ATLANTIC CITY - STEEL PIER

Slideshow of "The Showplace of the Nation".All who were ever there, will Remember the "Good Old Days".Three Theatres,Diving Bell, Marine Water Circus, High Diving Horse, and nearly every major "Entertainer" and "Big Band"
From John Philip Sousa to Chicago.Tony Grant's "Stars of Tomorrow",Fun Houses,The Midway Games,Marine Ballroom Dancing at night, and Ed Hurst Record Hops on Weekends.
All for only "Low Price"! Nothing has EVER offered so much value since, and nothing ever will. Truly, "Good Times" for all who remember.As Bobby Rydell sings - "Can't help it, not to fall in love" - STEEL PIER.

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• Steel
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• Avalon
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• Funicello
• High
• Diving
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• Oldies
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[phillygal347]

I worked at Steel Pier from 1965 to 1969. I can honestly say they were truly "happy days."

[NemracOnasimlap]

Hey PhillyGal, I worked at the Pier myself. Summers of '68 & '69 managed the arcade area in the midway opposite the Diving Bell. What a total blast!! What was your job there? I also grew up in AC, so I went to the pier every week, every year since I was about 5 yrs old! Cowboy Fridays & Lunch on the picnic deck!! My family also knew several of the folks in the Water Circus, and the gals who rode the High Diving Horse, as well as "Captain Jack" the shows MC!!, I hope to spend eternity there!

[phillygal347]

You had a great job! Did you know Sarah and Wardy who had a game and sold programs? How about Harry at the passgate? I worked in the Accounting Office and in the information office and the box offices when the ladies went to lunch. Patty Dolan rode the High Diving Horse. I knew divers Barney Cipriani, Al Gonzalez, Rick White, and circus performers The Flying Farfans. I remember when Flyers announcer, Gene Hart, was the MC at the Water Circus. Cowboy Fridays! What an amazing, fun time!

[NemracOnasimlap]

Hi Again Phillygal, Yes, I do remember Harry! Not familiar with the others though. More knowing of those who worked from the Diving Bell, back to the Water Circus, since that's where most of my time was spent. With Bart & his brother at the Bell & the girls at Khor Bros, and an English exchange student from Weybridge in Surrey, who sold "Ole English Lavender" in satchels. To this day, the scent of Lavender in any form, Takes me back to those MARVELOUS days! Summer - 1969.

[phillygal347]

Hi Nemrac, I guess we were just in different parts of the Pier with different people. It was such an amazing time, and no matter where we were on the Pier itself, the memories and the fun were undeniable. It was a once in a lifetime fantastic experience that words cannot describe.

[NemracOnasimlap]

AMEN!!!

Thank you for all you thoughts, and comments. Let the Memories live on!!

God bless you, and "The Greatest Showplace On Earth"!

[ccipriani89]

@phillygal347 hi, I think it's wonderful seeing these videos Barney Cipriani is my grandfather, he passed away when i was about 5 yrs old and like to try and comb the internet for any information i can find and I just just wanted to tell you that it is amazing to see how many folks world wide knew and loved my grandfather :-)

[Bspivey001]

My sisters and I -- the Johnston Sisters -- sang on Tony Grant's Stars of Tomorrow in August 1963. Wondering if anyone has any videos or pictures from that show?

[jewgirl952]

About the diving bell, Zappahart, I remember now. The captain would say there was suddenly a problem and then all of a sudden we'd zoom up to the top. What a blast the Steel Pier was! I saw every group from the British Invasion that was at the Pier, from Herman's Hermits to Gerry and the Pacemakers. How great those days were, maybe because A.C. was great or maybe just because we were young.

[zappahart]

im 44yrs old if i remember didnt the diving bell come out of the water real fast ?

[thevidiotkid]

Still the greatest amusement venue in history. No pictures or accounts can accurately describe it if you never saw it .That thing in front of the Taj is just a rebuilt carnival on concrete.I can still remenber how the theatres smelled until they ''remodeled'' for the '76 season. I also remember when the Music Hall collapsed and it never reopened. I did get some bits of marble from the basement areas and a small piece of the outside box office area ceramic tile the summer after the fire R.I.P.

[MurkyMike]

Very cool. Cant ever have too many vinatage images. Thank you for the notes.

[ffej980]

we had a blast there...i saw al martino...and saw Louis Armstrong perform and got to shake his hand...that was a great attraction ...and remember Planters Peanuts right across the way...and shaking hands with Mr Peanut

[phillygal347]

Thank you, and God bless you, too...Steel Pier, forever!