[Mase]

Long haul from Deal to RBC. What public high school would Deal residents have to go to - Ocean? Although, from what I saw of Deal via Ocean Avenue, I suspect most kids from there went private.

I used to take people to Jimmy Byrne's just to see their reaction to the place. Wall to wall people singing "God Bless America" inside the bar on the 4th of July complete with sparklers....nothing like it.

Had a friend drive us into Deal Lake in his VW bug trying to make closing time in Asbury. We got out through the windshield. I went to shore and had some guy from West End give stash me in his car as the cops were coming. My friend was still with the car trying to remove the plates. He didn't get sober and wouldn't listen so we left. Lucky for him the courts were very different back then.

[frithguild]

Deal has its own k-8 and then feeds Asbury Park, so it was either CBA, RBC or St. Rose. Deal there was so very serious partying back then, before the Syrians came. The town was half Irish and half Ashkenazim European Jewish. Add in Allenhurst, and there were house parties in what were in reality prohibition casinos. Then go half a mile south from the mansions of glory and: