a 50's child remembers
mac
photos of some landmarks that are long gone. I've been to the Nashville
Room in the library, but have struck out. Maybe I'm just looking in the
wrong place. Does anyone have any suggestions? Here's what I'd love to see
again...
The Monkey Bar and Carousel on the top floor of the downtown Harvey's'
the old downtown library
Hippodrome Skating Arena, both the inside and outside. I have a feeling it
will look much smaller to me now
Nativity scene at Parthenon - (yes, I've seen the wonderful painting of it,
but would love to see photograph)
The old movie theaters on Church Street. The Tennessean and the Paramount?
There was one with the planets painted on the ceiling? Aggh...memory is
gone.
The original Green Hills Strip - Chesters, Three Sisters, Family Booterie,
Drurys, Woolworths, Walgreens, Cross Keys restaurant, Castner's.
Green Hills Theater - I had many a birthday party there.
Cascades at Fair Park
The old Krystal on WestEnd. They served the burgers in a red plastic basket
with that wax paper covering them up. It was a Sunday tradition after
church.
Varello's at the split of Highway 100 and 70.
I know there are more, but that's my top list for now.
I'll sort through old microfiche of newspapers, but it would be nice to know
if there's a book out there with all these old places in there. Any other
native Nashvillians out there who remember these places or who can add their
own?
Thanks.
Murff
The A & P grocery store where the West End Cooker is now.
Cooper and Martin grocery stores on Hillsboro Rd and Charlotte Pike.
Parmer School
The Marketplace coffee house on West End.
Hank Snow music store on Church Street.
The Osborne Hessey building where Riverfront Park is now.
Deadrick Street back when it had pawn shops.
Cain Sloan on Church Street.
Western Auto where Houston's is now.
Atkinsons market on Harding Road.
Ford Musgrove drug store on Harding Road.
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I would love to host any vintage pics that might be found.
Chip's Nashville Websites
http://nashlinks.com
I have a great pic of construction of Green Hills Mall @
http://mglinks.com/greenhills.jpg
Metro has some pics @
http://www.geocities.com/metroarchives/photohome.html
Current Nash Pics I shot just recently @
http://nashlinks.com/nashpics.htm
Also consider:
The Nashville Photograph File indexes 9,118 photo negatives in the
Metropolitan Photographer Collection from 1950-1987. These negatives are
stored at the Metro Archives and depict Nashville buildings, streets, people
and events. The index will describe the photo and give the date, if known,
and the dimensions of the photograph. Copies can be made of these negatives,
please discuss your needs with the staff at the Metro Archives.
The Archives is located at: 3801 Green Hills Village Drive, 37215
Phone: (615) 862-5880.
Kent Finnell
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> I've been reminiscing about growing up in town and would love to locate
some
> photos of some landmarks that are long gone. I've been to the Nashville
> Room in the library, but have struck out. Maybe I'm just looking in the
> wrong place. Does anyone have any suggestions? Here's what I'd love to
see
> again...
>
> The Monkey Bar and Carousel on the top floor of the downtown Harvey's'
> the old downtown library
> Hippodrome Skating Arena, both the inside and outside. I have a feeling
it
> will look much smaller to me now
> Nativity scene at Parthenon - (yes, I've seen the wonderful painting of
it,
> but would love to see photograph)
> The old movie theaters on Church Street. The Tennessean and the
Paramount?
> There was one with the planets painted on the ceiling?
The Tennessee Theather (not Tennessean) had "historic" Tennessee scenes and
personalities. The remodeled Paramount may be what your thinking of. Then
there was the Lowe's Vendome, a fire trap that finally caught fire. The
Knickabocker on Capital Blvd. Both the Lowe's and the Knickabocker had
"black" entrances and sections.
Aggh...memory is
> gone.
> The original Green Hills Strip - Chesters, Three Sisters, Family Booterie,
> Drurys, Woolworths, Walgreens, Cross Keys restaurant, Castner's.
> Green Hills Theater - I had many a birthday party there.
The Brass Rail in the Ally and the Brass Kettle where I first learned to eat
and love boiled shrimp.
> Cascades at Fair Park
Cascade Plunge, IIRC. Actually Fair Park "followed" Cascade Plunge at the
Fairgrounds.
> The old Krystal on WestEnd. They served the burgers in a red plastic
basket
> with that wax paper covering them up. It was a Sunday tradition after
> church.
Shows you how much we were hurting for places to eat out back then.
> Varello's at the split of Highway 100 and 70.
Where I first ate pizza ... almost ruined for me since it had anchovies on
it (over salted bbs dipped in STP as one friend described them).
Ever hear the story about the supercharged Ford trooper car, a '57 Chevy
fuelie, and the only Ferreri in Tennessee?
> I know there are more, but that's my top list for now.
The Belle Meade Theater and the Wall of Fame (now Bookstar and they still
have that highly autographed slab of marble) and Moon Drugs in the same
building. (Met my now ex-wife there. She worked her way through college at
the fountain.)
>
> I'll sort through old microfiche of newspapers, but it would be nice to
know
> if there's a book out there with all these old places in there. Any other
> native Nashvillians out there who remember these places or who can add
their
> own?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
--
Kent Finnell
From the Music City, USA
Chip.Curley
http://fmtic2.tripod.com/cgi-bin/SlideShow.htm
RocknRoll in West Nashville Psychedelic Sixties
http://mglinks.com/shadows.htm
Terry Funk Jr.
Kroger at 50th and Charlotte that turned into Western Auto and now Robert
Orr / sysco
Kuhn's 5 and 10 cent store
The Pop Shoppe (1970-72?)
The department store that was where west bowl is now (GRANTS!!) . and
checking "TUBES" for your tv in the big electronic tester and taking to
"santa" there I remember they would hire wino's for that role and once
"Santa' was slurring and going on and on and the manager made him leave and
they put up a sign saying that "SANTA IS SICK AND WILL NOT BE BACK TILL
TOMORROW NIGHT"
Strike and Spare on White Bridge road back when WB rd was just two lanes?
And didnt you hate that old narrow train bridge near west end ?
Bob Lobertini, Boyce hawkins, Ron Kaiser, George Goldtrap and other GOOD
weathermen and fill-ins.
"Your friendly neighborhood bi-rite stores"
S&H green stamps and their Value stamp equals!!
Kids being able to walk the streets and play without fear of kidnapping,
torture, rape and death..
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Faye
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some
> photos of some landmarks that are long gone. I've been to the Nashville
> Room in the library, but have struck out. Maybe I'm just looking in the
> wrong place. Does anyone have any suggestions? Here's what I'd love to
see
> again...
The old (was it) Elk Lodge on Sixth with the rocking chairs on the front
porch and the elk statue in the small front yard just in front of the State
Capitol and the Andrew Jackson Dinkler Hotel--remember when they imploded
it? Before there was a Legislative Plaza that was the old central bus stop
and there were always pigeons all about. Remember the little chimes all the
way around outside Harvey's? And the monorail at Harvey's at
Christmastime--it went all the way around the ceiling on the top floor. I
remember standing there looking up at it in wonderment more than I actually
remember being in it riding around in it. And the REAL Santa Claus was at
Harvey's. Remember when they built the big roller coaster at Fair Park?
