LOVED this., Talk about a wonderful trip down memory lane. I know almost every single place & I will always be a Jersey girl!

[@parodee]

Wow - that was a nice blast from the past --- from this half-back (Irvington,NJ --> Miami, FL-->Knoxville,TN) but I take Jersey Journeys to see family & friends every couple of years!

[@PaulCzekaj]

​ Thanks Parodee, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. The Paterson falls is in one of them. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj

[@213LotusBlossom]

Crying and remembering my folks and Sunday drives too nowhere, far yet near too home!

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on KZbin. Paul Czekaj

[@Peter-pv8xx]

The same here, my mother would read a section in the Sunday paper called Jersey jaunts and then we'd all go to wherever it was in our Desoto, she was the navigator and map reader.

[@richcook2007]

Always went down the shore during the summer. A true Jerseyan doesn't go to the beach. They go 'down the shore.' :-)

[@richardo5951]

@@richcook2007 That's right ! We went to Mantaloking.

[@relars52]

My Grandparents bought a cottage in Point Pleasant Beach in 1957, two blocks from the water. Summers at Seaside Heights, the Wild Mouse etc. - wound up moving down there from Hartford in '66. Went out West in '73 but never forgot all the good times in NJ....all the Hell-Raising friends....and many of these sights.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@relars52]

@@PaulCzekaj I will! BTW: Where is Rutt's Hut? LOL But TY for including Brookdale Soda :)

[@woodyvan6047]

Man does this bring back memories from my childhood in the 60s😌

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on KZbin. Paul Czekaj

[@universeb5159]

Nice I’m born, and raised in jersey it was good seeing Pabst blue ribbon, I was raised in Newark, I also remember going to caldors on the weekends with my mom, and sister m, so nostalgic good job 👍🏾

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@rgruenhaus]

I lived in Jersey City. Most of what was there in the 50's and 60's is gone. Especially Journal Square.

[@keithjohnson762]

Robert Greenhouse Tube Bar!

[@victoriachanel2493]

Colgate, White castle

[@3dplanet100]

Yeah, Journal Square is changing fast, even McGinley Square is changing.

[@johntamburo6934]

Long live Boulevard Drinks and White Mana!

[@tombillotto6335]

Just wonderful! I grew up in NJ in the 60s and 70s and I remember most of those spots.

[@lindadesposito3771]

This is a great trip down nostalgia road. I grew up in Jersey City. Dad used to take us to Two Guys in nearby North Bergen, now Food Bazaar. It and several other Hudson County businesses were shown. However, the only one whose location was identified was the Clam Broth House in Hoboken.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on KZbin. Paul Czekaj

[@elmiguel6725]

Yesssss, Jersey City(Greenville)....where ever I go I meet someone from JC

[@joannoneill2531]

@@elmiguel6725 Born and raised there. PS#30 ,Snyder High, Bayonne pool, Roosevelt Stadium,the drive-in, I miss them all. I live in Colorado now but I'll always be a Jersey Girl.

[@elmiguel6725]

@@joannoneill2531 All roads lead to JC 😉

[@debby4258]

Go Teaneck NJ 1968 -1978 Two guys with my family sat nights.The original discount store. Great memories, great times.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I would go to Two Guys in Hanover. I bought Wake up Little Suzi by the Every Brothers there. I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@childverona2963]

This was wonderful and brought back such good old memories.

[@gailreese4102]

Originally from New Jersey & still have relatives there. Enjoyed the trip down memory lane! Thanks, so much, for sharing!

[@476willis]

Feeling nostalgic at this tough time. I'm not a native (grew up on LI) but have lived here for 30 years. Well done Paul.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on KZbin. Paul Czekaj

[@wendywoo2180]

My grandparents lived in northern NJ, not far from Route 22, in the New Providence-Westfield-Mountainside area. I loved visiting them, enjoyed watching all the NYC children's programs, I remember Two Guys, Robert Hall & Korvette's (hadn't thought about them in years until I saw this video). I have such happy memories of that area. I remember my grandparents loved a local restaurant, Chu Dynasty, they'd pick up a meal when we visited, also a place called Fairyland (I think), everything was on Route 22, my grandma shopped at Acme Market, I remember something called Echo Plaza and the Flying A gas station. I'm sure there must have been a HoJo's around somewhere--loved their ice cream & fried clams! I was only like 5 or 6 at the time. There was also a local soda shop (not sure it was exactly that but it was a place where teens hung out) called Snuffy's, this was in the early 60s, I'm surprised I can still recall so much.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@ScubaTiger]

