December 13, 2024 • 41 mins
New England had some great original amusement parks and shopping establishments that are no longer in business. How many of you grew up shopping at Bradlees, Ames, or the Christmas Tree Shops? Do you reminisce about the times your family spent the day at Paragon Park or Whalom Park? Which New England institution of yesteryear do you miss and why?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's nice time with Dan Ray. I'm tell you easy, Boston.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
We're going to stick with the Louis Tian story for
at least one caller here. Uh, and then we're probably
gonna switch topic. So let me go to Dave in
North Carolina. Dave, you think Louis Tiant belongs in the
Hall of Fame?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
You're damn right, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I like that. Are you a Bostonian originally or no?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Abrol mass sir?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
All right, all right, you must have been in the
military with this, sir stuff. I like that.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Yes, sir, A good friend of mine lives right next
door to me.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
His name is Grady Little. You remember him as a manager?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah, ye, absolutely, a real gentleman. Does he literally live
next door to you?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Well, not next door, but in the same retirement community
here in Charlotte.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Oh, Grady very well, sir.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Will do me a favor tell him, I said, hello,
I think he will remember me. I was not a
sports reporter up there, but that's you know, I thought
he was not treated well. To be honest with you.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
I know he's doing well. He's seventy five, is a
year younger than me.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, and he just.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Gave me over five thousand between eighty and ninety and
seventy baseball cards.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Really.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Oh yeah, And I haven't found any Louis t Us yet,
but it takes a while to go through that many cards.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
So were you just listening tonight or you're a regular
listener here?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Oh I'm a regular listener, sir. I've been around for
thirty years. Forty years.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Wow, boy, we're And when did you move out of
You said you grew up in Haveril.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
Yes, and I moved down here about a year and
a half ago in Charlotte.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Wow. And so all of a sudden you're living in
the same neighborhood as Grady Little.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Click him up. He's a good guy. No, I.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Didn't know him well, but I was working as a
TV reporter in those days and beyond. And yeah, I
certainly know the legend of Grady and the criticism of
him keeping Martinez in and I, you know, I thought
that was in two thousand and three. I thought that
(02:43):
was still the right decision. You know, you go with
your horse, and it didn't quite work out. But he's
an old baseball guy. He's a baseball lifer. But he's
in good shape and he's enjoying himself.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Oh, yes, sir, and I'll mention it to him. Yeah,
it's gotta make it well.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I'll tell you here's what I'd love you to do
for me, Okay, if you would be, if you'd be,
I want Rob will give you my number, okay, And
I'd love to get Grady on the show some night,
uh and just talk about a little baseball with him. Uh.
And he should remember me because I was on TV
(03:22):
up here for many years when he was not only uh,
the manager, but a coach. And I'd love to, you know,
bring him back over the radio waves and and and
just talk baseball with him on a on a cold
winter night. There's nothing that that that carries me through
the winter than an occasional baseball show. So you mentioned
(03:43):
my name, And if if he's willing to uh to
spend a little bit of time on the telephone, uh,
you can give me a call back. If he wants
to give you allow you to to give me his number.
We'll call him and we'll set it up. We'll make
sure that that you're aware of it. Okay.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Hey, Dan, I love your show. I've been listening again
and we have no stoves down here.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
No, I know, but I hope you guys are not
in the hurricane area that was impacted in October. Hopefully
you're you're in the eastern part of the state.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Yes, sir, Hey, it's wonderful talking with you.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
David, it is as well. Have you called before? Is
this your first time?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
No, I think i'd called before.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Will do me a favorite Keep in contact, Say hello
to Grady for us either way, no hard feelings. If
he wants to maintain his lower profile, that's okay. We'd
love to have him join us somenight, just for old
times sake. I think that a lot of the Red
Sox fans up. You're you know, a viewer, your age,
my age, all of us are on the other side
of fifty. Remember Grady really well, and maybe there's some
(04:54):
fans that want to want to tell him we miss him.
And I certainly everybody he ever talked to said he
was a quintessential gentleman baseball wifer and I'd love to
chat with him. And if you can, if you can
hook me up with him, Rob will give you my
direct number and I'll tell you in those baseball cards
you probably got some rookie cards there. Go through them carefully,
enjoy them. They're probably in good shape and you may, uh,
(05:19):
you may have to take him out for a few
steak dinners.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Okay, a lot of Jim Rice cards, that's good.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well Rice is still around broadcasting for the Red Sox
and Hall of Famer as well, so keep those as well.
Really enjoyed Dave talking to you. I'm so glad that
you that we hung over here and we uh we
got you on. This was this was fun. This was fun, Dave,
and I'll look forward to you to your next call.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Okay, thank you, Sarah.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Thanks Dave, appreciate it. Uh. I could talk to Dave
all night, that's for sure. I'd love to know you
know well, he said he went down there and he
obviously loves loves his location. Boy for baseball fan, all
of a sudden he moved into a neighborhood. One of
your neighbors is grady. Little. That's not bad. That's not bad.
Little That'll get you through the winter with some baseball stories.
(06:08):
You have to be a baseball fan to understand why
I'm saying that. It's as simple as that. I mean, look,
I grew up as a baseball fan in the lean
years of the Red Sox, and when the season ended,
there was not much to look forward to. We really
didn't have the Bruins weren't doing great. The Celtics were good,
(06:28):
Patriots were they were just kind of getting off the ground,
and you just waited. You waded through November and December
and January, and finally February came and there were some
pictures of Red Sox players in spring training, and you
knew that the weather was going to warm up. So
that's why baseball is so important to me, and I
think many of you can identify. When we get back,
(06:49):
we're going to change topics and we're going to talk
about New England institutions, locations, stores, people, individuals that you miss.
There's so much to miss in New England. And Rob
is going to play one little theme song here. We'll
talk about it when we get back, just to kind
(07:09):
of prompt your memory. You got to be in New
England to appreciate this, and maybe even a Bostonian, but
just just stick with us tonight we'll have a little
bit of fun. Rob hit whichever one you want, and
maybe what we'll do is we'll find out the first
person who can guess what that jingle is uh, and
maybe we'll give them a night side tote or a
(07:31):
night side coffee mink. That's what we'll do. Rob you
pick one you don't even have, well you have to
tell me what it was, but I'll probably know it.
Oh it does okay in that case, Oh that's that
that we don't have one? That is They all these
commercials probably say yeah, okay, well okay, well then I'll
(07:54):
what I'll do is the best person this hour who
comes up with something that really rings true to me.
It'll be very subjective. We'll give away a couple of
nightside mugs, coffee mugs and a couple of nightside totes
or something like that from our friends at College Hype.
And again, if you want to check out College Hype,
(08:14):
they have a new website. It's called Mycitygear dot com
dot com. If you are a Bostonian and you're looking
for some Christmas presents, here, this is a website you
go to. Well, I'll give you two. One is nightsidegear
dot com, which is run by College Hype. You can
get knightside coffee mugs, tote bags, t shirts, sweatshirts, whatever,
(08:35):
or go to my Citygear and whatever part of Boston
you grew up in, there'll be something that you will
be able to identify with. So if you have some
an older friend who you want to bring them back
a memory, my citygear dot com powered by College Hype,
mycitygear dot com, and we will give away a few
things this hour, well maybe between this hour and next hour.
(08:58):
Is that okay? I hope everybody's okay with that. We'll
be back on Night Side and Joel's going to start
us off talking about an institution that he misses. There's
a few, there's more than a few. Play something for us. Rob.
We'll be back right after this.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
Just wait till you hear what shoppers are saying about Bradley's.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
I like the prices.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
I'm the sales.
Speaker 7 (09:20):
The sale items are very well stocked and the comparative shopper.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
And that's why I come back here.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
When you walk into the store, the merchandise hits you
right in the eye.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
It's so beautiful.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
It's a nice place to shop. I really like it.
It's great.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Now back to Dan Ray Live from the Window World
to Night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
So we can't give away everyone would have known those
are Bradley commercial sounds very different, doesn't it. I mean
when you look at the commercials, play one more roub
just to get some people into the mood. Here go ahead,
start of another cheap day at Building nineteen.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Are you working towards your BA, MBA, DF, PhD or
m O.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
U S Are you just paying for it?
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Then?
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Building nineteen wants to speak to you. We believe in education,
but at our guaranteed lowest prices on school supplies like
no books, pens, pencils and mind us.
Speaker 8 (10:26):
We can't guarantee a degree, but we.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Guarantee the lowest prices in New England.
Speaker 6 (10:30):
Thanks for shopping Building nineteen and.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
A you day. See that's really not a lot of
production value there when you think about it. That's what
we listen to back in the day. Okay, let's go.
Let's listen to Joel. Who's calling it from Natick? Joe,
what do you miss about New England institution? Give us
one that you mut you miss?
