Secret scrimmage on Saturday

[cohenzone]

I've heard of it, but don't remember it from my childhood

Best place in downtown Hartford to buy 45rpm
records. Became the American Airlines building. Right across Main from GFox.

 

[f1f1ferrari]

Best place in downtown Hartford to buy 45rpm
records. Became the American Airlines building. Right across Main from GFox.

My first 12 years were in Paterson, NJ. Didn't move to CT until '80, and that was in Stratford. Used to get my 45s at Caldor and Bradlee's

 

[cohenzone]

My first 12 years were in Paterson, NJ. Didn't move to CT until '80, and that was in Stratford. Used to get my 45s at Caldor and Bradlee's

One of my sons lives in LA near UCLA. Just last night he told me he was in a Halloween store with his kids and saw a guy wearing a vintage Caldor t shirt. He asked the man if he was from CT, to which the guy said yes, near Stamford. When my kids were growing up the closest Caldor was in Manchester. 45s were already ancient history.

 

[MooseJaw]

how about EJ Korvettes........

Lived in a Chicago suburb, with an EJ Korvettes, close by we were told at the store that the name came from, Eight Jewish Korean Veterans. It was a great store with good merchandise at fair prices.

 

[oldude]

My first 12 years were in Paterson, NJ. Didn't move to CT until '80, and that was in Stratford. Used to get my 45s at Caldor and Bradlee's

Don’t know when you moved to Stratford, but growing up in the south end of town, we got pretty much everything at the old Stratford Town Fair next to the bowling alley. Groceries, clothes and just about anything else you were looking to buy.

 

[Blueconn]

Just thank you. Thank you to those who thrilled at the sight of another downtown jumper from the Poughkesie Popper. You saw him playing and can’t forget the three seasons when he rewrote all the records. Later his college coach, Fred Schabel, said that half Bialosuknia’s baskets were beyond the 3. Memory is tricky, but that’s exactly what I clearly remember. Don’t be fooled by b&w photos or a few minutes of film. Wes Bialosuknia was the real deal…and all UConn.

 

[f1f1ferrari]

Don’t know when you moved to Stratford, but growing up in the south end of town, we got pretty much everything at the old Stratford Town Fair next to the bowling alley. Groceries, clothes and just about anything else you were looking to buy.

Lived on Main Street near South Ave starting in 1980 - very familiar with Town Fair, used to bowl a league at the bowling alley (and party at the Upper Deck afterwards).

 

[Zanzman]

Had to go back and look at the title of this thread

 

[temery]

This thread is about the scrimmage. Stay on topic.

 

[AmeriConn]

Had to go back and look at the title of this thread

Defunct Retailers

 

[Skeets]

how about EJ Korvettes........

Two guys for sneakers, EJ Korvettes for things like 8-track tapes. Korvettes always played a little loose with advertising ethics. They would advertise a great sale on pants (selected sizes). In the store they would have 1 pair, 52 inch waste, 18 inch in seam, on sale. All other pants were regular price. Once you understood the game you could do business with them. In fact, it was entertaining.

 

[Adesmar123]

I think you can have two secret scrimmages or exhibitions, no?

It's a secret!

 

[cancontent]

It’s pretty simple, SC- Rutgers was not a scrimmage. It was an exhibition game, same as the one UConn will play this coming Saturday.

It also was in tribute to Nikki McCray who recently passed away due to breast cancer as she had been a coach with both programs. Funds raised went towards the cause to find a cure.

 

[tower1]

This thread is about the scrimmage. Stay on topic.

THANK YOU.