Something that really gripped my heart was..... Playing this video for my Mom and seeing the twinkle in her eye and the glow on her face as she watched this story. She was a Revere girl born and raised on Eastern Ave in the home her Father built after coming home from the First World War. Marion Addonigio is her name, Sister to Gloria, Francis (Tiny), Violet, Thelma, Silvia and her Brother Michael (Mickey). Daughter of Joseph and Angelina (Williams) Addonigio. I love listening to her reminisce about her youth along Revere Beach/ Shirley Ave. How she babysat Tony C and was great Friends with the Bianchi boys and many others. Her rides in cars with rumble seats, big band music, and many many other things including all the Sailors who would often visit the beach. My Mom is now 90 years old and she still reminisces about Revere Beach as I’m sure many of you still do. It was a very special place. May God bless you all.....
I remember standing in the sun on the hot pavement waiting for Bill Ash pizza.For 50 cents a slice in the 70's was the best. I remember the slice being thin and delicious! I'd give anything to go back in time.
I don't remember that pizza place but I do remember Bianchi's Pizza wish I thought was the world's greatest at the time. I think they had another location on the Lynnway.
Sadly, so many things we like to enjoyed have been torn down a place by condominiums and other things we don't need. It's like spraying black paint over a work of art.
In the 1950's when I used to go to Revere with my parents, we'd sometimes meet up with my cousins who lived in Chelsea. We usually came by Train from Bowdoin sta. The Frozen Custards, the foot long hotdogs, the crinkle cut fries and the root beer never tasted better. I miss those days.
another dance party there over the holiday. I loved going there in the morn, then walk over to Suffolk Downs and play some horses. Made a good summer day off
Some of those rides are still around in the early seventies and I was lucky enough as a child to ride them. God the world was such a better place such good times so much more wholesome than nowadays. Anybody else that experience this we were the lucky ones and I thank God for that everyday.
I grew up in Revere, graduated from Revere High 1979. I remember my mom would pack us up, with tuna fish sandwiches on a spucky roll from Russo Backery, and take us to the beach for the day. I remember going to Bianchi's Pizza to get a slice, to bring back to the blanket on the beach with my Mom. Nice memories 👍
The Trabant, the Wild Mouse, The Bubble Bounce, I can still see the operator. Best of times in the 60's and early 70's we had. The rides closed in 73 however the arcades remained for a few more years...
I can't thank you enough for this trip down memory lane. As a child this was heaven on earth. So many memories and so sad to know the kids today are missing out on such wonderful times. All beaches should have amusement parks.
Some of my best memories growing up were of Revere Beach........That was the place to go early in the morning until late at night. Those were years of good times, good friends and lots of laughter.Wish it had been around when my kids were growing up.
In 1972, I was a sophomore at Medford HS. I remember going to Revere Beach, and riding the Cyclone, and the Wild Mouse, both rattled like they were going to crumble. They both closed shortly after. We also had Nantasket Beach amusement park in Hull ma. Drive In movie theaters, and 25 cent cheeseburgers at Kemps. Those WERE the days!
My Irish relatives (which I love so so much) were born revere/Chelsea natives, they are so sweet, I wish I could show them this! Thanks for the upload this really means a lot 💙💙❤️❤️❤️❤️💙💙✨✨
My dad wrote The Narrow Gauge but it was gone by the time I was born. Sometime after 1952, those gorgeous type 5 trolley cars we're taking away from that area and the tracks were covered over with asphalt.
Great video. Thanks. Here are some memories of Revere Beach. Several times every summer, dad drove our whole family in our non-air-conditioned brown station wagon to the ‘rides’ at Revere Beach. It was a short trip to the storied amusement park by the sea, and once we found a parking spot, we made our way excitedly to the action along the long boulevard, spending time twirling on the Flying Horses, defying gravity on the Round Up, and strolling the wide lit up sidewalks. People from all walks of life slowly passed us by as we all melded into a moving web of humanity enjoying a summer evening. Across the street was the sand and ever-present ocean, where just a few hours ago, thousands of sun and fun worshippers had laid out blankets, beach towels, and suntan oil, to soak up the hot sun. A few dozen teenagers still lingered and were leaning against the cement seawall, with a few of them making out in the darkness. As we made our way along the sidewalk, all of our senses were deliciously overwhelmed with the sights, sounds and smells of each open-air storefront. There were dozens and dozens of games of chance intermingled with carnival food like cotton candy, hot dogs, ice cream and pizza. Each stand was its own spectacle with several carnies shouting out “a winner every time,” and “only a quarter.”