Speaker 9 (10:51):
My wife and I Melbot I gave have a little
sort list. Let me give it to you and now
set up. Okay, I'll be quiet. Cola Doors came on
Building nineteens as Bradley Bradley's basement, Christmas Tree shop, ann
and holped Gordan launched Brigham's aims, Bradley's spags and the
combat zone.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
I don't know how many of us missed the combat zone.
Maybe that was thrown in there as a smile. Yeah,
that's you. You covered the waterfront at this point there.
I think you left nothing else. I'll tell you one thing.
There's a there's a lot of things obviously that that
that we miss, but Building nineteen certainly is one of them.
(11:33):
We've already mentioned that. You know which which which place?
I miss a lot. I miss Anthony's Peer four.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
All of them.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Well, the one that I think I was Per four
is the one down on Northern Avenue that was.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
The main ship.
Speaker 9 (11:52):
There was more. There was more than just one mong
He had one up in the swampscot too.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Oh no, they had one down the gate to come
Aquided down to the Cape General Lover up in swamps.
Got just remember that those pop overs that uh it was.
And I gotta tell you Anthony's And you kin't mentioned
Anthony's without mentioning Jimmy's. Which one Jimmy's Harboside, Yeah, but
(12:20):
no one called it Harborside. It was always Jimmy's. If
you're gonna go to Jimmy's, you know what, you would talk,
you know. But they were two very different restaurants. I
mean one was uh, they were both they were they
were spectacular, and I don't know that we have restaurants
that had that character today. There's a lot of new restaurants,
but I think it takes a while for a restaurant
(12:42):
to build character. Uh, you know the Anthony's Peer four.
I remember the circular driveway you drive up and drop
off whoever your guests were, and then you'd go park
your car and you'd come back or whatever. And yeah,
those were great restaurants. Those were great restaurant.
Speaker 9 (13:00):
And how about Durgon Park.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
You know, Durgon Park was great, but but it was
down in Fiennel Hall and it's it to me was
always like kind of a tourist trap, you know what
I'm saying. I mean, I hate to put it like that,
but uh that was what was Durgon Park one of
your favorites.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
We went there a.
Speaker 9 (13:23):
Few times, but remember going up the stairs.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Oh yeah, no, no, no, it was it was I mean,
the the really old Durgon Park which predated you with me.
I think was really was really classic. That was that
was kind of a nod nod to historic Boston. But yeah,
it's yeah, it's it's it's amazing. It always seems the
good restaurants are the ones that go away, Joel. Great
(13:50):
to hear your voice. Everyone everything well in Natick, I
hope yes?
Speaker 9 (13:55):
Everything go help all right.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
We'll say hi to Roberta for us.
Speaker 9 (13:58):
Okay, certainly, well the evening thank you, uh.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
YouTube, Joe, let me ask you. I think what we
gotta do is I gotta send a busy tope bag
so you can give that to Roberta as a present.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
But what.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Okay, but I hope she's not listening. Okay, so you
can die, you can lie to me, no problem. Stay there,
get your address and we'll we'll get a tote bag
for ROBERTI. I know you've got a coffee mug, so
hopefully that's still that's you're still using that every day?
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Right?
Speaker 9 (14:33):
Oh, definitely with the sweatshirt.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Okay, you've hit the mothership here, all right, Joel, hang
on there, okay, don't hang out. I will get you
the address to get your tote bag. Okay, good night,
let me go next to Maureen in Brockton. Hi, Maureen,
how are you tonight?
Speaker 6 (14:50):
Hi? Great, and I hope you are too.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
I'm doing just great. Give us something some institution that
you miss?
Speaker 6 (14:58):
Can I just backtrack your previous hour? And I just
wanted I googled the Detroit Tiger picture was Vern Rule,
who ended up hitting Jim Rice.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Thank you very much. I couldn't pull Rule's name out
of out of that my hat, but yeah, I remember
him right handed, kind of tall, lanky, right hander. Probably
the biggest pitch of his career was when he took
Rice out of the seventy five World Series.
Speaker 6 (15:24):
There you go, Well it's great to have, you know.
Google it and pulled it up. So I was talking
to Marita earlier this afternoon and I told her that
my favorite place growing up in Brighton, in Brighton Center
was Brigham's. And I know Joel mentioned Brighams, but I
remember my father.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
If Joel mentioned everything Joel mentioned, I mean he.
Speaker 6 (15:49):
Said Brigands and I thought, oh shoot, oh well there
goes my clo I I I can remember the memories
of my father if we had My father was born
in Ireland and my mother had family from England. So
if we ever had relatives, that was the highlight, you know,
we would, you know, my father would take you know,
our guests and we would go up to Brigham's up
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in Brighton Center, right on Washington Street. And Marita was
saying that she's got great memories of Brigham's. I think
it was in the Social Plaza, but that was my
That was my spot, was brigham.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
So Brighams was a great institution, was around everywhere, and
I don't know why it went away because maybe there
must have been bad management or something like that. I'll
tell you a story about Brighams. They used to be
a Brighams downtown, if I'm not mistaken. It was either
on Tremont Street or Boylston Street. And Dave Powers, who
was President Kennedy's in this day and age, they called
(16:45):
him the body man. That person was always with the President.
He was with President Kennedy from the time he was
a member of Congress in nineteen forty seven until that
horrible day in Dallas, Texas in nineteen sixty three, and
whenever then President and Kennedy would come to Boston whatever
he was, and he would come fairly frequently as the
President of the United States. He would always stop. He
(17:07):
would make sure that he stopped at Brighams. Then they
got an ice cream comb. So I mean that's you were.
You were in good company as as a devotee of Brighams.
More trust me on that.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
So that.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Always remember you know, Dave Power was talking about about that,
and Dave had the quintessential Kennedy accident and say, Dan
Jack love Brighams, a Breghams. We got to get to
a Bregham ice cream Dave, let's go. They tell that
story with a great deal of enthusiasm. A great guy.
Speaker 6 (17:37):
Well, thank you for taking my call, and I wish
you and your family and all the Night Side listeners
merry Christmas. But it's great to talk to you again, Maureen.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
I need to get you a tote bag. Okay, if
i'd like to send you as a Christmas president a
tote bag, saw stay on the line. And uh, you know,
I also I want you to check out nightside gear
dot com. Uh maybe there's a president or two for
some one of your friends or relatives that's nights I related,
or just go to mycitygear dot com. I think that
(18:08):
originally you were a Bostonian. If you have friends who
grew up in any part of the city. Jack Doerty
has this great company called College Hype and they produce
nightside gear, but they also do my city gear for
literally people in every section of Boston. So check it out, okay,
and we'll get your toke back.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (18:29):
Yeah, you know, I live in Brighton, but I mean
I grew up Righton, So I mean I'm a Boston girl.
So did you grow up in the city or no,
I grew up in Brighton.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Oh, that's as you can. You can get Brighton gear there.
That's I should have because you talked about the Brighamps
in Brighton. Okay, Oak Square, right, Oak Square?
Speaker 3 (18:49):
It was.
Speaker 6 (18:49):
It was Brighton Center, right in Washington Washington Streets, right
in Brighton Center.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Sure. I used to stop. They have a great fruits
and vegetable place there, Johnny.
Speaker 9 (19:00):
Yes, yes, yeah, yeah, And.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
It's funny I drove by the other day. I haven't
stopped there in a while because, frankly, you know, WBZ
is we're no longer on Soldier's Field Road and I'm
broadcasting remotely. Is that still Well, you wouldn't know if
you live in Brockton unless you go back and visit
the old neighborhood.
Speaker 6 (19:20):
Well, there's a group. I know, there's a Facebook group
for everywhere, and I want part of the originally from Brighton.
So occasionally I have seen, you know, notifications about Johnny D's.
I think it's still there in business.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
I mean, he's a great guy and they had just
great quality fruit at much better prices than Supermarcus. If
you live in that neighborhood and if it's still open,
that's a great place to be. Maureen hanging there. Okay,
we're gonna get you that tote bag. You're going to
be proud to carry it whenever you go shop it.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
Okay, thanks, absolutely, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
All Right, we've got to take a quick break. Here's
the news at the bottom of the hour. We're basically
trying to make some people happy as we start the
run up towards the holiday. By the way, just as
a couple of programming notes. On Tuesday night, New Hereshia
Governor Kristinunu will join us for the full hour, and
he's more than willing to take phone calls. We can
talk politics. It's been kind of a crazy year when
(20:14):
you think about it, very crazy year, actually, whoever would
have thought a year ago that or two years ago
that Donald Trump would be returning to the White House,
And he is Christinunu was not a supporter, but he's
a Republican and he supported Donald Trump in the final election.
And I know that some of the most Trump loyalists
(20:35):
of the world. Of course, you've got to be with
Trump or whatever, but Christinouna will always tell you what
he wants to think. That's Tuesday night, and then next
Friday night at this time we will be we will
be doing the twelfth annual Night Side Charity Combine. We
have lined up all the folks we need, the charities
(20:56):
we need. And I hope you'll be listening to us
all next week because I will be here, of course
for the battles of the week, my last night of
the year this year, we'll be on December twentieth. We're
wrapped the year, and then I'll see you on New
Year's Night. So please stay with us. We've had some
new and different and interesting callers tonight. Let's keep it
rolling here on Nightside. Is there an institution that maybe
(21:19):
has gone by Philean's basement. It was funny Phileen's basement
went from one hundred and two years, from nineteen oh
nine to two thousand and eleven, one hundred and two years.