Oh my gosh. Audubon NJ and a photo of the Audubon shopping center. Somehow it's nice to know it hasn't been completely forgotten. I spent many hours there growing up. Sometimes we'd drive there, sometimes we'd walk. It was close enough to do so. Woolworth's had great hot soft pretzels and water ice at the walk up window as well as an indoor restaurant. It's funny the things one remembers. I was about 7, we were waiting in line to turn into the shopping center when, BANG. Somebody rear ended my dad's '63 Chevy Nova.

[@sallymiller1359]

Thank you! This was my childhood, grew up in Bergen County where my Dad grew up! Seems appropriate to return to this great time today, 4th of July.

[@USbachelor]

Nicely done! I'd love to do a #2, we all have places that could fill this song!

[@normayuknick7096]

So sad but what memories it brings back! They were good days. Thanks for sharing Barbara.

[@nealotto552]

I'm getting old---I remember most of these places!

[@mrs.anonymous6291]

I love New Jersey!!! Born and Raised typing this in August, 2023 where the Daily Mail just rated NJ THE SAFEST STATE IN ALL OF THE US!!! . We are #1 again NJ. I dubbed our little state "The Little State that Could" . Fun fact: did you know NJ is the most mentioned state mentioned in all of the Hollywood Movies/tv shows etc. Boy, you touched on some real Nostalgia here, my parents favorite restaurant was the "Casa Hafbrou House" it was our go-to special occasion dinner place, I can't believe you added that!!!! Block Buster and Emerson Bowling Lanes were part of my teenagehood I would say. You could have also added the iconic Paramus Park Mall and Triplex Movie theatres of the day.

[@dalelorraineslizen6230]

Thank you so much Paul for the wonderful memories which will remain in my heart forever. Dalelorraine

I don't remember everything because my dad was either working so much, or perhaps some places not in a radius to cover. But many things, sightseeing, family stopovers; I can remember. It's a shame even more will disappear as our children grow up & miss what still remains.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

I am not from N.J ,I am from Liverpool England but have been there it is a down to earth feel

[@cristiansolares2007]

Love liverpool. Especially the football team.

[@JoeNormal]

My hometown Elizabeth NJ is the Liverpool of America.

[@Lisa-pb3qp]

Maybe South Jersey?

[@dottiewright9724]

What a blast from the past. I grew up in South Jersey, right along the Delaware river. My fondest memories were Take a boost and firehouse hoagies.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@seanthomasbickerton8040]

Having grown up in Brick, NJ in the 70's there are a lot of stores that I remember--Two Guys (extremely busy on Sundays because Monmouth County still had "Blue Laws" so people would come down to Brick to shop--and my father worked there for a short while), Bambergers (got a lot of back to school clothing there), Rickel's, Wetsons (loved their burgers), Burger Chef, just to name a few. So many more stores I remember which were not shown (obviously, you can't cover them all!). Does anyone remember Britt's department store (the go-to place for Boy Scout stuff), or Steinbach's, or H.L. Green's (all of which were in Brick Plaza)? How about Glen Rock Lumber (father worked there for a short while), or Geno's (or was it Gino's) burgers (they sold Kentucky Fried Chicken--back where it was still good), or Bonanza steak house? Thanks for the memories.

[@cmans79tr7]

Sean - I still have a quality leather belt i bought in Steinbach's circa 1976. It doesn't fit me now, but I could still wear it today if i lost weight. My grandmother loved Britts. If you're as old as i am you probably remember the "Dutch Hut" hamburger joint across Brick Blvd from that location. I remember enjoying those hamburgers and fries a lot.

[@richmonroe203]

Hi, its driving me crazy. There was a gay sauna private club in Brick where I believe a mafia guy was shot outside. Do you remember the name of it? Believe late 70s early 80s

[@cmans79tr7]

@@richmonroe203 - It was "The Egyptian".

[@richmonroe203]

@@cmans79tr7 Thank you! You know it had to be mafia for a place like that to be in Brick.

