You were Adorable!  I noted the construction of the benches.  Are they
the same now or different?  You were a very cute kid, back when things
were simpler, like the song, "The Way We Were"!  
Thanks!

--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> >
> > The World's Fair and me. Just a couple years back.
> > 
> > http://www.asburyboardwalk.com/cards/c15.htm
> > 
> > I have some of the advertising brochures somewhere advertising places 
> > to stay "close" to the World's Fair and the inspirations for the  
> > Hojo's and ramps all geared to attract vistors to the "new" AP. Then.
> > 
> > Sounds the same as today, right?
> >
> 
> My dad was more of the racetrack type guy. He took my sisters and me to 
> the World's Fair but the lines were too long for him. All we did was 
> get a fresh orange juice at the Florida Pavillion and leave. Talk about 
> dissappointed. We learned to leave him home (or at the track) when we 
> did amusements parks, Palisades Park, Freedom Land, etc. However, he 
> did afford me my first visit to AP, and coincedently, Hojo's. We went 
> to Monmouth Ractrack when I was about 6 years old and stopped in AP at 
> Hojo's to eat. I loved those salted crescent rolls they used to put on 
> the table. That Hojo's must have just opened then. By the time I was 10 
> I had visited almost every racetrack in the northeast. Ah, childhood 
> memories - five will get you ten.
>




 
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