tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post225212436257528652..comments2024-03-14T00:36:20.607-07:00Comments on Melmac Central Vintage Melmac Dinnerware and Plastics Fantastic Collecting Site : Welcome to Boonton New Jersey: Melmac Tour Stop 2 In Search of Boontonware Dishes by Ira MencyCindy Schafer , Wayne Schaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09480380158348586022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-22212300939339794062017-12-23T07:51:05.080-08:002017-12-23T07:51:05.080-08:00I grew up a few miles away in Lake Hiawatha and my...I grew up a few miles away in Lake Hiawatha and my father grew up in Boonton.<br />I remember many things about boonton as a kid, especially the area behind the buildings on Plane st. There was a dump between plane st. and the river which my dad a I scavenged through once in a while. He would sell the motors and parts that we pulled from old machinery. I also remember an old abandoned manufacturing building that we would play in near the railroad tracks that came across the river from the main line. It was gone when I left the state in the early 80's. My dad worked for many years in a chemical company on Mechanic St. as a young man. He knew the area well and would take us kids to pick berries near the old mule tunnels built into the hillside below the town near the river. I can also remember stone tunnels built under the dump site that he told me extended to the factory areas.<br />I spent many hours exploring that whole back side of town near the river and can remember it well. Though I never knew anything about Boontonware at the time, my mom had some. I only later found out about it when I bought some, finding the name on the back of some pieces I found and purchased (cheap) in an antique store in Albuquerque NM., near where I live now. My find flooded back memories of my childhood and the times exploring the areas of the old ghosts of industrial Boonton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-55014744875146727852014-05-30T10:01:01.466-07:002014-05-30T10:01:01.466-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kure Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00313639161754494644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-65400072655065744942014-05-06T18:34:40.714-07:002014-05-06T18:34:40.714-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15996999638590272916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383313412057213377.post-47899736817100226372012-06-13T11:50:14.491-07:002012-06-13T11:50:14.491-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com