Before everyone noticed the great view of Dorchester Bay -- Before the rent was $1500 for an apartment --  Before you paid $5.00 for a beer at the Playwrite Bar ( formally McSolla's Pub).......there was SOUTH BOSTON. A close knit community with it's own set of values.
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                          Tom Walsh      Paul             Tom Devine                    Dan Duffy                   Ronnie Adams
                                                                     Rinka Keefe                      John (Hoppa) Prendergast 
                                        Former Hawks (Eigth St & Carmody Court)  have a reunion for Hoppa
                                                                                        Saturday June 26




                    



                   


                   

                             

 

 SOUTHIE
 By  booblis1@aol.com

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TOWN WITH THE MONUMENT ON THE HILL

WHERE EVERYONE KNEW EACH OTHER & TIME STOOD STILL

REMEMBERING SOUTHIE BACK IN THE DAY

WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SHOP & CHILDREN WOULD PLAY

GROWING UP WITH YOUR FRIENDS & WALKING TO SCHOOL

WHEN CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS & LOYALTY WAS THE GOLDEN RULE

REMEMBERING CARSON BEACH ON THE 4TH OF JULY

WHERE NEIGHBORS & FRIENDS WOULD SEE THE FIREWORKS FLY

GATHERING ON THE FRONT DOORSTEPS ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT

WAITING FOR THE CRABMAN WITH THE PUSHCART FOR A DELIGHT

WAS A THING EVERYONE DID WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TIGHT

THE BEACHES WERE PACKED WITH SUMMERTIME FUN

BACK WHEN FAMILY & FRIENDS MET IN THE SUN

WE HAD NEIGHBORHOOD STORES, LIKE POBERS, ROBELLS, SANDS

BARS LIKE STRIGGIES,CASSIDYS, PBL, THE LIGHTHOUSE, MAC'S, & ENGLISHES

WHERE NEIGHBORS MET & SHOOK HANDS

WHETHER YOU LIVED UP THE POINT OR DOWN THE LOWER END

IF SOMEONE WAS IN NEED, A HAND WOULD BE LEND

REMEMBER BRIGHAMS & MARYANNS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD MEET

JUST TO TALK TO OLD FRIENDS & GET SOMETHING TO EAT

SOUTHIE ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY WAS THE PLACE TO BE

AS WACKO HURLEY HAD GREEN BEER & IRISH BANDS TO SEE

LITTLE LEAGUE & BABE RUTH, CHIPPEWAS DOWN COLUMBUS PARK

SOFTBALL AT M.ST UNTIL DARK

WATCHED BY MOTHERS & FATHERS NOT FORGOTTEN TO THIS DAY

IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO WATCH THEM ALL PLAY

GORINS, SLOCUMS & WOOLWORTHS I REMEMBER

THE CAR STOP THAT CLOSED ONE NOVEMBER

PIMPLE BALL & HALF BALL WERE PLAYED UNTIL DARK

AND SPUCKIES FROM DIRTY JOHN'S ACROSS FROM THE PARK

AT OUR OWN PARISH CHURCH ON SUNDAY WE WOULD PRAY

THE GIRLS ARE WORSE THAN THE BOYS MONSIGNOR WATERS WOULD SAY

GOING DOWN CASTLE ISLAND WITH YOUR PARENTS FOR A STROLL

AND STOPPING AT SULLIVAN'S FOR A HOT DOG ON A ROLL

IRISH NIGHT THURSDAYS AT CASTLE ISLAND WHERE WE ALWAYS MET THE GIRLS

TO ALL OF YOU WHO REMEMBER & THOSE WHO NEVER WILL

SOUTHIE HIGH AT WHITE STADIUM WHERE THE STANDS WERE ALWAYS FILLED

BOSTON GARDEN WHERE THE SHRIMP BOATS FROM THE HILL

AND THE 1956 CHAMPIONS GAVE US QUITE THE THRILL

OUR OLD SOUTHIE IS GONE WITH ONLY MEMORIES TO FILL

SOUTHIE TIES WERE WELL SEWN, OUTSIDERS WILL NEVER KNOW.