Paris After Dark, the Mad Mouse, bumper cars, the Cyclone, pink & blue
cotton candy, and an actual organ grinder with a little monkey that took
money. They had one of those at Harvey's too, didn't they? The B&W
Cafeteria on Sixth, Phillips & Butorff, the neat old *single-file* Krystal
and the Candyland on Church. Loveman's on the corner of Union and, was it,
Fifth or Fourth. They had that great balcony all the way around and the
beauty parlor where they dyed old women's hair blue, purple, and pink was on
the balcony. They did a lot of that bizarre hair dying at Harvey's too.
Anyone remember the old blind black fellow who played guitar and sang the
blues on Fifth near Woolworth's? Acme Farm Supply when it really was a farm
supply. All Woody Allen's movies always debuted at the Crescent; that's
where I *tried* to see "Cyclorama," but learned that I get motion sickness
viewing such things. "Mary Poppins" stayed sold out there for weeks and
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" did too. Remember how far you could see
from the L&N Observation Deck? When I was really little, I thought that
Superman aka Clark Kent worked in the Stahlman Building. Remember that they
had a little popcorn stand at Centennial Park and you could buy a little box
of popcorn to feed the ducks (that I called *gucks* when I was little and
I've never been allowed to forget it). The old Children's Museum that had
that stuffed bobcat in it--I always thought what a waste of a perfectly good
little cat. The Nashville Symphony used to give performances in the War
Memorial Building. The State Museum was in the basement of the War Memorial
Building and Sam Davis' boot was always the most memorable item in the
entire place for me. Harvey's luncheonette--all that chrome!!!--Cakes
(German chocolate, carrot cake, coconut cake with half a cherry in the
middle) from Harvey's in the white square boxes with cord tied around
them--and always the smell of chemicals in the air from where folks were
having their hair permed. The beautiful old National Life Building on the
corner of Seventh and Union. Absolutely gorgeous, all that wood paneling
and marble. It took them much longer to get the building torn down than
they had anticipated because it was so solid--then they put in a parking
lot. Lunch at the Iris Room at Cain-Sloan. As a teen board member I used
to do *informal* modeling in there while folks were having lunch and I was
an elf for Breakfast with Santa there. Remember when you could just ride
out to the airport and go stand outside on the observation deck and watch
the planes land and take-off? Wow, that's ancient history.
Nativity Scene at the Parthenon
http://nashville.gov/Parthenon/History-Nativity.htm
Faye
Mac
my old Hillsboro days. Great fun! Haven't thought of some of them in
years. I'm sending this link to all my Burro cronies...
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Faye
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> The Pop Shoppe (1970-72?)
I still have one of those red hard plastic crates from the Pop Shoppe.
> Bob Lobertini, Boyce hawkins, Ron Kaiser, George Goldtrap and other GOOD
> weathermen and fill-ins.
Live studio wrestling on TV on late Saturday afternoons with Jackie and
Donnie Fargo, Tojo Yamamoto, Lin Rossi, and the larger than life Haystack
Calhoun in his overalls.
"The Big Show"
> Kids being able to walk the streets and play without fear of kidnapping,
> torture, rape and death..
Really! And where do the older kids go to just hangout? How wonderful to
cruise Shoney's with 20-25 cent gasoline in a car with a big American
engine. If anyone gets the chance to see the show "Muscle Cars" on the
history channel, by all means, take time to watch it! Features John
DeLorean and everything from the early Chevies and Plymouths in the '50's to
the woeful abrupt end of an era when the gas crunch hit in the early '70's.
Faye
Chip.Curley
http://nashville.gov/Parthenon/History-Nativity.htm
I have contacted the State Library and Archive which has a large number of
Nashville Pictures. With any luck I will be able to scan some and post them
to my website in the very near future.
http://nashlinks.com
Also, I understand Bob Grannis Photographers has a great supply of old pics.
If anyone has a contact with them it would be a great place to start.
Got to move forward quickly with this project since my memory slips a little
more each day ;-)
Karen
Karen
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Chip.Curley
Someone mentioned wrestling in Nashville and someone else mentioned the
Hippodrome on West End. Anyone else remember the great matches Nick Gulas
promoted there. Very un-pc in those days. The Germans or the Japs versus the
Italians or Fargos.
For a trip down memory lane go to google.com and search for "Nick Gulas"
Here is a sample:
http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwaintro-2.htm
If you don't know diamonds, know your jeweler and if Harold says it's so,
it's so.
Karen
party rooms upstairs. I even had a birthday party there. The Mummy was the
movie.
Karen
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Terry Funk Jr.
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> Someone mentioned wrestling in Nashville and someone else mentioned the
> Hippodrome on West End. Anyone else remember the great matches Nick Gulas
> promoted there. Very un-pc in those days. The Germans or the Japs versus
the
> Italians or Fargos.
Jackie , don and Rough-house or nut-house fargo. Lynn Rosii and his son
joey, Saul Weingraff, the interns, the bounty hunters with big bad john..
Back when Jerry lawler was just a local up-and-comer.. Bearcat Brown with
his hard head..
GYPSY JOE.. (I saw Gypsy Joe on a low low low low budget
wrestling show that comes on channel 75 sat nite at midnight.. just this
weekend.. he has to be 75 or so now days).
>
> For a trip down memory lane go to google.com and search for "Nick Gulas"
"Ladies and gentlemen we're expecting an all time record breaking crowd..
better get your tickets early. There available at the box office and in the
lobby of the sam davis hotel".
>
> Here is a sample:
> http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwaintro-2.htm
>
> If you don't know diamonds, know your jeweler and if Harold says it's so,
> it's so.
":But don't tell my dad."
Jim Varney as "Sgt. Glory" man... those were funny commercials...
and one that's been around forever it seems : "emma's .. the
soo-puh-lah-tive florist"..
>
>
>
Terry Funk Jr.
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> "Terry Funk Jr." <K-K...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> > The Pop Shoppe (1970-72?)
>
> I still have one of those red hard plastic crates from the Pop Shoppe.
>
> > Bob Lobertini, Boyce hawkins, Ron Kaiser, George Goldtrap and other GOOD
> > weathermen and fill-ins.
>
> Live studio wrestling on TV on late Saturday afternoons with Jackie and
> Donnie Fargo, Tojo Yamamoto, Lin Rossi, and the larger than life Haystack
> Calhoun in his overalls.
>
> "The Big Show"
Wsm(no V) countered with "The Four Star Movie" usually an MGM western or
drama. The big show had the deeper pool of movies and always had a good
"monster movie" that caused every school kid to rush room to watch it. I
remember seeing almost all the classics there at one time or another.
Remember when the movie "king Kong" was shown for the first time on tv and
what a big deal was made about it?
I remember when I was growing up how I though what a good show "leave it to
beaver" was. Now days as i watch it on TV Land.. I think it may be the best
series ever on tv.
>
> > Kids being able to walk the streets and play without fear of kidnapping,
> > torture, rape and death..
>
> Really! And where do the older kids go to just hangout? How wonderful to
> cruise Shoney's with 20-25 cent gasoline in a car with a big American
> engine. If anyone gets the chance to see the show "Muscle Cars" on the
> history channel, by all means, take time to watch it! Features John
> DeLorean and everything from the early Chevies and Plymouths in the '50's
to
> the woeful abrupt end of an era when the gas crunch hit in the early
'70's.
Remember getting in trouble if "they" caught you playing a pinball machine?
How everyone in school was sure that the principal had "an electronic
paddling machine" in the closet in the office?
Everyone knew it but no one ever saw it.
I remember when someone could get a hold of a "Playboy" and the sight of a
pair of boobs was as good as gold!!
