What do you remember?

[Aa5drvr]

There is a pretty good Stuckey's web site.

http://www.stuckeys.com/about.php

I remember the Buffalo Ranch in Afton. It was too close to home for us to stop.  We were either rushing to get home, or dad would say "We will never get there if we stop already..."

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by Aa5drvr

There is a pretty good Stuckey's web site.

http://www.stuckeys.com/about.php

I remember the Buffalo Ranch in Afton. It was too close to home for us to stop.  We were either rushing to get home, or dad would say "We will never get there if we stop already..."

Something I remember about that was not only their display of various animals, but also their Western Store. My father took us up there for a family outing to Grove Oklahoma and we went there as a side trip.

[Wingnut]

Here's a little bit of history about the "Buffalo Ranch Western Store in Afton, Oklahoma".

http://www.newsok.com/article/3068321/

[Wrinkle]

quote:Originally posted by Steve

quote:Originally posted by Aa5drvr

The Capri adult drive in was on Charles Page Blvd between 49th W and 65th.  We all went there in HS in the 70s.
Well I heard some people went there, not that I ever did.  But even if I did, what would be wrong with that?
There was also the Majestic downtown. (From what Ive heard).

In the fall of 1973 when I was in high school (Tulsa Nathan Hale), 4 of us piled into my friend's Chevy Malibu and went out to the Capri on Charles Page to see a "dirty movie."  They were showing "Fanny Hill" or "The Stewardesses" or some such nonsense; I really don't remember the movie, and what they showed then would probably barely rate an "R" rating today.  But we sure had fun, and it seemed like such an adventure then!

I also recall the Majestic Art, Studio Art and Paris Art Theaters downtown.  "Art" was the euphenism for "nudie flicks" back then.  Was the Majestic Art Theater the last incarnation of the once grand Majestic Theater downtown?  Sad ending for a once grand movie palace.

You made me recall the old Riverside Drive-In just south of 71st and just east of Peoria. The screen sat at an angle to 71st so that it oriented to be viewed from Jenks (not that it was planned that way).

It often showed 'art' films, but others, too.

It's demise occurred when it was discovered to be owned by Oral Roberts (in his brothers name, iirc), and it closed and was demolished sometime shortly thereafter. It was the land OR was interested, and they had pretty much bought up all land south of 71st from the river to around Delaware.

This occurred in the late 60's. I think the University was first constructed in the mid-60's. I recall the huge sewer construction projects along the roads at the time.

[TulsaTV]

Riverside Drive-In

It was still in existence by 1971.

[Wrinkle]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaTV

Riverside Drive-In

It was still in existence by 1971.

Yeah, guess so. Another pass does put it more in the early 70's, pre-1975 anyway.

The Riverside Drive-In did have those searchlights almost every weekend. Remember seeing them all the time. Kind of forgot about those 'landmarks' until I saw "look for the searchlights" on the flyer.

Also, saw the Craigmont Soda can on one of the other postings on your link...seems it was only a few years ago I still looked for it at the grocery store. Drank a bunch of that stuff growing up. IIRC, that was the Safeway brand.

[TulsaTV]

Here's Cragmont, plus a lot of other brands of pop bottles.

[FOTD]

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.


"Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da."

Van the Man

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

quote:Originally posted by TulsaTV

Riverside Drive-In

It was still in existence by 1971.

Yeah, guess so. Another pass does put it more in the early 70's, pre-1975 anyway.

The Riverside Drive-In did have those searchlights almost every weekend. Remember seeing them all the time. Kind of forgot about those 'landmarks' until I saw "look for the searchlights" on the flyer.

Also, saw the Craigmont Soda can on one of the other postings on your link...seems it was only a few years ago I still looked for it at the grocery store. Drank a bunch of that stuff growing up. IIRC, that was the Safeway brand.

I recall as a kid in the 1960s that Tulsa had about a dozen drive-in theaters back then.  The Airview, Bellaire, 11th Street, Admiral Twin, Riverside, Capri, and others.

We grew up drinking Cragmont sodas from Safeway, when my parents saw fit to buy soda.  Normally, it was ice water or lemonade, or Kool Aid.  We used to do all our grocery shopping at the Safeway in Bowman Acres, the IGA at 21st & Sheridan (where Casa Viva is today), or Humpty Dumpty in Mayo Meadow at 21st & Yale.  Cragmont sodas in 1-quart glass bottles, returned for deposit.  And my dad always bought Brown Derby Beer from Safeway (for the adults, of course), unless company was coming.  For special occasions, it was Falstaff, Jax, or Busch Bavarian!

[BASleuth]

[^]As a old, old, old timer this thread has brought back many memories.  Most of you are "children" with recent events.  But what you have mentioned has brought back events of the 50's as clear as yesterday.  But of course can recall those times, a lot more accurately than those events of yesterday <G>.  Thanks for the memories.

[Wrinkle]

Another memory from back then...

During one week in the summer each year, the owner of Turkey Mountain would set it afire.

For 4-5 days, the evenings/nights would allow a clear view across the river of the line of fire all along the length of the mountain.

Never a concern since we all new the action would stop at the river.

[billintulsa]

[8D] WOO HOO!!!!!

As of this writing, this topic is the most viewed topic in Tulsa Now with 21,360 views!

And in 8 more posts, it will become the topic with the most replies!!!   Amazing what a little trip down memory lane will do.

[RecycleMichael]

I think the moderators should lock down this thread.

We should live in the present.

[RecycleMichael]

Oh, I am a nostalgia buff who misses all the same things as you guys. I am a 49 year old lifelong Tulsan who loves this thread too.

But we should live in the present. I am doing all I can to make my present as good or better than my past.

The hell with the future. That is for worriers.

[TTownGen4]

I grew up around the 4th and Sheridan area. We used to walk over to Sheridan Village on Saturday morning and spend our allowance on penny candy while the elderly sales clerks eyed us with suspiscion. My friend Bruce and I would then stop by Claude's and share an order of fries, then go to the Hobby Shop and look at all the models and boxes of (50) plastic miniature soldiers (Afrika Korps, Japanese, etc). We had about 8 - 10 boys that all lived in the same area - it was a great time - but one old friend, Clifford Powell, just passed away the other day. We watched Combat, Gunsmoke, Man from UNCLE, etc. Beg to differ about the comment on Reflections/Tennessee Gin and Cotton being in the same place. TG & C was actually at 61st and Memorial - NW corner. Reflections was on the NW corner of 61st and Sheridan - probably the most fun club I ever went to - ever. With maybe the exception of Pistachio's at Fontana. Sad to go by those locations now.