I grew up in Medford but was only able to get to Revere beach once as a kid somewhere between 69-70. Around there somewhere. Not many rides left but I do remember without a doubt, going on the “ Wild Mouse “. I just remember thinking that this ride was just going to fall apart. Looking back now though , I’m so glad I rode it. I can honestly say that I rode a ride back in the Day on Revere Beach.
I was too young to see any of this, I did however go to Revere Beach in the 70's. We used to drive there every weekend and get a fish plate at Kellys. $4.50 got you a nice piece of fish, fries and coleslaw. It was a late-night attraction closing at 1am.
Winthrop boy here. I still go to Kelly's whenever I come into town. I remember after the blizzard of '78 seeing all the warped bowling alleys and destroyed arcades. Sad. I used to love going there when I was a kid.
Great story. I was really impressed with the quality of the old film. Also... I saw Norman Gautreau who, if memory serves me correctly, knew my dad... Henry (Red) Dobbyn.
John Dobbyn I wonder if your Dad knew my Uncle Lenny Ryan ? He was a Lynn Kid who was born and raised in Lynn on Chatham Street. Born around 1924. A Lynn Kid through and through. Born , raised and died in Lynn. I miss him dearly. R.I.P. Uncle Lenny Ryan.
You know is sad because people was people you wood have fun with your family and some you did know Money wood go a long way today you can not get a Package of gum for a 25c I'm 59 but I'll till you the good time are no more Wine I was a kid my mother and father wood go to the movie on Saturday night we had a wonderful time To day kid doesn't have the good times like we did I feel sorry for them 😔 To all of the older people thankyou for ever thing ❤ Sandra. Boston mass. God be with you and yours.
This is an excellent, heartwarming documentary, but I would just like to point out for anyone who is interested in historical accuracy that the roller coaster shown running from 2:22 in the video is actually the Coney Island Cyclone and not the Revere Beach Cyclone. Sorry to be a party pooper!
My old stomping grounds! Even though I moved out of Mass over 30 years ago, I still love this beach and feel at home every time I get the chance to drive down the BLVD. My dad's first job at age 14 was painting the Cyclone Roller Coaster. He spent the rest of his time as a dedicated Revere Firefighter protecting his turf. Does anyone know what the amusement ride with the spinning disks on the floor was called?
As a kid my budies and I would have a couple bucks and we would grab a bus in Somerville and go to Lechmere and transfer over to the Revere Beach trains and then spend the day at Revere. We would get a hot dog and "tahnic" then some cotton candy , rent a basket at the beach house to store our clothing and when the day was over we took the trtain and bus home. All of this when we were in our eraly teens.
I love the jazz music. But im a native born Bronx New Yorker but i did live in Massachusetts from 1980 to 1986. Loved it , great experience just as for me ? Was living in Da Bronx. I also lived in Long beach California back in the 1960's. And there ? Well there was this water front or Beach side amusement park called ? The Pike. It was also very much like what is shown here in this great video.
What a, dump now..revere beach melee that happened today brought me here..I think I wish I grew up back then...it was all gone when I was a toddler.maybe few kiddie rides..but that was few yrs after 73'
A Tom Sawyer childhood....Revere beach....sigh....nothing like it....strangers can't imagine. Sandy's Rides...Bill Ashe's pizza...Anna's Pizza...pinball machines...tunnel of love...Cyclone...The Mickey mouse...the Bubble Bounce....The Virginia Real....the Nautical Bowling Alley...water ride boats under it...my favorite pinball machine...Sea Jockeys...at midnight my Uncle Hy pulled me away from it...he looked for me everywhere...Holt's Pier....no one mentions that....fishing off it...renting a boat off it...diving or jumping off it....I could go on and on....so very special....Punk's Corner...the bandstand....that's where we sat....God it was great...I was 10....12...15...now 68...it seems like yesterday....everyone should have a childhood at Revere....everyone.
hi....does anyone remember the scary house?.i remember whipping around the corners in the dark...and a net dropping on us.........the indoor carousel.... the tilt-a-whirl....and that scary fortune teller in the glass....eek..... my grandmother would buy me a hotdog meal...hot dog...plain chip and a chocolate milk...lol....that was until I hit about 10/11ish...I then graduated to a fish and chip....gawd....long live Kelly's.....although the batter is not the same I do declare....the gulls? more daring than ever!
