Buffalo716 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Just wondering! Just one of those western New York traditions to do yearly I just got home after spending the day there with my parents and we had a great time like always.. it's funny they've been divorced for 30 years and they get along better than they ever had lol If you go watch the Chinese acrobats.. definitely impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Went but really just to look at hot tubs. It was a whole day spent getting in and out of empty hot tubs. And grabbing some terrible fair food for dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Went but really just to look at hot tubs. It was a whole day spent getting in and out of empty hot tubs. And grabbing some terrible fair food for dinner Did ya buy a hot tub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Did ya buy a hot tub?were still looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 We use to call it "Hamburg Fair" in my house. Is that Cheektowaga Polish or what? :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 We use to call it "Hamburg Fair" in my house. Is that Cheektowaga Polish or what? :-/ Hahahah gotta love Cheektowaga polish people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) Hahahah gotta love Cheektowaga polish people!My father grew up on Cayuga Creek Road... If anybody remembers the house w/pink siding! Don't ask. Anyway... He started working on the local farms @ 8. By the old Freezer Queen Mansion on Clinton (actually friends w/family and played there while young). Well... Back to "Hamburg Fair". My father claims why he was such a hoodlum. He says... "He'd work all summer on the farms (Think Majewski's etc...)... Then get 50¢ to spend @ The Fair. He'd buy a hotdog, going on a two rides and "be shot"... All he would do the rest of the time is kick around, get into trouble, sneak into the freak shows, etc... Not like grandparents needed to throw $$$ around, but a little more for all the hard work out in would have helped. He then joined the Army... LoL... Edited August 16, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 My father grew up on Cayuga Creek Road... If anybody remembers the house w/pink siding! Don't ask. Anyway... He started working on the local farms @ 8. By the old Freezer Queen Mansion on Clinton (actually friends w/family and played there while young). Well... Back to "Hamburg Fair". My father claims why he was such a hoodlum. He says... "He'd work all summer on the farms (Think Majewski's etc...)... Then get 50¢ to spend @ The Fair. He'd buy a hotdog, going on a two rides and "be shot"... All he would do the rest of the time is kick around, get into trouble, sneak into the freak shows, etc... Not like grandparents needed to throw $$$ around, but a little more for all the hard work out in would have helped. He then joined the Army... LoL... Hahahah my father grew up on indian road in Bellevue Cheektowaga. Polish to the core and a confessed hoodlum as well lmao Our fathers are cut from the same cloth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 My father grew up on Cayuga Creek Road... If anybody remembers the house w/pink siding! Don't ask. Anyway... He started working on the local farms @ 8. By the old Freezer Queen Mansion on Clinton (actually friends w/family and played there while young). Ithink it is still pink! I pass by it to and from work and will check tomorrow. The mansion is still standing. I don't know what is in it now. The Sportsmen's Inn across from the cemetery closed but was immediately opened by Scharf's, which moved from their location in the Schiller Park neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Hahahah my father grew up on indian road in Bellevue Cheektowaga. Polish to the core and a confessed hoodlum as well lmao Our fathers are cut from the same cloth! Indian Church Road. Our church was 14 Holy Helpers. Well still is when back home. Bellevue was the school on Union right... ??? Across from the 1st Presbyterians. Thats where my older Sister (1963) and Brother (1964) started grammar school before Northwood was built in 1970. I was born 1968... So Northwood was 3 years old when I started. Ithink it is still pink! I pass by it to and from work and will check tomorrow. The mansion is still standing. I don't know what is in it now. The Sportsmen's Inn across from the cemetery closed but was immediately opened by Scharf's, which moved from their location in the Schiller Park neighborhood. My grandfather got siding... He worked on Erie-Lackawanna RR. Prior to that, Delaware-Lackawanna... Not sure how he "procurred" the siding... ;-) I think it is aluminum... Pretty different back then. Remember Frankie's restaurant? My father went to grammar school w/him... T.R. Elementary School... He went in Markne I think, father Army... During Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Indian Church Road. Our church was 14 Holy Helpers. Well still is when back home. Bellevue was the school on Union right... ??? Across from the 1st Presbyterians. Thats where my older Sister (1963) and Brother (1964) started grammar school before Northwood was built in 1970. I was born 1968... So Northwood was 3 years old when I started. No not Indian church. Indian off of broadway in Bellevue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) No not Indian church. Indian off of broadway in Bellevue That's right... up beyond Como/Appletree Mall...Old school there too. Used to have ballgames at Bellevue. My first job was at Dubel's My siblings grammar school name is escaping... Wanna say B....B...??? Killing me to remember, gotta text my Bro! Leaving work now... He will text me back. I was SOUTH Cheek, West Seneca Schools (West Sr.)... Edited August 16, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 That's right... up beyond Como/Appletree Mall...Old school there too. Used to have ballgames at Bellevue. My first job was at Dubel's My siblings grammar school name is escaping... Wanna say B....B...??? Killing gotta text my Bro! Yep ! Old church on the corner that they unfortunately tore down. Sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Gotta get back on topic... How bout that Fair! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I am such lunkhead... I was getting Bellevue confused with Gardenville school! Not even beginning w/a "B"... LoL... Played ball at both those dumps... ;-) The Indian Road thing had me flashing to Indian Church... LoL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Gotta get back on topic... How bout that Fair! ;-) Ya know, any day i get to spend with my parents are satisfying. we probably walked almost every inch of the fairgrounds and had a great time. The Chinese acrobatic show was insane. Some of the stunts these 18-25 year old kids were doing were crazy. Truly they could've been very hurt or killed. And they were damn near flawless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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