Friday, July 30, 2010

Fires in the Neighborhood?

Does any one recall any fires in our neighborhood.   The only one I can recall right now was a fire at H&H Lumber on Vermont and 112th Street.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Friday, July 23, 2010

Re: [BERENDO] Another jump rope rhyme

Wow! Just a piece of rope. Yet so much fun to play with. An inspiration to
budding poets. A motivation to exercise without hardly knowing it. And so
portable. I'm sure the children's shoe companies love them. Did the shoe
companies ever give out free jump ropes with their logos on the handles?
"What happened to the doctor, what happened to the nurse, what happened to the
lady with the aligator purse?"
- Johnny

[BERENDO] Another jump rope rhyme

Hey there,
I only got 5 years on Berendo, but I remember them pleasantly -- and
everything a lot bigger than it looks in the photos now. Did we all
live in that tiny house?
I loved jump-roping. In my time we only had 24 robbers knocking at the
door -- inflation I guess.
Here's another one:
Blondie and Dagwood went to town
Blondie bought an evening gown
Dagwood bought the Evening News
And this is what it said: one...two...three...four [count jumps til you miss]
--Juani

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Re: [BERENDO] Jump-rope Rhymes: Jump in Here Anytime, Girls.

Thanks, Al. I do remember "Spanish Dancer", now that I see it, but I didn't remember it as part of the "robbers" bit.   I was hoping one of the girls (Can I say that?) would add a couple tidbits. I know there must be hundreds of jump-rope rhymes, but the ones we actually heard on the block would pack that nostalgic punch. For that, we need girls. As creatures of few words, we boys mostly just said, "I got you! You're dead! Lie down!"
--mike

Alex's Berendo FLIKR album

Click here to see Alex Magdaleno's Berendo album on Flikr.

A message with a link attached - L.A. County Cities Video


This link was from Steve Chenier. L.A. County Cities   This message is an attempt to get the link to show up as an image.

A message with a picture attached

This is an attempt to send an attached picture to the South Berendo Days blog. The attachment is a photo of Marla Magdaleno and Julia Dumas at on of the Berendo reunion picnics.

A Message from a non-registrant

This is a post from a non-member to the South Berendo Days blog via email.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Third Post to South Berendo Days Blog

This is the third post to South Berendo Days blog.  It was entered using the "Create New Post" link from the blog page.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Marla's Birthday Photo ca 1948


Here is a link to a photo of Marla's birthday some time around
1948: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jdumas/berendo/marlas_birthday.jpg

Second posting to South Berendo Days blog

This is a second posting to the South Berendo Days blog.   The first one was via email.  This second one was originated from the "posting" tab of the blog page.

First Berendo Blog post from email

This is the first post to the South Berendo Days blog from an email source.