Nowdays you see 'em on PBS and National Geographic.. oh yes.. Natl
Geog..known far and wide back in the old days for their Naked native layouts
were also considered "too risque" for kids. I remember going to the library
and them having the last four months.. all except the one.. back when
national geographic had only the table of contents for a cover..
sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me
"would you believe two mexicans in a canoe?"
>
> Faye
>
>
Chip.Curley
web at:
http://nashlinks.com/remember.htm
I hope others enjoy them as much as I have.
If you think of more please post them here or e-mail me.
Thanks, Chip
http://nashlinks.com
http://mglinks.com
Chip.Curley
Auditorium.
I also remember going on the local Three Stooges show on Channel 4. Seems
like I got a jar of Bosco as a gift. I also remember Little Miss Sunshine
(Sunshne Bread) was on the show that day and she was a hot redheaded babe of
10!!! Was Happy A Clown actually Boyce Hawkins or a sidekick?
Anyone remember the teen dance show on Channel 4. Was Dave Overton the host
and what was the name of the show?
A work in progress...
http://nashlinks.com/remember.htm
Michael S.
I think it was called "5 o'clock hop," and was sponsored by Flagg Bros. (?)
shoes. Store was at the arcade and 4th ave for a long time. I remember
having a pair of black loafers with white lightning bolts on the side, as
well as white socks with crossed racing flags on the ankle.
Faye
they were better for my feet. I always wanted to get my shoes at Family
Booterie so I could pull the neck on the goose and get a golden egg filled
with goodies. Finally, one time she let me get a pair of shoes at FB, I was
so excited--and when I pulled the goose's neck, it was empty! No backups,
no raincheck. My big chance at a golden egg shot.
Likewise when I was in the live studio audience with Cap'n Bill, when I
honked Bobo's nose he had a cold that day and he *rattled* instead of
*honked* and that was quite disappointing.
So much for the big disappointments of a '50's childhood.
Faye
Faye
had students from different high schools on each day or week. Do you
remember the Eddy Hill Show in the morning? I think it was on Channel 5
WLAC-TV. When they do those infomercials now for compilations of country
songs, I think lots of the film clips of performances come from the Eddy
Hill Show. He always had some musical guests from the country genre who
were of some note. I remember hearing "The Brown Mountain Light" performed
on the show-- *High on the mountain, night after night until dawn, a
faithful old slave comes back from his grave searchin', still searchin' for
a master who's long, long gone*--but I don't remember who did it. And IIRC,
he also used to air a *music video* of Walter Brennan singing "Ol' Rivers."
That's where we'd turn on snowy morns to learn whether or not there would be
school. And back then, schools that could go did and those that couldn't
didn't. I remember many snowy days when they would announce that all
schools would be in session except Joelton and Union Hill.
There was no air conditioning in the schools and we survived.
Faye
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face full of teeth who hosted Creature Feature in Nashville on WSM-TV in
1971-1982 and later on the Nashville Network from 1983-85 under the guise of
The Phantom of the Opry. Each Saturday night at 10:30 PM, the 235-year-old
Sir Cecil Creape (Russ McCown) beckoned his viewers into his creepy cobweb
covered world for a sampling of puns, sight gags, insults (he loved to
berate his commercials) contests, awards ("The Frankie," a tiny statue of
the Frankenstein monster) and strange movies guaranteed to chill his fans to
the bone. In the 1980s Russ McCown took his Sir Cecil Creape character to
the Nashville Network where he starred each Sunday night on The Phantom of
the Opry. The Phantom lived three stories below the Grand Old Opry in a
Stygian subterranean tomb. He was often visited by Mrs. Pruett, an
administrative assistant for the building who always got hooked into the
Phantom's silly experiments. The Phantom of the Opry left the air in 1985.
TRIVIA NOTE: Before Sir Cecil Creape there was Dr. Lucifur, the dashing late
night horror show host of Shock Theater on WSIX-TV in Nashville from 1958
through the late sixties. Dr. Lucifur (a sort of Ronald Colman of the
vampire set) wore a patch over his right eye, smoked cigarettes dangling
from an elongated holder, and dressed eloquently in black tuxedo fashions.
He claimed to be the president of Transylvania for over 200 years. Regulars
on the show included Cyril Songbird the Poet, Frantic Freddie the Hipster
and Granny Gruesome. Ken Bramming played the part of Dr. Lucifur.
Chip.Curley
Vaguely, I always watched Ralph Emery (WSM) while getting ready for school.
Spider on Guitar, Norm on sax, etc. Lots of off the cuff humor. Not much
else to choose from back then.
Lots of country music wannabees getting up way too early to sing like Patsy
Cline!
Jim
KNEW - Written by Jack Norman Sr. its selling for around $18 used now
i think
Has hundreds of early nashville pictures and a lot from the 50's
Also check out the web site:
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Olin Murrell
>
> There was no air conditioning in the schools and we survived.
>
> Faye
>
Not to quibble much with you, Faye, 'cause we did the same thing in North
Central Texas. However, we also had no a/c in either our cars or our homes,
or even most of the places to shop.
IOW, we were really quite used to the heat.
I'll freely admit that I've grown soft in my own old age, 'cause if I never
see another hundred degree day it will be TOO DAMNED soon! However, I might
point folks to the great heat wave of the late '80s, early '90s where
several thousand people died in places like Dallas, Chicago, even NYC, if
memory recalls. Mostly, these were people without a/c... elderly and low
income folks, but the point is heat WILL kill you just about as quickly as
extreme cold.
Joseph Crowe
Olin Murrell wrote:
I'll freely admit that I've grown soft in my own old age, 'cause if I never
> see another hundred degree day it will be TOO DAMNED soon! However, I might
> point folks to the great heat wave of the late '80s, early '90s where
> several thousand people died in places like Dallas, Chicago, even NYC, if
> memory recalls.
Summer of 1981 in Austin.......forty four days straight of over 100F and no
rain......I lived in a non-air conditioned duplex.........$185 a month and I
would
have paid a lot to have not suffered through that summer. Brutal, and Olin, I
agree.....I'm ready for a more moderate climate. Now if I can just pitch this
Nashville deal to HP....
> Mostly, these were people without a/c... elderly and low
> income folks, but the point is heat WILL kill you just about as quickly as
> extreme cold.
117 folks in Texas that summer were roasted by the Grim Reaper....
Olin Murrell
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>
>
> Olin Murrell wrote:
> I'll freely admit that I've grown soft in my own old age, 'cause if I
never
>
> > see another hundred degree day it will be TOO DAMNED soon! However, I
might
> > point folks to the great heat wave of the late '80s, early '90s where
> > several thousand people died in places like Dallas, Chicago, even NYC,
if
> > memory recalls.
>
> Summer of 1981 in Austin.......forty four days straight of over 100F
and no
> rain......I lived in a non-air conditioned duplex.........$185 a month and
I
> would
> have paid a lot to have not suffered through that summer. Brutal, and
Olin, I
> agree.....I'm ready for a more moderate climate. Now if I can just pitch
this
> Nashville deal to HP....
>
Hope you can swing it, Joseph. Nashburg's ready for ya.
1981 was a scorcher, but according to the record books, '98 or '99 was even
worse... with something close to 60 straight days over 100. I remember one
Dallas Cowboy game that pre-season where the on-field temperature at game
time (and it was an evening or late afternoon game) was close to 120! Any
way you cut it, most of Texas is HOT!