That's where from a mayor Menino used to buy. He
used to get all the great deals. He was not
(21:41):
he was and he literally was the devotee of the basement.
We'll be back on Nightside if you'd like to join
the conversation six one, seven, two, five, four ten thirty
six one seven, nine three, one ten thirty coming right
back on Nightside. This is the beginning, a bit closest
start bought that in fun and family, the manner on
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the horn.
Speaker 5 (22:04):
We're it in this source of value everything that's where everything,
Where your candy, where your where yard.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
It's night Side with Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Another great restaurant that is long gone, and I'm telling
you it was a great restaurant, Frank Schifrida's Steakhouse. And
in terms of stores, there was a store in Quincy.
It was called the Bargain Center. My god, my dad
used to take us there, I think every week.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
It was. It was a trip.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
It was a trip literally and figuratively. I have on
the line a huge Louis Tion fan, someone who I
think all of you very familiar with She is the
Treasurer and Receiver General the Comwalth of Massachusetts. Treasurer deb Goldberg, treasure.
Speaker 10 (23:07):
How are you, hey, Dan? We were riding home from dinner,
and for those who don't know, my husband grew up
with Dan Ray and we were listening to you talking
about Louis, and I said I should call in, and
Michael goes, oh, there's Danny Ray on the air. So
(23:29):
here I am, And oh, you're talking about so many
of the Red you know, a guy like Louis Tian what.
I can't believe they skipped over him again. I mean,
come on, you know my father, my father up in Heaven,
better known as the Shaman. The Red Sox Nation must
be very unhappy.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Yeah, yeah, no, a great guy. Now, Louis spent some
years working for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after his playing days.
I'm sure you're aware of that.
Speaker 8 (24:00):
Well.
Speaker 10 (24:00):
I think it was a few years before I got there.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
No, I know. He worked with one of one of
your predecessors, Robert Q. Crane, one of the like yourself,
one of the great treasurers and receiver generals of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Bob used to used to joke
that when Louis first started with him, he had to
explain to Louis that working for the Treasury was different.
(24:26):
When you pitched, you came to you worked every fifth day,
but with the treasurer you had to work five days
a week.
Speaker 10 (24:37):
Great line. I have never heard that line.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
How about that? How about that matter? That is a
true line that that Bob Crane used to invoke all
the time. You'd say, Louis thought, oh, I go every
fifth day as a starting pitcher. Oh no, this is a.
Speaker 10 (24:52):
Different I have a question. Did Louis sing with the
Treasury Notes?
Speaker 2 (24:58):
I don't think Louis was was on that part of
the team, to be honest with you.
Speaker 10 (25:04):
So for those listening in, Bob Crane had a great voice,
and several of the other people who work in the
office also sang very very well, and they had a
group called the Treasury Notes, and they really did perform
in different places.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Well that that that sort of segues into the institutions
that we are missing as New Englanders. I just mentioned
zayres Uh and the Hilltop Steakhouse. I'll bet you this
is I.
Speaker 10 (25:37):
Heard you and I missed the Hilltop and my favorite
thing there was the lobster casserole.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Oh yeah, that was fabulous, wasn't it?
Speaker 10 (25:46):
And I loved you and stick the butter in it.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
No no galories, you know, four for Kansas City or
two for Des Moines or whatever it was. It was,
it was it had character. We would talk about Anthony's
and Jimmy's. Which was your favorite Anthony's or Jimmy's.
Speaker 10 (26:04):
Every every one that was a tough one because Anthony
was a good guy and the Doulases were great people,
and you know, there was always a competition. So the
way you sort of divided it up is the popovers
and Anthony's where you couldn't beat them. And I got
to tell you, I think that the big stuff that
(26:24):
Jimmy's maybe a smidch better, and but the popovers and
Anthony's style and and his demeanor was so welcoming and
so terrific.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
So what I loved that Anthony's My picture made the wall.
That's all I cared about. As long as you got
your picture up on the on Anthony's Wall of fame.
He was a great guy. I mean Anthony, he was
his son. Tony is is still a great h Bostonian,
and but we missed I miss I missed the comic
Quid down in the Cape. You missed Geral Glovers, you
(26:58):
miss Anthony's. You know, don't do restaurants like that anymore
for some reason.
Speaker 10 (27:02):
Very different. It's very different. But you know, as you
are aware, I get to work with a lot of
the restaurant owners because the ABCC is under my office,
and I will you there are some. There are some
terrific guys, and for the most part, they survived through COVID,
which was no easy task, and a lot of them
(27:25):
kept plugging along just to make sure that their staff
had jobs when we all came out of it. And
so there there there are a group of them who've
been around for who for you know, twenty five thirty years,
who are still in the business and still working hard
and employing people and adding to our economy.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
I'll tell you one restaurant that I miss in the
North End is Joe Tucci's restaurant.
Speaker 9 (27:51):
I don't know, Oh well, yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Do you remember Joe Touchi's IM sure you do.
Speaker 10 (27:56):
But I mean, of course.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Has great restaurants now, but they're a little more expensive.
It seems to me. The high end restaurants are a
little more expensive than Anthony's. You could go and you
you are Jimmy's, and I don't know, I guess we'll
never get back to those type restaurants in our lifetimes unfortunately.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
Man.
Speaker 10 (28:18):
Well, you know, everything's more expensive today, as we all know.
And that's why you know, you know that one of
the things I focus on is how to tell people
to get economic stability in their lives. And we work
on a lot of those things through my office, sort
of behind the scenes and under the radar. But that
(28:41):
you know, you also know that's why I ran for treasurer.
It's why I'm actually never left. Didn't see it as
a stepping stone and very focused on helping people. And
that's what I tell everyone who comes into our office.
I talk with all the new employees and they're a
lot of them is you know how big the office is.
(29:02):
But I tell them we're here to work for all
the people out there, and that's that's why I'm doing
what I'm doing so to help try.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
The one thing I kind of forget is people should
check out your Abadan property list because you never know
when your name is going to pop up there and
you're going to find that you left some money in
a bank account or somewhere. That's something that you guys run.
Speaker 10 (29:26):
Find mass money, Find mass money. And then there's a
great speaking of Bob Crane. He's the one who started
the Mass State lottery. But do you know why he
did it. He did it because after Prop two and
a half, he was worried that the local communities wouldn't
(29:46):
have enough money to take care of people in their neighborhoods,
and that's why the profits go to the local communities.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Well, I'm never going to correct you, but I'm going
to tell you that Prop two and a half didn't
happen until the early eight if I If I'm correct,
and I do know that the lottery started seventy in
nineteen seventy two with sweep steaks. Kelly, a former member.
Speaker 10 (30:10):
Of the legend who's sitting near you, has a has
a computer. It can google when Prop two and a
half passed, because that means that Bob Crane told me
a story that wasn't true, and Bob would never do that.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
I'm going to do it right now. I'm going to
look it up. And it was nineteen it was nineteen
eighty one or eighty two, and because it was Barbara,
I'm trying to remember Barbara.
Speaker 10 (30:35):
Yeah, I'm Anderson.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Barbara Anderson Fiscal eighty two, nineteen, fiscal nineteen eighty two.
So although the Treasurer probably just was mistaken, he never
would have misled anyone, No, never, never was an honest,
honest guy.
Speaker 10 (30:52):
But nineteen eighty it enacted in nineteen eighty was there
Let me ask you, since of course I was such
a young thing in the seventies, I didn't.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
Even think you were born by that time.
Speaker 10 (31:07):
By the way, well that from you, thank you for
the compliment. But I have a question. Was there conversation
about Prop two and a half in the seventies before
it actually passed?
Speaker 3 (31:20):
No?
Speaker 2 (31:21):
No, that was the brainchild of Barbara Anderson. Yeah, yeah, No,
the lottery predated it by several years. So the Treasurer
probably said it because of the great success of the lottery,
and he was so proud of it and the money
that has gone back to cities and towns, which you know,
probably to the penny what that is. As his successor,
(31:43):
it's been billions of dollars back to cities in towns
over the years.
Speaker 10 (31:47):
That's correct, a little over a billion annually.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Yeah, so we're talking more than fifty years now that
the lottery's been around. Celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, you know,
probably in the midst of of COVID. But it's been
it's been great, and you've carried on that tradition as well,
Madam Treasure. I didn't mean to correct you, but at
the same time, if if Bob told you something that
(32:12):
might have been a mistake, I felt compelled because I
remembered it vividly. I didn't I pulled that out of
my head.
Speaker 10 (32:21):
Okay, So you know what I'm gonna Yeah, I'm going
to have to you know that there's one person who
works in the office.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Yes I do.
