Many visitor do not read the very intelligent and historically relevant comments many visitors post on a given graphic.
Only the more senior visitors to this website will remember Perry Como's Saturday night 1950's TV show when the weekly "Letters to Perry" arrived with the song, "Letters, we get letters; we get stacks and stacks of letters, Dear Perry will you,,,,."
" Thus it is with this website. The many comments that are attached to many of the posts on this site provide a rare historic embellishment to sections of town with which I, and many others are not familiar. This is one of the goals I wanted to accomplish when I started this website way back in 2005. As a result, we have many "old timers" who add their knowledge of living and growing up in sections of the area in which I am completely unfamiliar. Ray Paskiewicz, brings his knowledge of autos, Lucarella, Kuzma, Gilman, "Omad," Belardino, "SJ Joe," " Lakeside Girl," Millerick, and many other frequent contributors lend their remarkably and historically relevant retrospectives to certain posts, resulting in a treasure trove of first person local history. These comments are not only of great interest to many contemporary visitors, but will be even more important to future generations should this website somehow survive the rapid advance of digital technology. With an average "hit" count Monday through Friday of anywhere between 300 and 450 hits per day (Much lower on weekends (250 to 300), It is gratifying to know that there are so many people interested in our fabulous historical heritage; still more gratifying that there are local old time residents who will share their memories of our local neighborhoods.
Only the more senior visitors to this website will remember Perry Como's Saturday night 1950's TV show when the weekly "Letters to Perry" arrived with the song, "Letters, we get letters; we get stacks and stacks of letters, Dear Perry will you,,,,."
" Thus it is with this website. The many comments that are attached to many of the posts on this site provide a rare historic embellishment to sections of town with which I, and many others are not familiar. This is one of the goals I wanted to accomplish when I started this website way back in 2005. As a result, we have many "old timers" who add their knowledge of living and growing up in sections of the area in which I am completely unfamiliar. Ray Paskiewicz, brings his knowledge of autos, Lucarella, Kuzma, Gilman, "Omad," Belardino, "SJ Joe," " Lakeside Girl," Millerick, and many other frequent contributors lend their remarkably and historically relevant retrospectives to certain posts, resulting in a treasure trove of first person local history. These comments are not only of great interest to many contemporary visitors, but will be even more important to future generations should this website somehow survive the rapid advance of digital technology. With an average "hit" count Monday through Friday of anywhere between 300 and 450 hits per day (Much lower on weekends (250 to 300), It is gratifying to know that there are so many people interested in our fabulous historical heritage; still more gratifying that there are local old time residents who will share their memories of our local neighborhoods.
Way to go Tom: Congratulations on a great job. Your website keeps us all in the loop and gives us a place to remember and share memories. Please keep it up. We need you. Regards