[@wildnites558]

There was a Wetson's in Elizabeth on Rahway Ave. for many years starting in the early 60's. We would go there to get our "Super burgers" and fries and by the time we got home there would nearly always be a HUGE oily stain at the bottom of the bag with the contents ready to break through.

[@noturningbackever493]

Our entire life was spent in our home state. I remember every single photo you posted. We no longer life in Jersey (the Jersey Shore) due to the cost of living---------and the taxes. Good video, well done :-)

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@neilbarry4458]

I remember most of these places that were part of growing up in New Jersey.

[@fanaticat1]

I think that photo of JJ Newberry is in Keyport, the store is now a family Dollar. Thanks for bringing back the memories!

[@PaulCzekaj]

Paul Czekaj Paul Czekaj 5 days ago I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos on KZbin called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@fanaticat1]

Paul Czekaj I’ll check it out thanks for telling me!

[@cirderf13]

Great song. Those photos brought back a lot of great memories.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video called "That Old New Jersey". !!!! Please check out my other videos about N J called. My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. You can watch all my videos on KZbin. Paul Czekaj

[@merccadoosis8847]

@@PaulCzekaj Having grown up in Brooklyn, I've made many Jersey jokes over the years (most of them corny as heck). But it was all in fun as you Jersey folks are cool. Nice video!

[@PaulCzekaj]

​ Thanks Cirderf, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. The Paterson falls is in one of them. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj

[@bobbysands6923]

The Robert Hall store knocked me off my chair. Got all of my clothes there as a kid. Nice job with this, guys.

[@robino6170]

WOW WOW WOW !!! Grunnings in Plainfield was a great hang and I remember the Steer Inn. I got my first guitar at Rhondo Music on Route 22 in Union. And of course, got my first 45s at Two Guys an EJ Korvettes! What a great video!!!!

[@PaulCzekaj]

+Robin O I got my first electric guitar at E J Korvettes, and I bought my Guild acoustic guitar at Rondo music over 40 years ago. I also remember buying my first 45 rpm at Two Guys. It was Wake up Little Susie by the Every Brothers. I played the Guild on the song.

[@robino6170]

+Paul Czekaj Sound like you were from the Plainfield area - Grunnings - nobody knows that unless they were from that area. And John's Bargain Store, JJ Newberry's and McCrory's on Front Street, and Robert Hall on 22. I went to the Capitol Theater in Passaic and Art Stock's Royal Manor. I could go on and on - the Neptune Diner, old Asbury Park shots, and the ride in Seaside that was lost in Sandy. I can't believe that you found all of this!!! This is something that I will watch over and over. THANKS

[@bobm2410]

+Robin O There were TWO Grunnings in South Orange--one in the town, and one up on the hill (both on South Orange Avenue)

[@robino6170]

+Bob Masucci The Grunnings that I was referring to was in Plainfield. Interesting!

[@pamelamahrle9360]

Great pix and song !!! So many places I’ve been.

[@pacluv]

Good old Caldor department store. Caldor and Bradless were the best department stores, until Walmart came and ran them out of town with all their cheap made in China stuff. Caldor was my first job when I was 16 and in high school. Fond memories of that place.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@orlandoaguasvivas6580]

pacluv Caldor in Route 46 Totowa was my bread and butter.....my family bought everything there. I cried when the store was closed

[@williamcole60]

Born in Audubon in 1995 lived there until I was 15 been living in berlin since south Jersey is a breed all it's own

[@romaboy5872]

Great video, FWIW that brown Pabst Blue Ribbon @ 0:20 was actually a green Hoffman soda bottle back in the day. What I really miss is Olympic Park. As a kid I could walk there from my house. Great times gone forever. :(

[@Lisa-pb3qp]

Yay! Born in1964, I was born in Cape May Court House, NJ. So many memories growing up in South Jersey. 🌸

[@tomcatucci5135]

How could anyone "Unlike " this? Great memories....anyone remember "Eagan's" in North Arlington ...I have their 14' Neon Sign in my yard and it works!!! LOL! Love this video. thanks

[@PaulCzekaj]

+tom catucci I'm glad you liked the song and video. I had some great help recording the song. My friend the amazing N J guitar player and singer Bobby Bandiera played and sang on it along with Joe Biglin on keyboards, Caren Kennedy-Hill and Jackie Zinsmeister on vocals, Matt Fordney on drums, and Matt Schoenbaum on Sax. Check out my other videos about N J on you tube.

