I lived on a small side street named Halleck Street, it ran between Summer Avenue on the north and Broadway on the south.  My sister and I lived there from 1956 until 1970.  I try to relate my childhood stories to my sons its hard to put into words what it was like growing up in Newark during those years.

        I attended Our Lady of Good Counsel from grade one though seven.  I spent my kindergarten year at Elliot Street School on Summer Avenue.  At the corner of my street, on Summer Ave, was a Newark Fire House...Engine #13.  Also on my street for several years was the Mattel Toy Company warehouse, which later turned into a furniture store warehouse.  Directly across the street from my house was a company called Davis, which I believe made first-aid kits.  

        There's so much, from playing in Branch Brook Park to riding the #13 bus to downtown or stopping off for a swim at the Boys Club just off of Broadway Ave.  Also for many years I had two uncles that were Newark Motorcycle cops that lived in the second and third floor of my house.

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