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.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Anyone remember the name of the UofM football announcer who would go bonkers whenever Michigan scored?

Bob Ufer. Lived across the street from my Grandparents in Ann Arbor. Big house on a triangle lot.

[FlyVet]

if you seen gordie howe when he was still a wing

I remember that. I remember Bobby Hull hitting the Wings' goalie in the face with a slap shot. Knocked him cold and cut his face wide open, right through the Freddie mask.

If you remember when hockey players didn't wear helmets, and blocked pucks with their faces....

[MetalHeadConservative35]

heh yea and the sad thing is...it you can still get a face shot bloody even with cages/sheilds you get hit hard enough the impact splits your skin (i play hockey myself took 2 pucks to my face to wear a face visor)

[MetalHeadConservative35]

oh and heres another one

You know your from detroit if you know what my tagline is) lol (ok for those that dont zug island is a steel mill island just off of the detroit river and its pretty smelly down there)

[Brian S]

How about Sir Graves Ghastly?

Sir Graves ping! Loved it..saturday wasn't right without him!

[AnimalLover]

I love your post! You brought back so many memories.
Did you ever have the Cream Puff Hot Fudge Sundae at
Sanders? How about the Chocolate Buttercream Cake?

Do you remember the park that was in the opposite
direction of Bob Lo? I believe it was on Harson's Island
and you could only get there by ferry. Freighters used to pass that park carrying the ore, etc., from the north
sailing across Lakes Superior, Huron, St. Clair and the
Detroit River to the plants at River Rouge, etc.
And, if I remember correctly there was an island across
from said park that belonged to a tribe of Indians.

I remember the park had a Merry-Go-Round, Roller Rink and
plenty of picnic areas. I think there were pony rides too.
I just can't remember the name!

[jettester]

Bump!

[chuckwalla]

Harson's island was up the St Clair river and next to and island called Russel island which is the Indian island.
I used to live in Algonac right across from there and the Indians would walk across the ice in the winter, drink in the bars and get get stranded sometimes because they waited too long and the river was uncrossable.
The freighters would use the channel and when they came out the north end and up the river the wash would draw the water from the other side of the river. We could wade out 30, 40, 50 feet and wait for the water to rush back. Usually when they were loaded though. The Bethlehem steel ships were the best.

[DJ Frisat]

Hi -- DJ Frisat here, aka brother of mombonn, and webmaster of Morgus Presents! Online. The link you that appeared here was only on page on the website. I hope you took some time to look at the main site -- http://www.morgus.com

And, while we're at it, some more Detroit things not mentioned yet:

Sagebrush Shorty - "oskyweego, oskywaygo"
Wixie Wonderland (comedian Marve Welch)
Ricky the Clown
Plum Street - The Plum Pit
Billy Lee & the Rivieras (Mitch Ryder)
The Grande Ballroom & Easttown Theater
the Amboy Dukes at The Hideout
Ed Johnson's marionettes on Milky's show --- Willie Doit, Gee Whizzer & Applesauce
KEENER 13 -- Dick Purtan, Bob Green, Gary Stevens, Swingin' Sweeny
Conrad Patrick
Pinkie Lee
New Era Potato Chips
The Frost, Frijid Pink, SRC
Voice of the Fans w/ Ray Lane
WABX & WABX Tubeworks
Lee Alan's horn and --- croohvneys!

RE: the earlier "Chickenman" mention -- this wasn't locally produced, it was syndicated from Chicago, the work of famed comedic radio ad legend Dick Orkin.

[tiamat]

Never had a Sloppy Joe at Sander's.... It was a place I got taken to fo a reward after a doctor's appointment ( I had a lot of surgery as a kid) or after the all-important Back To School shopping at Hudson's downtown. ( Right across the street! ) So I do not believe I evr had more than a dessert at Sander's!

Tia

[tiamat]

whizkid wrote:

It was Mauchus (sp) Red Fox on Telegraph.

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You are right!

And any of the Mauchus restaurants were great! "Red Fox", "Sly Fox" and others whose names I do not remember....

And then there were the "Charlie's Crab" restaurants......Heir to which did a few years back in a sailing accident........

Tia

[madison10]

Hmm...didn't think I was THAT old. I remember many of those and I'm an hour south of Detroit.

My brother liked "Sir Graves." I thought the shows were too creepy.;)

PS Was "Friendly Giant" on that list?

[Alouette]

Carl's Chop House
London Chop House
Plum Street
The Riots of '67
The World Series of '68
The South End
Emily and her boyfriend feeding each other
Cass Tech High School and skipping class to go to Canada

[tiamat]

Durchess,

My father, ( the Socialist ) was teaching biology at Seaholm at that time.

Heard all sorts of bad stories about Tim Allen.....LOL!

Oh yes, I remember the riots clearly. I was eight, and we walked to the end of the street to Woodward and watched Detroit burn... and smelled it.

Tia

[tiamat]

Oh! the Friendly Giant!

I loved him! he was off of Channel 9 ( Canada) .

"Loook up....Wayyyyy up! "

Tia

[GrandMoM]

Never had a Sloppy Joe at Sander's.... It was a place I got taken to fo a reward after a doctor's appointment ( I had a lot of surgery as a kid) or after the all-important Back To School shopping at Hudson's downtown. ( Right across the street! ) So I do not believe I evr had more than a dessert at Sander's!....I got that wrong! I got the sloppy joes in Kresgee's (sp?)and the hot fudge at Sander's.

....btw, you mentioned Hudson's and it reminded me of the day we got all dressed up and went downtown to get my communion dress. There I was in my best clothes and my first time on an elevator which was stuffed with people and what happens? Just about half way up, I threw up Hot Dog all over everyone.

....I still can't ride in a elevator with out thinking about it and laughing. You should have seen the look on their faces as they tried to find something to wipe themselves off with!

[dutchess]

thanks for posting about Bob Ufer...He was such a treat to listen to, Gosh..I grew up with him as well as JP and many other...M Go Blue!

[tiamat]

Alouette,

Riots of 67

World Series of 68

Skipping school at Berkley High and going to the DIA or over the Bridge to Canada

(Oh sure, and I was a rebel.... I skipped school to go to the art museum or the historical museum...... )

;-)

Tia

[tiamat]

Oh dear! poor little one!

I hope people were kind to you!

Tia

[ItsJeff]

GrandMom, my mom tells a similar story. She, her mother and grandmother drove to Hudson's to buy her school clothes. When they got downtown (from Pontiac) my mom threw up all over herself. Apparently, they stopped at Himelhoch's, bought a new dress, then went on to Hudson's.