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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I AM NOW
60 YRS OF AGE (2006) AND HADN'T BEEN TO ASBURY PARK SINCE I WAS
A YOUNG MAN OF ABOUT 9 OR 10 AS MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED IN PERTH
AMBOY AND MY PARENTS WOULD TAKE ME TO THE BOARDWALK TO RIDE THE
FERRIS WHEEL AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS THAT WERE SO PREVALENT AT THAT
TIME.
IT WAS SUCH A SHOCK TO MY
SYSTEM WHEN I SAW "TILLIE" STILL SMILING AFTER ALL
THESE YEARS (W. Bar). THIS PAST SUMMER I GOT IN CONTACT WITH MY
VERY FIRST GIRLFRIEND OF WHOM I WAS GOING WITH IN HIGH SCHOOL,
IN MT .VERNON , N.Y.
WE MET ON THE INTERNET AND SHE
TOLD ME WHERE SHE LIVED, OCEAN GROVE, AND WE MADE PLANS TO SEE
EACH OTHER AGAIN.
WELL I CAME DOWN TO HER
HOME OVER IN THE "GROVE" AND WE WALKED OVER TO THE
BOARDWALK AND I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE THE STATE THAT IT IS IN.
I HAVE SUCH FOND MEMORIES OF IT, AND I WAS ALSO GETTING SUCH
"FLASHBACKS" OF MY CHILDHOOD.
I REALLY HOPE THAT THE
BOARDWALK AND THE TOWN CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO IT'S EARLY DAYS OF
WHICH WAS AND IS SO PRECIOUS TO SO MANY PEOPLE OF MY ERA. I HAVE
TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE, BOTH IN THE AREA AROUND ASBURY, AND IN
N.Y. STATE, I LIVE UPSTATE . N.Y, THAT REMEMBER THE BOARDWALK
,THE BEACH AND THE TOWN.
I NOW COME DOWN TO OCEAN GROVE
EVERY WEEKEND AND HOPE TO SOON RETIRE TO THIS AREA AND REALLY
HOPE TO SEE ASBURY"COME BACK TO LIFE" AS I FEEL THAT
WHAT WAS THERE CAN BE AGAIN . IF OTHERS LIKE MYSELF COULD ONLY
SEE WHAT POTENTIAL THERE IS TO THIS TOWN IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT
DEAL OF DIFFERENCE TO HOW SOON THE TOWN CAN COME BACK TO
IT"S "HEY-DAY".
I AM NOT A WEALTHY MAN, NOR AM
I A MAN THAT HAS A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON ANY PEOPLE OF POWER, BUT
ANYTHING THAT I COULD DO TO HELP WITH THE RE-DISCOVERING OF
ASBURY PARK I WOULD BE GLAD TO DO. SINCERELY, ROBERT SEMANICK
CATSKILL, N.Y. 12414
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