I have been informed that there will be a social/reunion on Saturday, May 24th at 7:00 PM for all members (or former members) of ‘The Huns’.
The special occasion will take place at where else, but Farrell’s Bar and Grill.
Now, this group was well before my time and the only thing I actually recall is that someone spray-painted THE HUNS, on the wall in P.S. 154. (Wonder if anyone will fess up to that one?)
Kathy G has informed me that ‘Anyone and everyone is invited‘. (Did that offer stand when members of The Huns were being selected back in the day?)
Was their an initiation to gain membership?
How about someone send me a ‘guest blog’ via email on the history of the Huns and some of it’s noble members. I would love to post it on the front page.
Respectfully,
SF
hoops135@hotmail.com
I think we started in 1969,I think it was Danny Burns who came up with the name.
I don’t remember an initiation per say other then someone had to bring you in.
The Huns I remember were:
,Jerry Brown,Danny Burns, Corrado Candiano,Keith Carlson,Jimmy Casino, Kevin Coles,Charlie Disponzio,Peter Finegan,Tony Fasano, Charlie and Tommy Kawas,Marty Lang,Donnie Meege,Harry Mills,Pat Oconnor, Dennis Orlando, Tommy Pakorny,Dennis Williams
If I left anyone out I’m truly sorry(chuck it up to old age)
This was the nucleus. there was always guys coming and going
There wer two guys, Scotty and Jr, I never knew their last names or even where they came from but they hung out with us too.
We had alot of good times as well as bad but I wouldn’t want to have had these times with anyone else. We had our differences some time but when #@$% happened you wouldn’t want anyone else to have your back. The picture of some of us in 154 school yard is very deceiving. I am looking forward to seeing everyone on May 24th
On a lighter note I guess you would say.
We were a very fun loving low key group who liked sports and long walks on sandy beaches, girls,sunsets and puppies. we always took the time to stop and smell the roses. we were more of a social club(ha,ha,ha)
Tony, I guess old age must have set in already. Charlie Desponzio and I created the name. Also, there was an initiation. Every new member had to “walk the gauntlet” under the Seeley Street bridge. Hope to see you at the reunion.
Thanks guys…Dennis Williams was the man!
Hey Charlie how are you? I am getting old, I forgot about the Gauntlet but man is it coming back to me now.
I really had no idea how the name came to be.
Janet and I can’t wait to see everyone.
Tony F.
If I remember correctly, me and Charlie Kawas were walking down Sherman Street or we were on Seeley Street by the park when we thought of the name for our gang. Charlie K. is correct, the initiation was walking the Gauntlet under the Seeley Street bridge.
It was many years ago.
Hope to see you soon.
Charlie,
We lived up the block from the Orlandos and knew them well… Was Kevin Chiles in the Huns? Was’nt the Saxons the arch enemy? And was’nt there a gang called South Brooklyn.. I remember Donny Rice and I were telling people we were the little Saxons..
we were about 9 at the time!!!
I’m glad there was no initiation for the girls, but we did have to be asked-in. Pat M. (a/k/a Skinny Pat) befriended Roseanne Flanagan. That is how Donna H., Pat M., and I became Hun girls. The tough reputation melted away after meeting Linda P., Franny and Jeanie, and Bunny. Everyone was so nice!
Hey Charlie D. remember the camping excursion to Harriman State park? What was her name, Brandy? See you on the 24th
hey charlie how are you doing, hows your dad! i remember you breaking your brothers chops to get out of the basement, so you guys could play pool !!
Hi Kathy,Janet wants to know if any of you girls are coming on the 24th? if so who?
Hi Tony,
Donna F. will be there, I’m counting on Linda P., Franny, Jeanie, and Bunny. Can you get in touch with Donna H. and Cathy B. It would be great if they could make it too. Look forward to seeing you then.
Sounds good. See everyone on the 24th.
Hey Harry,
You coming? Thanks for contacting me.what made you look on that site? I very rarely look on there, I’m glad I forgot to take the “alert me” off.
Hi Huns
bamasamadama true hun to the heart
its so good to read about the huns, best years of our lives
looking forward to the 24th.
if I remember we were looking in our history books from holy name to find our name. the saxons wanted us to be the jr. saxons and we said either we are saxons or huns. we took the huns and the rest is history.
see you all on the 24th
Tony F.
You have a good memory, I forgot all about that girl. I never expected to get a girl on a camping trip.
