Friday Flashback #149

Posted on July 5, 2019 | 7 Comments

First communion at Assumption Church, 1959 or ’60.

The fashions, cars and number of kids making communion has changed over the years.

The Riverside Avenue neighborhood has not.

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7 responses to “Friday Flashback #149”

  1. Patricia Driscoll | July 5, 2019 at 2:55 pm |

    Could it be confirmation rather than first communion?

  2. Peter Gambaccini | July 6, 2019 at 12:33 am |

    It’s communion. They’re too young for confirmation.

  3. John Backiel | July 6, 2019 at 2:25 pm |

    My communion was in 1956 and somewhere we have home movies of the event!

  4. Melinda Hemson | July 8, 2019 at 2:38 pm |

    I made my first communion at Assumption in 1978. I went to school there as well.
    In any case, those dresses look almost identical to the one I wore so the fashion didn’t change that much in 18/19 years. (Unless maybe I had a hand-me-down from one of my aunts?)

  5. Melinda Hemson | July 8, 2019 at 3:09 pm |

    To add to my previous post, I just texted this picture to my aunt. It was definitely 1960. This was her first communion. She is in the picture towards the back.