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Hey Old_Sharpstown,

Thanks for your post. I almost got my feelings hurt and was glad to see you put "just kidding" next to something I/you said. That has been a few years ago and well, I have lost a few brain cells since then...just kidding People were just plain mean today at work and guess I was already feeling kinda sorry for myself...lol.

I remembered the teacher's name (our band leader) was Jack Davis. I still think about that and wonder if it was really true. Even though he was a mean teacher I still could not see him doing something like that. Anyway, I moved to Dallas in 1978 so I did not hear about the gym teachers and stuff.

Oh Landsdale...what a place that was. I can still smell that clorine smell. We use to hang out at that basketball court area as well. Do you still live in the Houston area? I hear the area where we lived Beechnut/Troulon has really changed demographically.

Well, don't want to ramble. Fill me in on anything else that happened in that time frame if you have time.

Best regards,

Angie

Have a safe trip and congrats on your wedding >

My family moved to Sharpstown in 1970. I went to Bonham Elementary and my older sisters went to Sharpstown Jr. High then Sr. High. We moved to Dallas in 1978. I attened one year at the Sr. High (1977). I was in the band (Mr. Trevathan s.p.?). The jazz section of our band played at Good Time Charlies on the weekends. What a great time that was. I remember another mall that was built during that time called Westwood Mall??? We use to walk that mall on the weekends trying to meet boys (ha ha). Sharpstown was very "happening" in the 70's. I heard that the area we lived in has changed in the demographics but there are a few families that still live on our block. I heard about Astroworld and was crushed. We spent every moment we could over there (season passes). I even took my husband there once when we were down at Galveston. That park ROCKED. Do yall remember Gemco? That was really cool cause you had to have a membership to get in. We use to collect the shopping baskets and return them for something (can't remember what we got). I spent a lot of time in the Braeburn Valley bayou (lol). We use to play like crazy down in all that *crap*....uggg. Do you remember the restaurant called Across the Street? You ordered your food from your table using a telephone. How cool was that. I could ramble forever about how great things were growing up there. The only thing I can remember that I DONT miss is the COCKROACHES. OMGoodness. I still live in fear of those things.

Thanks for reading and hope all is well for everyone

Does anyone remember "Across the Street" hamburger place? You sat down at a table and ordered your food from your table with a telephone thing. Then when your order was ready, it would blink. You would then go pick up your food at the counter. Don't really remember what street it was off of but we walked across a patch of ground by Baptist U off of Beachnut St.

I forgot about Los Tios. We ate there a lot. Think it was off of Bissonett. Also, remember Gemco? One of the first places that you had to have a membership to shop there.

I went to Sharpstown Jr. High from 1975 - 1977. I remember that school like it was yesterday. Don't remember the principals name or my homeroom teacher but I do remember I had a teacher named Ms. Horanne who taught science or something like that. We did labs in her class. I was in the band (played clarinet) when Mr. Jack ???? was the teacher. In our last year (9th grade) he was arrested and then fired. A couple of boys said he picked them up in the school parking lot and made sexual advances towards them. It was a BIG blow to the whole school. He was a mean teacher but good. I was also a "pom pom" girl (not a cheerleader but one of the spirit girls who sat in the stands) in the 8th grade. I still remember that little green dress. I was not very popular cause I was very shy. I had three older sisters who went there starting in 1970. And we did swim at Landsdale all the time. Seems like a million years ago.