Speaker 10 (32:28):
He's been there, yep, Jimmy A.
Speaker 9 (32:31):
R exactly two years.
Speaker 10 (32:33):
Yepely, I'm going to have to ask him where that
story came from. And then I will contact you and
I will let you know where that because he will
you know, he will know yes, yes, and and I.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Know him well and he knows me well, and he
will verify what I told you.
Speaker 10 (32:53):
Okay, all right, then, Well I'm I'm ten years as
your State treasure and I'm learning something dow.
Speaker 9 (33:01):
How do you like that?
Speaker 2 (33:02):
I hope it's going to be for at least another ten.
Speaker 10 (33:04):
Okay, Oh, that's so nice to you. Well, you know
I love what I do, and you know why I
do it. It's because I just you know the way
I was brought up, because you knew my family, and
you know that I'm doing this because I really want
to help people. That's what it's our first job.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
My first job was as a stock boy or a
bundle boy, whatever you want to call it. It stop
and Shop. Your family's great stop and shop on Truman
Highway in Hyde Park. So that's where my career started.
God knows where it's going to end. Adam Treasurer. We
know where it started.
Speaker 10 (33:37):
Well, we know that was a good old stop and
shop before we went through the hostel takeover working I
still be working in the stores today.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Owned by the reb family, and my first general manager
was a gentleman by the name Amari Cohen who treated
me very very well. Back. I'm not going to tell
you how long ago, but I'm much older than you are.
Speaker 10 (33:59):
As you know, you know you're you're an You're certainly
have lighter hair than I do.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
That's Okay, it's still there. That's what's most important. Please
say hi to everybody and we will talk soon.
Speaker 10 (34:11):
Have a wonderful, wonderful holiday season, a healthy, healthy new Year,
and I look forward to seeing you soon.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Right back at you. Hope you have a happy Honkah.
I'll be celebrating Christmas, but I have a a Jewish daughter, Lass,
who we're learning a lot about. Honker.
Speaker 10 (34:26):
Well, I'm celebrating everything because I I have the Rangers
and the Troopers into my office for Christmas lunch this week,
and we'll be doing the menoral lighting next week. And
it's about everybody's absol believing in everybody and loving everybody absolutely.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
And if you if you celebrate kwansa, happy Kwansa or
a happy Festivus, whatever you celebrate, I am exactly celebration absolutely.
Thanks so much. Okay bye, say to my former that's
made for me before you go to something. Well, okay, thanks,
I get out, god bye. Thanks, We'll take a quick break.
(35:06):
We'll come right back. I get everyone in. I know
that Tim's been waiting. Glenn and Gail will get you
all in. I promise coming right back on nightside.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Okay, with apologies to all, let me get to everybody
quickly as I can. I got Glenn, I got Gail,
and I got Tim, and I'm getting them all the way.
Gonna start with Gail Gail next on nights. I appreciate
your patience.
Speaker 7 (35:33):
Go right ahead, Hey Dan, Hey boy, prop two and
a half. I remember that one I was start prop
to two and a half was around nineteen eighty one.
Speaker 2 (35:43):
Well, you're right in the money. You're right, that's winner
went into effect. Yeah, you're right in the money.
Speaker 7 (35:48):
Oh okay, hey, you and I have one more thing
in calm, and we're both chlcoholics. I've been eating chocolate
in the past few minutes myself.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
I just I just grabbed a little her she already
keep the energy level going. A little one, not a
big one, A little one.
Speaker 7 (36:04):
Have you Yeah? Oh no, I hear you. Have you
been to that Swiss chocolate shop at the Prudential Center
called Lota Rock.
Speaker 2 (36:13):
No, I haven't.
Speaker 3 (36:14):
I have not.
Speaker 7 (36:15):
Oh, if you love chocolate, you got to go there.
But I got to warn you they're pricey. It is
probably the best chocolate ever had in my life.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
I've never had any bad chocolate. I gotta tell you,
I'm I am not. I am not too picky when
it comes to chocolate. Chocolate is fine. Hershey's chocolate is
my favorite. And the other thing is for for a
guy that's that no longer lives in the city. It's
just so tough now with all the bike lanes to
find a parking space get downtown.
Speaker 8 (36:45):
I just you know, yeah, you know, so.
Speaker 2 (36:50):
Yeah, so so give me something that you really miss
Give me.
Speaker 7 (36:53):
Some Woolworst, but wool Worst with the fountain. Remember woolworth
This is the store, and the used to be one.
About forty years ago there was a great Woolworths, a
good size one here in the South Shore. It was
in Cohassett and right next to it was a stop
and shop and I bought my very first record. Because
(37:14):
Woolworths had a music department, like a record department, you
could buy albums, and I bought my very first record there.
I think it was like twelve dollars. I was a kid,
and it might have been fleet with mac rumors. But
I remember the fountain, so good old Woolworths. I missed
Woolworths with the fountain, you could go get a soda
(37:34):
or like a chocolate Sunday you can get a sandwich.
I mean it was great.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
I remember as a kid going there was a Woolworths
in Hyde Park. I remember as a kid going to Woolworths,
taking the bus and going to Woolworts and buying Christmas presents.
I mean, obviously we weren't wealthy, but you know when
you got to that age where you had to on
your own go out and buy presents for your family,
and yeah, you know what, I could buy woolworth So
that's my that's my memory. Hey, I got two more.
(38:03):
You've waited a long time. As a result you you
do not have a have a night side tote bag yet?
Speaker 6 (38:08):
Right?
Speaker 7 (38:10):
I do not?
Speaker 4 (38:11):
You do now?
Speaker 2 (38:13):
And I want to, if you'd be so kind to
accept when I want to send one to you, okay,
and I want you to use it. And uh, it's
a beautiful tote bag, comes from college hype.
Speaker 3 (38:23):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
And I think you'll like it. Okay, So give an
address and a phone number and all of that that
ROB will need and we'll get that out to here
before before the my pleasure, my pleasure. I think you'll
like it. Thanks, Gail. We'll talk soon. Don't hang up.
Rob's going to talk with you. Okay, We're going to
go next to Who's next? Glenn and Brighton? Glenn, You're next,
Don Brighton? What do you miss?
Speaker 3 (38:42):
Glenn?
Speaker 8 (38:43):
Well, there are two things I miss. I missed, uh
Hayes Bickford and new Comb Farms.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
New Coms doesn't does the new Comb Farms in in Milton?
I had breakfast there the other day.
Speaker 8 (38:57):
Oh they still got one. Well that must be the
last one. I guess it is, Yeah, because that was
a dying, slowly dying chain.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
I never realized there was a chain, to be honest
with you. And Route twenty eight in Milton, they.
Speaker 8 (39:14):
Used to have one, and often they've had them. In
Quincy they used to have quite a few of them
because my dad was a traveling salesman, so we used
to have breakfast there quite you know, depending on I.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Had breakfast there with with Jack Dougherty of College Hype
the other day and it was great as always.
Speaker 3 (39:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (39:35):
Yeah, I'm not trying to beg but if I went,
I would prefer a mug that I don't like told begs.
Speaker 3 (39:39):
I think they're kind of growish, have you beg.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
No, okay, you got a mug, Glenn. You didn't have
to beg. But I was going to give you something away, okay, Uh,
I want you to share half that coffee every morning. Okay,
all right, thanks man, hang in there, don't hang out, bro,
I's gonna get the info. Coming up next to Tim
and for Imingham. Tim, you're next on nightside. Tell me
what you miss? Yeah, I miss Bailey's ice cream. Yeah,
(40:07):
that's a good That was a good ice cream. That
was the big competitor to to Brigham's. You're absolutely right. Yeah,
and I also miss I met my wife at Empire
Lanes in High Park.
Speaker 3 (40:21):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
I used to bowl as a kid there on rivers
on High Park Avenue.
Speaker 10 (40:25):
On High Park.
Speaker 3 (40:26):
I remember Ralph Ralph.
Speaker 2 (40:29):
Yeah, I don't remember Ralphie, but okay.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
Great guy.
Speaker 7 (40:38):
I grew up in Rosendale, up by a pleasant cafe.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
My wife. Uh, my wife grew up in Reidsville.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
Come on what street? Chesterfield Street Street? Yeah? Yeah, I know,
I know Chesterfield Street very well. Used to walk by
the every day. As a result, you want a coffee mug,
a nightside coffee mug, or a nightside tote bag.
Speaker 8 (41:05):
Tote bag please.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Okay, we're gonna send you the tote bag and you
can give that to your wife as a Christmas present.
How's that? Okay?
Speaker 10 (41:12):
Thank you, Dan, I appreciate it.
Speaker 8 (41:13):
You have a wonderful hol of it.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
Hey you too as well. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (41:17):
Hang in there.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
When we come back, we're going to change topics, but
we na have a few more prices to give out.
I'm not sure we've gone through our list this hour.
