Memories of Tamaqua

Driving past our old home on Glenwood Avenue Memories came to life from my childhood days Going over the park, Mom. I'll be in before ten Got a game of hide and seek. Everyone plays We'd take a bottle of yoo-hoo or nu-grape to drink In winter on Clark Street there was an ice skating rink A pack of luckies in our shirt sleeve thinking we were cool The Bungalow was our community pool There were Friday night dances in the gym at Saint Jerome Maybe a stop at the Coffee Cup while we were walking home. Movies at the Majestic and Victoria were great Fan buses for away games. We'd get back late. American Billiard Academy was where the balls were racked No seat at the home game because the stadium was packed Under the state store, the Y M C A At the Vic a Saturday matinee A baseball game with a sponge ball and fist In the school's gymnasium, doing the Twist Middle Ward playground, the movie was free Adjusting the picture on the old T V. A class trip on school buses to Hershey Park Sleigh ride down Snake Hill in the cold and the dark Walking the coal bank by Number Fourteen Stopping at Mike's to play the pinball machine On Biddle Street, we'd sit on the cemetery wall Jumping into piles of leaves in the early fall Then I stopped at Dutch Hill Park for a while Memories of Tamaqua always make me smile.