Toby Deligdish

Girlhood memories of visiting Coney Island in the 1930s and '40s

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Toby Deligdish

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Toby Deligdish, 92, grew up in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. She shares memories of going to Coney Island at around age 10, when her family rented a room in a home for the summer, and returning as a teenager with friends from school. Toby recalls going to Bushman Baths with her mother and riding the bumper cars, Parachute Jump, and Wonder Wheel with friends.