The good ole days, RB was my teen hangout, use to ride into Logan with my Dad, and took the subway back to RB, and spent the whole day there, could not wait to get a slice of Bill Ash Pizza, Or a Kelly's Hot Dog, ! The Cyclone was da bomb, one day I rode it at least 10 times in a row! All the "hot chicks" use to hang out by the Cyclone too ..that's where the loud speaker music was good! At the end of the day it was off to get a Tutti Fruity Ice Cream cone! Ah the good ole days!
Nice, if you want to read some great stories with Revere as the backdrop, try Roland Merullo. I am now reading In Revere, In Those Days. Great writing..
Houses and apartment developments, just a shell of what once was great...only thing worth going to Revere Beach for now is Kelley's Roast Beef restaurant. It really is a shame, the beach is very dirty/trash (though it's gotten better over the past decade) and the water has had pollution issues in the 70's/80's/90's.
My 4 year old son found a bag of fentanyl on the beach this summer 🙄 Kelly’s is over rated there are at least a half dozen places in revere with a better beef.
Someone posted that the footage is the Coney Island Cyclone - but that is incorrect. The one in this video is Revere Beach, also called The Cyclone - which opened in 1925, 2 years before the New York wannabe :)
Actually, it IS the Coney Island Cyclone. The Revere Beach Cyclone did not have the 4 sided structure at the top of the lift, and if you look at current pictures of the Coney Island Cyclone you'll see the structure and lift are the coaster in this video. Also the worlds CYCLONE were over the station of the Revere Beach Cyclone, and they are on the lift (first) hill of the Coney Island Cyclone. The trains at Revere Beach were trains of 10 cars that each held 2 people for a capacity of 20. The Coney Island Cyclone had and still has a train of 3 cars the each hold 8 people for a capacity of 24. The trains at Revere Beach were orange, and the Cyclone as seen here used to be painted orange. They are somewhat similar coasters. And the documentary is nicely done, regardless.
www.modelcoasters.com This is exactly the case. The Coney Island Cyclone also has a partially steel super structure as is seen here. The Revere Beach Cyclone was all wood. The trains on the Revere Beach ride had the Prior and Church trains with the open grate on the front car with inverted triangle type sides. Very different from the standard rectangular cars on the Coney Island coaster. There is probably a shortage of footage of the Revere Beach ride, but lots of the Coney Island coaster.
All of the video footage of operating rides, roller coaster, ferris wheel, gyro, rides inside Steeplechase park, are all from Coney Island, not Revere Beach. The video footage of operating streetcars is from Revere Beach.
I I would Love to see some old videos I moved to R I in 1964 and my childhood memories are in Somerville I grew up my first 10 years on Winter Hill?? And we moved to the progects
You are wrong. I grew up on the beach. This is all Revere. Except the Cyclone. Don't know why he used that footage. There are vids of the Revere coaster. So...........
A simpler world American blue collar paradise Gentrification ruined everything Poverty is demonized and criminalized So much lost People were optimistic even if poor
Im 61 years old born n raised in Boston. Revere Beach is NOT BOSTON!!!!! Just bc its the Blue Line Trains ...Revere Beach is in Revere. I work as a Porter on the Blue Line in 1987-88 ..once u go past Orient Hights..u r leaving Boston in Revere. Suffolk Downs Race Track. Copy???
Fast forward to now and it’s a VERY mediocre beach ….no carnival/Fair/amusements, minimal bars/food and they are Meh, most of the streets around the beach are housed by drug addicts or wannabe tough guys.
Something that really gripped my heart was.....
Playing this video for my Mom and seeing the twinkle in her eye and the glow on her face as she watched this story.
She was a Revere girl born and raised on Eastern Ave in the home her Father built after coming home from the First World War.
Marion Addonigio is her name, Sister to Gloria, Francis (Tiny), Violet, Thelma, Silvia and her Brother Michael (Mickey). Daughter of Joseph and Angelina (Williams) Addonigio.
