If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of the Keswick Avenue bridge graffiti catchphrase, “Wich one yall hit my boy on his hade”, the backstory seems to depend upon who you ask.
Longtime locals agree that the graffiti first appeared in the 1970s or 80s. Since the bridge’s replacement last spring, the graffiti is long gone, but the legend lives on.
According to Nick D’Aniello, a Glenside resident since the 1980s, one storyline goes like this: A group of kids who used to hang out around that area were throwing snowballs one day. One of the snowballs hit someone’s child on the head, prompting the mother to look up and deliver the line…