1935: NOTTINGHAM WAY APPROACHING THE BROMLEY INN

LOVE THIS PHOTO! IN THE DISTANCE BEHIND THE R.C. MAXWELL ADVERTISING BOARD YOU CAN SEE THE BROMLEY INN. I AM GUESSING THAT THE CAMERA IS VERY NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO SUBURBAN PLAZA (BURGER KING, PAYLESS SHOES, ETC.)

1935: NOTTINGHAM WAY APPROACHING THE BROMLEY INN

This photo shows the Bromley Inn in the background, and a concrete Nottingham Way in a very sparsely settled area as it was 78 years ago when I was a two year old toddler! Note the open spaces on either side of the road, and the gas station on the left.

1986: NOTTINGHAM WAY AND CRESCENT AVENUE

This photo was lifted from the 1986 Hamilton Township map which Hamilton citizens receive each year. Former Mayor Jack Rafferty and his team had a very avid interest in local history. Jack Rafferty is an expert on Pre-Columbian artifacts, and has acquired countless relics from the former inhabitants of the area down by the Hamilton marshes, also known as the area which was formerly the Conrad Abbott estate. Were it not for Jack Rafferty, there would be no "Local History Collection" at the Hamilton Library. Were it not for former Councilman and friend Jack Lacy, there would be no Tom Glover connection with the Hamilton Township Public Library. It was Jack Lacy who spoke with the powers that be back in the early 90's to add me to the Hamilton Library staff.

1930: HAMILTON TOWNSHIP IS GROWING

If you have been following this blog over the past 5 years, or reading any of my columns over these 25 or more years, you will recall that I often wrote about how very rural Hamilton Township was in years gone by. The above article gives a lucid incite into the growth of the township from the 1920's to the 1930's

1899: THE TRENTON-ALLENTOWN TURNPIKE.

Today we call it Nottingham Way. Back in the 19th century it was known as the Trenton-Allentown Turnpike. It was a notorious toll road maintained by the Trenton and Allentown Turnpike Company. Toll gates were maintained along the route from Trenton to Allentown. There are many articles in my collection telling of the lack of maintainance on the road. Farmers bringing their products into the markets in the city of Trenton often complained of their wagons becoming mired in mud, and impassable in winter during heavy snows.