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headed north toward the Whitney mansion. Fom Jim Roach: The structure picture in the '34
June Walk was originally a stable for the police horses, used to patrol the beach during
the depression. When it was abandoned the older, unemployed "gentlemen" of the
beach furnished it with an old sofa, chairs and a big drum to hold their empty booze
bottles. During parades they would dress in their finest, and with their bottles of booze,
"review" the parades. "Pop" Hannah was the only one receiving a
retirement pension monthly, and was very generous with the kids, giving us nickles for ice
cream and keeping his buddies in booze. Fr. Cox, of Resurrection, complained about this
disgrace on the Avenue, so they got a group of friends to help them turn the structure
around, and it then faced the fields. This must have been satisfactory to everyone because
it stayed there for a long time. We (the kids) used to steal the bottles and get a penny
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