thank you for the vedio but its just so sad, brand new schools falling apart do not make good students, its the parents and teachers that care, always making a big show and loosing our good students and busness, can you blame them for not staying here?
I was born and raised in Ashtabula on Coyne. I went to Washington, Columbus Junior High then good old Harbor High. It is sad the school is gone, Columbus is gone and soon Washtington Elementary. Harbor was a big history of the harbor area. Too bad nothing could of been done with the school. It will be sadly missed and I will charish the memories forever.
This is very sad! Yet time marches forward, with or without us!
Thanx for posting! I didn't go to these schools, but most of my cousins did, and I grew up with plenty of people who did! I was the one who asked you a while back if you knew the Starkey's! I found them, but have got no reply so far!
Very nicely done video. I went to Bunker Hill, West, and Bula. My grandmother went to Chestnut and Bula and graduated in the class of 1918. I understand the current needs of the kids here, but there's a lot lost with the large schools, too. Those old buildings were magnificent. Thank you for making and posting this.
Sometimes you find real treasures on you tube - like this one - I was very moved by it and W8AMI's response - I, too, left my hometown a year later in 1967 - we were just kids then. It's all gone forever.
I left Ashtabula in 1966 and went into the Navy. Get back every so often and the town has changed. No more seeing the congestion down at Reliance Electric. Place has been closed for years but someone keeps the property up.
Seeing the old Lincoln School was especially nice. A lot of good times there with the neighborhood kids. Some of the kids went to the Catholic schools but we all met up after school to play baseball.
The end of an era and a new beginning is always ever present.
I remember Ashtabula well. I didnt grow up there , but I raised a family there. My Grandparents live on W47th St, and when I was youg, I used to bounce a rubber ball from the West Junior High, with my cousin Tony. I moved to CA in 84, and still reside here in Anaheim. Still miss that old town, and the memories that I have of it. Thanks for the video, a really nice job you did on putting it together with the music also............Doug H
Thanks for the Video and photos! I grew up in Ashtabula, and moved back here a couple of years ago. It isn't the same. I appreciate your taking the time to put this video up.
I was from Rome/Orwell, but spent summers at Grandmas in the Harbor and Out in Plymouth on Hadlock Road! Went to the Vo-ed.......Cruised around Bula as a teen.did Sardi's........wow! I guess I spent more time there than I remember!
We use to ride the trains out of the Harbor! Shop at Hills at the Saybrook Plaza! Go to the OLD McDonalds when it was across from the Saybrook Plaza. Woolworths, Grants, Jupiters. All the cool things I remember from back then....... even the Bargain Mart out on Jefferson Road!
Hi again! I have been trying to find Mark, but with no luck....or Shawn, Frank, Karen or Monica! I am In Texas about 50 miles North of Dallas! Been here a couple of years. I figured by the name TxAnn, that this is where you are. Would you have any idea where I might try looking for Mark?
Nice vid! Are you in Texas now? I grew up in the Harbor...my best friend was Mark and Shawn and Frank, Karen, and Monica Starkey!
I loved Pizza Villa! My wife from Jefferson! We live in Texas now.......sure miss the fun times riding bikes all over the Harbor..sleeping at Grandmas and listening to the trains in the Harbor at night! Thanx for bringing the tears to my eyes.........the music works very well for spawning memories....I miss Grandma!
Yes, I moved to Texas 32 years ago. I got tired of being unemployed. Mark Starkey was in my class. Are you still in Ohio? I go back at least once a year for family reunions, sometimes more.
i will LOATHE the asshole who had these building torn down forever. i just hope i come across him sometime soon. moving all of our schools to BFE and the Ghetto.
I HATE ASHTBULA..by ashtabula, i mean the idiots running it.
They should never have torn down HHS or CJH.. all of those schools. its so stupid. :( i am so mad.
I think you don't realize, that as much as we loved those schools and buildings, they were mostly over 100 years old, and very unstable, & unsafe. I doubt you could find anyone with enough money, who'd want to fix them. CJH alone was burned down once, and rebuilt and added onto 2 times. Instead of thinking this is a depressing video, think of all the good memories, and be glad someone took the time and effort to keep photos. :)
doesnt matter. they were built a hell of a lot better then the new pos's they have. If they would have left them alone, they would be standing much longer than the new schools.
Lakeside is going to sink one of these days, as its built on top of a swamp. =/
The old Pizza Villa building is still standing. But Bridge Street (W.5th) now has Bridge Street Pizza, the same people, pizzas, everything !! As for the schools in the video, West Elemenatry, Lincoln Elementary, Chestnut Elementary, West Jr High, Columbus Jr High, Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Harbor High. The only school still standing and in use is Thomas Jefferson.I would highly recommend you pay a visit to Bula, esp in the summer. It's beautiful !!
Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this video. Left Bula long ago, but "it" never leaves your heart. So many of the schools I didn't recognize, could you possibly go back in and label them? Bula was a wonderful place to grow up in the 60's and 70's, We never even locked our doors. Did you seen the video posted by twinsmommyjob showing the smoke stack at the old Harbor High School coming down? Looks like the Pizza Villa building is still standing, UNbelievable.