I love listening to her reminisce about her youth along Revere Beach/ Shirley Ave.
How she babysat Tony C and was great Friends with the Bianchi boys and many others.
Her rides in cars with rumble seats, big band music, and many many other things including all the Sailors who would often visit the beach.
My Mom is now 90 years old and she still reminisces about Revere Beach as I’m sure many of you still do. It was a very special place.
May God bless you all.....
What WONDERFUL Memories....
NO ONE can take Away from you ❤
I remember standing in the sun on the hot pavement waiting for Bill Ash pizza.For 50 cents a slice in the 70's was the best. I remember the slice being thin and delicious!
I'd give anything to go back in time.
I don't remember that pizza place but I do remember Bianchi's Pizza wish I thought was the world's greatest at the time. I think they had another location on the Lynnway.
So sad it's gone. 🎢 💔
Sadly, so many things we like to enjoyed have been torn down a place by condominiums and other things we don't need. It's like spraying black paint over a work of art.
@@JayJay-lc5qq Very true
In the 1950's when I used to go to Revere with my parents, we'd sometimes meet up with my cousins who lived in Chelsea. We usually came by Train from Bowdoin sta. The Frozen Custards, the foot long hotdogs, the crinkle cut fries and the root beer never tasted better. I miss those days.
Brings back great memories.
Wow Revere beach looked better back then alot better
THANKS FOR SHARING...GOOD TIMES
another dance party there over the holiday. I loved going there in the morn, then walk over to Suffolk Downs and play some horses. Made a good summer day off
Some of those rides are still around in the early seventies and I was lucky enough as a child to ride them. God the world was such a better place such good times so much more wholesome than nowadays. Anybody else that experience this we were the lucky ones and I thank God for that everyday.
My father and his family lived in Revere. He often told stories about the beach.
I grew up in Revere, graduated from Revere High 1979. I remember my mom would pack us up, with tuna fish sandwiches on a spucky roll from Russo Backery, and take us to the beach for the day. I remember going to Bianchi's Pizza to get a slice, to bring back to the blanket on the beach with my Mom. Nice memories 👍
The Trabant, the Wild Mouse, The Bubble Bounce, I can still see the operator. Best of times in the 60's and early 70's we had.
The rides closed in 73 however the arcades remained for a few more years...
That was the good old days to bad we out grew them
I can't thank you enough for this trip down memory lane. As a child this was heaven on earth. So many memories and so sad to know the kids today are missing out on such wonderful times. All beaches should have amusement parks.
Some of my best memories growing up were of Revere Beach........That was the place to go early in the morning until late at night. Those were years of good times, good friends and lots of laughter.Wish it had been around when my kids were growing up.
In 1972, I was a sophomore at Medford HS. I remember going to Revere Beach, and riding the Cyclone, and the Wild Mouse, both rattled like they were going to crumble. They both closed shortly after. We also had Nantasket Beach amusement park in Hull ma. Drive In movie theaters, and 25 cent cheeseburgers at Kemps. Those WERE the days!
Aww..loved the gentleman at the end..all good things must come to an end..and that was a great thing..
The penny arcade was so great
this is my heritage
The Virginia Real was my favorite ride. Growing up in Boston (1940's-1950's) I spent many days/evenings here.
My Irish relatives (which I love so so much) were born revere/Chelsea natives, they are so sweet, I wish I could show them this! Thanks for the upload this really means a lot 💙💙❤️❤️❤️❤️💙💙✨✨
Loved RB!!
Born in Eastie on White Street a block from the high school. Parents took me to Revere Beach amusement park in '72. Rode the miniature train.
My dad wrote The Narrow Gauge but it was gone by the time I was born. Sometime after 1952, those gorgeous type 5 trolley cars we're taking away from that area and the tracks were covered over with asphalt.
Great video. Thanks.
Here are some memories of Revere Beach.
Several times every summer, dad drove our whole family in our non-air-conditioned brown station wagon to the ‘rides’ at Revere Beach. It was a short trip to the storied amusement park by the sea, and once we found a parking spot, we made our way excitedly to the action along the long boulevard, spending time twirling on the Flying Horses, defying gravity on the Round Up, and strolling the wide lit up sidewalks. People from all walks of life slowly passed us by as we all melded into a moving web of humanity enjoying a summer evening.