[@PaulCzekaj]

+tom catucci I'm glad you liked the song and video. I had some great help recording the song. My friend the amazing N J guitar player and singer Bobby Bandiera played and sang on it along with Joe Biglin on keyboards, Caren Kennedy-Hill and Jackie Zinsmeister on vocals, Matt Fordney on drums, and Matt Schoenbaum on Sax. Check out my other videos about N J on you tube.

[@scarlet10169]

My parents went to Egan's when I was little. We lived on Stover Ave. for years.

[@racheledwards5926]

Omg I used to eat at Eagans all the time

[@tellmesomething2go]

Hey! Used to cruise Union Blvd, early seventies, 66 Chevelle. Would drive down from Wayne. Lived first street past Mothers. Used to be swamp there. And what about T G`s, up at Greenwood Lake?

[@donfaruolo1858]

Brilliant, Paul. My old H.S. musician buddy!!

[@tracymcmillen9638]

That was great! I remember a lot of those places while growing up in the greatest state in the USA!

[@jfiorello68]

I grew up in Sayreville and I love to see photos of New Jersey history!

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@lisainatree]

So many memories of growing up in Jersey. Thanks for making this.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

0:08 that is the Two Guys in Union off 22 or Morris Ave. Mark Twain Diner next door. that was the Super Walmart of its time had a cafeteria(used to remember had cases of frozen meals incl steaks you'd pick one out it would be ready to eat in minutes. right next door was a game room. had it's own supermarket, toy store, jewelry. main entrance i remember matchbox(wish i would have kept them), other entrance i think was clothing dept in lobbys had those soda dispensing machines. Mom remembers when they were Two Guys from Harrison & also Olympic Park her & her g/f used to get in for free all the time because they screamed so much on the rides it attracted customers

[@lesrails2396]

There are no photos I know of but I worked in the "Blue Castle" in Union, Raymond Blvd and Broadway Newark stores in the '50's. 15 cent hamburgers and 10 cent cokes. Gone now but not forgotten. We used to sneak into Olympic Park under the back fence where the swimming pool emptied into Lightning Brook. Thanks for the great memories.

[@flashysprinkles]

So amazing! Thank you for making this awesome video!! So many great NJ memories! Kiddie Land in Pinebrook! Becker's Farm! The Meadowbrook! Zingas!! Brookdale Soda! So many more! 😊😢

[@jeannestevens5684]

This almost made me cry

[@lisac8669]

@Nomo 😅😅😅😅

[@brooklynfinest7906]

I know wat u mean 😥🤧

[@BFGlover123]

You have my profile pic

[@CEG0720]

This did make me cry .. I moved from NJ to Colorado in 1982 ... and now don't remember why ... wish I could go back

[@joannoneill2531]

@@CEG0720 So funny, I now live in Colorado. I was born an raised in N.J. Moved out here after hurricane Sandy. I miss Jersey very much, the food, and the smell of the ocean.

[@EADGBE5]

Yeh, I was born in Jersey alright. Just before WWII. Some childhood memories: Loved Sea Bright, Long Branch, the Riviera Hotel, Jimmy Buff’s, Palisades Park, Olympic Park, Wildwood, The Piney Woods, Amboys Drive-In, Bambergers. Watched the Parkway being built, played in the underpass pits when they were filled with water. Worked at Charms Candy Factory and ushered at The Maplewood Theater. My R&R garage band played at local high schools and pool parties. Went to Seton Hall, my first car was a souped-up ‘55 Ford Crown Vic which I raced east and west on Rte 22 around the diners, The Garden of Eatin’ and the big ship that became a men’s clothing store, ate Tip-Top bread where my uncle worked, Hoffman Soda, Ballantine Ale, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Branchbrook Park, Uncle Floyd Vevino, WNJR and Pat The Cat (“Oo-papa-do, and ahow do you do?”) the CNJ Station on Broad Street. The new Newark Airport. Delaware Water Gap. The Falls at Little Falls. The Tivoli. Howard Johnson’s 48 flavors Ice Cream Parlor at the top of the hill in South Orange. Lionel Train factory in Hillside, The oil tank explosions down in Bayway. The first Safeways and Shop-Rites and R&S Auto, Conca D’Oro Italian bakery specialties, St Antoninus Church, The Star Pizzeria, The Reservoir Club, the parades on 14th Avenue, Snake Hill on the NJTurnpike, the 17-year cicada infestation! And so much more I can’t remember anymore. I moved out west in the 1980s. But Sinatra Land will always be in my heart

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@JLO47]

Anyone remember ‘Two Guys from Harrison’?

