Brings back so many memories to my 82 years old brain, left when I was 22 years old for employment reason , never would have left otherwise . Downtown was really busy back in the 50's . It was a great city for a young guy to grow up in .Thanks for the memories .
Really enjoyed this....left when I got married over 52 years ago......never been the same ever since I came out West, miss the old city and the people back in the 50's and 60's many memories, keep the videos coming, I remember the small county of Somerset too. ~
@@bongo7654 $0.15 Chow Mein sandwiches? Wow you lived in Tiverton a looooooong time ago. That had to be when they were in that small place on North Main St.
Interesting justaxposition of old & new Fall River scenes. Old enough (70) to remember the old granite City Hall being demolished to make way for the cunstuction of I-195; the thudding of pile drivers building the foundations in the Taunton River for the Braga Bridge, then walking over it as shown in one of the photos with my parents & younger brother when it was opened to the public before being opened to traffic. Well remember the disaster that was thhe Notre Dame fire that levelled a good chunk of the Flint neighborhood. I set up & operated an emergency amateur radio station handling communications for the Red Cross for that; I'm still an active ham radio operator & still have an appreciation certificate from the Red Cross for that still hanging on the wall in my radio room. The photos of Fall River's original granite railroad station were nice; interestingly, the new MBTA commuter rail station is just on the opposite side of the track from the original station's location (now the small retail plaza occupied by Auto Zone & few other businesses). Something else to look for in old Fall River photos; prior to the constuction of I-195 through the heart of the city (when they buried the Quequechan RIver in a concrete culvert!), there was at least one large, visible waterfall just west of where the nondescreipt brick gatehouse (noticable by 4 pipes sticking up through the roof) that controls the flow of the river is located, roughly just west of where Fourth St. crosses I-195. The river originally flowed perpendicular to I-195 & ducked underground again, passing beneath the brick building across Third St. from the Post Office. About a foot away from the southeastern corner of that building, there was a low concrete wall; if you looked behind it, you could see the river flowing below. I don't know if it's since been closed up, but years ago I remember looking behind it & seeing the now bone-dry riverbed below it. ;)
I still remember the little sign on the old city hall about spitting on the sidewalk being subject to a fine so as dumb a$$ 10 yr olds, we’d always break that law, probably after catching a Saturday matinee at the Empire theater.
There good fishing in the pond behind that Mill. Fished there all my youth... The area is closed off now. But if you go straight instead of right to the Bleachery, you end up at Dave's beach on the South Wattupa pond
Ask youtube they provided it... There is a list of free music you can use when you upload a video so I don't know exactly who it is... Happy you liked it...
Great pictures....a fantastic depiction of old and new Fall River!
Awesome photos thank you for sharing 😊
Thank for sharing good memories. Sad we lost all of old Fall River
Happy you enjoyed it.....
Brings back so many memories to my 82 years old brain, left when I was 22 years old for employment reason , never would have left otherwise . Downtown was really busy back in the 50's . It was a great city for a young guy to grow up in .Thanks for the memories .
Thx Bongggooooo
It was my pleasure thank u..
Really enjoyed this....left when I got married over 52 years ago......never been the same ever since I came out West, miss the old city and the people back in the 50's and 60's many memories, keep the videos coming, I remember the small county of Somerset too. ~
Thank you Angel... It's definately time for a new one. Many things have changed.
Nicely done! i lived in Tiverton now in Dallas TX Spent many a Saturday late night at the China Royal...
Thank you for the comments.....
Thx Mike appreciate it.....
Oh man don't bring up China Royal..... it still hurts
Cheap saturday night date , take in a movie and then a 15 cents chow mein sandwitch , such great memories
@@bongo7654 $0.15 Chow Mein sandwiches? Wow you lived in Tiverton a looooooong time ago.
That had to be when they were in that small place on North Main St.