Though parts of West Texas can be real nice, around sundown. Like any othe
"desert" clime, once the sun stops beating down on you, it gets 20 degrees
cooler.
You'll like the summers here, even though they're more humid. A) they don't
last anywhere near as long and B) I can count on one hand the number of 100
degree days we've had since I got here 4 - 5 years ago.
> > Mostly, these were people without a/c... elderly and low
> > income folks, but the point is heat WILL kill you just about as quickly
as
> > extreme cold.
>
> 117 folks in Texas that summer were roasted by the Grim Reaper....
>
I feel for them. I've had one very mild heat stroke, and suffered heat
exhaustion twice since then.
Heat and I no longer get along.
Terry Funk Jr.
> Sir Cecil Creape - Bald, pudgy horror show host with a British accent and
a
> face full of teeth who hosted Creature Feature in Nashville on WSM-TV in
> 1971-1982
ACTUALLY__ 1975 was the last year. It was replaced by some unknown variety
show called.. Saturday night Live. I hated SNL for YEARS over that. Dont
forget Russ was also in some commercials where he sat on his porch with his
wife and complained about drivers. Also, my dad is certain that his old
Corvair was the one used as "Tennesse Trash's" car.
Channel 5 retaliated with "The Count of Five" a Tony Orlando looking guy
(who's name escapes me). He was on from 75? to about 81.
>
>
Murff
> Do you remember the Eddy Hill Show in the morning? I think it was on
> Channel 5 WLAC-TV?
I think it was called Country Junction. They used to play old cowboy films
backwards while the band played. The steel guitar player in the band, (Pete
Drake perhaps) used a talk box on his steel guitar. My brothers and I
thought it was the coolest thing. Backwards cowboys and talking steel
guitars.
>
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on the streets. The permits and insruance and lawsuits of today would
not let that happen. Remember buying ice and coal from the truck that
came by. You put a card on the porch to tell the driver how much of
each you needed?
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> Mother always made me get my shoes at StrideRite on Sixth because she said
> they were better for my feet. I always wanted to get my shoes at Family
> Booterie so I could pull the neck on the goose and get a golden egg filled
> with goodies> So much for the big disappointments of a '50's childhood.
>
> Faye
Mac
> Booterie so I could pull the neck on the goose and get a golden egg filled
> with goodies.
I always begged to go to Family Booterie for the same reason. Luckily,
there was one where we shopped at Green Hills so I usually got to go for it.
And the BIG decision.... red or blue keds....
> Likewise when I was in the live studio audience with Cap'n Bill, when I
> honked Bobo's nose he had a cold that day and he *rattled* instead of
> *honked* and that was quite disappointing.
>
Oh my. "honked Bobo's nose" I had forgotten COMPLETELY about that.
LOL!!!!!!!!! I was on that show for a birthday party once and won a
Huckleberry Hound halloween costume. Cap'n Bill kept calling my lucky
ticket number out, and I just sat there stupified by all the cameras, etc.
I had a huge crush on Cap'n Bill. He was friends with a family that lived
two doors up, and I used to think of reasons to visit when I'd see his car
there.
Mac
jakdedert
> Mother always made me get my shoes at StrideRite on Sixth because she said
> they were better for my feet. I always wanted to get my shoes at Family
> Booterie so I could pull the neck on the goose and get a golden egg filled
> with goodies.
"Half the fun of having feet is Red Goose shoes."
Not a native, but remember the golden eggs quite well....
jak
jakdedert
the sweeping impact that it's had on American society. I had never though
about it before, but the changes wrought by this one invention are enormous:
population demographics, architecture, personal habits etc.
We had a/c in a couple of our cars while growing up, but Dad wouldn't use it
unless the heat was extreme...and then only to cool off the car after it had
sat in the sun. Missouri summers are just as brutal as Tennesses
summers...maybe a week shorter on each end; just as bad in the middle. We
finally got a window a/c unit for one room of our house in (maybe)
1971...Dad had a thing about energy conservation (read: saving money).
jak
"Olin Murrell" <oli...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Joseph Crowe
Olin Murrell wrote:
> 1981 was a scorcher, but according to the record books, '98 or '99 was even
> worse... with something close to 60 straight days over 100. I remember one
> Dallas Cowboy game that pre-season where the on-field temperature at game
> time (and it was an evening or late afternoon game) was close to 120! Any
> way you cut it, most of Texas is HOT!
I remember coming home from my stay in Sweden on July 1, 1998. I still had
my leather jacket I'd worn to the airport. When I got off the plane at 5PM in
Austin it was 99F. I simply wanted to turn around and go back to Sweden where
the highs were in the 80s and the days lasted about twenty hours.
> You'll like the summers here, even though they're more humid. A) they don't
> last anywhere near as long and B) I can count on one hand the number of 100
> degree days we've had since I got here 4 - 5 years ago.
Well that's a positive thing and I suppose that Nashville is even a bit
cooler
than where I grew up in NE MS. Last year, Austin broke record highs on
consecutive days....109 one day, 110 the next measured at Camp Mabry.
To relate this more to the subject line though, I remember as a child in the
50s that we had no air conditioning and it got plenty hot and humid in the
summers. We had 11 ft ceilings in the house and an attic fan, IIRC. We
did not have A/C in the school either which was OK because we had the
hottest months off. Lots of pool time back then. We did not get an A/C
in any house until we moved back to Columbus, MS in 1962.....rented a
house with a window unit. People adjust to the heat in many ways....and
perhaps largely by moving slower or retreating into the shade during the
hottest part of the days. We used to pull all-nighters during the summer
even as kids because that was the coolest time of the day. People also
adjust to having air conditioning.....I cannot imagine living without it
these days, though I suppose I could if I had to.
Onward
Faye
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> And Remember the horse draw vegetable wagons that came around to sell
> on the streets. The permits and insruance and lawsuits of today would
> not let that happen.
Does anyone else remember *the old goat man*? He had an old wagon with
goats all about and he was usually sighted in the vicinity of Farmers Market
or somewhere around Eighth Avenue near Werthan Bag. I remember a fellow
coming around selling veggies out of the back of an old *Woody.* Remember
folks stopping by with bottles to get sulfur water from the faucet on the
side of Werthan Bag? Oh the smell around there was always horrible. Only
Neuhoff's smell was worse.
I remember chain gangs! Most vivid recollection: It was mid-morning and
the steam was already rising off the road and through the wavy,
mirage-looking wafts of heat a chain gang, dressed in black and white
horizontal stripes, came walking up the road carrying shovels and pickaxes,
ankles all shackled together. A uniformed guard with a shotgun walked
beside them. The prisoners stopped right in front of our house to dig out
the ditch. The guard sat on the ground under a Chinese elm tree in the
front yard watching them. Mammie went in and made a big pitcher of lemonade
and took it and a glass out for the guard. When she offered it to him, he
thanked her most kindly, but said, "My men can't have any so I won't have
any either." I was about seven years old when I heard that and it touched
me deeply then and I have carried that moment with me through my whole life.
Small kindnesses can come at the strangest places at the strangest times.
That small incident was one of the things that helped fuel my interest in
corrections and work in that field later in my life. It is interesting in
life to know that small things we do as a matter of course in our everyday
lives can have a memorable and sometimes profound impact on others that we
will never even know about.
Faye
Michael S.
neighborhood doing just that - selling fruits and veggies.
