TOM GLOVER'S HAMILTON LIBRARY SCRAPBOOK: LOCAL HISTORY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.

Please excuse the absence of posts over the past 24 hours. I had a very complicated computer wireless probem that nuked my ability to get on the internet and as a result I lost my wireless abilities, my telephone service and spent too many hours juggling wires, contacting Linksys support, and coming away with a guy on Linksys who led me by the hand through the fixing process, and when he saw the problem, He had a very very very difficult accent but I did hear him say "feex it fur nannty nnaa dolla and nanny nan cents" I hung up on the guy. I can buy another wireless router for under 50 bucks. What is this world coming to? Anyway, I am back in business and with this weekend's American-Italian Festival arriving this weekend, I thought an old Tom Glover column on "the Burg" would be in order.

Lee Belardino said...

Tommy
Nice article. Born in the "Burg"on Mott street. Grand parents from Naples.Florence and abruzzi. Moved to Hamilton in 1942 thru Rowan,Willy,Lalor and Finally Hamilton in 1951 classmates of Judy Britton Glover and Thomas Glover and student of Louise Baird. Best years of my life. Enjoy the festival paison.
Lee

Friday, September 28, 2012

Ron Bound said...

Where it says Race Course, is that where the old fairgrounds was? At such an early date?

Friday, September 28, 2012

Tom Glover said...

HEY LEE: Great to hear from you again. I hope all is well and you are in relatively good health as we approach the magical 80's! I turn 79 tomorrow, September 29.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Tom Glover said...

RON: NO, THE "RACE COURSE" REFERRED TO ON THE MAP IS THE QUINTIN RACE COURSE IN VILLA PARK.

TOM

Friday, September 28, 2012

Ron Bound said...

Tom, Thanks. Happy Birthday, and thanks for all you do with this site, for everyone, but especially for those of us that don't/can't get back home, very often.

When you were in the Army, you must have been overseas, at least once, and thus heard things like this, like I heard in Korea and Japan: "feex it fur nannty nnaa dolla and nanny nan cents". Still laughing. I admired them for learning English, and wished I had learned more of their language, then just the phrases that most GIs pick up.

Saturday, September 29, 2012