[@gerry2893]

I do..!! I was from North Arlington and spent my childhood there. The escalators..!

[@crazyknarf]

Yes, I do, my mother worked for Two Guys in Kearny, NJ. Two Guys got deliveries via Train. Train tracks were in back of the store. Those tracks fell into the river. And part of the old Two Guys building did too. Anyone recall what the Two Guys from Harrison wanted to originally wanted to name their new store? Remember they worked in the RCA factory in Harrison (4th street now Frank E. Rogers Blvd) RCA would discount scratched and slightly lightly damaged merch. First to the employees. Then if they can't sell it to them then it to the public.

[@americanpatriot9865]

Not only Two Guys but EJ Korvettes, WT Grant, Alexander’s, Great Eastern, Bambergers and Teppers!

[@specwar64]

Yep. Had a Two Guys just up the street,on Paterson Plank Rd,in North Bergen.

[@ForgeKnife]

East Brunswick 2 Guys/ Mom was shopping with a 3 & 4 year old in the cart. When she got up to the register, the 4 year old had in his hand a manican's hand. She had to go find the manican with the missing hand

[@robrob7011]

This is great!!! Places that I forgot about completely! Very very very amazing video!!!! Thank you!!!

[@PaulCzekaj]

Thanks Rob I'm glad you liked it. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Rob can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.

[@robrob7011]

@@PaulCzekaj Yes sir! On my phone, it was on my KZbin home page, which is recommended videos. I do search for New Jersey from time to time, but this I did not search for... but I'm glad it popped up!

[@patty07753]

This is so Great! I will always remember. Thank you!

[@tracyzabelle]

Awesome..being from Asbury Park I saw alot I remember.. thank you..my family owned Harry's Restaurant over 40 years on the corner of Cookman and Monroe

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos on KZbin called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@harrysweeten9417]

A simpler time in many ways, but I did notice that some of the places that were in south Jersey were either not identified by town or just left out. But it was a nice trip back to my youth, thanks.

[@PaulCzekaj]

Thanks Harry, Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Harry can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.

[@shelbymccoy3936]

Brought good memories to my mind of "good old Johnstown, PA " and the places that are gone from my childhood. There's no place like home. Thanks for sharing this epic look at New Jersey, especially now that things have really changed for everybody in our country and we're all searching for a new normal.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

It's 2020, CoronaVirus has me in isolation and I am watching this cool video. Just amazing. And yes, I live in NJ.

[@PaulCzekaj]

​ Thanks Mac, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore.

[@ValeriesSterlingDesigns]

Brings back great memories, left a smile on my face and brought joyous tears from my eyes

[@BK-si7hs]

Old enough to remember some, have heard of all! When Jersey was Jersey!

[@PaulCzekaj]

​ Thanks B K, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj

[@KathrineJKozachok]

I remember shopping at Two Guys and McCrory's. Bamberger's! Wow! Forgot about that one

[@AbrahamLechLacha]

I went to many of these places as a youth with my grandparents...

[@geo386]

I still remember Two Guys, wow. Great video, thank you so much for helping me relive my past. I miss all those old stores.

[@PaulCzekaj]

​ Thanks George, I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore. Please share the video with your friends. Paul Czekaj

[@geo386]

@@PaulCzekaj I was born and raised in NJ and miss the old Audubon shopping center. I would bike there from Collingswood. I will make sure to watch your other videos and tell people about them.

[@FranklySpeaking.]

GREAT VIDEO. What a walk down memory lane!

[@willphelps6715]

Clifton born and raised. Brookdale Soda, Charlie's Chips in a can, and Applegate Farm Ice Cream on a warm summer evening. And the museum by the castle! Ahh. I'll be 68 in a few days. This video takes me back. Thank you very much for gathering these old pictures.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos on KZbin called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@ericpitrucha6059]

drinking brookdale soda and eating charlie chips pretzels. those where the days

[@mikedunham8481]

I remember getting Brookdale soda. You choose any flavor n put it in a case and they were large glass bottles.