"Jim" <Jim...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Terry Funk Jr.
day after labor day. How much money could they save just waiting 2 or 3
weeks? Look how hard the air conditioners will have to work those extra
weeks. How much electricity will that use, how much will it cost?
why did they start doing this?
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Olin Murrell
accurate as can be... plus most buildings took advantage of prevailing
breezes and good solid shade trees.
Like him, I don't recall suffering all that much, but again, we were all
used to the heat, 'cause houses, cars, most office buildings were not air
conditioned.
As for why school starts in the middle of the summer... good question. Some
would have you believe that it's to overcome the outdating scheduling from
the days when were mostly an agrarian society, and the summer months were
used for harvest (though fall is a more harvest prone season for many
crops). Maybe that's part of it. Maybe it is also that "we the people" wanna
see publicly owned buildings used for more of the calendar year.
Many teachers think the long break in the summer is counter-productive, and
point to the fairly apparent fact that the first month of any given year is
spent on catching up on things forgotten over the summer.
Who knows? I know this. Some Nashville campuses seem to be role models for
saving money on maintenance. My wife and her students, her fellow teachers
and their students, got the pleasure of attending class in parkas a couple
years back, 'cause the heat wouldn't work in the sub-20 degree weather we
had for a while. Then, they got the pleasure of attending class in the same
building later that year with a plumbing system so old that it finally gave
up and treated most of the building to some serious sewer gas odors. Then,
of course, the a/c went on the blink, AND they found out that dust falling
from the walls and ceilings was the residue from asbestos and years/coats of
paint, including lead-based paint.
Really, I wouldn't worry too much about the cost of a few extra weeks of
a/c, when compared to the money that has been absolutely wasted on putting
off maintenance at today's prices for repair/rennovation at tomorrow's
prices.
In one school, the relatively new a/c leaked condensation water into the
classroom, spilled over and destroyed several computers... because they
couldn't/wouldn't fix 'em right the first time.
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that would show your feet inside the shoes you were trying on. I wonder how
many cooked feet resulted from that particular commercial gimmick.
I can still hear their ad..."Two for the price of one plus a dollar, two for
the price of one plus a dollar..."
Remember Jew's (Ju's) hatters on Eighth?
"jakdedert" <jde...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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lived on Cambridge in the Richland district. The whole gang was sitting on
our side porch to get out of the weather. Every one of the prisoners were
black and the deputy was white with a type shotgun I wouldn't see again
until I was issued one in Vietnam. It was a model 97 Winchester pump.
Probably the most user hateful firearm ever devised.
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that chased Ron Kennedy and I at least fifty miles through the Richland
district. That dog would bite son damned hard!
One day Ron and I were at the corner of N. Wilson and Aberdeen having at it
with a couple of Luger style water pistols. You filled up at whoever's yard
faucet you were nearest. Anyway, Bob, inebriated as usual, pulled up in his
Ford station wagon (eating a raw carrot)and eyed us for a moment before
announcing, "You'd better not squirt me if you know what's good for you".
Ron looked at me then at the drunken weather man. Walking over close he
leaned in and filled Bob's ear with cold water. True to his word Lobertini
chased us at least three blocks on foot before giving up.
I recall when he was interviewing young visitors on the Captain Bob show he
asked one young fellow if there was anyone he wanted to say hello to. The
youngster said hello to his mom and dad and then extending his middle finger
straight at the camera said, "And this is for you, Herbie!".
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> "Terry Funk Jr." <K-K...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> > The Pop Shoppe (1970-72?)
>
> I still have one of those red hard plastic crates from the Pop Shoppe.
>
> > Bob Lobertini, Boyce hawkins, Ron Kaiser, George Goldtrap and other GOOD
> > weathermen and fill-ins.
>
> Live studio wrestling on TV on late Saturday afternoons with Jackie and
> Donnie Fargo, Tojo Yamamoto, Lin Rossi, and the larger than life Haystack
> Calhoun in his overalls.
>
> "The Big Show"
>
> > Kids being able to walk the streets and play without fear of kidnapping,
> > torture, rape and death..
>
> Really! And where do the older kids go to just hangout? How wonderful to
> cruise Shoney's with 20-25 cent gasoline in a car with a big American
> engine. If anyone gets the chance to see the show "Muscle Cars" on the
> history channel, by all means, take time to watch it! Features John
> DeLorean and everything from the early Chevies and Plymouths in the '50's
to
> the woeful abrupt end of an era when the gas crunch hit in the early
'70's.
>
> Faye
>
>
John Dey
campaign promise to "Put the atomic drop on crime".
Remember the Fargo Strut? Tojo throwing ceremonial salt in opponent's eyes?
The Scufflin' Hillbillies? Roughhouse Fargo stating, "I love to whup and I
love to get whupped"? There was some huge Persian-type grappler who would
put on a show with Indian clubs before girding his loins for the main event.
Chicken wire matches?
Harold L. lived a block or two over from me on Lauderdale. I always mowed
his lawn. And he would always pay me twice what I asked. He was a very
warm and neighborly gentleman. His wife made great cookies.
Who was the advertising genius that came up with the Purity commercials? I
know he was well educated at the Univ. of the South. For a while (years
actually) he was on the run from the IRS.
Remember field trips to the dairy where you got a pin stating, "I milked
Bossy"?
Remember Trouper the clown who would lean on youngsters to buy the season
tickets to the Children's Theater? And if you signed up at school for the
Children's Museum, you got a pin with the image of a raccoon on it.
"Terry Funk Jr." <K-K...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> "Chip.Curley" <Chip....@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > Well this thread has rung my bell.
> > Someone mentioned wrestling in Nashville and someone else mentioned the
> > Hippodrome on West End. Anyone else remember the great matches Nick
Gulas
> > promoted there. Very un-pc in those days. The Germans or the Japs versus
> the
> > Italians or Fargos.
>
> Jackie , don and Rough-house or nut-house fargo. Lynn Rosii and his son
> joey, Saul Weingraff, the interns, the bounty hunters with big bad john..
> Back when Jerry lawler was just a local up-and-comer.. Bearcat Brown with
> his hard head..
> GYPSY JOE.. (I saw Gypsy Joe on a low low low low budget
> wrestling show that comes on channel 75 sat nite at midnight.. just this
> weekend.. he has to be 75 or so now days).
>
> >
> > For a trip down memory lane go to google.com and search for "Nick Gulas"
>
> "Ladies and gentlemen we're expecting an all time record breaking crowd..
> better get your tickets early. There available at the box office and in
the
> lobby of the sam davis hotel".
>
> >
> > Here is a sample:
> > http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwaintro-2.htm
> >
> > If you don't know diamonds, know your jeweler and if Harold says it's
so,
> > it's so.
>
>
> ":But don't tell my dad."
>
> Jim Varney as "Sgt. Glory" man... those were funny commercials...
>
> and one that's been around forever it seems : "emma's .. the
> soo-puh-lah-tive florist"..
>
>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
John Dey
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earlier took up refuge from a rainstorm) my family referred to as a sleeping
porch.
I graduated from West End High and we never had AC....nor at Knox (present
site of Vanderbilt's soccer field), Eakin, Ransom (presently teacher's
training or resource center) or Cavert.
The lack of AC didn't stunt my growth and, I'll always believe, prepared me
well for those delightful forays into the jungles of S.E. Asia.
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plowed by the stumps dragging themselves over to the shade. ;-)
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>
Chip.Curley
you came downstairs? It would whistle at all the women - I do not remember
whether it was a parrot or macaw. But it was always a hit with everyone.
