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Mayport in the 1950s
Feb 16 2007, 6:46 PM EST
I grew-up in Mayport in the 1950s. It was a very different place back then. There must have been 400-500 hundred people in Mayport at that time. There were five small Mom & Pop stores there including the one my parents owned. They had just found huge amounts of shrimp in the Dry Tortugas and The Bay of Campeche. Anyone who owned or worked on a shrimp boat made good money. Life was good. Families had almost anything they wanted and lots of money to spend. Over the years the shrimping industry has had its ups and downs. We now import 80% of our seafood and that hurts. But they say big changes are comming to Mayport. Today I sat along Ocean St.(AIA) in Mayport and watched as they demolished Atlantic Seafood and the old Parnells Resturant which later on became Parsons. They say Condos are comming to Mayport I wouldn't have belived it in a million years. CONDOS IN MAYPORT NO WAY. 9 out of 9 found this valuable. Do you? |
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1. RE: Mayport in the 1950s
Jul 28 2007, 6:33 PM EDT
I REMEMBER TONY MEIR WHO WAS A FISH GUIDE FOR A BOAT I WORKED ON.CANT REMEMBER WHETHER HE SPELLED HIS NAME MEYER OR MIER. BUT HE PREFERRED PRONUNCIATION LIKE MYER.HE HAD AN ENDLESS LITANY OF STORIES AND WAS A NEVER SAY DIE PERSONALITY.REMEMBER HIS SON LOST A TOE TO A BARRACUDA BY BEING BAREFOOT IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY..TONY WAS HECK OF A GUY...HE EVEN SUCKED HIS TEETH LIKE MY FATHER DID...I LIKED HIM A LOT.MINORCAN DESCENT I BELIEVE.....JIM HAYES
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2. RE: Mayport in the 1950s
Jan 13 2008, 9:05 AM EST
Lived in Mayport most all of my childhood life. Blacks and whites together and never any problems. It was truly the life that Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer lived. Fished every day, headed shrimp, played basketball at the elementary school, ate Tom Greens boiled peanuts, caught mullet off Matt Rolands dock, bought hush puppies from Sonny Boy Parnell, my tennis shoes came from Dyal Johnson's grocery story and so did my shoes. Sat on the bench and talked with Jake while drinking my RC Cola that had peanuts floating in the bottle. Go over to Bubba Conova's house and swim in his pool and flirt with all of his beautiful daughters. Go to John Kings haunted house and listen to him tell ghost stories and then run home scared to death. Bobby Burr, Barbara Thomas, Tootsie Thomas, Bucky Thomas, Ms Bernice, Ms Lillie, Ms Anna, Frankie, Sydney, Billy Bentzel, Ruth Ann Bentzel, Judy Gavagan, Johnny Gavagan, Jimmy Gavagan, Debbie Gavagan, Kevin Gavagan, Shelly Gavagan, Tickie Canova, Judy, Jane, Jeannie, Janis Canova. Johnny Drew, Chuckie Drew, Peter and Michael Winters, Claudia and Donald and Darrell Brown, Skippy and Larry King. Kenneth Warren, Pricilla and Jody Knight, Margaret, Adelene, Willie, Greg and Danny Willis. Tommy and Georgie Wylie, Donnie and Debbie Wylie, Jimmy, Sara Nell, and Linda Johnson. Buster Brown, Peter, Ronnie, and Michael Winters, James and Carly Steen. Richard, Charles and Judy Yow. Jack and Junior Parsons, Mickey Hayworth. Sydney, Sammy, Marcella and Katherine Floyd.
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