Philly Tales

Growing up in Kensington in the 1950’s I always identified with being Irish. I mean, I think just about everyone did to some degree. Kensington was...

For many of us, the golden age was when we were kids carefree and happy running around the streets of Kensington in Philadelphia with little or not...

I was very fortunate that by the time I was five years old, our family bought a TV. It was an RCA. We were not the first TV in the neighborhood. A ...

The memories of hanging out on and under the Wildwood boardwalk rushed into my mind. I could smell the salt air, the hot sand, and the Pizza cooking at Mac’s. I was inspired, but not to write marketing articles, but rather to share with you some of those memories.

I have posted some of these photos before, but since Kensington Neighborhood Alumni has grown so much I thought I would again. Just before the 197...

Okay, so your ancestors came to Kensington and faced hardships, maltreatment, had to work long hard hours, and learn to adapt to a new way of life. They gave you the gifts they learned living and working in old Kensington. Learning those lessons was enough to make a person curse. Remember this, if you remember anything. The reason you curse so much is that your ancestors paved the way for you and left a few traits in you.

Valentine's Day was as an important holiday for kids as it was for adults.

I read somewhere that the most desired toy for Christmas was the $1,000 iPhone 11. I say toy because it is kids that wanted it. Electronic game con...

My first memory was when I was just three or four years old. It was when the family got a puppy. Her name was Bonnie, and she was a funny little re...

One cannot fully comprehend how the synapses of the human brain work, but the result is often magical. It certainly was for me on this day.

Li'l Abner comic strip had a mystical creature called a Schmoo. He got pretty famous and they began to sell Schmoo toys. I got one for Christmas w...

This whole Veteran’s Day weekend I have been thinking about all those men and women who answered the call of duty to fight for the USA over our 242...