That is when Chester's was the last store in the green hills strip center
then.
John Dey
women a hard time, too.
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Faye
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Yes, I remember it. It was downstairs by the shoes. John is correct it was
a talking myna (sp?).
Faye
Mac
> IIRC, it was a myna. They had the same type at Jim Reed's and it would
give
> women a hard time, too.
Yep, it was a myna bird. Meanest bird ever. It used to rush the cage if
you got too close. The lady behind the counter used to talk about how mean
the bird was. But it could talk a bit, if it got in the mood. It
definitely whistled.
These are wonderful memories coming back. I remember playing on the
playground outside Chester's while my mother would take shoes to that little
Shoe Repair place next to the bottom level of Chesters', next to, I believe,
a barber shop. I loved that playground. I also loved sliding down the long
railing of those cement steps that led from the upper level to the lower
level.
Remember Griff's Hamburgers, the original tenant of that little triangle
building in Green Hills that is now the garden shop? My grandmother hated
those burgers and used to call the place "Grief's".
Wasn't the original Circle Theater underneath what is now The Bluebird Cafe?
Remember the L&C letters on top of the L&C Tower would turn pink for fair
weather and blue for rain? My father told me that - I don't think he was
making that up, was he?
Mac
John Dey
serials, a Stooges short and an "Oater" of one type or another.
And I remember a dress shop in the Village called "Naomi's" also...right
beside Melton's Pharmacy. That was down a ways from Wilson-Quick.
What was the name of the hippie coffee shop on the second floor somewhere
near the Natchez Trace Restaurant by Centennial Park?
Anyone remember the Hi-Ho restaurant where the KFC is now on 21st. in the
village?
Is this great stuff or what?
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Murff
> What was the name of the hippie coffee shop on the second floor somewhere
> near the Natchez Trace Restaurant by Centennial Park?
>
John Dey
Thanks!
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Before that it was "Homer's". A classmate of mine's dad owned the place
then. Now it is the "Springwater Supperclub and Lounge". As I told the
Redheaded Menace, I've been in there when the air was filled with chairs.
There was also a dive bar under the railroad bridge that crossed West End at
Fairfax. Beside the firehouse, just down from Gus' Drugs and Austin
Electric. There was a good deli on that strip, too.
Allegro's Pizzeria anyone? How about Pat's Pizza in the village?
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> >
Michael S.
this year.
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Murff
>
> Allegro's Pizzeria anyone? How about Pat's Pizza in the village?
I bought my first water bed at Sgt Peppers in the village. I think it was a
head shop before that and was called 1715. Got my first bell bottoms at a
head shop on 21st called Pembroke. It was located in the spot where the
first O'Charley's was. There was also a head shop on the ground level of the
building that housed the Market Place. Dipper Dan ice cream was right up the
street.
Faye
> Jew's is still there! I had one of my hats cleaned and blocked there
earlier
> this year.
Remember Wormser's haberdashery on the corner of the Arcade and Fourth? I
still have one of my grandfather's hats that came from there many, many
years ago (he died in 1960).
Somebody mentioned the peanuts from the Arcade, but what about those
chocolate malteds they used to have? numnum
Jones' Pet Shop in the Village.
Faye
Chip.Curley
Mustang Sally for $25 a gig.
My combo page...
http://mglinks.com/shadows.htm
Nashville Memories - A work in progress
http://nashlinks.com/remember.htm
John Dey
Peanut shop is still there and thriving.
I remember the Great Easter Duck Fire at Jones'. The Tennessean ran a
picture of a fireman trying to resuscitate a duckling via mouth-to-mouth.
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Murff
> "Romper, stomper, bomper, boo...."
Tell me tell me tell me do.
Murff
Snow's music store on Church Street. I remember going there and looking at
all the cool Fender guitars the day my brother and I went to see A Hard
Day's Night. Sho Bud on lower Broad. The barber college on Broadway. The
YMCA where they eventually built the Hyatt.
The Pie Wagon. Still there I think.
Harold Shyer Jewlers. "If you don't know diamonds, know your jeweler, and if
Harold says it's so, it's so".
The talking Purity cow sign on Church Street. I remember going to see LBJ
with my brother and my dad. As the presidential motorcade past by, the cow
said " Hey Purity Lover"
The big Coca Cola sign at the split of Broadway and West End.
The Wishy Washy billboard on Harding Road where the Saint Thomas entrance
is.
Zibarts books and records.
Cain Sloan. "The greatest store in the central south"
Strike and Spare Bowling on White Bridge Rd. "go bowling this weekend,
bowling is fun, bowling is fun for everyone, have a ball, go bowling"
Swim and Sun swim club.
Terry Funk Jr.
"Olin Murrell" <oli...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Joseph's description of the architecture in the "good old days" is as
> accurate as can be... plus most buildings took advantage of prevailing
> breezes and good solid shade trees.
>
> Like him, I don't recall suffering all that much, but again, we were all
> used to the heat, 'cause houses, cars, most office buildings were not air
> conditioned.
>
> As for why school starts in the middle of the summer... good question.
Some
> would have you believe that it's to overcome the outdating scheduling from
> the days when were mostly an agrarian society, and the summer months were
> used for harvest (though fall is a more harvest prone season for many
> crops). Maybe that's part of it. Maybe it is also that "we the people"
wanna
> see publicly owned buildings used for more of the calendar year.
>
> Many teachers think the long break in the summer is counter-productive,
and
> point to the fairly apparent fact that the first month of any given year
is
> spent on catching up on things forgotten over the summer.
>
> Who knows? I know this. Some Nashville campuses seem to be role models for
> saving money on maintenance. My wife and her students, her fellow teachers
> and their students, got the pleasure of attending class in parkas a couple
> years back, 'cause the heat wouldn't work in the sub-20 degree weather we
> had for a while. Then, they got the pleasure of attending class in the
same
> building later that year with a plumbing system so old that it finally
gave
> up and treated most of the building to some serious sewer gas odors. Then,
> of course, the a/c went on the blink, AND they found out that dust falling
> from the walls and ceilings was the residue from asbestos and years/coats
of
> paint, including lead-based paint.
>
> Really, I wouldn't worry too much about the cost of a few extra weeks of
> a/c, when compared to the money that has been absolutely wasted on putting
> off maintenance at today's prices for repair/rennovation at tomorrow's
> prices.
>
> In one school, the relatively new a/c leaked condensation water into the
> classroom, spilled over and destroyed several computers... because they
> couldn't/wouldn't fix 'em right the first time.
Maybe they should put the school repairs in the Department of
Transportation.
>
> "Terry Funk Jr." <K-K...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> > Why do they start school in the middle of summer now? It used to start
> the
> > day after labor day. How much money could they save just waiting 2 or 3
> > weeks? Look how hard the air conditioners will have to work those extra
> > weeks. How much electricity will that use, how much will it cost?
> >
> >
> > why did they start doing this?
> >
> > "Joseph Crowe" <jcr...@io.com> wrote in message
> > news:3D48077C...@io.com...
> > >
> > >
> > > Olin Murrell wrote:
> > >
> > > > 1981 was a scorcher, but according to the record books, '98 or '99
was
> > even
> > > > worse... with something close to 60 straight days over 100. I
remember
> > one
> > > > Dallas Cowboy game that pre-season where the on-field temperature at
> > game
> > > > time (and it was an evening or late afternoon game) was close to
120!
> > Any
> > > > way you cut it, most of Texas is HOT!
