I am Eileen, 4th in line behind ,Kathy, Carroll,of the Brennan! What a delight to see your familiar names!  Harbor Road and Blvd Avenue  are memories! I followed Mary like her shadow! When her and Walt would leave the yard, I would tell her I would wait till she came home. 4 years younger and one day I gave Mary a note and told her I would answer it for  phone! for her! I had no idea what she wanted me to say!
      Chelsea hgts was our safe spot until we ventured past the gate.,overth the bridge to the beach! I was heartbroken when she married and moved to Florida! Somehow thrips  to Albany Ave Beach was home plate! Not until I read your notes did these wonderful memories come rushing b back! I smile when I read your comments because without 8 girls on Dover and 8 on Elberon Chelsea , We we're safe and mother knew where we were at all times and when dinner was ready, mom would open the back door and call each one of us . Could you imagine calling your kids in this world without a cell, too!  that no mater where we were in the Hgts, we heard her calling and answer up! So many good memories and yes, we did have the best peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with lumps (peanuts,). And the best was playing after dinner in summer , I would hear,  yes, Eileen you can play but be in when the street lights come on!!
      ! Losing two people that played such a stronge part of our lives! Mom never changed!. We continued getting the hugs, bandais and most of all that kiss on the cheeks staining are face because we were so dirty playing!  With 16 girls just a stones throw we gre believe that the 16 girls , we had the Hgts locked up! And yes I also smile when I would ask mom if my friend could eat lunch at our  house and her response would be Oak, but go ask her mother first! Oneday I ask my friend why she liked eating over our house and she said we had the best peanut butter with lumps! Memories! No one can steal our memories  Thanks for this trip through the early. Years!  Mother was an angel waiting for her wings  but no more cause she has them!, now, I wonder if she has on her apron!