Charlie,
I hope your coming on the 24th, I can’t beleive after like 40 years i’m gonna see all of you guys again. we had some great times.
what have you been doing with youself? how long did you stay in the service?
Heres a little nostalgic trivia.
when ever we played touch football against the guys from 9th street on Sunday mornings what player did we have to schedule the game around because he had to blow taps for McFaddens post?
I’ll give you all a hint,he was the fastest guy on our team.
my PC has has been turned off for the last few weeks or so, due to renovations in my home. i will talk to you guys over the weekend! HM
Wow 5/24 is gonna be huge! It is so great blogging with you guys. Please contact any of our “Ladies”, Huns & Hun friends too. kathy see ya in NYC.
hey tony just want to say hey its been a long time my regards to janet hope everything is good 4 u guys
Hi Corrado how are you. everythings good with us 3 kids
son(27), Daughter(24) daughter(19) I retired after 30 yrs with Brooklyn Union. stayed home a year and now I’m working for the Board of Ed.
we will be married 33 years in Oct. man how time flys. what are you up to
Hey Cass great to hear from you. Remember Holy Name Tyro baseball? Alot of fun times. I hope you stopped smoking those Viceroys.
heyTony — same here son 24 2 daughters 21 19 im also retired living in manalapan nj good to hear from u i’ll be married 25 years this sept i spoke to donny the other day he’s going to try to make it on the 24 th should be a good day time don’t wait for no one it just keeps on ticking we’ll take care n keep in touch
Corrado, where is Donny living,someone told me he’s on Staten Island. i’d like to hear from him.
you can e-mail me at amf720@aol.com
I know it’s hard to believe but 7th Avenue people do have computers. (Yes Charlie K my kids do have to turn it on for me and after my index finger starts to hurt they finish the typing for me. But hey, what do you want expect from a guy who still plays his records ) I just heard about your reunion and I just want to wish all The Huns the very best and I hope you all have a great time. And don’t be suprised if a few of us 7th Avenue folk show up just to see if “Old Man Time” has been as cruel to you as he has been to us
Jack Kelly, Mike’s older brother? If so, you were a very solid football player. What I recall mostly about you was being an outstanding leader - vocally you were had a presence…
Hopefully I’m correct on your identity?
JACK, BRING THE VOLKS BROTHERS WITH YOU AND WHERE IS CHARLIE CUMMINGS HIDING OUT?
Yes, I’m Mike’s older brother. And yes I was very vocal. And in keeping with the spirit of the web-site the more containers I had the more vocal I got
Jack,
Laughing Out Loud! How is Mike - the cat was aces!
Glad to see you made it and make sure you ‘ice-down’ that right index finger after each comment!
Wouldn’t a reunion football game be an excellent idea? We can get them to shut down ninth avenue between Windsor and 16th or better yet, lets just hold it in P.S. 154 or P.S. 10 schoolyard!
Hello Tony, Charlie Cummings lives up-state. I see him at weddings and funerals. And as long as the funerals are neither his nor mine we are both very happy with the arrangement.
Hoopscoach, I hope your kidding. I get tired just watching games on TV.
Hi Tony
How are you and Janet. Its great to talk to you after all these years, cant wait to see you both on the 24th. Linda and I also have 3 kids, son 30, two girls 27&25 and our granddaughter 1.
By the way I smoked tarrytons, quit about 25 years ago.
Also big hello to Charlie D. my 17st. buddy. and Hi to all the 7th ave. boys. Maybe we can get a game of football going at ps154 schooolyard, Huns vs 7th ave. lol
hello tony & janet !!!!!! wow, it’s been a long, long time. sorry for not responding sooner. doing over the first flr of my house,— kitchen, living rm, dining rm,etc and my PC was O.O.S. for the last couple of weeks. everything sounds like it’s going good for you guys !!!! everything good up here, one daughter graduated college, one daughter is a sophomore down in FL and my son is a sophomore in high school, married 30 yrs this coming sept, retired from FDNY in 2002, worked 20 yrs doing fire safety(with charlie k. & marty l.) at the late great bear stearns. i seen your name on that other site some time back and sent you an e-mail then. how is bobby c. doing ? i seen him and talked with him outside of FD headquarters years ago. HM
hey jackie kelly—how r ya doin ????? i hope all is well with you ! do you see billy c. at all ? remember the bowling alley/gym class— me, you & d’amico ?