Everybody got a price. Everybody got a price. Never done
that before. We'll continue with this theme and we're going
to work into Friday. The thirteenth Superstition theme coming up
as well.
It's nice time with Dan Ray. I'm tell you easy, Boston.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
We're going to stick with the Louis Tian story for
at least one caller here. Uh, and then we're probably
gonna switch topic. So let me go to Dave in
North Carolina. Dave, you think Louis Tiant belongs in the
Hall of Fame?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
You're damn right, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I like that. Are you a Bostonian originally or no?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Abrol mass sir?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
All right, all right, you must have been in the
military with this, sir stuff. I like that.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Yes, sir, A good friend of mine lives right next
door to me.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
His name is Grady Little. You remember him as a manager?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yeah, ye, absolutely, a real gentleman. Does he literally live
next door to you?
Speaker 4 (00:54):
Well, not next door, but in the same retirement community
here in Charlotte.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Oh, Grady very well, sir.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Will do me a favor tell him, I said, hello,
I think he will remember me. I was not a
sports reporter up there, but that's you know, I thought
he was not treated well. To be honest with you.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
I know he's doing well. He's seventy five, is a
year younger than me.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yeah, and he just.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Gave me over five thousand between eighty and ninety and
seventy baseball cards.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Really.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Oh yeah, And I haven't found any Louis t Us yet,
but it takes a while to go through that many cards.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
So were you just listening tonight or you're a regular
listener here?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Oh I'm a regular listener, sir. I've been around for
thirty years. Forty years.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Wow, boy, we're And when did you move out of
You said you grew up in Haveril.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
Yes, and I moved down here about a year and
a half ago in Charlotte.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Wow. And so all of a sudden you're living in
the same neighborhood as Grady Little.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Click him up. He's a good guy. No, I.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Didn't know him well, but I was working as a
TV reporter in those days and beyond. And yeah, I
certainly know the legend of Grady and the criticism of
him keeping Martinez in and I, you know, I thought
that was in two thousand and three. I thought that
(02:43):
was still the right decision. You know, you go with
your horse, and it didn't quite work out. But he's
an old baseball guy. He's a baseball lifer. But he's
in good shape and he's enjoying himself.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Oh, yes, sir, and I'll mention it to him. Yeah,
it's gotta make it well.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
I'll tell you here's what I'd love you to do
for me, Okay, if you would be, if you'd be,
I want Rob will give you my number, okay, And
I'd love to get Grady on the show some night,
uh and just talk about a little baseball with him. Uh.
And he should remember me because I was on TV
(03:22):
up here for many years when he was not only uh,
the manager, but a coach. And I'd love to, you know,
bring him back over the radio waves and and and
just talk baseball with him on a on a cold
winter night. There's nothing that that that carries me through
the winter than an occasional baseball show. So you mentioned
(03:43):
my name, And if if he's willing to uh to
spend a little bit of time on the telephone, uh,
you can give me a call back. If he wants
to give you allow you to to give me his number.
We'll call him and we'll set it up. We'll make
sure that that you're aware of it. Okay.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Hey, Dan, I love your show. I've been listening again
and we have no stoves down here.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
No, I know, but I hope you guys are not
in the hurricane area that was impacted in October. Hopefully
you're you're in the eastern part of the state.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Yes, sir, Hey, it's wonderful talking with you.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
David, it is as well. Have you called before? Is
this your first time?
Speaker 3 (04:29):
No, I think i'd called before.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Will do me a favorite Keep in contact, Say hello
to Grady for us either way, no hard feelings. If
he wants to maintain his lower profile, that's okay. We'd
love to have him join us somenight, just for old
times sake. I think that a lot of the Red
Sox fans up. You're you know, a viewer, your age,
my age, all of us are on the other side
of fifty. Remember Grady really well, and maybe there's some
(04:54):
fans that want to want to tell him we miss him.
And I certainly everybody he ever talked to said he
was a quintessential gentleman baseball wifer and I'd love to
chat with him. And if you can, if you can
hook me up with him, Rob will give you my
direct number and I'll tell you in those baseball cards
you probably got some rookie cards there. Go through them carefully,
enjoy them. They're probably in good shape and you may, uh,
(05:19):
you may have to take him out for a few
steak dinners.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Okay, a lot of Jim Rice cards, that's good.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well Rice is still around broadcasting for the Red Sox
and Hall of Famer as well, so keep those as well.
Really enjoyed Dave talking to you. I'm so glad that
you that we hung over here and we uh we
got you on. This was this was fun. This was fun, Dave,
and I'll look forward to you to your next call.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Okay, thank you, Sarah.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Thanks Dave, appreciate it. Uh. I could talk to Dave
all night, that's for sure. I'd love to know you
know well, he said he went down there and he
obviously loves loves his location. Boy for baseball fan, all
of a sudden he moved into a neighborhood. One of
your neighbors is grady. Little. That's not bad. That's not bad.
Little That'll get you through the winter with some baseball stories.
(06:08):
You have to be a baseball fan to understand why
I'm saying that. It's as simple as that. I mean, look,
I grew up as a baseball fan in the lean
years of the Red Sox, and when the season ended,
there was not much to look forward to. We really
didn't have the Bruins weren't doing great. The Celtics were good,
(06:28):
Patriots were they were just kind of getting off the ground,
and you just waited. You waded through November and December
and January, and finally February came and there were some
pictures of Red Sox players in spring training, and you
knew that the weather was going to warm up. So
that's why baseball is so important to me, and I
think many of you can identify. When we get back,
(06:49):
we're going to change topics and we're going to talk
about New England institutions, locations, stores, people, individuals that you miss.
There's so much to miss in New England. And Rob
is going to play one little theme song here. We'll
talk about it when we get back, just to kind
(07:09):
of prompt your memory. You got to be in New
England to appreciate this, and maybe even a Bostonian, but
just just stick with us tonight we'll have a little
bit of fun. Rob hit whichever one you want, and
maybe what we'll do is we'll find out the first
person who can guess what that jingle is uh, and
maybe we'll give them a night side tote or a
(07:31):
night side coffee mink. That's what we'll do. Rob you
pick one you don't even have, well you have to
tell me what it was, but I'll probably know it.
Oh it does okay in that case, Oh that's that
that we don't have one? That is They all these
commercials probably say yeah, okay, well okay, well then I'll
(07:54):
what I'll do is the best person this hour who
comes up with something that really rings true to me.
It'll be very subjective. We'll give away a couple of
nightside mugs, coffee mugs and a couple of nightside totes
or something like that from our friends at College Hype.
And again, if you want to check out College Hype,
(08:14):
they have a new website. It's called Mycitygear dot com
dot com. If you are a Bostonian and you're looking
for some Christmas presents, here, this is a website you
go to. Well, I'll give you two. One is nightsidegear
dot com, which is run by College Hype. You can
get knightside coffee mugs, tote bags, t shirts, sweatshirts, whatever,
(08:35):
or go to my Citygear and whatever part of Boston
you grew up in, there'll be something that you will
be able to identify with. So if you have some
an older friend who you want to bring them back
a memory, my citygear dot com powered by College Hype,
mycitygear dot com, and we will give away a few
things this hour, well maybe between this hour and next hour.
(08:58):
Is that okay? I hope everybody's okay with that. We'll
be back on Night Side and Joel's going to start
us off talking about an institution that he misses. There's
a few, there's more than a few. Play something for us. Rob.
We'll be back right after this.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
Just wait till you hear what shoppers are saying about Bradley's.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
I like the prices.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
I'm the sales.
Speaker 7 (09:20):
The sale items are very well stocked and the comparative shopper.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
And that's why I come back here.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
When you walk into the store, the merchandise hits you
right in the eye.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
It's so beautiful.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
It's a nice place to shop. I really like it.
It's great.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Now back to Dan Ray Live from the Window World
to Night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
So we can't give away everyone would have known those
are Bradley commercial sounds very different, doesn't it. I mean
when you look at the commercials, play one more roub
just to get some people into the mood. Here go ahead,
start of another cheap day at Building nineteen.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Are you working towards your BA, MBA, DF, PhD or
m O.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
U S Are you just paying for it?
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Then?
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Building nineteen wants to speak to you. We believe in education,
but at our guaranteed lowest prices on school supplies like
no books, pens, pencils and mind us.
Speaker 8 (10:26):
We can't guarantee a degree, but we.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Guarantee the lowest prices in New England.
Speaker 6 (10:30):
Thanks for shopping Building nineteen and.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
A you day. See that's really not a lot of
production value there when you think about it. That's what
we listen to back in the day. Okay, let's go.
Let's listen to Joel. Who's calling it from Natick? Joe,
what do you miss about New England institution? Give us
one that you mut you miss?
Speaker 9 (10:51):
My wife and I Melbot I gave have a little
sort list. Let me give it to you and now
set up. Okay, I'll be quiet. Cola Doors came on
Building nineteens as Bradley Bradley's basement, Christmas Tree shop, ann
and holped Gordan launched Brigham's aims, Bradley's spags and the
combat zone.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
I don't know how many of us missed the combat zone.
