What do you remember?

[Breadburner]

Hehe....Vision remembers....It was locatd about 63rd or 64th and Lewis....Tried to come back as Dean's Hollow but didn't make it.....Here is another one Shotgun Sams Pizza on 51st...Remember the old Water Flume water slide and Rauch Brothers that sold all the firewood nearby.....

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

Hehe....Vision remembers....It was locatd about 63rd or 64th and Lewis....Tried to come back as Dean's Hollow but didn't make it.....Here is another one Shotgun Sams Pizza on 51st...Remember the old Water Flume water slide and Rauch Brothers that sold all the firewood nearby.....

You mentioned Shotgum Sam's on 51st.  That was one of the places I first performed.  For about three years, I performed weekly at the following:

Friday Nights: Applegates Landing (used to be next door to Saieds Music)

Saturday Night: Shotgun Sam's 51st Street from 6p-9p, and then I would move across the street to Pickles Pub and Restaurant 10P - 12A.

[RLitterell]

I still have a Pizza pan from Shotgun Sams, Borrowed it when I was in high school.
Funny story about Shotguns.: One night when I was about 16 a bunch of us went there to steal pans and eat. I remember it was pouring down rain, a cab pulled up to the door and a man got out, came in and picked up a to go pizza. When he tried to re-enter the cab the box tilted and the entire Pizza fell out of the end. (defective box maybe) I don't think the poor sap knew it because he never flinched, just got in the cab and drove away[] .... Well I thought that was the funniest thing I ever saw.

[Breadburner]

I bet he was liquored up..Man I bet he gave them a cussing later for ripping him off...Thats a great story...Did you salvage any of that street pizza....lol....What did you do with "Hot Pizza Pans"...?

[RLitterell]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

I bet he was liquored up..Man I bet he gave them a cussing later for ripping him off...Thats a great story...Did you salvage any of that street pizza....lol....What did you do with "Hot Pizza Pans"...?

Didn't even try to salvage the pizza, it was pouring down rain. As for the pans, they would cool off and we would sneak them out. (why am I admitting a crime in a public forum?) I can't remember how we did it exactly but we made off with a few. I have one left that I use as a pizza pan of all things. It's pretty dinged up as it has moved all over the country but it works the same. Remember those long picnic style tables? Another great trick was to sneak someone elses pizza off the table and pass it down underneath to the other end. That was great fun but did manage to p*** a few folks off. We would always go to eat there after the races at the fairgrounds. Do they still have those?

[chlfan]

Anyone remember Griff's Hamburgers on 21st or Oertle's on Memorial? How about Gulf Mart at 21st and Sheridan where the old Handy Dan was? Gulf Mart had a little grill in the back, we ate there from time to time.

Oertle's was across from the Mahoo (sp) mansion which someone brought up earlier- it was a haunted house for a few years at Halloween.

I traveled to Albuquerque NM not too long ago and was pleasantly surprised to see a Griff's- had to stop and eat.

What about Sevco? the music / electronics store in the bottom of Southroads mall, down the hall from Looboyle's- I think it was owned by a middle-easterner who did their commercials- he was kinda creepy.

Ahhh... memories.

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by chlfan

What about Sevco? the music / electronics store in the bottom of Southroads mall, down the hall from Looboyle's- I think it was owned by a middle-easterner who did their commercials- he was kinda creepy.

Ahhh... memories.

I think that store sponsored a late-night local program on Saturdays on local TV which featured cheesy B movies.  (Watch - I bet someone posts a link to a picture on TulsaTvMemories about this.)

[NellieBly]

I loved Shakey's on peoria. the little dixieland jazz bands that played and the old movies. King of spades, your pizza's ready. I can still hear it.

[chlfan]

Shotgun Sam's used the oversized palying cards to let you know when your pie was ready as well. They also had the stage for the occasional band. I always went to the one on 19th and Sheridan.

[RLitterell]

quote:Originally posted by chlfan

Shotgun Sam's used the oversized palying cards to let you know when your pie was ready as well. They also had the stage for the occasional band. I always went to the one on 19th and Sheridan.

Oh yeah, the cards I had forgotten about those. Probably should have stolen one of those. Kicking my self now

[carltonplace]

quote:Originally posted by billintulsa

Wow!  You guys are really churning up some great memories.

I had completley forgotton about the Der Weinerschnitzels.  It's a shame they are no longer.

Also, the Circle Theatre was brought up.  Anyone else remember the Delman at 15th and Lewis?  It was a great theatre, too.

Also, does anyone else remember visiting Lakeside Amusement park?  It was located next to Mohawk Zoo.  (At the time Lakeside was open, the Zoo rented Paddle Boats which you could ide up and down the creek around the Zoo's north entrance.)