[@carspiv]

Charles Chips used to home deliver, right?

[@easternzone7869]

Mike Dunham Yes, memories of my father taking me there with the empty bottles and getting a fresh case of mixed....

[@ernestpaul2484]

@@carspiv Yes they did. My grandparents in Clifton used to always have a large can of chips and one of pretzels in the kitchen closet pantry. As preteens we would sit out on the breezeway that was between the main portion of the house and the garage eating Charles Chips and drinking Cokes. Pete the Mailman would come by on his route and in the summer time he would always get an ice cold tall glass of sweet tea and in the winter a large mug of hot chocolate. Their house was in the Robinhood Rd. area off of Rt. 46. It was an older neighborhood of mainly retirees.

[@alphaangel4219]

@@carspiv Sure did..right to the front porch. In a big can. I remember thinking that they melted in your mouth like butter 💙

[@jbsffun]

Remember Lake Hapatcong , school trip to Palisades riding the roller coaster with wood Falling off the ride in it's final year/ More scary then most HA, not to speak of Springsteen + Steel Mill at the Highlands beach club ,circa 69-70 ? / Middletown cops came to shut down the show , the band pushing the speaker towers at them ,pandemonium rained. Fun memories of life at the shore!

[@maclairetx]

Captain Starn's deserved recognition. . But wow, many of those were national names as well as some Jersey businesses mixed in. Great job taking us down Memory Lane.

[@dianawest3976]

Mac Claire My parents would always take me and friends to a great seafood dinner there when we vacationed in Brigantine-a real favorite! I went there with them in the late 60’s one more time...it must have closed soon after that! Also love Hackney’s in Atlantic City....💕☺️

[@dianawest3976]

And Hackneys’’s Seafood Restaurant in Atlantic City with brass railings and great seafood!

[@dianawest3976]

How about Koos Furniture Store and warehouse in Rahway- loved to wander around there with my Mom- they even had a luncheonette, and a great summer discount sale!

[@Bloomfield246]

Thanks for including my neighborhood soft drink beverage company. But the Claremont Diner is missing!

[@howardmillman4195]

Best chees cake EVER

[@witdwfjeannetteelizabeth]

Wow...what a trip down memory lane...thanks for this, Paul!🥰

[@ricardocortese3838]

Hoffman's soda and Ballantine beer and ale in Newark

[@yolandejwootton7384]

Paul , all your videos are great !!! . I'm a 50's kid so I remember everything .....born in Paterson, raised in Hawthorne, lived In "East Paterson", Midland Park, Basking Ridge, Somerset and now happily retired in the rural quietness of Hunterdon County. Worked at WT Grant's (Hi school),Bamberger's (college) and several school systems around North & Central NJ .And yes there is a Central NJ . I really miss "one all the way" (only in Jersey) , Joey Dee and the Starlighters , the Bar A in Belmar , Royal Manor on wknds down the shore and so much else .You made me think about all those places where you could really dance in NJ without having to go to New Yawk!

[@PaulCzekaj]

Hi, I'm glad you enjoyed my music video. yes they were "THE GOOD OLD DAYS".!!!! Things have sure changed in New Jersey unfortunately not for the better. The property taxes are a killer. Still a nice place to live if you can afford it. I hope to have a new album out by the end of the summer and some more videos too. Thanks again. Paul Czekaj.

[@cathyywaski2208]

wow I remember lots of those places...crazy eddie his prices are....

[@usmc29er44]

+Cathy Ywaski INSANE!

[@urbanothepopeofdeath]

and a little stock manipulation by "crazy" eddie antar and....jail!

[@Moonsharkstudios]

Insane🤪

[@MrGreen-sk3ws]

Total nostalgia. Really cool flash backs.

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@JacQuie1776]

Jersey born and raised baby ❤️

[@PaulCzekaj]

Thanks Jackie ,Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach was taken 95% down the Jersey shore. Jackie can you do me a favor.? I've been getting a lot hits on it in the past few weeks. Can you tell me how you received it. Thanks Paul Czekaj.

[@tylerzorn6152]

Hell yeah absolutely,!!! greetings from someone from bricktown!!!!

