What a great memory! I am 52 years old and grew up in Bellaire & Sharpstown until I was 9. Mom & Dad used to take me to ride those ponies at OST & Main. One of my early childhood fond memories.
Other memories in Houston as a child . . .
* Seeing Snow White at the movie theatre in the old shopping center on the north side of Bellaire Blvd. just east of the train tracks on the east end of Bellaire.
* Going to see Kitirik at Channel 13 and Captain Bob on Channel 2 at their old studios on Post Oak Rd.
* The deep drainage ditches along Avenue A (now Newcastle) and Post Oak Rd. in Bellaire.
* Movies at the Trail Drive In, and the new Sharpstown Drive In.
* Bissonnet was still called Old Richmond Road from the curve at about Edloe, down through Sharpstown.
* A big discount store on Hillcroft in Sharpstown called "Globe".
* That jingle . . ."Summer winter spring or fall, stroll in the air conditioned mall, with one stop to shop for all, at Sharpstown Center."
* The old Sears on South Main just south of Downtown
* U-Tote-M was a fairly large chain of convenience stores in those days. Their radio jingle? "Just in case anyone should ask you, you tell 'em U-Tote-M." Their sign incorporated a totem pole.
Probably a lot more stored in this old brain here!
Busch Gardens?
There were a few of the bird cages and thatched roof huts lift when Anheser Busch underwent a major renovation in the middle 80's. The smokers were using the huts as a break area. Wrong part of town for an amusement park, don't you think?
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God I hated that Globe store on Hillcroft. Ugh!
There were a few of the bird cages and thatched roof huts lift when Anheser Busch underwent a major renovation in the middle 80's. The smokers were using the huts as a break area. Wrong part of town for an amusement park, don't you think?