You 're An Old Detroiter If.......

e-mail | 06 Sep 2003 | tiamat

[tiamat]

Forgive me, but You're an Old Detroiter if:

You took a "moonlight cruise" to Bob-lo with Captain Bob-lo or went to Edgewater amusement Park.

You remember the big stove that was on Jefferson Ave. at the entrance to Belle Isle.

You shopped at Hughes and Hatcher, B. Siegel, Peck and Peck, Himelhoch's,Robert Halls, Crowley's, Shoppers Fair, EJ Korvettes or Federals.

You rode the elevator at J. L. Hudson, which was "run" by an elevator operator with her white gloves on.

You remember a Winkleman's and Sanders store in your neighborhood.

You remember the "Big Snow", Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody, Clarabell, PhineasT. Bluster, and Princess Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring.

You remember Twin Pines Dairy delivered milk and juice to the chute on the side of your house and Milky the Clown performed magic with the magic Words, "Twin Pines".

You remember the Good Humor man in a white uniform, ringing the bells and driving down your street.

You remember the Olympia Stadium.

You remember when Vernor's  was made  on Woodward Ave.  and a bearded troll was on the bottle.

Your mom got groceries at Great Scott, Food Fair, Wrigley's or Chatham.

Your mom saved Holden Red Stamps, S&H Green Stamps, or Gold Bell Gift Stamps and you licked the stamps and put them in those little books.

Kresge's and Woolworth's were "DIME STORES".

You had an Uncle in the furniture business (Joshua Doore).

You know who Bill Kennedy is.

You remember this telephone number:  Tyler 8-7100 (Belvedere Construction) and the slogan "We do good work".

Your phone number may have started with Tyler, Vermont, Broadway,Kenwood,Diamond, Webster, Dunkirk, Warwick, Vinwood, Townsend, University orTrinity.

You saw the Detroit Lions play football in Tiger Stadium.

You remember Black Bart and the Faygo pop song.  Or how  about "Which way did they go?  Which way did he go?  He went for Faygo, old fashion root beer".

You watched Rita Bell's Prize Movie in the mornings.

You know who Sonny Elliot is.  Do you remember Sonny using chalk on a map of Michigan?

You remember Jack LeGoff and Van Patrick.

You remember Milky the Clown, Soupy Sales, Johnny Ginger, Poopdeck Paul and Captain Jolly, Fred Wolf from the whacky wiggloo.

You visited the Wonder Bread Bakery and got to take home a mini loaf of bread.

Your address had a two-digit "zone" before there were zip codes. Detroit19, Michigan.

You remember "Get on the right track at 9 Mile and Mack, to get the best deal in town.  Roy O'Brian...it's the best deal in town".

Your house had a laundry chute and a milk chute and a coal chute.

You remember going to Detroit Edison with your mom to exchange burned out light bulbs for new ones.

[justaguy]

My Grandfather would tell the story of getting into a bar fight with Sir Graves. Don't know if it actually happened, but I laugh everytime I think about it.

[tiamat]

Wow!

What a cool coincidence!

And you are right, it IS spooky, but in a good sort of way.

Thanks for posting your story.

Tia

[FlyVet]

Mark "The Bird" Fydrich

How could I forget that!

After he blew out his arm, I think he started a swimming pool construction business. Years later, he had surgery to fix his shoulder, and pitched either American Legion or Babe Ruth League for a number of years. Imagine, with the miracle of modern surgery, his blown shoulder would have been a one-year blip, rather than a career-ender. Or, if the Tigers' management had enough sense to pull a rookie out of a game when he was overextended. Fid just wouldn't quit, he went all out on every pitch. What a character. It would make a good movie.

[tiamat]

I remember seeing the tank.

I'm a bit young for Silverstien's Surplus. , but I love a good "junk " shop!

Have heard of Little Wonder.

Tia Tia

[tiamat]

I will get details about the Rouge river fire from my husband when he gets in. I remember hearing that story about the girl and the knocking. there are LOTs of "Haunted Detroit" stories. I think someone actually wrote a book about all of the spooky Detroit legends.

One of the radio stations a few years back had people call in on Halloween and tell their ghost stories from the area.

Do you know about ELOISE?

Tia

[tiamat]

Lenny,

Yes! Byron MacGregor! How could I have forgotten the name? Thank you for remembering

I encourage every one who can to listen to this piece. "Tribute to the Americans" It's great, and proves that not ALL Canadians despise us.

Tia

[tiamat]

We lived in Berkley just two blocks up from Woodward. People in our neighborhood were scared that the rioters would come sweeping down Woodward and burn us out.

I lived in a cop neighborhood and I remember a lot of the guys on out block, sitting in lawnchairs or on thier porches, armed with shot-guns and rifles and listening to their transistor radios to keep track of what was happening

You could smell the burning for miles.

Tia

[dakine]

Tribute to Bob Talbert: "Out of my mind on a Monday Moanin'"

[ASA Vet]

kids you went to school with?

Most of the kids, with which, I went to school,
wouldn't end their sentences with a prepostion.

Rich?? Until we moved to the burbs I lived on Front Ave.
That was taken out by Urban Renewal when they built the 131 expressway.

Speaking of Barry's kid, he was present at the fire which killed Thunder I.

[gracex7]

Having been a product of the GR Public School system, I feel quite at home ending my sentences with prepositions, all except 'H'.


....oh wait a minute, that's "Preparation".

[CAfraudPI]

Howz 'bout , I think it was Art Van, "I'll give you five pounds of coffee if I cant beat your best deal."

[dfwgator]

You remember Wayne Fontes, and wish he was back!

LOL, I said the same thing about Monte Clark for years. But it looks like they are in good hands with Mariucci.

[dfwgator]

You remember Willie Horton as they guy who lead the Tigers to the 68 World Series Championship, and not as the guy that Mike Dukakis let go.

[CAfraudPI]

"Old Troll" appeares to be a MI Spartan

[HamiltonJay]

You remember a time when the majority of the homes along the highway weren't abandoned, or condemned.

[tiamat]

CAfraudPI wrote:

Howz 'bout , I think it was Art Van, "I'll give you five pounds of coffee if I cant beat your best deal."

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Nope!

That was Ollie Fretter, and he sold appliances!

But you get five pounds of coffee just for playing! ;-)

Tia

[tiamat]

That's the sort of thing I would expect from someone with one post....

[NonZeroSum]

Most of the kids, with which, I went to school, wouldn't end their sentences with a prepostion.

Yes, and they would have said "with whom," rather than "with which," and they wouldn't have added superfluous commas around either "with whom" or "with which" and after "school," and they would have spelled "preposition" correctly.

I know just the kind of kids you mean. ;-)

[fivecatsandadog]

I've lived in LA since 72 and can't believe I went through those cold cold winters. Nothing like the falls and some of the beautiful winter scenes. Still so cold. The summers are so short

I've been here since '72 and still can't believe I left S. Calif. for this! Boy, was I stupid...