> > >
> > > I remember coming home from my stay in Sweden on July 1, 1998. I
> still
> > had
> > > my leather jacket I'd worn to the airport. When I got off the plane
at
> > 5PM in
> > > Austin it was 99F. I simply wanted to turn around and go back to
Sweden
> > where
> > > the highs were in the 80s and the days lasted about twenty hours.
> > >
> > > > You'll like the summers here, even though they're more humid. A)
they
> > don't
> > > > last anywhere near as long and B) I can count on one hand the number
> of
> > 100
> > > > degree days we've had since I got here 4 - 5 years ago.
> > >
> > > Well that's a positive thing and I suppose that Nashville is even a
> bit
> > > cooler
> > > than where I grew up in NE MS. Last year, Austin broke record highs
on
> > > consecutive days....109 one day, 110 the next measured at Camp Mabry.
> > >
> > > To relate this more to the subject line though, I remember as a
child
> > in the
> > > 50s that we had no air conditioning and it got plenty hot and humid in
> the
> > > summers. We had 11 ft ceilings in the house and an attic fan, IIRC.
We
> > > did not have A/C in the school either which was OK because we had the
> > > hottest months off. Lots of pool time back then. We did not get an
A/C
> > > in any house until we moved back to Columbus, MS in 1962.....rented a
> > > house with a window unit. People adjust to the heat in many
ways....and
> > > perhaps largely by moving slower or retreating into the shade during
the
> > > hottest part of the days. We used to pull all-nighters during the
> summer
> > > even as kids because that was the coolest time of the day. People
also
> > > adjust to having air conditioning.....I cannot imagine living without
it
> > > these days, though I suppose I could if I had to.
> > >
> > > Onward
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Terry Funk Jr.
several 2 and 3 day off-days.
"Cyrus Afzali" <pns...@lnubb.pbz> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 22:03:39 -0500, "Terry Funk Jr."
> <K-K...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
> >Why do they start school in the middle of summer now? It used to start
the
> >day after labor day. How much money could they save just waiting 2 or 3
> >weeks? Look how hard the air conditioners will have to work those extra
> >weeks. How much electricity will that use, how much will it cost?
>
> They'd still be using pretty much the same amount of a/c if they
> extended the year until the first part of June anyway. And it's not
> like things cool down dramatically when Labor Day arrives.
>
> Even in the Northeast, where I am, the average high for September is
> 73, so it's not that big a deal.
> >
> >why did they start doing this?
>
> My parents have taught school for more than 30 years in TN and their
> system has only started after Labor Day once or twice, the rest
> always August. Most of the rest of the country starts school after
> Labor Day, though.
I always went to school the first day after labor day
>
> School calenders in the South have still stayed true to traditions set
> when agriculture ruled the roost. I know many systems that even had a
> "cotton picking day."
John Dey
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Kent Finnell
> I remember when Jackie Fargo made a run at the Sheriff's office with a
> campaign promise to "Put the atomic drop on crime".
>
> Remember the Fargo Strut? Tojo throwing ceremonial salt in opponent's
eyes?
> The Scufflin' Hillbillies? Roughhouse Fargo stating, "I love to whup and
I
> love to get whupped"? There was some huge Persian-type grappler who would
> put on a show with Indian clubs before girding his loins for the main
event.
> Chicken wire matches?
>
> Harold L. lived a block or two over from me on Lauderdale. I always mowed
> his lawn. And he would always pay me twice what I asked. He was a very
> warm and neighborly gentleman. His wife made great cookies.
>
> Who was the advertising genius that came up with the Purity commercials?
I
> know he was well educated at the Univ. of the South. For a while (years
> actually) he was on the run from the IRS.
Tupper Saussy ... "Rhymes with 'Cup and Saucer', not 'Son of a Bitch'."
That was the line he allegedly introduced himself to the first class he
taught at MBA, circa 1960.
>
> Remember field trips to the dairy where you got a pin stating, "I milked
> Bossy"?
>
> Remember Trouper the clown who would lean on youngsters to buy the season
> tickets to the Children's Theater? And if you signed up at school for the
> Children's Museum, you got a pin with the image of a raccoon on it.
>
>
I don't think anyone has mentioned Nashville's first TV weatherman, Dr. Carl
Sefert. He was an astronomer at Vanderbilt and did the weather for WSM TV.
He was a really nice man who taught Sunday school at Westminster
Presbyterian Church. I went a couple of times with a friend who was a
member of the church. I lived on Kenner Ave. at the time and my friend
lived on Woodmont Circle.
--
Kent Finnell
From the Music City, USA
Olin Murrell
>
>
> Maybe they should put the school repairs in the Department of
> Transportation.
>
Maybe, but the point is, money is NEVER saved by putting off repairs.
Faye
> > Allegro's Pizzeria anyone? How about Pat's Pizza in the village?
>
> I bought my first water bed at Sgt Peppers in the village. I think it was
a
> head shop before that and was called 1715. Got my first bell bottoms at a
> head shop on 21st called Pembroke. It was located in the spot where the
> first O'Charley's was. There was also a head shop on the ground level of
the
> building that housed the Market Place. Dipper Dan ice cream was right up
the
> street.
All of which just reminded me of Ireland's (the original) where 21st and
Broad intersect. How many restaurants have come and gone in that area? I
loved Laughing Man, one of Nashville's first vegetarian restaurants. They
had great rice. And I always liked My Friend's Place 'cause I could sit in
a porch swing.
Hey, there are probably folks here who don't remember when Nashville had an
afternoon newspaper!
Faye
Jim
behind the city building off the square. Some of the cars were still
there silent after being pulled from Nashville streets replaced by
busses years and years before.
Have you tried Metro Archives - Great place
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> I've been reminiscing about growing up in town and would love to locate some
> photos of some landmarks that are long gone. I've been to the Nashville
> Room in the library, but have struck out. Maybe I'm just looking in the
> wrong place. Does anyone have any suggestions? Here's what I'd love to see
> again...
>
> The Monkey Bar and Carousel on the top floor of the downtown Harvey's'
> the old downtown library
> Hippodrome Skating Arena, both the inside and outside. I have a feeling it
> will look much smaller to me now
> Nativity scene at Parthenon - (yes, I've seen the wonderful painting of it,
> but would love to see photograph)
> The old movie theaters on Church Street. The Tennessean and the Paramount?
> There was one with the planets painted on the ceiling? Aggh...memory is
> gone.
> The original Green Hills Strip - Chesters, Three Sisters, Family Booterie,
> Drurys, Woolworths, Walgreens, Cross Keys restaurant, Castner's.
> Green Hills Theater - I had many a birthday party there.
> Cascades at Fair Park
> The old Krystal on WestEnd. They served the burgers in a red plastic basket
> with that wax paper covering them up. It was a Sunday tradition after
> church.
> Varello's at the split of Highway 100 and 70.
>
> I know there are more, but that's my top list for now.
>
> I'll sort through old microfiche of newspapers, but it would be nice to know
> if there's a book out there with all these old places in there. Any other
> native Nashvillians out there who remember these places or who can add their
> own?
>
> Thanks.
His Jadedness Andy
>afternoon newspaper!
>
>Faye
Hehe- I can even remember when they not only had one but when it was even owned
by different people!
Then there was "The Maverick" on Sidco Drive- GREAT Fries!
--
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Mac
>
mood. Sat in a huge cage. I loved going in there.
Karen
the L&C Tower.
