Childhood Memories of Tulsa 1960s-1970s

[mr.jaynes]

Well, I'll return on occasion to visit, and I gotta tell ya, I notice that there are part of Tulsa that seem very depressed economically. I remember how the East side had relatively more going for it than it does now. I think it started to decline in the late 1980s.

[Danny]

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

OK, here's one: does anyone remember the Electronic Silvermint? Located on Memorial between 15th and 21st streets, on the west side of the road? Had a skateboard pit and a ramp or two, and an arcade inside? I loved skateboarding, and dare I say that I was a reigning champ at not only Galaga, but Centipede too.

that was originally called "Ridge Riders skateboard park". the arcade came later, at first, the main focus was skateboarding, after the craze died in the 80's, the arcade became the main draw.

[RLitterell]

Childhood memories of Tulsa 1960s1970s

Gasoline jumped from (appx) 23 cents per gallon to 40 cents per gallon. I thought my Daddy was going to cry.

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by Danny

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

OK, here's one: does anyone remember the Electronic Silvermint? Located on Memorial between 15th and 21st streets, on the west side of the road? Had a skateboard pit and a ramp or two, and an arcade inside? I loved skateboarding, and dare I say that I was a reigning champ at not only Galaga, but Centipede too.

that was originally called "Ridge Riders skateboard park". the arcade came later, at first, the main focus was skateboarding, after the craze died in the 80's, the arcade became the main draw.

I loved both.

[breitee]

Does anybody remember the following?

Zuider Zee
Golden Drumstick
Captain's Cabin
Bill's T Records
Honest John's
The Rubicon
Odessy Mall
Der Weinerschnitzel
Dickie's Fish and Chips
Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips
The Hungry Pelican
The Library on 11th St.
Tink Wilkerson
D.B.Wilkerson
Dan P. Holmes
DX, Deep Rock, Apco, Pacer Fina, and Consumers Gas Stations
Linda Soundtrack

Blast From The Past

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by breitee

Does anybody remember the following?

Zuider Zee
Golden Drumstick
Captain's Cabin
Bill's T Records
Honest John's
The Rubicon
Odessy Mall
Der Weinerschnitzel
Dickie's Fish and Chips
Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips
The Hungry Pelican
The Library on 11th St.
Tink Wilkerson
D.B.Wilkerson
Dan P. Holmes
DX, Deep Rock, Apco, Pacer Fina, and Consumers Gas Stations
Linda Soundtrack

Blast From The Past

Let's see, as I remember it, Zuider Zee was located near the Oertle's, and was a seafood restaurant I believe; may have been a chain, but I'm not completely sure. Der Weinerschnitzel I think had a location on 41st Street between Sheridan and Yale and was a A-frame chalet-type building? Dickies was fish and chips, and Hungry Pelican was seafood, had a location in Tulsa and in Broken Arrow. What is Odyssey Mall and the Rubicon?

Hey, does anybody remmeber a department store called David's ("David's the name, the name for all the best")? You could buy just about anything under the sun there. They even had a department dedicated to cowboy boots, specifically Acme, Dan Post and Nocona.

[breitee]

The Odyssey Mall was in Brookside about 43rd and Peoria and the Rubicon was at 7th and Peoria in an old two story house that is now a hamburger restaurant. They were both head shops. David's is what Oertle's became after it was sold.

[Aa5drvr]

Speaking of east tulsa, does anyone recall Western Village Resort at Admiral and Garnett?  It was a western ranch style resort with a lodge, golf course and a runway.  My dad took us there to look at planes.  I think I saw my first helicopter up close there.  This was about the time of the "Whirlybirds" TV show, and civilian helicopters were quite rare.

Discussed on Tulsa TV Memories recently was the SW corner of 11th and Sheridan where a Consumers Gas station was, now a used car lot.
Before it was a gas station it was just a octagonal concrete slab with each section different colors.  
Originally it had been planned to be an Automat, quite a futuristic concept for Tulsa in the early 1960's Alas, it never materialized and later became Consumer's gas station.

[mr.jaynes]

Does anybody remember Crutcher's Western Wear, with locations at Forum 21 Mall and Woodland?

[breitee]

Do any of you happen to have any photos of the old Ma-Hu mansion on Memorial BEFORE it was abandoned? I would love to see photos of the property with the longhorn steer grazing in the front.

[cks511]

I believe it's a true story that the Ma-Hu mansion was the site of a suicide and it was a favorite fright place of ours.

St. Michaels Alley is still the same after all these years.

Our favorite haunted house/hotel was the Bates Hotel across from East Central.  Yes, that was it's name.

And, favorite haunted cememtary was Sparky's at the end of Harvard off 91st.

And, all the cartoons that were politcally, gender and racially incorrect, believe they called it communist.

LOL.  

[AngieB]

quote:Originally posted by cks511


St. Michaels Alley is still the same after all these years.

It's under new ownership. Food may be basically the same, and they renovated the bathrooms, but I hesitate to say that it's "still the same after all these years."

JMO

[Aa5drvr]

Locally the hotel known as "Bates" on 11th was really called "East Central Hotel" long before Hitchcock.

Born in Tulsa in 1956 and lived at 11th and Mingo.  

Everyone says I have a photographic memory.  I beg to differ.  
I have a pornographis memory, but no one told me where they stored the pornograph.

[JimPat]

I'm trying to remember, has East Central High School always been the Cardinals. Seems like I remember a diffferent name back in the '60s and '70s.

[BUCKWHEAT]

 I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THE MA-HU MANSION  - BUT THEN I ALSO REMEMBER OERTLES BEING AT 29th & MEMORIAL TOO NOT WHERE OTHERS HAVE SAID IT WAS
REMEMBER SEEING LEON RUSSEL & FRIENDS ( YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHO ALL WE SAW -- SERIOUSLY) DRIVING AROUND TOWN TOO -- AND GOING BY HIS HOUSE NEAR WOODWARD PARK
TULSA WAS THE BEST PLACE TO GROW UP IN IN THE EARLY 60's