Why not eulogize the rest of the city that has been dead for years. The unfortunate part is that many who still live there live on memeories for that is all they have left.
Roxy, You sound like you don't live there, or haven't been there in a while. I went back 3 times this year, and saw a transformation happening. The Harbor area itself is alive with activity. Downtown is slowly but surely coming back also. Bula is an excellent summer happening, tourist would love it, and the town should capitilize on it.
The city is only "dead" if you miss the old businesses and schools, so much, you can't see the positive changes going on.
I never realized what a connection I had to my old schools (Columbus and HHS) until I saw this video. Oddly, I visit A-town about 5 times per yr but never saw the new HS, and didn't see HHS after it was torn down. Lots of good memories. I hope that the younger generation does benefit from the progress they are claiming to make :-)
I never realized what a connection I had to my old schools (Columbus and HHS) until I saw this video. Oddly, I visit A-town about 5 times per yr but never saw the new HS, and didn't see HHS after it was torn down. Lots of good memories. I hope that the younger generation does benefit from the progress they are claiming to make :-)
As much as I hate to see all the old schools go, especially Harbor, I'm glad the next generation will benefit from the new schools and the technology available.
I really wish I could have used the song I originally picked it was very fitting. If you never heard "This Used To Be Our Playground", it played at the end of the movie, "A League Of Their Own", in which Madonna also starred in.
Nice video. Made me a bit sad thinking that schools are an indication of the future of a community. Hope good progress is made on the the tough issues facing Ashtabula.
I love the USA! And Ashtabula especially, cuz my gal lived once there !!!
SpaceCowboy641 10 months ago
My school looked AMAZING in this video! Lakeside is such a good school!!!!!!
JohnCenaLoverLex 1 year ago
Thanks you for putting this up. I attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary school in the 60's and this made me cry.
sheseekstruth777 1 year ago
thank you for the vedio but its just so sad, brand new schools falling apart do not make good students, its the parents and teachers that care, always making a big show and loosing our good students and busness, can you blame them for not staying here?
catlady1724 1 year ago
This is very haunting....From this Harbor grad...Heres hoping for the best for the future and my children.
1kevinsgirl 1 year ago
im still in highschool in this town, i went to chestnut, the juniorhigh that used to be the high school, the new junior high, and now the highschool
thenewslimshady9 1 year ago
I was born and raised in Ashtabula on Coyne. I went to Washington, Columbus Junior High then good old Harbor High. It is sad the school is gone, Columbus is gone and soon Washtington Elementary. Harbor was a big history of the harbor area. Too bad nothing could of been done with the school. It will be sadly missed and I will charish the memories forever.
Lisa (wheats) Wiitanen.
XXXphukitXXX 1 year ago
This is very sad! Yet time marches forward, with or without us!
Thanx for posting! I didn't go to these schools, but most of my cousins did, and I grew up with plenty of people who did! I was the one who asked you a while back if you knew the Starkey's! I found them, but have got no reply so far!
Thanx again!
wwebtime 1 year ago
Very nicely done video. I went to Bunker Hill, West, and Bula. My grandmother went to Chestnut and Bula and graduated in the class of 1918. I understand the current needs of the kids here, but there's a lot lost with the large schools, too. Those old buildings were magnificent. Thank you for making and posting this.
olderendirt 1 year ago
the drawing is very interesting and should be addressed to the City of Ashtabula Council and Ashtabula City School board has idea to use the land.
gospelman7 1 year ago
Chestnut alum......
DUFOUR216 1 year ago
Please, if you like the video, rate it?
Thank you !
TxAnn 2 years ago
Sometimes you find real treasures on you tube - like this one - I was very moved by it and W8AMI's response - I, too, left my hometown a year later in 1967 - we were just kids then. It's all gone forever.
brink1000 2 years ago
I left Ashtabula in 1966 and went into the Navy. Get back every so often and the town has changed. No more seeing the congestion down at Reliance Electric. Place has been closed for years but someone keeps the property up.
Seeing the old Lincoln School was especially nice. A lot of good times there with the neighborhood kids. Some of the kids went to the Catholic schools but we all met up after school to play baseball.
The end of an era and a new beginning is always ever present.
W8AMI 2 years ago 2
I remember Ashtabula well. I didnt grow up there , but I raised a family there. My Grandparents live on W47th St, and when I was youg, I used to bounce a rubber ball from the West Junior High, with my cousin Tony. I moved to CA in 84, and still reside here in Anaheim. Still miss that old town, and the memories that I have of it. Thanks for the video, a really nice job you did on putting it together with the music also............Doug H
avoneagle1965 2 years ago
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avoneagle1965 2 years ago
Thanks for the Video and photos! I grew up in Ashtabula, and moved back here a couple of years ago. It isn't the same. I appreciate your taking the time to put this video up.
