by BBHistory | Feb 26, 2019 | Love Stories
Back in the late 60s, Roy Sherman met a lady in Bradley Beach named Maureen Oppenheim, He remembers her as being very beautiful and voluptuous. They would meet, hold hands and walk the Boardwalk from Bradley to Asbury Park and back again.. When they kissed good night,...
by BBHistory | Feb 25, 2019 | Love Stories
It was 1965. Her name was Cindy. Her family lived next door. They were always down from Memorial Day until Labor Day. She was my first girlfriend, my first bud. We built forts in the backyard, went to the beach, dances, the LeReine Avenue Pavilion, got ice cream many...
by BBHistory | Feb 24, 2019 | Love Stories
My wife’s family sent their daughter, Frieda, to Bradley Beach to meet a nice Syrian boy. Instead she came home with me. We were married in July 1963. Unfortunately, Frieda died of breast cancer in June 1985. I was blessed for a second time when I married a girl from...
by BBHistory | Feb 23, 2019 | Love Stories
It was June 1962 and I had just graduated from high school. It was July 4th weekend, and I was taking my younger sister down the shore. As high school kids, we always went to 5th Avenue in Bradley. I told my sister: “I do not want to go to Bradley. I want to go where...
by BBHistory | Feb 22, 2019 | Love Stories
While living in Newark during the summer of 1951, a friend and I, both young, working adults, decided to visit my mother, Jeanette Sternig, and spend the day on the beach at Bradley Beach. After changing into our swimsuits, we strolled on the boardwalk and spotted my...
by BBHistory | Feb 21, 2019 | Love Stories
When I finally went to college, I still went back to Bradley with my girlfriend. The best way to describe what we looked forward to doing is best told by the name of a song, Under the Boardwalk....