My mom took me to see the Jungle Book at the Delman when I was three or four, but I remember it vividly. We lived at 13th and Utica in a huge two story that is no longer there. There was a large lot next door where we built a club house under the black walnut tree and could swing off of the roof on the kudzu that grew in the tree. We also unearthed an old cement fish pond. Before the BA expressway was completed into downtown we would walk in the right of way behind the houses in the neighborhood and see all of our neighbors. Buying comic books at the Git -n- Go on 15th where Camerelli's is now. Walking to grade school at Lincoln Elementary past the little candy store that is now the message parlor/book store.

My dad would take us to Harrington's on Main to get boy scout paraphernalia.

Such great times. I think I'm gonna cry thinking about them.

[TheArtist]

I remember going to Southland Mall (now the Promenade) back when it was open like Utica Square.  We would always go around Christmas time and get my picture taken with Santa.  I can still see those mechanical characters that were outside, especially the ice skaters.  Anyone remember those?  
 Also I remember as a young boy going to my grandmothers who lived on N Lewis.  There was a small grocery/five and dime store a couple blocks away that we would walk to.  It was like something from a bygone era that I feel fortunate to have experienced.  Walking in the front door you would hear a tiny bell jingle then the screen door slap! shut behind you.  The floors were worn, dry wood, the shine long gone, but tidy as anything.  There was a curved glass counter that had all kinds of meats, salamis, hams, etc. that grandmother would pick to have large chunks knived off from.  The real treat for me was getting a soda pop.  I remember reaching waaay down into this huge wooden barrel full of ice and water to pull out one of those glass bottles of pop. The feel of that churning mixture of chunks of ice and glass bottles on a hot oklahoma summer day was wonderful.  Then, after the pop was all gone I would suck all the air out of the bottle and let it dangle from my tongue lol.

[RecycleMichael]

I remember the Alamo.

Oh...that wasn't around here...

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

I remember going to Southland Mall (now the Promenade) back when it was open like Utica Square.  We would always go around Christmas time and get my picture taken with Santa.  I can still see those mechanical characters that were outside, especially the ice skaters.  Anyone remember those?  
 Also I remember as a young boy going to my grandmothers who lived on N Lewis.  There was a small grocery/five and dime store a couple blocks away that we would walk to.  It was like something from a bygone era that I feel fortunate to have experienced.  Walking in the front door you would hear a tiny bell jingle then the screen door slap! shut behind you.  The floors were worn, dry wood, the shine long gone, but tidy as anything.  There was a curved glass counter that had all kinds of meats, salamis, hams, etc. that grandmother would pick to have large chunks knived off from.  The real treat for me was getting a soda pop.  I remember reaching waaay down into this huge wooden barrel full of ice and water to pull out one of those glass bottles of pop. The feel of that churning mixture of chunks of ice and glass bottles on a hot oklahoma summer day was wonderful.  Then, after the pop was all gone I would suck all the air out of the bottle and let it dangle from my tongue lol.

You describe it as if it were a Norman Rockwell painting.  Well done.

[pmcalk]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

I remember going to Southland Mall (now the Promenade) back when it was open like Utica Square.  We would always go around Christmas time and get my picture taken with Santa.  I can still see those mechanical characters that were outside, especially the ice skaters.  Anyone remember those?  
 Also I remember as a young boy going to my grandmothers who lived on N Lewis.  There was a small grocery/five and dime store a couple blocks away that we would walk to.  It was like something from a bygone era that I feel fortunate to have experienced.  Walking in the front door you would hear a tiny bell jingle then the screen door slap! shut behind you.  The floors were worn, dry wood, the shine long gone, but tidy as anything.  There was a curved glass counter that had all kinds of meats, salamis, hams, etc. that grandmother would pick to have large chunks knived off from.  The real treat for me was getting a soda pop.  I remember reaching waaay down into this huge wooden barrel full of ice and water to pull out one of those glass bottles of pop. The feel of that churning mixture of chunks of ice and glass bottles on a hot oklahoma summer day was wonderful.  Then, after the pop was all gone I would suck all the air out of the bottle and let it dangle from my tongue lol.

I don't remember the mechanical characters at Southland--wish I did.  My aunt use to take her nieces on a special outing to Southland.  It was always a suprise--she would pick one of us up from school, and take us shopping, and then to a drug store, where we would have lunch at the counter.  I cannot remember the name of the drug store, but I remember she always let us get a Dr. Pepper, which my mom would never let us have.

I remember Southroads better.  Instead of Santa, they had puppets--Rudolph and an elf.  You could walk up on the stage and tell them what you wanted for Christmas.  I always thought that was so much more fun than just plain old Santa.