Thank you, Marietta. With the Island being small when we were growing up, we more than likely were in the same place at one time or another; High School basketball games, St. Patrick's Parades, Forest Avenue Bars, Demyans, and then there's the activities our kids may have been involved in.
I grew up in Tompkinsville, and after I got married, I lived in Tottenville for 42 years.