Icons of youth

[ghettodub]

Celebrity was on Colorado Boulevard IIRC. We used to go bowling, swimming and such under one roof.

Oops, yep, that was a mistype of mine. I was reading another post where someone typed Broadway, heh. Yeah, it was right in Glendale, and was awesome

[Irving]

Roller City and Round The Corner on West Colfax.

Also Funplex (still around but named something else) and Funtastic Nathans. When Leaps and Bounds came around, I was too old and mad about it. Old Elitches was great. I wouldn't mind if the new Elitches burned down, won't catch me or mine going to that trash dump. I used to go to Villa Itallia Mall a lot because my mom worked near by.

[ghettodub]

Roller City and Round The Corner on West Colfax.

Also Funplex (still around but named something else) and Funtastic Nathans. When Leaps and Bounds came around, I was too old and mad about it. Old Elitches was great. I wouldn't mind if the new Elitches burned down, won't catch me or mine going to that trash dump. I used to go to Villa Itallia Mall a lot because my mom worked near by.

Round the Corner was awesome. That was pretty much my favourite restaurant when I was a kid

[BigBear]

Militaty brat, I've never been in one place longer than 2 years...and I'm still considered a young guy being barely south of 30 years old. So my memories from days past:

- Atari!!
- Playing lasertag "war" with the German kids in Parmesean, Germany.
- Listening to the bagpipes and tales of ol' told by the elders on the Cliffs of Dongal in Ireland during summer weekend nights.
- Learning to field dress my first deer in the Russian winter with dad and Col. Primorvsky!! (RIP)
- Just being around friends and family without the cares of bills, student loans, etc.
- Working on the family farm during some summers with grandpa... that is probably the best memories, getting my hands dirty.
- Remembering being in different gradeschools and everyone always asking what it was like to be an American when most of my childhood was not stateside, lol

Fondest memory of childhood though: - Dad returning from his first combat tour, he gave me the worlds biggest hug and told me he loved me. Stuck with me years later.


Now I've been in CONUS over a decade and I'm ready to get out again, lol.

[Marlin]

centennial race track

In my ill spent youth, I'd climb the tree in the back yard with the binos, and watch about 3/4 of the race. At least until they put the county palace in..

[theGinsue]

Well, I'm getting into this thread a little late as many folks have hit a lot of the businesses I recall from my youth.

I grew up in Kansas City (Missouri, NOT Kansas), so I lot of what I remember that has gone by the wayside of "progress" is different than what many of you remember, except some of the national businesses. I'll try to stick to those.

As has already been mentioned, Shakey's Pizza, then as almost a replacemetn to Shakey's came Godfather's Pizza - both fantastic pizza eating experiences.

HBAR mentioned a place that I was struggling to remember the name of but absolutely LOVED - The Ground Round! Delicious food and I recall going to one near where I lived and listening to a live bluegrass band - the Grand PooBa Beaner Band


How about Arthur Treachers Fish & Chips? They still exist in a few places.


Ah, as Marlin mentioned...climbing trees. Kids can't do that many places anymore - too great a risk the kid will get hurt and their parents will sue somebody.

Going to Lake Jakomo (again, in KC) and listening to all of the hippies play guitar and banjo and singing old folk songs (like "This Land Is Your Land, etc.) around a camp fire.

[Graves]

Remember when KFC had chicken littles? I ate the fawk out of those little b'stards. Or the original Bigfoot, the big big bucket or the big big cheese from little caesar's?

[Elhuero]

I remember old elitche's.

[Irving]

I remember seeing the Noid on those pizza commercials, and back when I thought that Little Caesar's and Blackjack pizza actually tasted good. I remember when the Bigfoot came out and Pizza Hut's The Edge.

[theGinsue]

Big Mac Attack
(Can't access images for this at work)


Avoid The Noid


Big Mac Attack


the California Raisins



Skelly and Fina gas stations.

TG&Y stores