Remembers Taking the Trolley

Vin,

I was one of the lucky ones that remembers taking the trolley to the park, getting off on Marion Avenue, having supper at Mom's restaurant. I was one of the lucky ones that had family working in the park, so therefore I didn't have to pay for anything.

Joe, my cousin's husband, was manager. Dad was the cop on the traffic duty outside the park and Chief Borrell sat inside the park on the benches. Maggie McKee was at the ticket collection, so there was another magic door for me. I never had to pay for anything because my cousin and sister worked at the park. Not only didn't I have to pay at the pool because Lillian worked at the pool and we used her locker.

When I was 14 years old I also worked at the park, for my cousin Eleanor Rinaldi, along with the rest of my family, I could write a whole book about the park, the man who jumped into a small pool of water so high up that I couldn't even look at him fall. The dance hall when my sister and I were small, dancing while my Mother sat with friends and family watching the dancers.

I feel so sorry for the people that never saw or went to the park they really missed out on a whole lot of fun. I met so many people, they were all from Cliffside. Do you remember Baby Rose Marie, well she was there with us. So many thoughts, so much happiness, they closed in 1973, the year my son left the park.

Thank you, Vin, for all your memories and keeping them fresh in our minds.

Peggy King, Cliffside Park, NJ