Rdaniel

The Texas Tapes & Records in Pasadena was indeed one great record store. I think it was there even up until 1981 or so--maybe a little later. They had all kinds of rare stuff in there that you couldn't find anywhere else. So did the Soundwaves on Belfort & Broadway. I remember being blown away by the fact that they had the Beatles LP's on Parlaphone--imported from England. First place I ever saw those for sale in Houston. And I bought them all of course. Another record store I frequented in those days was Disc Records. There was one at Almeda Mall and probably some others elsewhere.

Yes, I remember the Rays on Richey. There was also a discount store in there called Moore's, if I am not mistaken. And then there was Mr. Hamburger a little ways down the street. We ate there frequently. You jarred my memory on the Weiners. I am now thinking it was between the TSO and Weingartens--in the other shopping center as you pointed out.

There was a Robert Hall Store in Pasadena on Shaver Street. Right next to my elementary school, South Shaver Elementary. It was a small bldg which still stands. There was a Shipleys right there also. Right at the end of the shell path which led into my neighborhood east of Shaver. And across the street was "The Grove", a great place to get a Burger and Root Beer. Actually the Grove was slightly down from there. There was a drive-in theatre right across from the Shipleys and Robert Hall Store. We didn't go there much, but I can still remember the inside of the store. Had to be 44 years ago or so. Shortly after that, they built the first Foleys outside of Houston (I think). It was on Southmore and that's where we did most of our clothes shopping. There was a Thom Mcann Store in Pasadena at the corner of Southmore and Tatar. I saw this shopping center being discussed earlier. In that L shaped center was a Western Auto, Wyatt's Cafeteria, TSO, Weingartens, Thom McCann, and Oshmans. Probably others I can't remember. The Sears and Weiners were acorss the street.