JNugent74 2 years ago
imiss ashtabula I used to qo to thurqood marshall and Mckinsie
YungCash26 2 years ago
I was from Rome/Orwell, but spent summers at Grandmas in the Harbor and Out in Plymouth on Hadlock Road! Went to the Vo-ed.......Cruised around Bula as a teen.did Sardi's........wow! I guess I spent more time there than I remember!
wwebtime 2 years ago
We use to ride the trains out of the Harbor! Shop at Hills at the Saybrook Plaza! Go to the OLD McDonalds when it was across from the Saybrook Plaza. Woolworths, Grants, Jupiters. All the cool things I remember from back then....... even the Bargain Mart out on Jefferson Road!
wwebtime 2 years ago
Hi again! I have been trying to find Mark, but with no luck....or Shawn, Frank, Karen or Monica! I am In Texas about 50 miles North of Dallas! Been here a couple of years. I figured by the name TxAnn, that this is where you are. Would you have any idea where I might try looking for Mark?
wwebtime 2 years ago
Nice vid! Are you in Texas now? I grew up in the Harbor...my best friend was Mark and Shawn and Frank, Karen, and Monica Starkey!
I loved Pizza Villa! My wife from Jefferson! We live in Texas now.......sure miss the fun times riding bikes all over the Harbor..sleeping at Grandmas and listening to the trains in the Harbor at night! Thanx for bringing the tears to my eyes.........the music works very well for spawning memories....I miss Grandma!
wwebtime 2 years ago
Yes, I moved to Texas 32 years ago. I got tired of being unemployed. Mark Starkey was in my class. Are you still in Ohio? I go back at least once a year for family reunions, sometimes more.
TxAnn 2 years ago
i will LOATHE the asshole who had these building torn down forever. i just hope i come across him sometime soon. moving all of our schools to BFE and the Ghetto.
I HATE ASHTBULA..by ashtabula, i mean the idiots running it.
They should never have torn down HHS or CJH.. all of those schools. its so stupid. :( i am so mad.
this is a depressing video
xHermione31x 2 years ago
I think you don't realize, that as much as we loved those schools and buildings, they were mostly over 100 years old, and very unstable, & unsafe. I doubt you could find anyone with enough money, who'd want to fix them. CJH alone was burned down once, and rebuilt and added onto 2 times. Instead of thinking this is a depressing video, think of all the good memories, and be glad someone took the time and effort to keep photos. :)
TxAnn 2 years ago
doesnt matter. they were built a hell of a lot better then the new pos's they have. If they would have left them alone, they would be standing much longer than the new schools.
Lakeside is going to sink one of these days, as its built on top of a swamp. =/
LOL yea i have photos too. nice video
xHermione31x 2 years ago
The old Pizza Villa building is still standing. But Bridge Street (W.5th) now has Bridge Street Pizza, the same people, pizzas, everything !! As for the schools in the video, West Elemenatry, Lincoln Elementary, Chestnut Elementary, West Jr High, Columbus Jr High, Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Harbor High. The only school still standing and in use is Thomas Jefferson.I would highly recommend you pay a visit to Bula, esp in the summer. It's beautiful !!
TxAnn 2 years ago
Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this video. Left Bula long ago, but "it" never leaves your heart. So many of the schools I didn't recognize, could you possibly go back in and label them? Bula was a wonderful place to grow up in the 60's and 70's, We never even locked our doors. Did you seen the video posted by twinsmommyjob showing the smoke stack at the old Harbor High School coming down? Looks like the Pizza Villa building is still standing, UNbelievable.
bassetlvr808 2 years ago
Why not eulogize the rest of the city that has been dead for years. The unfortunate part is that many who still live there live on memeories for that is all they have left.
Roxygr1 2 years ago
Roxy, You sound like you don't live there, or haven't been there in a while. I went back 3 times this year, and saw a transformation happening. The Harbor area itself is alive with activity. Downtown is slowly but surely coming back also. Bula is an excellent summer happening, tourist would love it, and the town should capitilize on it.
The city is only "dead" if you miss the old businesses and schools, so much, you can't see the positive changes going on.
TxAnn 2 years ago
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I never realized what a connection I had to my old schools (Columbus and HHS) until I saw this video. Oddly, I visit A-town about 5 times per yr but never saw the new HS, and didn't see HHS after it was torn down. Lots of good memories. I hope that the younger generation does benefit from the progress they are claiming to make :-)
lisalways 2 years ago
I never realized what a connection I had to my old schools (Columbus and HHS) until I saw this video. Oddly, I visit A-town about 5 times per yr but never saw the new HS, and didn't see HHS after it was torn down. Lots of good memories. I hope that the younger generation does benefit from the progress they are claiming to make :-)
lisalways 2 years ago
As much as I hate to see all the old schools go, especially Harbor, I'm glad the next generation will benefit from the new schools and the technology available.
I really wish I could have used the song I originally picked it was very fitting. If you never heard "This Used To Be Our Playground", it played at the end of the movie, "A League Of Their Own", in which Madonna also starred in.
TxAnn 2 years ago
RIP State Road, Colombus and Harbor.
FastFoodies 2 years ago
Nice video. Made me a bit sad thinking that schools are an indication of the future of a community. Hope good progress is made on the the tough issues facing Ashtabula.
markbloom1 2 years ago
Look at it this way, New schools, new technology, new future for the city. The kids will have new ideas and education we never had !! :)
TxAnn 2 years ago