Memories from the Neighborhood
This is a submission received August 4, 2006 via Mutant Mail from a former Bradfordian. She lived in the MB neighborhood so I am sure she shares a special kinship with the sacred landmark.
I grew up in a
neighborhood near Campus Drive and would frequently drive past Mutant Beach.
I fondly recall the shark that used to grace that concrete slab. But does
anyone remember the phrase in white....I think at the top left of the
concrete....."Jesse Let's...." Whatever the author wanted Jesse to
do...well...it was painted over. I always wondered who Jesse was...and
what said author was requesting. This has been a topic of conversation and
debate at my family dinner table in Bradford throughout the years.
I've longed since moved away from Bradford, but this website and Mutant Beach
are
what make Bradfordians some of the greatest folks in the world!!!
Cheers,
EL
[MBPS NOTE: EL, we couldn't agree with you more]
The shark brings back fond memories but "Jesse Let's..." doesn't ring a bell. Readers? Perhaps it was originally "Jesse Let's Paint This Beach Together TLA". Or not.
On August 7, 2006 SL submitted this response to EL's post:
I am a
vintage mutant beach watcher, having grown up when the beach was built. I
watched the revelry unfold on almost a daily basis. I know the history of
"Jessie let's....".
This is not the time to be politically correct, as History is littered with such
abominations. History should be unvarnished FACT.
The phrase above is just as important as "the Shark" to MB history. I saw
it in its vintage and pristine form. It simply refers to a sex act, plain
and simple. I saw it. [MBPS NOTE: You saw the
actual act or the painted reference to the sex act?]
Jessie was obviously a local; maybe from the Brookline
Turtle clan, and her warrior was honoring her name with the phrase. Perhaps
before he went into battle with the Corydon Street Wolf Clan. It's kind of like
the giant murals up on the gorge walls on the Mohawk River near
Canajoharie. Unexplained...
Don't pull punches. History is History, or perhaps "Herstory", as the academic
folks now teach.
SL, veteran MB watcher from New York State.
Jessie could have been male or female. As Rick would say "I wish that I had Jessie's girl"
©2006 MBPS
