another story of days gone by?

going back to the place where I grew up in nj,I drove around the old neighborhood,Most of it is huge houses now sitting on an acre of land,The old farm that was next to ours is still there..,I took some pictures of it. thats from the front of it,this is the back of it looking from my brothers farm we used to cross through this farm to get to the road where some of our friends lived when we were growing up. Two old brothers lived there and farmed .They had some chickens ,raised some corn,and had a patch of strawberrys.To keep the story tractor related ,they had an old case,and a farmall b. The little story that came into my mind the other day when I was taking pictures,,,,,,The two old farmers sold a piece of their land,and a lady built a private swim club there, For sure we could not join,way to expensive,but evidently, the lady still owed The farmers some money. The old farmers were really nice to me and my brother,and great neighbors to my mom and dad. One hot day they told us,you go to the swim club,tell them Bill and John sent you,you were working for them picking strawberrys. It worked like a dream,we swam,and had a great time. It did become a problem when my brother told some friends the (secret code),,,I told a few friends the (secret code) and so on and so on,,,,,,,the last time we went swimming that summer she let us in,but grumbled,,,that must be a big strawberrypatch!!

Larry, I took a look at goggle maps, sat view. The house I grew up in is still there in Red Bank. My sister was out there about 10 years ago and drove by it, but I haven't been back sense we left and have no desire to. Closest I I've been was through McGwire AFB a couple of times going to or returning from Germany.

Rick

The problem of going back to our early days is that too many things have changed. In your area the population has increased. Around me the population has shifted. It is about the same size but the people live in around the towns not out on the farms. Many of the old farm steads are totally gone.