I grew up in Pedro too! Born 1952 at the hospital on 7th. St.. Went to 7th. St. Elementary, Dana Jr. and SPHS. Lived on Rapallo Ave. and 17th. St. Left for NC in 1989. I LOVE Pedro, it was the BEST!!!! Oh yeah, my grandfather was the engineer on the old ferry boat, before they built the Vincent Thomas bridge.
I just remembered my uncle Hank was a longshoreman for 40 years, ask your father if he remembers Hank Olsen. It might have been a little before his time though, my uncle started in the 50's, BEFORE they even had containers. I remember him always talking about how shitty it was to unload bananas...BY HAND!
I used to hang out in Averill Park when I was a kid and when I was in high school we used to hang out in Sunken City, right off Pt. Fermin Park. Remember Walkers Cafe, I drank a LOT of beer there! I played JV baseball for the Pirates, Alan Ashby and Gary Maddox were on the Varsity team and went on to play major league ball. Alan was the catcher for Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros and Gary played CF for the Phillies. We all rode the same bus to games. Ah the memories!!!
I grew up in Pedro too! Born 1952 at the hospital on 7th. St.. Went to 7th. St. Elementary, Dana Jr. and SPHS. Lived on Rapallo Ave. and 17th. St. Left for NC in 1989. I LOVE Pedro, it was the BEST!!!! Oh yeah, my grandfather was the engineer on the old ferry boat, before they built the Vincent Thomas bridge.
I just remembered my uncle Hank was a longshoreman for 40 years, ask your father if he remembers Hank Olsen. It might have been a little before his time though, my uncle started in the 50's, BEFORE they even had containers. I remember him always talking about how shitty it was to unload bananas...BY HAND!
I used to hang out in Averill Park when I was a kid and when I was in high school we used to hang out in Sunken City, right off Pt. Fermin Park. Remember Walkers Cafe, I drank a LOT of beer there! I played JV baseball for the Pirates, Alan Ashby and Gary Maddox were on the Varsity team and went on to play major league ball. Alan was the catcher for Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros and Gary played CF for the Phillies. We all rode the same bus to games. Ah the memories!!!