Maybe that was thrown in there as a smile. Yeah,
that's you. You covered the waterfront at this point there.
I think you left nothing else. I'll tell you one thing.
There's a there's a lot of things obviously that that
that we miss, but Building nineteen certainly is one of them.
(11:33):
We've already mentioned that. You know which which which place?
I miss a lot. I miss Anthony's Peer four.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
All of them.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Well, the one that I think I was Per four
is the one down on Northern Avenue that was.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
The main ship.
Speaker 9 (11:52):
There was more. There was more than just one mong
He had one up in the swampscot too.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Oh no, they had one down the gate to come
Aquided down to the Cape General Lover up in swamps.
Got just remember that those pop overs that uh it was.
And I gotta tell you Anthony's And you kin't mentioned
Anthony's without mentioning Jimmy's. Which one Jimmy's Harboside, Yeah, but
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no one called it Harborside. It was always Jimmy's. If
you're gonna go to Jimmy's, you know what, you would talk,
you know. But they were two very different restaurants. I
mean one was uh, they were both they were they
were spectacular, and I don't know that we have restaurants
that had that character today. There's a lot of new restaurants,
but I think it takes a while for a restaurant
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to build character. Uh, you know the Anthony's Peer four.
I remember the circular driveway you drive up and drop
off whoever your guests were, and then you'd go park
your car and you'd come back or whatever. And yeah,
those were great restaurants. Those were great restaurant.
Speaker 9 (13:00):
And how about Durgon Park.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
You know, Durgon Park was great, but but it was
down in Fiennel Hall and it's it to me was
always like kind of a tourist trap, you know what
I'm saying. I mean, I hate to put it like that,
but uh that was what was Durgon Park one of
your favorites.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
We went there a.
Speaker 9 (13:23):
Few times, but remember going up the stairs.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
Oh yeah, no, no, no, it was it was I mean,
the the really old Durgon Park which predated you with me.
I think was really was really classic. That was that
was kind of a nod nod to historic Boston. But yeah,
it's yeah, it's it's it's amazing. It always seems the
good restaurants are the ones that go away, Joel. Great
(13:50):
to hear your voice. Everyone everything well in Natick, I
hope yes?
Speaker 9 (13:55):
Everything go help all right.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
We'll say hi to Roberta for us.
Speaker 9 (13:58):
Okay, certainly, well the evening thank you, uh.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
YouTube, Joe, let me ask you. I think what we
gotta do is I gotta send a busy tope bag
so you can give that to Roberta as a present.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
But what.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Okay, but I hope she's not listening. Okay, so you
can die, you can lie to me, no problem. Stay there,
get your address and we'll we'll get a tote bag
for ROBERTI. I know you've got a coffee mug, so
hopefully that's still that's you're still using that every day?
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Right?
Speaker 9 (14:33):
Oh, definitely with the sweatshirt.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Okay, you've hit the mothership here, all right, Joel, hang
on there, okay, don't hang out. I will get you
the address to get your tote bag. Okay, good night,
let me go next to Maureen in Brockton. Hi, Maureen,
how are you tonight?
Speaker 6 (14:50):
Hi? Great, and I hope you are too.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
I'm doing just great. Give us something some institution that
you miss?
Speaker 6 (14:58):
Can I just backtrack your previous hour? And I just
wanted I googled the Detroit Tiger picture was Vern Rule,
who ended up hitting Jim Rice.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Thank you very much. I couldn't pull Rule's name out
of out of that my hat, but yeah, I remember
him right handed, kind of tall, lanky, right hander. Probably
the biggest pitch of his career was when he took
Rice out of the seventy five World Series.
Speaker 6 (15:24):
There you go, Well it's great to have, you know.
Google it and pulled it up. So I was talking
to Marita earlier this afternoon and I told her that
my favorite place growing up in Brighton, in Brighton Center
was Brigham's. And I know Joel mentioned Brighams, but I
remember my father.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
If Joel mentioned everything Joel mentioned, I mean he.
Speaker 6 (15:49):
Said Brigands and I thought, oh shoot, oh well there
goes my clo I I I can remember the memories
of my father if we had My father was born
in Ireland and my mother had family from England. So
if we ever had relatives, that was the highlight, you know,
we would, you know, my father would take you know,
our guests and we would go up to Brigham's up
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in Brighton Center, right on Washington Street. And Marita was
saying that she's got great memories of Brigham's. I think
it was in the Social Plaza, but that was my
That was my spot, was brigham.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
So Brighams was a great institution, was around everywhere, and
I don't know why it went away because maybe there
must have been bad management or something like that. I'll
tell you a story about Brighams. They used to be
a Brighams downtown, if I'm not mistaken. It was either
on Tremont Street or Boylston Street. And Dave Powers, who
was President Kennedy's in this day and age, they called
(16:45):
him the body man. That person was always with the President.
He was with President Kennedy from the time he was
a member of Congress in nineteen forty seven until that
horrible day in Dallas, Texas in nineteen sixty three, and
whenever then President and Kennedy would come to Boston whatever
he was, and he would come fairly frequently as the
President of the United States. He would always stop. He
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would make sure that he stopped at Brighams. Then they
got an ice cream comb. So I mean that's you were.
You were in good company as as a devotee of Brighams.
More trust me on that.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
So that.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Always remember you know, Dave Power was talking about about that,
and Dave had the quintessential Kennedy accident and say, Dan
Jack love Brighams, a Breghams. We got to get to
a Bregham ice cream Dave, let's go. They tell that
story with a great deal of enthusiasm. A great guy.
Speaker 6 (17:37):
Well, thank you for taking my call, and I wish
you and your family and all the Night Side listeners
merry Christmas. But it's great to talk to you again, Maureen.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
I need to get you a tote bag. Okay, if
i'd like to send you as a Christmas president a
tote bag, saw stay on the line. And uh, you know,
I also I want you to check out nightside gear
dot com. Uh maybe there's a president or two for
some one of your friends or relatives that's nights I related,
or just go to mycitygear dot com. I think that
(18:08):
originally you were a Bostonian. If you have friends who
grew up in any part of the city. Jack Doerty
has this great company called College Hype and they produce
nightside gear, but they also do my city gear for
literally people in every section of Boston. So check it out, okay,
and we'll get your toke back.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (18:29):
Yeah, you know, I live in Brighton, but I mean
I grew up Righton, So I mean I'm a Boston girl.
So did you grow up in the city or no,
I grew up in Brighton.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Oh, that's as you can. You can get Brighton gear there.
That's I should have because you talked about the Brighamps
in Brighton. Okay, Oak Square, right, Oak Square?
Speaker 3 (18:49):
It was.
Speaker 6 (18:49):
It was Brighton Center, right in Washington Washington Streets, right
in Brighton Center.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Sure. I used to stop. They have a great fruits
and vegetable place there, Johnny.
Speaker 9 (19:00):
Yes, yes, yeah, yeah, And.
Speaker 2 (19:04):
It's funny I drove by the other day. I haven't
stopped there in a while because, frankly, you know, WBZ
is we're no longer on Soldier's Field Road and I'm
broadcasting remotely. Is that still Well, you wouldn't know if
you live in Brockton unless you go back and visit
the old neighborhood.
Speaker 6 (19:20):
Well, there's a group. I know, there's a Facebook group
for everywhere, and I want part of the originally from Brighton.
So occasionally I have seen, you know, notifications about Johnny D's.
I think it's still there in business.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
I mean, he's a great guy and they had just
great quality fruit at much better prices than Supermarcus. If
you live in that neighborhood and if it's still open,
that's a great place to be. Maureen hanging there. Okay,
we're gonna get you that tote bag. You're going to
be proud to carry it whenever you go shop it.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
Okay, thanks, absolutely, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
All Right, we've got to take a quick break. Here's
the news at the bottom of the hour. We're basically
trying to make some people happy as we start the
run up towards the holiday. By the way, just as
a couple of programming notes. On Tuesday night, New Hereshia
Governor Kristinunu will join us for the full hour, and
he's more than willing to take phone calls. We can
talk politics. It's been kind of a crazy year when
(20:14):
you think about it, very crazy year, actually, whoever would
have thought a year ago that or two years ago
that Donald Trump would be returning to the White House,
And he is Christinunu was not a supporter, but he's
a Republican and he supported Donald Trump in the final election.
And I know that some of the most Trump loyalists
(20:35):
of the world. Of course, you've got to be with
Trump or whatever, but Christinouna will always tell you what
he wants to think. That's Tuesday night, and then next
Friday night at this time we will be we will
be doing the twelfth annual Night Side Charity Combine. We
have lined up all the folks we need, the charities
(20:56):
we need. And I hope you'll be listening to us
all next week because I will be here, of course
for the battles of the week, my last night of
the year this year, we'll be on December twentieth. We're
wrapped the year, and then I'll see you on New
Year's Night. So please stay with us. We've had some
new and different and interesting callers tonight. Let's keep it
rolling here on Nightside. Is there an institution that maybe
(21:19):
has gone by Philean's basement. It was funny Phileen's basement
went from one hundred and two years, from nineteen oh
nine to two thousand and eleven, one hundred and two years.