Across the street was the sand and ever-present ocean, where just a few hours ago, thousands of sun and fun worshippers had laid out blankets, beach towels, and suntan oil, to soak up the hot sun. A few dozen teenagers still lingered and were leaning against the cement seawall, with a few of them making out in the darkness.
As we made our way along the sidewalk, all of our senses were deliciously overwhelmed with the sights, sounds and smells of each open-air storefront. There were dozens and dozens of games of chance intermingled with carnival food like cotton candy, hot dogs, ice cream and pizza. Each stand was its own spectacle with several carnies shouting out “a winner every time,” and “only a quarter.”
I grew up in Medford but was only able to get to Revere beach once as a kid somewhere between 69-70. Around there somewhere. Not many rides left but I do remember without a doubt, going on the “ Wild Mouse “. I just remember thinking that this ride was just going to fall apart. Looking back now though , I’m so glad I rode it. I can honestly say that I rode a ride back in the Day on Revere Beach.
I knocked out a tooth on that ride! lol
Ahh yes, the Wild Mouse; scarier to watch than ride. Clickety-clack, Clickety-clack.... those were the days indeed!
I was Petrified of that ride....but I RODE It....and LOVED It ❤
I was too young to see any of this, I did however go to Revere Beach in the 70's. We used to drive there every weekend and get a fish plate at Kellys. $4.50 got you a nice piece of fish, fries and coleslaw. It was a late-night attraction closing at 1am.
Just walk up and enjoy, no entry fees.
Winthrop boy here. I still go to Kelly's whenever I come into town. I remember after the blizzard of '78 seeing all the warped bowling alleys and destroyed arcades. Sad. I used to love going there when I was a kid.
I almost cried when the man at the end said "all good things must come to an end and that was a good thing".
Just leaving revere beach now. And found your video. ! Looked better then than now! No doubt
Great story. I was really impressed with the quality of the old film. Also... I saw Norman Gautreau who, if memory serves me correctly, knew my dad... Henry (Red) Dobbyn.
John Dobbyn I wonder if your Dad knew my Uncle Lenny Ryan ? He was a Lynn Kid who was born and raised in Lynn on Chatham Street. Born around 1924. A Lynn Kid through and through. Born , raised and died in Lynn. I miss him dearly. R.I.P. Uncle Lenny Ryan.
You know is sad because people was people you wood have fun with your family and some you did know
Money wood go a long way today you can not get a
Package of gum for a 25c
I'm 59 but I'll till you the good time are no more
Wine I was a kid my mother and father wood go to the movie on Saturday night we had a wonderful time
To day kid doesn't have the good times like we did
I feel sorry for them 😔
To all of the older people thankyou for ever thing ❤
Sandra. Boston mass.
God be with you and yours.
ah yes, revere beach. stay on the cyclone for 25 cent re-rides, no lines. kelly's roast beef after the bars closed at 2 am. fun times!
My m-i-l from East Boston reminisced about it’s heydey. We used to walk along the length of the beach up until November.
This is an excellent, heartwarming documentary, but I would just like to point out for anyone who is interested in historical accuracy that the roller coaster shown running from 2:22 in the video is actually the Coney Island Cyclone and not the Revere Beach Cyclone. Sorry to be a party pooper!
My old stomping grounds! Even though I moved out of Mass over 30 years ago, I still love this beach and feel at home every time I get the chance to drive down the BLVD. My dad's first job at age 14 was painting the Cyclone Roller Coaster. He spent the rest of his time as a dedicated Revere Firefighter protecting his turf. Does anyone know what the amusement ride with the spinning disks on the floor was called?
As a kid my budies and I would have a couple bucks and we would grab a bus in Somerville and go to Lechmere and transfer over to the Revere Beach trains and then spend the day at Revere. We would get a hot dog and "tahnic" then some cotton candy , rent a basket at the beach house to store our clothing and when the day was over we took the trtain and bus home. All of this when we were in our eraly teens.
There was nothingelse like Revere Beach!
coney island...
