It is a bliss to have found this site, by chance while googling.
I was born and raised in Tomas Claudio Street, Beata. Nag aral ako sa  Beata Elementary School mula grade 1 – 4, then grade 5 – 6 sa Labores Primary School. Nag high school naman ako sa M. A. Roxas High School.
  Malou mentioned people and places that I am familiar with: Mang Toni’s restaurant, where I used to eat saging na may yelo at gatas, tinapay na may palamang corned beef, kanin at ulam, at pansit. Masarap ang mga pagkain nila dun. It was such a treat for me when I ate there. Most of the customers there were jeepney drivers.
  Across the street going to Lorenzo de la Paz, was a small store/carinderia na masarap magluto ng menudo at mechado. The owners were an old couple, the woman was a teacher, I 4got her name. Beside that store was a small shack – like a waiting shed – na may nagtitinda ng biko, palitaw at kalamay, masarap din hahaha.
  Aling Teyang’s store was my Mom’s fave, “Kapag wla kina aling Teyang saka ka lng bumili sa iba ha!” That what she always instructed me. Kasi maraming tinda si aling Teyang at mejo mura kesa sa iba. Yung magkapatid na kambal na lalake na tindero nya dun eh kaklase ko sa Beata Elem. Sch.,  Domingo ang last name nila.
  Let’s go out of Sto. Nino and back to Beata street. May maliit na tindahan dyan si Mang Victor na bading hehehe, asawa nya mataba, si aling…ano ba pangalan nun? hehe, na kapatid ni aling Norma, asawa ni Mang Poping – hahaha gumulo na ba? – meron sila jan tindang meryenda like pansit, ginatan, tsamporado almost everyday, but during Christmas time, simbang gabi onwards, sikat na sikat sila at palagi pila ang bumibili sa kanila dahil masarap sila gumawa ng bibingka at puto bungbong!
  Sa kanto ng Sto Nino at Beata, tapat ng restawran ni Mang Toni ay bakery at tindahan ng bigas. Ito yata ang kauna-unahang 3 storey building sa Beata.
  In front of our house, across the street was the Mobile Terminal Oil building with Security Bank office inside. It had a wide, long, concrete cement parking lot outside the building, beside the street, used to park their gasoline trucks – and our playground too. Way down yonder was the Pandacan Train Station, which is still there up to now. I didn’t venture much further down to Kahilom street,which was the end of Tomas Claudio street. People were so bad that when they sensed you are not resident there or “dayo” in slang, they will extort money from you, and do you harm if  you can’t give them the money or try to fight back.
  Going out of Tomas Claudio Street to the left was the railway crossing with two kawayan poles, painted striped black and white, that went down when train was about to pass by. Turning right and go straight, following the railway track will lead you to the steel bridge, over the Pasig river, going to Sta Mesa.
  A little bit down on the left side, is going to Peter Paul Candy Factory, at the bank of the river. Before you reached the factory, you will see a vast stretch of grassy land where there was scarcely any house, but many carabaos…yes! carabaos! This was in the early 60s, I was about 10 years old. Would you believe that! There was once some carabaos in Pandacan! hahaha. The fun part was that there was a somewhat rounded shallow lagoon that the carabaos used to hang out. During and after the rain, that lagoon will have a clean water and we would go there to swim, dive…swim, dive..swim, till all our skins had wrinkled up!
  Di ko napansin haba na pala na type ko hahaha. Well, cguro ito muna yung part 1 ng kwento ko. Part 2 will be some tragic moments and horrifying accidents I’ve witnessed myself in Pandacan. Till then,..cheers.