That's where from a mayor Menino used to buy. He
used to get all the great deals. He was not
(21:41):
he was and he literally was the devotee of the basement.
We'll be back on Nightside if you'd like to join
the conversation six one, seven, two, five, four ten thirty
six one seven, nine three, one ten thirty coming right
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Speaker 5 (22:04):
We're it in this source of value everything that's where everything,
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Speaker 1 (22:25):
It's night Side with Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Another great restaurant that is long gone, and I'm telling
you it was a great restaurant, Frank Schifrida's Steakhouse. And
in terms of stores, there was a store in Quincy.
It was called the Bargain Center. My god, my dad
used to take us there, I think every week.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
It was. It was a trip.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
It was a trip literally and figuratively. I have on
the line a huge Louis Tion fan, someone who I
think all of you very familiar with She is the
Treasurer and Receiver General the Comwalth of Massachusetts. Treasurer deb Goldberg, treasure.
Speaker 10 (23:07):
How are you, hey, Dan? We were riding home from dinner,
and for those who don't know, my husband grew up
with Dan Ray and we were listening to you talking
about Louis, and I said I should call in, and
Michael goes, oh, there's Danny Ray on the air. So
(23:29):
here I am, And oh, you're talking about so many
of the Red you know, a guy like Louis Tian what.
I can't believe they skipped over him again. I mean,
come on, you know my father, my father up in Heaven,
better known as the Shaman. The Red Sox Nation must
be very unhappy.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Yeah, yeah, no, a great guy. Now, Louis spent some
years working for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after his playing days.
I'm sure you're aware of that.
Speaker 8 (24:00):
Well.
Speaker 10 (24:00):
I think it was a few years before I got there.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
No, I know. He worked with one of one of
your predecessors, Robert Q. Crane, one of the like yourself,
one of the great treasurers and receiver generals of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Bob used to used to joke
that when Louis first started with him, he had to
explain to Louis that working for the Treasury was different.
(24:26):
When you pitched, you came to you worked every fifth day,
but with the treasurer you had to work five days
a week.
Speaker 10 (24:37):
Great line. I have never heard that line.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
How about that? How about that matter? That is a
true line that that Bob Crane used to invoke all
the time. You'd say, Louis thought, oh, I go every
fifth day as a starting pitcher. Oh no, this is a.
Speaker 10 (24:52):
Different I have a question. Did Louis sing with the
Treasury Notes?
Speaker 2 (24:58):
I don't think Louis was was on that part of
the team, to be honest with you.
Speaker 10 (25:04):
So for those listening in, Bob Crane had a great voice,
and several of the other people who work in the
office also sang very very well, and they had a
group called the Treasury Notes, and they really did perform
in different places.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Well that that that sort of segues into the institutions
that we are missing as New Englanders. I just mentioned
zayres Uh and the Hilltop Steakhouse. I'll bet you this
is I.
Speaker 10 (25:37):
Heard you and I missed the Hilltop and my favorite
thing there was the lobster casserole.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Oh yeah, that was fabulous, wasn't it?
Speaker 10 (25:46):
And I loved you and stick the butter in it.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
No no galories, you know, four for Kansas City or
two for Des Moines or whatever it was. It was,
it was it had character. We would talk about Anthony's
and Jimmy's. Which was your favorite Anthony's or Jimmy's.
Speaker 10 (26:04):
Every every one that was a tough one because Anthony
was a good guy and the Doulases were great people,
and you know, there was always a competition. So the
way you sort of divided it up is the popovers
and Anthony's where you couldn't beat them. And I got
to tell you, I think that the big stuff that
(26:24):
Jimmy's maybe a smidch better, and but the popovers and
Anthony's style and and his demeanor was so welcoming and
so terrific.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
So what I loved that Anthony's My picture made the wall.
That's all I cared about. As long as you got
your picture up on the on Anthony's Wall of fame.
He was a great guy. I mean Anthony, he was
his son. Tony is is still a great h Bostonian,
and but we missed I miss I missed the comic
Quid down in the Cape. You missed Geral Glovers, you
(26:58):
miss Anthony's. You know, don't do restaurants like that anymore
for some reason.
Speaker 10 (27:02):
Very different. It's very different. But you know, as you
are aware, I get to work with a lot of
the restaurant owners because the ABCC is under my office,
and I will you there are some. There are some
terrific guys, and for the most part, they survived through COVID,
which was no easy task, and a lot of them
(27:25):
kept plugging along just to make sure that their staff
had jobs when we all came out of it. And
so there there there are a group of them who've
been around for who for you know, twenty five thirty years,
who are still in the business and still working hard
and employing people and adding to our economy.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
I'll tell you one restaurant that I miss in the
North End is Joe Tucci's restaurant.
Speaker 9 (27:51):
I don't know, Oh well, yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Do you remember Joe Touchi's IM sure you do.
Speaker 10 (27:56):
But I mean, of course.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Has great restaurants now, but they're a little more expensive.
It seems to me. The high end restaurants are a
little more expensive than Anthony's. You could go and you
you are Jimmy's, and I don't know, I guess we'll
never get back to those type restaurants in our lifetimes unfortunately.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
Man.
Speaker 10 (28:18):
Well, you know, everything's more expensive today, as we all know.
And that's why you know, you know that one of
the things I focus on is how to tell people
to get economic stability in their lives. And we work
on a lot of those things through my office, sort
of behind the scenes and under the radar. But that
(28:41):
you know, you also know that's why I ran for treasurer.
It's why I'm actually never left. Didn't see it as
a stepping stone and very focused on helping people. And
that's what I tell everyone who comes into our office.
I talk with all the new employees and they're a
lot of them is you know how big the office is.
(29:02):
But I tell them we're here to work for all
the people out there, and that's that's why I'm doing
what I'm doing so to help try.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
The one thing I kind of forget is people should
check out your Abadan property list because you never know
when your name is going to pop up there and
you're going to find that you left some money in
a bank account or somewhere. That's something that you guys run.
Speaker 10 (29:26):
Find mass money, Find mass money. And then there's a
great speaking of Bob Crane. He's the one who started
the Mass State lottery. But do you know why he
did it. He did it because after Prop two and
a half, he was worried that the local communities wouldn't
(29:46):
have enough money to take care of people in their neighborhoods,
and that's why the profits go to the local communities.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Well, I'm never going to correct you, but I'm going
to tell you that Prop two and a half didn't
happen until the early eight if I If I'm correct,
and I do know that the lottery started seventy in
nineteen seventy two with sweep steaks. Kelly, a former member.
Speaker 10 (30:10):
Of the legend who's sitting near you, has a has
a computer. It can google when Prop two and a
half passed, because that means that Bob Crane told me
a story that wasn't true, and Bob would never do that.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
I'm going to do it right now. I'm going to
look it up. And it was nineteen it was nineteen
eighty one or eighty two, and because it was Barbara,
I'm trying to remember Barbara.
Speaker 10 (30:35):
Yeah, I'm Anderson.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Barbara Anderson Fiscal eighty two, nineteen, fiscal nineteen eighty two.
So although the Treasurer probably just was mistaken, he never
would have misled anyone, No, never, never was an honest,
honest guy.
Speaker 10 (30:52):
But nineteen eighty it enacted in nineteen eighty was there
Let me ask you, since of course I was such
a young thing in the seventies, I didn't.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
Even think you were born by that time.
Speaker 10 (31:07):
By the way, well that from you, thank you for
the compliment. But I have a question. Was there conversation
about Prop two and a half in the seventies before
it actually passed?
Speaker 3 (31:20):
No?
Speaker 2 (31:21):
No, that was the brainchild of Barbara Anderson. Yeah, yeah, No,
the lottery predated it by several years. So the Treasurer
probably said it because of the great success of the lottery,
and he was so proud of it and the money
that has gone back to cities and towns, which you know,
probably to the penny what that is. As his successor,
(31:43):
it's been billions of dollars back to cities in towns
over the years.
Speaker 10 (31:47):
That's correct, a little over a billion annually.
Speaker 3 (31:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Yeah, so we're talking more than fifty years now that
the lottery's been around. Celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, you know,
probably in the midst of of COVID. But it's been
it's been great, and you've carried on that tradition as well,
Madam Treasure. I didn't mean to correct you, but at
the same time, if if Bob told you something that
(32:12):
might have been a mistake, I felt compelled because I
remembered it vividly. I didn't I pulled that out of
my head.
Speaker 10 (32:21):
Okay, So you know what I'm gonna Yeah, I'm going
to have to you know that there's one person who
works in the office.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Yes I do.
Speaker 10 (32:28):
He's been there, yep, Jimmy A.
Speaker 9 (32:31):
R exactly two years.
