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Somers Point NJ

I was driving back from AC and I said " I haven't been to Somers Point,NJ in 40 years." We drove through and all the cool places were gone: Tony Mart's [Eddie and the Cruisers movie was filmed there] Bayshores, the Anchorage, and across the way was Dunes till Dawn. All gone. Ocean City was and probably still is a "dry" town. So everyone from OC crossed the bridge into Somers Point and went to these places: meet friends, howl, and dance the night away to some really great cover bands like Mace and the Sky Band. Then at 2am these places closed except the Dunes which opened at 2am till breakfast, we would do the same thing all over again! Sky Band would or could be the house band for both. CC Walker the lead guitarist was such a showman and entertainer. And afterwards, my buddies and I [ minus a few if they were lucky!] then would head over to Point Diner for breakfast. Anyway.....are there any Jerseyites, Philly, NYC people and Delawareans who experienced this unique wonderful time? Apparently, when talking to the locals, the scene died in the late 70s/early 80s. Tony Mart's was torn down and is only memories....but the Point Diner is still there still serving the same food as 40 years ago.
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shubertmaniac OP
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What was interesting were the accents. I mean I came from
Delaware and I thought I had a neutral accent. Well...egads....I would go up to a girl and say " hey want to dance?", and she would start laughing, and she would reply " are from the deep South? I would say, "what? the South...no I am from Delaware." She would reply " what state is that in?" I would say..."that is the State!"Could not undertand anyone who came from south Philly nor north Philly for that matter. In the beginning I was a stranger in a strange land. But eventually I got the hang of it, well sort of.....I am surprised that no one from Philly has chimed in.....or Cherry Hill, NJ.....
shubertmaniac OP
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Funny story Tubegroover! ;-)
Was Zeberer's in North Wildwood??? Maybe there were two. Wasn't 322 called the Black Horse Pike....cannot remember that either....I thought it was kind of quiet in North Wildwood, you had to go to Wildwood Crest to find the cheap hotels and the crazies. And remember dumpy Cape May with all the Victorian houses...all spiffed up and selling for millions now...Just found out if you Google Somers Point there is a website dedicated to all the history. And there is a website called RetroJersey where you find all kinds of memorabilia (sp?) and T-shirts about the Jersey Shore. Jersey is probably the only place I know where the Atlantic Ocean is called the 'shore".....;-))And nobody on this site had similar experiences from Maine to Florida from Washington to California, from Texas to the Florida Panhandle....???? Egads......cannot believe the Jersey Shore was THAT unique. Oh yeah...SuperStorm Sandy did a real number on the Jersey coast, particularly north of AC.
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