![]() ![]() ![]() We ended up renting an apartment in Shrewsbury, Imperial Arms (I think!) and we had the most fantastic time. in Worcester and this was the start of a big adventure for us, especially as we had been married for only 5 days when we arrived. We arrived in Boston one bitterly cold January day in 1982 from England. and the Worcester Artsists Group, where local and other bands played like Crystal Myth, and Subjugator, and Toxic Shock, and I also remember a couple/few cool guys from the Worcester City Hell Rats ^_^ I've had many friends in Worcester, and I've missed the places I've been, people I've known, and times I've had there. Speaking of Worcester's seven hills, there used to be a joke about Boy's Trade - it seems they were gonna call the school "Seven Hills Industrial Tech.", but the T-shirt's wouldn't look good with that abbreviated on it ("S.H.I.T.")!!!! ^_^ I remember the Q.V.C.C. The night-time city view from there was spectacular, and I'd get there by climbing Gage st., one of the steepest streets I've ever known. ![]() Hill - one of Worc.'s seven hills) before it had anything on it - just a lot of dirt and grass. My favorite memories, however, were in Greenhill Park, East Park (if I remember that name correctly - it's on Shrewsbury street - saw a flock of bats there one night), two playground/parks on Dorchester street - one large, one small - and Homer's Field in the virtually unknown wild blueberry patches, where I spent, uhm, quality time with my beautiful ex-wife (then fiance) Dalrene ^_^ Another favourite memory, my *most* favourite, was my son, Seth, being born on June 8th, 1990 at Worcester Memorial Hospital ^_^ I also remember 'Bell Hill' (Belmont st. I have one sad memory about a best friend of mine who I went to Leicester High with, Karren Barrier, who was brutally murdered on that same roof, stabbed, lit on fire, and kicked down inside below,in early 1990 (if I remember the date correctly). There were very dangerous places to climb around in there, and on the precarious, rusted, lossely bolted catwalk thingy on the underside of it's curved roof - a dizzy height above the rusty scrap metal and crumbled cement objects and broken glass below it, as well as on top of the roof. I grew up in the Leicester/Worcester area, and went to Leicester High School - I remember Hot Dog Annie's, and watching the sunrise from the top of the spiral staircased tower on Bancroft Towers, and I used to hang out with friends inside the old, crumbled remains of Union Station. Anyway, Worcester was a great place in the 60's. I loved the theatres, the clubs, like the Brandy Banjo, and going to eat at the El Morroco. My first child was born a Hanhaman Hospital. He also served with the National Guard and reported to the Armory once a month for weekend duty. My husband and I had our first dates there. There were so many great places to shop, Lerners was there on the corner of Pleasant and Main, and I remember Marion's (a little hat shop further down towards Lincoln Square near Barnards. And Denholms & McKay was the most in place to buy clothes. I loved shopping downtown before the Worcester Center and the Galleria were built. Years ago, the movie American Graffiti could have taken place in Worcester. Although I went to school in another town, we spent a lot of time cruising Highland St. I worked in Worcester from 1965-1970 at Harrington Richardson Arms Co. My family moved to a small suburb when I was 5 years old, but Worcester remained a huge part of my life until I was married. I was born in Worcester in 1946 at City Hospital. Thank you so much for this wonderful website. ![]()
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