Hello Harry Mills - It has been a long time how are you doing? I hope all is well with you and yours. How could I ever forget that gym class and D’Amico my “Tiny Bubbles” partner. It was either horseback riding or Bowling. We took the hard one right Harry. I see Billy Carroll alot we leave only a few blocks away.
Good hearing from you too Harry. I haven’t spoken to Bobby in over 20 yrs.(since my dad passed) I know he was on the NYPD and the last I heard he retired and moved to Pa. with his wife.
It’s good to hear everyone married and successfully raised families.
e-mail me and we can exchange phone numbers.
amf720@aol.com
hey tony—remember the NYPD broncos that they used in prospect park, you could hear their distinct noise coming at you a mile away !
hey jackie K, good hearing from you ! another ?, do you ever hear from or see our friend brian C. i hope the last 35 yrs, or so, have been good to him. hope to see you soon, say hello to billy. HM
Harry how could I forget,Can’t tell you the amount of “complimentary” drives home I got in them.
How’s that arm of yours,remember the Brownie Incident?
and when we found him under the Prospect Expressway over pass on 7th Ave.
Jack Kelly!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, looky who’s become a computer geek.
Hi Jack, I hope all is well with you and the family.
Jack, do you remember those long night playing the hockey game in McBears. We all used to play that game for hours.
hey tony go to the mod squad if u didnt already go there u ;ll get a kick out of that picture
I DID SEE THAT PICTURE.DO YOU STILL HAVE THE FRO? I WAS BLOWN AWAY WHEN I SAW THE OUTSIDERS. I WAS ABLE TO ID ALL BUT ONE GUY. LIKE I SAID TO HARRY,WHER THE HELL DID 40 YEARS GO?
i still have my hair not such a big afro it tame now
Hello Harry, I believe I seen Brian C. about a year and a half ago at his niece’s wedding. From what he told me he’s doing great. I believe he and his family were living in London, UK for awhile. Also I already said hello to Billy C. for you and he sends his regards. You know Harry, I do believe it’s almost 40 years ago when I first met you and Brian in freshman year at Bishop Ford. 40 years use seem like a long time when you were 14 but now looking back it does’nt seem that long ago at all.
Yes Jerry they were good days hanging out in McBears not a worry in the world. Then our parents wishes came true. We had kids. Paybacks
hey tony me and jerry made friends about 6 months after that happened. because of that, i got out of gym class for a month.
hey jackie that’s good news about brian c. i can’t ever remember him getting upset or angry about anything. very relaxed, calm guy.
I remember Harry. How is Jerry,does anyone see or speak to him? How about Danny Burns?
Did we come up with a list of attendees for the 24th?
1)Janet and I will be there.
Hi to Jimmy Cassino from 17th street. Its been a long time. I spent 20 years in the Army and the last 16 years in Law Enforcment down here in Fayetteville North Carolina. For the last 8 years I have been the Lt. in charge of Homicide Investgations. Hope to see you and everyone else soon.
Hey Charlie, Rememer me? Can you make it for the 24th? We would love to see all the Huns.
Tony sign me up(Donna(Fucci), Kathy G, Jeannie, Frannie. Also I will have some tourists from California and they so want to see “Brooklyn”, the neighborhood and our old gang.
Thanks hoopscoach for making this possible!
hey donna— see you next week. did YOU girls try and contact some of the hun girls. we guys can’t or we’ll all be in trouble !!! try classmates.com and you’ll see some names from the”hun hill” days HM
Hi Huns:
Just got home from a retirement party, (not mine). I was talking to some guy who knows Dennis Orlando and told him to tell Dennis about next week. Hope he makes it.
linda and I will be there!!!!!!!!
Charlie D. how are you, I am still working for the TA, 30 years now. Thinking about some of the things we did on 17 st, like raid the pilgram laundry every weekend, and the stickball games. How about south highway with Lee Mazzilli. And your uncle Gerry in the stands lol. I was the homerun king for a day. Hope youcan make it on the 24th.
hey charlie d. corrado told me on the phone that you’re gonna try to make it up. i hope you can !!!!!!! i’m going to call billy b. (bummsey) monday and tell him to come over(and marie also) hope to see you saturday HM
hey corrado how’d you do friday $$$ ??? e-mail me HM
hey cass see you sat. nite ! i heard tom brady on the radio heavily disrespecting the boys in green !!!!! i hope they’re still having nitemares about what the giant defensive line did to them !!!!!!!! HM
Harrry you must be really ready for sat, you have not called me cass in over 20 years, I love it.
