![]() ![]() Hill - one of Worc.'s seven hills) before it had anything on it - just a lot of dirt and grass. My favorite memories, however, were in Greenhill Park, East Park (if I remember that name correctly - it's on Shrewsbury street - saw a flock of bats there one night), two playground/parks on Dorchester street - one large, one small - and Homer's Field in the virtually unknown wild blueberry patches, where I spent, uhm, quality time with my beautiful ex-wife (then fiance) Dalrene ^_^ Another favourite memory, my *most* favourite, was my son, Seth, being born on June 8th, 1990 at Worcester Memorial Hospital ^_^ I also remember 'Bell Hill' (Belmont st. I have one sad memory about a best friend of mine who I went to Leicester High with, Karren Barrier, who was brutally murdered on that same roof, stabbed, lit on fire, and kicked down inside below,in early 1990 (if I remember the date correctly). There were very dangerous places to climb around in there, and on the precarious, rusted, lossely bolted catwalk thingy on the underside of it's curved roof - a dizzy height above the rusty scrap metal and crumbled cement objects and broken glass below it, as well as on top of the roof. I grew up in the Leicester/Worcester area, and went to Leicester High School - I remember Hot Dog Annie's, and watching the sunrise from the top of the spiral staircased tower on Bancroft Towers, and I used to hang out with friends inside the old, crumbled remains of Union Station. Anyway, Worcester was a great place in the 60's. I loved the theatres, the clubs, like the Brandy Banjo, and going to eat at the El Morroco. My first child was born a Hanhaman Hospital. He also served with the National Guard and reported to the Armory once a month for weekend duty. My husband and I had our first dates there. There were so many great places to shop, Lerners was there on the corner of Pleasant and Main, and I remember Marion's (a little hat shop further down towards Lincoln Square near Barnards. And Denholms & McKay was the most in place to buy clothes. I loved shopping downtown before the Worcester Center and the Galleria were built. Years ago, the movie American Graffiti could have taken place in Worcester. Although I went to school in another town, we spent a lot of time cruising Highland St. I worked in Worcester from 1965-1970 at Harrington Richardson Arms Co. My family moved to a small suburb when I was 5 years old, but Worcester remained a huge part of my life until I was married. I was born in Worcester in 1946 at City Hospital. Thank you so much for this wonderful website. ![]()
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