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  1. http://blog.chron.com/primeproperty/2014/07/historic-weingarten-home-on-the-market-after-almost-five-decades/?cmpid=rrhoustontx#25292101=26
  2. Thanks guys, it was in the orphanage thread. It was the Harris County home for boys. You guys have the answers to everything!!!
  3. I am just curious about something.......Growing up in the 70's I had an older brother who was a bit of a juvenile delinquent ( At least that's what they called out of control kids back then) After breaking the law a few to many times, they sentenced him to a boys home. I am trying to remember a certain one. I believe it was located out in Clear Lake, and I remember on family visits, that they had horses, canoes and it was like a summer camp. I guess the juvenile justice system sure has changed. Just wondering if any one has any information on the place. Back then it was all under The Harris county youth authority, and I know they had several other places in Texas.
  4. It does make you wonder now doesn't it. In the house next door to me, the son shot and killed the father in the kitchen some 30 years ago. I have often wondered if I should tell the current residents. But I think with some things, the past should just stay in the past.
  5. Awwww The good old days, when you could camp out and actually get decent seats. While you were out there in the middle of the night waiting in line, you did not have to worry about getting mugged or shot.
  6. Thanks so much Firebird. I bet dad was working there pretty much when it first opened. I was born and raised in Aldine and now raising my kids here, so I really appreciated all the early history of it. I have seen it go through alot of changes, some good and some bad. But the school system is still great and as long as these teachers continue to push these kids to learn just as hard as I do, I will be staying here. By the way, nice name, my first car was a 74 Firebird, and they sure don't make them like that anymore!!!!
  7. Firebird that was just mean, but it was really funny. I worked as a cashier for Kroger for a long time. (not the Mount Houston store though) Poor Margie should have just made you get on that register on your own checker number and put you to work!!!! I have a question for you, my dad worked at the Fina station on Airline at West Mount Houston when I was growing up. I believe it closed down in 1978 or 79, and my dad opened up a tire shop at 9020 Airline, right next to The Fairway food store. What I am wondering is how long the Fina station was at that location before it closed down. I remember being up there with my dad on summer evenings and dad letting us pump gas when I was in Jr high school, so it must have been 1974 or 75. Mom and dad or both gone now, so I can't ask them. Any help would be appreciated.
  8. I know this is an older thread, but you need to google map that house. The address is 1036 Gulf Bank, it's not just a mansion it looks like a compound. We have a few of these huge houses showing up around Aldine. The one on Gulf Bank is surrounded by trailer parks and junk yards and is so out of place compared to everything else on that street. But like they said above, be careful if you want to take photos because thats alot of woods they have to hide your body!
  9. Another one becomes just a memory. This is just sad. What are my children going to have to remember when they are grown? Parking lots!
  10. Looking back now it's a wonder any of us survived. We rode our bikes and there was no such things as helmets. We played in the ditches, catching bees in jars and crawfish and minnows when it rained. (kids can't do it now because half the neighbors pump their sewage and waste water into the ditches) We did not have bottled water. Where ever we were at we just used the water hose to drink from. We had no sun block, It was not summer until you got your first sunburn. There was no air conditioning, so you stayed outside all day anyway. I think kids these days are just way over protected. I encourage mine to go out and play in the dirt, chase bugs, build a fort in the back yard, just get dirty. That's what water is for.
  11. I grew up in Aldine and am still here. I went to Colonial Hills (now Odom Elementry), Inez Carrol Elementry (now gone), Aldine Junior High (now Aldine Middle School) and Aldine High School. I graduated from Aldine in 1981. I would be happy to give you some memories. But I was wondering if you have looked at the site on face book called Aldine Sr High School In loving Memory of all fallen Mustangs. They have a list of people who went to Aldine and have passed away. I was quite shocked at how many have died from cancer or were murdered. It kind makes me want to take my kids and run.
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