Whats up with Marty, is he coming?
ps: Brady will live that again this year from the
J.E.T.S. jets,jets,jets
hey guys,
glad to find this site.
just reading blogs from you guys brings back great times . see you 5/24/08
Donna Fucci, How have you been and so happy to hear you will be coming on the 24th.
Have you been in touch with any of the other girls?
Tony and I will be there and so will Chap and Donna. See you then.
The Huns… I remember that. We were younger but I remember Cassino and some of the older guys in the Huns… we were little shits just runnig around back then.
Larry-
Your crew- (Steve, Frankie Caputo and George Broussard, Harry Harrison) was known as the “Pound Cake Boys”.
Dennis Williams was a Hun and was always bailing me out of trouble in our days at HN. Good guy to grow up with.
Hi Donna,
Of course I remember you. I worked for your father during the summer. I plan on being up there the 24th.
To all the guys and girls that I grew up with: I could not have asked for a better group of kids to spend my youth with.
Tommy Fraser,what have you been up to after all these years?
hi tony,
in short married josephine rao 32 yrs. ago. have a daughter 29 yrs old, she is (you will love this ) a teacher. been retired for 11 yrs. still live in the hood. how are you & janet
doing?
Tom, we are married 33years. 1son 27 he is a orthopedic PA,1 Daughter 24 a teacher also and 1 daughter 19 a nursing student at CSI
we live in Staten Island
GREAT TO HEAR TOM. JANET AND I WILL BE MARRIED 33 YEARS IN OCT. WE HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND HAVE BEEN LIVING IN STATEN ISLAND(30YRS)
SON-27 ORTHOPEDIC PA
DAUGHTER-24 TEACHER SPECIAL ED.
DAUGHTER-19 NURSING STUDENT
WHO WOULD OF THUNK!!!
WERE GETTING OLD MY FRIEND,HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE 24TH
I COULDN’T STAY RETIRED(30YRS WITH BROOKLYN UNION/KEYSPAN) SO I TOOK A JOB WITH THE DEPT. OF ED. HERE ON STATEN ISLAND. I DONT MISS THE DRIVE TO GREENPOINT EVERY DAY,NOW I WORK 6 MILES FROM THE HOUSE ROUND TRIP.
HI. Hows 5:00 ON THE 24TH.
5:00 Charlie K.? You folks start at 5 by 11:45 you all be home in bed
Mr. Kelly,
Is it to far of a concept,to belive that we, older people would not want to sit back and rejoice in our history ,and reflect on the succeses of our peers. And also to mourn our losses. Is it Better to do such , at 3am? 5pm is the optimal time,it is the time of family gatherings, if nothing else being a hun is being FAMILY
TOMMY FRASER
Tommy, it sounds like youve been doing a little rejoicing/reflecting already.
When did you become so Shakespearian?
Why don’t we meet in the middle and say 6:30
tony,
you are correct i had indulged myself in large amounts of amber liquid.
as for my pattern of writing,i like to showoff my holy name education every now and then.but i am getting off track, whatever time you guys & gals agree on is fine with me. see you sat
tommy
hey jackie yes, you are right. we will all be home in bed by 11:45 AM sunday morning. i’m gettin’ to old to be out any later than that. are there still after hour joints in bay ridge, mc donald ave or the hook ? it HAS been a while !!! HM
Hello Mr. Fraser, I stand corrected. As you say 5:00 PM is the family hour and from what I see you folks have more spring in your step then us 7th ave folks. I have’nt thought of an after hour joint since 1980 and here’s Harry Mills inquiring about “After Hour” joint locations.
THANKS HARRY,
after hours , never would have thunk of it . mr. kelly no hard fellings . but not all of us look like santa clause !
tommy ( santa ) Clause
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Mr. Fraser, It’s feeling like Santa Claus that counts
Hi all !!! I just like to say it was good seeing everyone last night.We all look good.A few gray hairs a few missing the belt is a little tighter.But we’re still here.God bless the one’s that are not. I remember walking the gauntlet it was at seeley st play ground.Some name’s I remenber !!! Scotty Vice,Pat she lived on seeley st,Eddy Tryford. What happened to Peter Finnagen. Well it was great seeing you all. I’ll be looking for everyone’s comments.someone let me know how to put pic on the site .
check out “The Outsiders”. it has some new comments on Okey.