Yummmmm!!!
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Faye
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> OK, How about these: Petroni's Rest. on Gallatin Road and Langford Rest.
in
> the L&C Tower.
> Yummmmm!!!
Yup! Now this is getting out a stretch in the county for the urban folks to
remember, but out Clarksville Highway there was Tootie's BBQ restaurant that
folks came from all around for. On the weekends the place was always packed
with soldiers from Fort Campbell who'd stop by while making their runs into
Nashville for a big time.
And speaking of out in the county, how many of you knew that Joelton was
home to an Air Force Radar base? It was a communications relay station that
had one of those big circular domes that went round and round. All the
grownups here were sure that Joelton would be one of the first strike
targets if the Soviets attacked! Dome is still there now with a cover on
it. The base later became Tennessee Youth Center and has had several other
incarnations but is just sitting there waiting for a purpose now. Here's
a little ditty on the base http://www.joelton.com/history/airforce.htm and
here is an online air defense radar museum dedicated *to the thousands of
U.S. Air Force "Cold Warriors" who served, mostly without recognition,
during the Cold War period following the Second World War* that might
interest any cold war military buffs out there
http://www.radomes.org/museum/
And also out here we had The Rawlings, a really great pool surrounded by
some of the most beautiful scenery around with streams running nearby and
Marrowbone Lake just over the hill. This was the place for kids north of
the river to hang during warm months. Parents could take their kids there
and know that they would be safe. Not only did the Rawlings, who ran the
place, watch out for the kids, but it was a real community effort--everyone
just watched out for everyone. In Goodlettsville, they had Pleasant Green
pool.
Does anyone remember when they built the old west village where they'd have
live shows with shootouts and maybe purportedly as a place to film movies
and Dan Blocker made a guest appearance there one time? I can't remember if
it was just over into Cheatham County or Sumner. This would have been early
mid '60's.
Faye
Jim
weather forecast - however, I understand that after the first year it
never worked right again- most of the time it showed rain. Unless its
a legend the blue lights coming down showed the forecast to be a
falling barometer (rain) and blue going up meant fair (rising baro)
Most nights after 1957 it just showed rain every night - but it was a
landmark that you knew was there and you looked for when coming back
to nashville from a long trip.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jimrv6
South Nashville - A photographic collection of the Good Old Days
John Dey
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Faye
into another county. This thing wasn't very long lived I don't think--a lot
of western building facades for the showdown at high noon. It was just
really funny to see all the kids come out to see *Hoss.*
What/where was the WENO ranch?
Faye
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John Dey
Town Country Ford
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Chip.Curley
hushpuppies were to die for.
Speaking of bread, hot water cornbread from the Daughters of Isis Booth at
the State Fair.
Odd, I have so many food memories ;-)
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Chip.Curley
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Chip.Curley
Happy A Clown was Byron Binkley; Byron later became a producer for 4 and
then did some shows for TNN, retired from there.
Dr. Seifert was indeed a professor at Vandy; he was also known as the
"Rhyming Weather Man" - he did a lot of the weather reporting in poetry.
Also, Channel 4 had an English professor on the payroll from Vanderbilt that
monitored radio and TV announcers for "proper grammer". You did not hear
the slang and vulgarity that you hear today on the air. An announcer would
be called on the carpet for any "slip" of the tongue. Two slips and you
were out.
Capt. Bob (not Bill) was on Channel 5.
Bozo the Clown (The wild red hair) was on 4 and he was Dick Brackett.
Grandpa (did all the talking with Bozo) was Boyce Hawkins.
Ruff 'n Reddy - was Jim Sanders; who also played Uncle Amby(back in the real
ole days)
Sir Cecil Creep was Russ McCown
Ernie Keller was the straight man for Tom Tichenor's puppets - which were
the first of their kind in the nation.
Dave Overton emceed the "Five O'Clock Hop" and "Luncheon at the Noel"
Nashville Memories...a work in progress
http://nashlinks.com/remember.htm
Thanks to Mac for starting this great thread.
Karen
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> I still miss fish on Fridays at Captain Paulos in East Nashville. Those
> hushpuppies were to die for.
> Speaking of bread, hot water cornbread from the Daughters of Isis Booth at
> the State Fair.
>
> Odd, I have so many food memories ;-)
Mmmmmm, Captain Paulos...Mmmmmmm
Chip.Curley
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Chip.Curley
The first head shop I remember was next to Wright Photo on West End. Can't
remember the name for the life of me.
I remember plenty of beads and blacklight.
Murff
>
> The first head shop I remember was next to Wright Photo on West End. Can't
> remember the name for the life of me.
> I remember plenty of beads and blacklight.
>
>
Chip.Curley
> Kent, did you by chance know a family of Faulkners on Kenner?
>
>Kent, did you by chance know a family of Faulkners on Kenner?
Not Kent here, but I remember a Manas family on Kenner, I would cut through
their yard from Woodmont to ride my bike to school at Woodmont grade school.
I believe they owned the Manas Furniture Store on Lower Broad. Seems like
they had the same green sofa in their front window for decades.
Chip.Curley
in the early 60's. I remember being around 12 and riding from Green Hills
out Belmont Blvd. or Hillsboro Road all the way downtown. We would leave our
bikes (unlocked) in the alley next to the Lowes and go exploring. Was there
that much less traffic?
Also, the Fairgrounds was a "short trip" out Battlefield to leave our bikes
in the Fairgrounds creek/ditch and sneak under or around the fence to go to
the State Fair.
Everyone stayed out/gone til bedtime during the summer.
It's a miracle we survived.
John Dey
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Kent Finnell
> Kent, did you by chance know a family of Faulkners on Kenner?
>
>
Williamsons (the father had a stealth '50 Chevy fleetside (?) 2 door with a
'58 fuel block V8), the Gaithers, and on Woodmont Circle, the Williams
brothers, Burt and Walton.
Back then, I spent my time split between Moon's and the Belle Meade Theater.
Remember old man Jordan?
Kent Finnell
> I still miss fish on Fridays at Captain Paulos in East Nashville. Those
> hushpuppies were to die for.
Just off Riverside Drive. It would never pass inspection now, but Liza
would go there when she was in town and could remember where it and she
were.
Until the divorce, I lived less than a mile from there, near Stratford High.
John Dey
department was rental, strolled the lobby on Friday night because it was ten
cent night and every kid in West Nashville was there to raise hell. Jordan
would stop the movie and come out on stage to calm things down.
I and my brother were there when that old lady jumped the curb and ran into
the lobby. At least one child was killed.
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Karen
> Was it Langfords that had the little cinnamon rolls?
Yes, If I'm not mistaken you got one cinnamon roll and one yeast roll.
Karen
Nashville. What fun!
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Karen
Kent Finnell
Peabody.
Some of regulars ... Fat Nash, Grubby, Frog, Bonds ... Tim Bonds, and yours
truly.
Doug Smith
>Thanks to Mac for starting this great thread.
Agreed.
My memories of Nashville go back only 12 years, but this has been
fascinating reading.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com
Faye
> Some of regulars ... Fat Nash, Grubby, Frog, Bonds ... Tim Bonds, and
yours
> truly.
Hey, those sound like the same guys John Dey rode Harleys with.
Faye
John Dey
mid-60s? Shot during an altercation at the Gold Rush?
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John Dey
Bottom Dollar, Sidewalk Terry, Mudslide, Highside Billy and several others
of dubious repute.
What a bunch of fun fellows.
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