I love the jazz music. But im a native born Bronx New Yorker but i did live in Massachusetts from 1980 to 1986. Loved it , great experience just as for me ? Was living in Da Bronx. I also lived in Long beach California back in the 1960's. And there ? Well there was this water front or Beach side amusement park called ? The Pike. It was also very much like what is shown here in this great video.
Boston's Coney Island.
.....Don't forget NANTASKET Beach on the South Shore. I was LUCKY enough to go to BOTH 🤭🤭🤭😎
What a, dump now..revere beach melee that happened today brought me here..I think I wish I grew up back then...it was all gone when I was a toddler.maybe few kiddie rides..but that was few yrs after 73'
A Tom Sawyer childhood....Revere beach....sigh....nothing like it....strangers can't imagine.
Sandy's Rides...Bill Ashe's pizza...Anna's Pizza...pinball machines...tunnel of love...Cyclone...The Mickey mouse...the Bubble Bounce....The Virginia Real....the Nautical Bowling Alley...water ride boats under it...my favorite pinball machine...Sea Jockeys...at midnight my Uncle Hy pulled me away from it...he looked for me everywhere...Holt's Pier....no one mentions that....fishing off it...renting a boat off it...diving or jumping off it....I could go on and on....so very special....Punk's Corner...the bandstand....that's where we sat....God it was great...I was 10....12...15...now 68...it seems like yesterday....everyone should have a childhood at Revere....everyone.
I very much agree.
hi....does anyone remember the scary house?.i remember whipping around the corners in the dark...and a net dropping on us.........the indoor carousel.... the tilt-a-whirl....and that scary fortune teller in the glass....eek..... my grandmother would buy me a hotdog meal...hot dog...plain chip and a chocolate milk...lol....that was until I hit about 10/11ish...I then graduated to a fish and chip....gawd....long live Kelly's.....although the batter is not the same I do declare....the gulls? more daring than ever!
i grew up here -way after this time but we still had the beach and the roller coaster and our parents told us not to go there but we did!
Oh forgot to mention "The Clam Box" and Ann's Pizza, and Bob's Arcade...and the Virginia Reel! FUN stuff!
I think it was Anna's Pizza.
Winthrop girl here..always had fun in Revea!
The good ole days, RB was my teen hangout, use to ride into Logan with my Dad, and took the subway back to RB, and spent the whole day there, could not wait to get a slice of Bill Ash Pizza, Or a Kelly's Hot Dog, ! The Cyclone was da bomb, one day I rode it at least 10 times in a row! All the "hot chicks" use to hang out by the Cyclone too ..that's where the loud speaker music was good! At the end of the day it was off to get a Tutti Fruity Ice Cream cone! Ah the good ole days!
Somerville gal Remember so well
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and the other two MA amusement parks Paragon Park and Riverside Park (which became Six Flags New England) would suffer the same fate.
The only survivor is Canobie Lake. Although it is in New Hampshire.
my sister and me use to go to riverside in the 90s when I was small. I have pictures but can only remember it as six flags.
Beachmont Boy here! Great stuff!
Nice, if you want to read some great stories with Revere as the backdrop, try Roland Merullo. I am now reading In Revere, In Those Days. Great writing..
We just called it "The Beach" ..
Houses and apartment developments, just a shell of what once was great...only thing worth going to Revere Beach for now is Kelley's Roast Beef restaurant. It really is a shame, the beach is very dirty/trash (though it's gotten better over the past decade) and the water has had pollution issues in the 70's/80's/90's.
My 4 year old son found a bag of fentanyl on the beach this summer 🙄 Kelly’s is over rated there are at least a half dozen places in revere with a better beef.
@@Coffeendonuts well, aren’t you fun.
Someone posted that the footage is the Coney Island Cyclone - but that is incorrect. The one in this video is Revere Beach, also called The Cyclone - which opened in 1925, 2 years before the New York wannabe :)
Actually, it IS the Coney Island Cyclone. The Revere Beach Cyclone did not have the 4 sided structure at the top of the lift, and if you look at current pictures of the Coney Island Cyclone you'll see the structure and lift are the coaster in this video. Also the worlds CYCLONE were over the station of the Revere Beach Cyclone, and they are on the lift (first) hill of the Coney Island Cyclone. The trains at Revere Beach were trains of 10 cars that each held 2 people for a capacity of 20. The Coney Island Cyclone had and still has a train of 3 cars the each hold 8 people for a capacity of 24. The trains at Revere Beach were orange, and the Cyclone as seen here used to be painted orange. They are somewhat similar coasters. And the documentary is nicely done, regardless.
www.modelcoasters.com This is exactly the case. The Coney Island Cyclone also has a partially steel super structure as is seen here. The Revere Beach Cyclone was all wood. The trains on the Revere Beach ride had the Prior and Church trains with the open grate on the front car with inverted triangle type sides. Very different from the standard rectangular cars on the Coney Island coaster. There is probably a shortage of footage of the Revere Beach ride, but lots of the Coney Island coaster.
