Back when I was a kid the streets we blue stone, not paved. We would go to one of our neighbor's house's, Mrs Quackenbush (real name) and she would always have some candy for us. She must have been 75 years old but we would sit on the porch with her and chat. She was the sweetest woman !! that was the mid 1960's.

I have a blog about living in Smithtown in a little subdivision called "Miccicheville."
http://firstyouhavetogrowthetomatoes.blogspot.com

You could ride your bike into town to get an ice cream without fear of getting hit by a car.

Peter, do you ever write a story or just ask questions for Patch readers and have them do all the writing for you?

My father used to own a restaurant & bar on main street called "Peppermills." During the summer, I would stay there all day eating french toast. Peppermills also had the best lobster bisque. For the last 10+ years I have tried to find another lobster bisque that could compare - none have. Also at that time, the Smithtown theater had $2 movies. Of course you could see them on home video by the time they came out, but it was great to see a newer movie in a theater for so cheap!

I remember when there was a Grant's Department store located at the site of the future LA Fitness in the Branch Shopping Center. Across the street where H&R Block stands was Lynn's Shell Station. Hard to believe that so many cars came in and out of there all day but traffic was a lot less busy in those days....FB

Yes $2 movies. Those were the days!

Wasn t Grants where Costello's Ace Hardware is ? I remember it there, then it was an AID auto store for a while. Sleepy's was a JC Penny. There was a Childworld were LA fitness will be and the Olympic Gym behind it. I also remember Shoes and Things , and Grand Union , that was in the 80's ...

Jonathan , Peppermills was great!!

I remember riding my bike up to Childworld.

A friend of mine had an apt on Bellemeade, so we walked there... : )

Jonathan , are a Smithtown or Hauppauge grad?

Camile, Grant's was definitely where the future LA fitness is being built. In the shopping center where Ace Hardware stands there was a Bohack at the far east corner and an A&P at the far west corner of that shopping center, of course these were in the days before the Uncle Giuseppe's (formerly Waldbaum's) shopping center was built on Rte 111.

TY...Frank .. I also remember Food Fair on the left side of shopping center .After Childworld and Olympic Gym closed , moved there.. When FF closed, Pathmark took over then Walbaums ... I know there was a small supermarket in the JC Penny shopping center the strip of stores to left, where the new Japanese restaurant, bagel and Starbucks are today.. Remember , I only go back to 1981..but I have seen many changes...sadly . There were reasons why I moved to area , most are gone ..

I remember travelling to Childworld as a kid and always looking forward to seeing the new toys. I lived by a Toy's R Us but there was something more at Childworld. My husband remembers more of the history of the town, the candy store, being able to cross main safely, and working as a teen at Aid Auto Store.

Nick's Clam Bar on 25A was a home- made ice cream stand. They had the BEST rum raisin ice cream cones. yum