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Brooklyn in the 70's

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Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Nam Vet » Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:28 am

This was my life in the 70's in the Bensonhurst Section of Brooklyn. The guy in the Caddy didn't make it.
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Post by RanchRoper » Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:36 pm

Very cool photos. Yikes, caddy got whacked!
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Post by CT_Shooter » Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:13 pm

Keep them coming, Nam Vet. I'm lovin' it. Did you ever learn the backstory on the guy in the Caddy?
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Post by RetiredSeabee » Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:58 pm

I like the way your pictures tell a story.
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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Sir Henry » Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:06 pm

CT_Shooter wrote:Keep them coming, Nam Vet. I'm lovin' it. Did you ever learn the backstory on the guy in the Caddy?
Please tell us.
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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Steve51 » Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:38 pm

Looks way to crowded for me. A crowd of about nine people is my limit. There were 16 at our wedding and that was way too crowded.
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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Nam Vet » Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:28 pm

Sir Henry wrote:
CT_Shooter wrote:Keep them coming, Nam Vet. I'm lovin' it. Did you ever learn the backstory on the guy in the Caddy?
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OK, it happened around the corner from my house.The guy in the car was a friend of mine's father. He owned money to some mob people. He had been warned many times but always thought he was a step head of them. He was soooooooooooo wrong. They got him about 6 am when he was leaving for work. Mob shooting were not uncommon in the 70's-80's in Brooklyn. If we heard a car making a fast turn around a corner we would all hit the deck. Sometimes I thought was safer in Nam.
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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Sir Henry » Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:02 pm

Nam Vet wrote:
Sir Henry wrote:
CT_Shooter wrote:Keep them coming, Nam Vet. I'm lovin' it. Did you ever learn the backstory on the guy in the Caddy?
Please tell us.
OK, it happened around the corner from my house.The guy in the car was a friend of mine's father. He owned money to some mob people. He had been warned many times but always thought he was a step head of them. He was soooooooooooo wrong. They got him about 6 am when he was leaving for work. Mob shooting were not uncommon in the 70's-80's in Brooklyn. If we heard a car making a fast turn around a corner we would all hit the deck. Sometimes I thought was safer in Nam.
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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Nam Vet » Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:08 pm

It very expensive to buy a house there now. Much safer nothing like it used to be. All the homes on my old block are in the upper 8's. My dad bought our house in 1956 for 47K. Times changed big time.
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Re: Brooklyn in the 70's

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:38 am

I bet he grumbled at paying 47K too.
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