[@JacQuie1776]

Tyler Zorn hi Bricktown, Sayreville here !

[@fanaticat1]

Hello from Keyport!

[@ringor5410]

Sayreville!!!! WOOOOO!!!

[@maryp1217]

The Turkey Farm in Chester is gone???? I was almost late for work one day when a bunch of turkeys were running all around the street and they stopped traffic. I know it was a restaurant but they did have live turkeys. Thank you for this video. Many fond memories!

[@PaulCzekaj]

I loved the turkey sandwich.

[@maryp1217]

@@PaulCzekaj Is it gone now?

[@PaulCzekaj]

Thanks Mary, I'm glad you liked it. Please check out my other Jersey videos called My Home New Jersey parts 1 and 2. Also At The Beach. 95% of the pictures were down the Jersey shore.

[@nimbysep7602]

Thank you! I been trying to remember the name of Rustlers steak house for a while! I could see the place all the details inside but could not remember the name and no one else knew what I was talking about!

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey" parts 1 and 2. There's tons of places and things about Jersey past and present. Also "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore), and "Even Better Than Before" is about Hurricane Sandy. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@patricebetts6531]

The rustler had the best steaks and salad bar!!!! Miss that place so much!l

[@HDArachnids]

I grew up in Haledon just outside Patterson in the early 80s and this literally brought me to tears 😢. My father recently passed away in June and I vividly remember some of these places with him, tho many were already gone by the time I came along. Thank you so much for this video and song. It really touched my heart seeing all this stuff. Brought back so many fond memories.

[@jlmount-larrivee3055]

WONDERFUL memories....miss all of these and the times when we really enjoyed "our state" home.

[@rochelleb973]

Wow, such memories. Born and raised jersey girl. Still here 😊

[@PaulCzekaj]

I'm glad you liked my music video. Please check out my other Jersey videos called" My Home New Jersey," and My Home New Jersey Part 2. There's tons of places to see, and things about New Jersey past and present that you'll remember. Check out my video called "At The Beach". 95% of the pictures were taken (Down the Jersey shore). My video "Even Better Than Before" is about the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. I have many more videos to many of my songs on KZbin. I've released four albums and you can listen to all my songs by typing in my name. Please share my videos with your friends. Thanks Paul Czekaj

[@rochelleb973]

@@PaulCzekaj i sure will

[@donaldbartram6315]

Spent a lot of my 43n years driving trucks, delivering in NJ. We had a lot of those stores here in CT too.

[@frankruane8458]

This is great! Love that it includes parts of North Jersey like Lafayette Township and Hamburg. I live in Hamburg, but sadly the Gingerbread Castle is a wreck and no longer open. 50's-60's were a great time to live and sure wish we could turn the clock back or find another place like it. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@gonecycln]

It was wonderful watching all the great photos and music of "Old New Jersey". I felt as if I was reliving my childhood. However, I noticed something odd and "out of place" and was wondering if anyone else noticed the same? While the film depicts the many fabulous old photos of New Jersey, inserted at the 1:16 point is a brief video of pre-pubescent children in bathing suits, getting ice cream. It seemed completely out of place. Not only was it an actual video rather than still photos, but it appeared to have taken place in modern times( observe what seems to be a cellphone and more modern apparel.) Also, this is not an ice cream truck from the 60s. I have no clue why this video was inserted as a part what was otherwise, a wonderful trip down memory lane. It just struck me as being somewhat unusual.

[@lisac8669]

Ron Haimowitz - Wow. You're right. It looks like it may be a smart phone 📱 or maybe a wallet in the girl's hand. It is a video, completely INAPPROPRIATE. What kind of a sick perv. Is taking videos of young girls from behind?

[@tellmesomething2go]

TRUE.

[@ernestpaul2484]

The "modern" video of kids buying ice cream fits if you would actually listen to the song. I don't think there is much in the way of photos of kids buying ice cream from a Good Humor truck in the 60's. It is not a preverted video as some would like to infer. It is kids buying ice cream ffs. Now if that commenter NEEDS it to be perverted to satisfy some NEED they have as an individual, then have at it. Other than that, forget about it!

[@martizabel4789]

I have fond memories of many of the places shown. Mandy's a time I wish I could go back to those days. Thanks for remembering.......