All of the footage of rides (ferris wheel. etc.) is from Coney Island. The footage with the street cars is from Revere Beach.
I’m guessing they couldn’t find the footage of those rides at Revere Beach.
What the labeled Beach St was actually Ocean Ave.
A lot of the roller coaster footage is from Coney Island, not Revere Beach.
All of the video footage of operating rides, roller coaster, ferris wheel, gyro, rides inside Steeplechase park, are all from Coney Island, not Revere Beach. The video footage of operating streetcars is from Revere Beach.
It’s all revere get your facts right
The rides are from, Coney Island.
Why ruin it ?! For arguments sake , who cares if it is or isn’t. It’s to give Ya the idea of what the RB atmosphere was like back in the day.
Joe and Nemo's chop suey sandwiches :) Whatta delicious mess to eat
Chop Suey sandwiches were sold at Salem Willows.
Salem willows still sells them in 2019
But their burgers smelled like cat food. I miss it ALL !
very awesome! i think i heard about this-did you interview jerry freedman?
gawd... the eyeglasses
I've been there but all that stuff was already gone. And the water was frigid.
Eat a hot dog and sit on the sand.
Is Kelly's still there?
Busier than ever!
charlie marvin Yup
Do you have any old story's about Somerville Massachusetts ? ? I grew up in I was born in 19 49
I I would Love to see some old videos I moved to R I in 1964 and my childhood memories are in Somerville I grew up my first 10 years on Winter Hill?? And we moved to the progects
The water is polluted & dirty now.
What’s there now? Where the roller coasters are
All the roller coasters are not there anymore instead been replaced with buildings and hotels
All giant luxury apartment rentals
80% of the amusement ride clips here are Coney Island, not Revere.
100% correct~
but there was a roller coaster named the cyclone at revere beach. maybe the one filmed was the right one.
You are wrong. I grew up on the beach. This is all Revere. Except the Cyclone. Don't know why he used that footage. There are vids of the Revere coaster. So...........
@@dougmphilly No the footage is most definitely the Coney Island Cyclone.
Yea only one film was from Coney Island
Revere Beach before it became a headquarters/fight club for Hispanic gangs.
1:54 - What's there now ?
a park
Condos
1949 streetcar ride in East Boston, Chelsea & Revere.
ua-cam.com/video/qm7JwTAsEOQ/v-deo.html
the sawx everyone lahvs the sawx
A simpler world American blue collar paradise Gentrification ruined everything Poverty is demonized and criminalized So much lost People were optimistic even if poor
Im 61 years old born n raised in Boston. Revere Beach is NOT BOSTON!!!!! Just bc its the Blue Line Trains ...Revere Beach is in Revere. I work as a Porter on the Blue Line in 1987-88 ..once u go past Orient Hights..u r leaving Boston in Revere. Suffolk Downs Race Track. Copy???
Nice...use video footage of the CONEY ISLAND CYCLONE!
NOT the Coney island cyclone . The Revere beach cyclone was open years before the one in Brooklyn.
Uhhhh 90% of the footage was Coney Island and Steeplechase Park. Kind of far from Revere, MA....
You’re absolutely wrong!
It’s all Revere beach, every single minute of it.
@@williamMikmaq222 Poor Kurt doesn't know his arse from his elbow!!!
Boston accent lol
bathing suit rental!!!!
You took your chances!
Fast forward to now and it’s a VERY mediocre beach ….no carnival/Fair/amusements, minimal bars/food and they are Meh, most of the streets around the beach are housed by drug addicts or wannabe tough guys.
Where the black people??
Why's that matter to you? Being spanish how does that effect you. And the fact that's all you said proves you are uneducated.