Browse our Oral Histories – Page 4

Gus Krebs

Still living in a third-generation house on Stanton Street, Gus talks about playing in East Falls with his friends in the late 1940s – with some mischief involved, schooling at St. Bridget, and, later, volunteering for the church and the Franciscans.

Freda Gowling

Freda, who moved from England to East Falls as a child, shares her memories of the neighborhood, especially focusing on her involvement with both Old Academy Players and Redeemer Lutheran Church.

Tony DiStefano

 In this interview, Tony DiStefano, a lifetime Fallser, describes growing up at the “Lower End” of East Falls on Allegheny Avenue, with his memories of St. Bridget School and Church highlighted. 

Inez Ierardi Fletcher

Inez was raised on Calumet Street, where her father owned a grocery  store.  Delight in Inez’s memories of Mifflin School, Falls Library,  sledding down Calumet, hucksters, Halloween, meeting Bessie Dobson, and  singing with Eddie Fisher! 

Ed Rendell

Gov. Ed Rendell (1944 – ) talks about his almost 50 years living in East Falls – how he happened to come here, his impressions of the neighborhood and of the three streets he lived on (Warden Drive, Midvale, Netherfield), walking his dog, local restaurants, and his reflections on his career. 

Frances Foley Jueds

    Growing up on Warden Drive in the 1940s and 1950s, with World War II as a backdrop, Frankie, daughter of a metallurgist at Midvale Steel, recalls the social culture of East Falls at that time – the library, Alden, “the gang” and her return, 40 years later, to West Coulter Street.

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