Speaker 10 (32:33):
Yepely, I'm going to have to ask him where that
story came from. And then I will contact you and
I will let you know where that because he will
you know, he will know yes, yes, and and I.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
Know him well and he knows me well, and he
will verify what I told you.
Speaker 10 (32:53):
Okay, all right, then, Well I'm I'm ten years as
your State treasure and I'm learning something dow.
Speaker 9 (33:01):
How do you like that?
Speaker 2 (33:02):
I hope it's going to be for at least another ten.
Speaker 10 (33:04):
Okay, Oh, that's so nice to you. Well, you know
I love what I do, and you know why I
do it. It's because I just you know the way
I was brought up, because you knew my family, and
you know that I'm doing this because I really want
to help people. That's what it's our first job.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
My first job was as a stock boy or a
bundle boy, whatever you want to call it. It stop
and Shop. Your family's great stop and shop on Truman
Highway in Hyde Park. So that's where my career started.
God knows where it's going to end. Adam Treasurer. We
know where it started.
Speaker 10 (33:37):
Well, we know that was a good old stop and
shop before we went through the hostel takeover working I
still be working in the stores today.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Owned by the reb family, and my first general manager
was a gentleman by the name Amari Cohen who treated
me very very well. Back. I'm not going to tell
you how long ago, but I'm much older than you are.
Speaker 10 (33:59):
As you know, you know you're you're an You're certainly
have lighter hair than I do.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
That's Okay, it's still there. That's what's most important. Please
say hi to everybody and we will talk soon.
Speaker 10 (34:11):
Have a wonderful, wonderful holiday season, a healthy, healthy new Year,
and I look forward to seeing you soon.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Right back at you. Hope you have a happy Honkah.
I'll be celebrating Christmas, but I have a a Jewish daughter, Lass,
who we're learning a lot about. Honker.
Speaker 10 (34:26):
Well, I'm celebrating everything because I I have the Rangers
and the Troopers into my office for Christmas lunch this week,
and we'll be doing the menoral lighting next week. And
it's about everybody's absol believing in everybody and loving everybody absolutely.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
And if you if you celebrate kwansa, happy Kwansa or
a happy Festivus, whatever you celebrate, I am exactly celebration absolutely.
Thanks so much. Okay bye, say to my former that's
made for me before you go to something. Well, okay, thanks,
I get out, god bye. Thanks, We'll take a quick break.
(35:06):
We'll come right back. I get everyone in. I know
that Tim's been waiting. Glenn and Gail will get you
all in. I promise coming right back on nightside.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Okay, with apologies to all, let me get to everybody
quickly as I can. I got Glenn, I got Gail,
and I got Tim, and I'm getting them all the way.
Gonna start with Gail Gail next on nights. I appreciate
your patience.
Speaker 7 (35:33):
Go right ahead, Hey Dan, Hey boy, prop two and
a half. I remember that one I was start prop
to two and a half was around nineteen eighty one.
Speaker 2 (35:43):
Well, you're right in the money. You're right, that's winner
went into effect. Yeah, you're right in the money.
Speaker 7 (35:48):
Oh okay, hey, you and I have one more thing
in calm, and we're both chlcoholics. I've been eating chocolate
in the past few minutes myself.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
I just I just grabbed a little her she already
keep the energy level going. A little one, not a
big one, A little one.
Speaker 7 (36:04):
Have you Yeah? Oh no, I hear you. Have you
been to that Swiss chocolate shop at the Prudential Center
called Lota Rock.
Speaker 2 (36:13):
No, I haven't.
Speaker 3 (36:14):
I have not.
Speaker 7 (36:15):
Oh, if you love chocolate, you got to go there.
But I got to warn you they're pricey. It is
probably the best chocolate ever had in my life.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
I've never had any bad chocolate. I gotta tell you,
I'm I am not. I am not too picky when
it comes to chocolate. Chocolate is fine. Hershey's chocolate is
my favorite. And the other thing is for for a
guy that's that no longer lives in the city. It's
just so tough now with all the bike lanes to
find a parking space get downtown.
Speaker 8 (36:45):
I just you know, yeah, you know, so.
Speaker 2 (36:50):
Yeah, so so give me something that you really miss
Give me.
Speaker 7 (36:53):
Some Woolworst, but wool Worst with the fountain. Remember woolworth
This is the store, and the used to be one.
About forty years ago there was a great Woolworths, a
good size one here in the South Shore. It was
in Cohassett and right next to it was a stop
and shop and I bought my very first record. Because
(37:14):
Woolworths had a music department, like a record department, you
could buy albums, and I bought my very first record there.
I think it was like twelve dollars. I was a kid,
and it might have been fleet with mac rumors. But
I remember the fountain, so good old Woolworths. I missed
Woolworths with the fountain, you could go get a soda
(37:34):
or like a chocolate Sunday you can get a sandwich.
I mean it was great.
Speaker 2 (37:41):
I remember as a kid going there was a Woolworths
in Hyde Park. I remember as a kid going to Woolworths,
taking the bus and going to Woolworts and buying Christmas presents.
I mean, obviously we weren't wealthy, but you know when
you got to that age where you had to on
your own go out and buy presents for your family,
and yeah, you know what, I could buy woolworth So
that's my that's my memory. Hey, I got two more.
(38:03):
You've waited a long time. As a result you you
do not have a have a night side tote bag yet?
Speaker 6 (38:08):
Right?
Speaker 7 (38:10):
I do not?
Speaker 4 (38:11):
You do now?
Speaker 2 (38:13):
And I want to, if you'd be so kind to
accept when I want to send one to you, okay,
and I want you to use it. And uh, it's
a beautiful tote bag, comes from college hype.
Speaker 3 (38:23):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
And I think you'll like it. Okay, So give an
address and a phone number and all of that that
ROB will need and we'll get that out to here
before before the my pleasure, my pleasure. I think you'll
like it. Thanks, Gail. We'll talk soon. Don't hang up.
Rob's going to talk with you. Okay, We're going to
go next to Who's next? Glenn and Brighton? Glenn, You're next,
Don Brighton? What do you miss?
Speaker 3 (38:42):
Glenn?
Speaker 8 (38:43):
Well, there are two things I miss. I missed, uh
Hayes Bickford and new Comb Farms.
Speaker 2 (38:51):
New Coms doesn't does the new Comb Farms in in Milton?
I had breakfast there the other day.
Speaker 8 (38:57):
Oh they still got one. Well that must be the
last one. I guess it is, Yeah, because that was
a dying, slowly dying chain.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
I never realized there was a chain, to be honest
with you. And Route twenty eight in Milton, they.
Speaker 8 (39:14):
Used to have one, and often they've had them. In
Quincy they used to have quite a few of them
because my dad was a traveling salesman, so we used
to have breakfast there quite you know, depending on I.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Had breakfast there with with Jack Dougherty of College Hype
the other day and it was great as always.
Speaker 3 (39:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 8 (39:35):
Yeah, I'm not trying to beg but if I went,
I would prefer a mug that I don't like told begs.
Speaker 3 (39:39):
I think they're kind of growish, have you beg.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
No, okay, you got a mug, Glenn. You didn't have
to beg. But I was going to give you something away, okay, Uh,
I want you to share half that coffee every morning. Okay,
all right, thanks man, hang in there, don't hang out, bro,
I's gonna get the info. Coming up next to Tim
and for Imingham. Tim, you're next on nightside. Tell me
what you miss? Yeah, I miss Bailey's ice cream. Yeah,
(40:07):
that's a good That was a good ice cream. That
was the big competitor to to Brigham's. You're absolutely right. Yeah,
and I also miss I met my wife at Empire
Lanes in High Park.
Speaker 3 (40:21):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
I used to bowl as a kid there on rivers
on High Park Avenue.
Speaker 10 (40:25):
On High Park.
Speaker 3 (40:26):
I remember Ralph Ralph.
Speaker 2 (40:29):
Yeah, I don't remember Ralphie, but okay.
Speaker 1 (40:32):
Great guy.
Speaker 7 (40:38):
I grew up in Rosendale, up by a pleasant cafe.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
My wife. Uh, my wife grew up in Reidsville.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
Come on what street? Chesterfield Street Street? Yeah? Yeah, I know,
I know Chesterfield Street very well. Used to walk by
the every day. As a result, you want a coffee mug,
a nightside coffee mug, or a nightside tote bag.
Speaker 8 (41:05):
Tote bag please.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Okay, we're gonna send you the tote bag and you
can give that to your wife as a Christmas present.
How's that? Okay?
Speaker 10 (41:12):
Thank you, Dan, I appreciate it.
Speaker 8 (41:13):
You have a wonderful hol of it.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
Hey you too as well. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (41:17):
Hang in there.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
When we come back, we're going to change topics, but
we na have a few more prices to give out.
I'm not sure we've gone through our list this hour.
Everybody got a price. Everybody got a price. Never done
that before. We'll continue with this theme and we're going
to work into Friday. The thirteenth Superstition theme coming up
as well.
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