Wow, born and raised, since 1959 I remember the academy Blvd. Left when 25, please post more****
Happy you liked it pass it on buddy
Fall river was once an amazing city.
Wow fall river grew alot..!
Interesting justaxposition of old & new Fall River scenes.
Old enough (70) to remember the old granite City Hall being demolished to make way for the cunstuction of I-195; the thudding of pile drivers building the foundations in the Taunton River for the Braga Bridge, then walking over it as shown in one of the photos with my parents & younger brother when it was opened to the public before being opened to traffic.
Well remember the disaster that was thhe Notre Dame fire that levelled a good chunk of the Flint neighborhood. I set up & operated an emergency amateur radio station handling communications for the Red Cross for that; I'm still an active ham radio operator & still have an appreciation certificate from the Red Cross for that still hanging on the wall in my radio room.
The photos of Fall River's original granite railroad station were nice; interestingly, the new MBTA commuter rail station is just on the opposite side of the track from the original station's location (now the small retail plaza occupied by Auto Zone & few other businesses).
Something else to look for in old Fall River photos; prior to the constuction of I-195 through the heart of the city (when they buried the Quequechan RIver in a concrete culvert!), there was at least one large, visible waterfall just west of where the nondescreipt brick gatehouse (noticable by 4 pipes sticking up through the roof) that controls the flow of the river is located, roughly just west of where Fourth St. crosses I-195. The river originally flowed perpendicular to I-195 & ducked underground again, passing beneath the brick building across Third St. from the Post Office. About a foot away from the southeastern corner of that building, there was a low concrete wall; if you looked behind it, you could see the river flowing below. I don't know if it's since been closed up, but years ago I remember looking behind it & seeing the now bone-dry riverbed below it. ;)
I still remember the little sign on the old city hall about spitting on the sidewalk being subject to a fine so as dumb a$$ 10 yr olds, we’d always break that law, probably after catching a Saturday matinee at the Empire theater.
I remember going to South Main Place in the early '80s; such great times. Going to Lucky Thirteen and Pinball Wizard down the street was the 💩
Thank you great video. Oh how i wish i could go to mark you for some chicken fingers and french fries and gravy I was fint kid
Lol.... Lots of changes. even got a subway system now going over to Boston..
Wow i had no idea that there was an amusement park in Fall River that's wild.
Actually, that was Lincoln Park, in Fairhaven, nearby.
My 3rd great grandfather and his family l came from England in 1877 and moved to fall river and worked and supervised the bleachery mill over there
There good fishing in the pond behind that Mill. Fished there all my youth... The area is closed off now. But if you go straight instead of right to the Bleachery, you end up at Dave's beach on the South Wattupa pond
Lizzie Borden said 'Dey axed for it!' Fall River is still beautiful. I sometimes enjoy a drink by battleship cove and gaze at the USS Massachusetts 🖖
As a boy, Tiverton was where I lived and Fall River was where we worked and shopped and visited relatives. Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago.
Thx John happy u enjoyed it......
my father was born here in 1950, my grandfather born here in 1926, great grandfather 1890, quite a few doubles in here.
Picture at 14.50 - like the kids say , that's when Fall River was Boss !
Thank you 👌👌👌
I remember u from desisto, I was there in the late 80s, I went up in august and fell asleep on the front lawn
Sorry early 80s
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@@ericamorgan5484 Sorry to hear that...
How did you find this video,
Weird to see south Main Street look so different. Some of these areas are unrecognizable compared to today.
957 where's that located
Where's Lizzy?????
whose original music is being used please?
Ask youtube they provided it... There is a list of free music you can use when you upload a video so I don't know exactly who it is... Happy you liked it...
The building at 12:35.. it’s weird to see it new. That building is all boarded up and graffiti all over.
Yes, Stafford Square underwater....
Smells like a rubber fire.
no saint anne's school. no south main place. no coca cola plant.
Graffiti......wonder if the Durfee High is still around?
@@angelfirelite I believe so.