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I went to Johnston the first year it was built. When I first got there, I was a little shy about the nude swimming for boys and girls at the indoor pool. I think the girls went three days and the guys two days, and then it was switched the next week. A friend who went there after I did said that he couldn't remember when it was discontinued or why. Does anyone know the story? Can you imagine the outrage if this were to happen today?

I think they moved it to the Colonial House Apartments during the 80's. At least that's what I hear...don't know first hand...

Unless it's a completely barren beach, I ain't showin my nekkid body to nobody...and then only to my significant otter!

Oh...that fifties skinny dipping pool...was it co-ed?

Don't know if it was the same one, but we ate at the Monterey House on NASA Rd. 1 (a few blocks away from the intersection with Hwy 3/OGR) all the time in the 70's. I think of that candy whenever I grab a praline walking out of Brennan's - they're similar in taste to me, though of course the pralines have nuts. Before the Monterey House was built, I think we had to go to a Pancho's or something on 45 - I remember the little flags at the table. After the Casa Ole was built on El Camino, we went there. Seems like the NASA Rd. 1 Monterey House later became "Monterey's" and/or a Tortuga's, but I'm not sure - haven't lived in that area for a while.

The food quality took a dive when it became Monterrey's and/or Tortugas...but that's just my opinion...

The only comparable Tex-Mex restaurant to Monterrey House was Casa Ole...but even they have changed their menu a bit and is almost unrecognizable from what it used to be in the early days.

Wasn't Roy Rogers restaurant kind of popular for a while?

and I wonder if the real actor gave his ok to use his name? I understand you just cant grab a famous name and use it without consent, etc.

I'm sure he did.

The RR restaurants didn't seem to do a good job of competing with Arby's and went away...at least in Houston. However, if I am ever in a place with a RR's, I'll have to check it out for old time's sake...

For some reason I remember there being a Chuck Wagon in front of the Dillard's there at the Galleria. It is now a "420 Head Shop" or "Zone D' Erotica". but before it was a Roy Roger's restaurant and before that I feel certain that it was a Chuck Wagon in the 70's.

It was Larry's Hamburgers for a while...during the early 90's...

I remember it was Roy Rogers first...that's what the restaurant was built as.

this is an ad for the one in the Village:

Cool ad, Sev! Love the late 60's/early 70's design...

the ones i could find in my directories were at 1132 E 11th, 7414 Long Point, 6817 Bissonnet, and 3418 Broadway in the seventies, and 5210 Kirby, 4546 OST, 117 W Crosstimbers, and 3418 Broadway in the fifties.

ooh, and they were listed as "The Chuc-Wagun" - the one on Broadway was a pupuseria when i lived over in that area

The one on Crosstimbers...that's the one I remember!

Anybody remember the Pig Stand restaurants? I remember one over near White Oak Bayou...I think on White Oak Drive...

God, I was little back then...lol

Anybody remember the Chuck Wagon restaurant? I think it was over on Airline or somewhere near Garden Oaks. I remember my parents taking me there when I was a little kid...remember the food being good. Can anyone give some details or pictures of the joint?

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I have a list of Mading Dugan Drugs locations here post #190 http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...3075&st=150

The coolest GLOBE was on North Shepherd...about a mile south of Tidwell. It stood on the current site of the City Of Houston 911 Emergency Center...across the street from St. Pius High School. As a kid, I got lost in that store one day...I was terrified.

Panjos Pizza was exellent. Thin crust. Always crispy. Spicy pepperoni.

We used to go to the one on Winrock all the time in the early 1980s. My sister and I were just talking about it last night!

Family and I went to the one in Rockport when we were there last weekend -- still tastes the same. Same crisp crust -- not soggy in the middle like Houston pizza joints! lol! I highly recommend it!

Looks like the one in Beaumont is the only true remaining Monterey House:

http://home.beaumontenterprise.com/visitor...erey_house.html

Well, seeing is believing! We indeed had "bombers in our backyard". Thanks for linking to the picture. I recall seeing it before, but didn't notice the B-24 to which I have no excuse! I guess with those big fat tires, the Liberator didn't always need concrete below it. Any idea what publication this picture was taken from?

Great topic!

Very interesting posts, guys!

Hmm, I just assumed he meant the original Sheraton-Lincoln downtown, since it had the asbestos issues at one point.

Downtown Sheraton big topic

Yeah, I guess I should have been more specific on that...

The ugly downtown one...the black and white stripped monstrosity...lol!

The thing is literally falling apart. I have to think it could pose a danger unless they do *something* with it soon...

I believe you. I'm well aware of the CAF..They didn't exist in 1947... I've also read of them storing many old

planes over by Ellington field back about that time. Back then, they probably had them sitting all over the place

until they got around to selling them, or scrapping them out. The country churned out a lot of aircraft during ww2.

Lots of boats, etc also. Many of the old planes were sold to other countries, individuals, etc. Some were kept

in service through the Korean war period.. IE: They flew P-51 Mustangs up through the Korean war, and many

other countries bought our old planes to use in their air forces. Usually fairly meager compared to ours..

I think they flew some B-29's etc up through the 50's. The ww2 era planes I've seen in old pix of Sam Houston

were likely bought by individuals, ex ww2 pilots, etc.

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Exactly, that's what I suspect these planes were...just waiting to be handed off to collectors, sold for scrap, etc.

B-29s were converted to B-50s and flown more commonly as KB-50 takers. They flew well into the 1950s IIRC. There are very few B-29s that are preserved, most being scrapped or converted to the KB-50 role. The B-29 that the CAF has ("Fifi") is the only one flying today. It didn't get flightworth until 1974 and wasn't anywhere near Houston then, but flew from China Lake NAS to Harlingen TX.

Not saying it wasn't a B-29 you saw but getting one of those down in Houston would be a pretty hard feat unless it was a major airfield. PB4Y-2 Naval Bombers (Naval version of the B-24) had a glass nose and these were used for firebombers for decades, they tend to get laid up in hangars and warehouses in odd places.

I didn't see these firsthand...I think my Dad did though. He may have the class of planes confused...not sure...but, I'll forward the info on to him about the planes being at Sam Houston Airfield...

I remember a place in the 1970s calle Old Hickory Stick Restaurant. It was somewhere on Telephone Rd. I think near Stubbs, and had what appeared to me (as a kid) to be a huge HO scale train layout somewhat modeled after Houston. I used to love to go there just to look at the trains. The large case it was built into a wall and the lights were timed to give night and day effect.

Am I dreaming this up or do I recall correctly. What a great find if anyone had some old photos.

Oh yeah, hello! I'm new here.

Edit: It would help if I had used the search function, someone posted a postcard with Old Hickory Stick in this thread:

http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=3151

Old Hickory Stick was there...but I never went there and I am "young whipper snapper" compared to some of you...lol.

Even the B-29 was pretty good sized.. As far as the ones oft used in Europe, would be

the B-17, B-24, B-25, etc.. The B-36 was huge.. My uncle used to fly those things in

the 50's. The B-29's stick out due to their nose look.. Quite a bit different than the

others.. I'm not sure which area was actually the South Main drive in during that

period.. I thought it was fairly close to OST. Where as Sam Houston was across the

street from where Butler stadium is now.. For some reason, I don't think they would

have been at Sam Houston, unless whatever people there might have owned them.

I have seen WW2 aircraft parked in pictures of Sam Houston, but not on any big

scale like a storage area for bombers.

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This would have been in 1947 or so...WAAAAYYYY before my time. LOL

This wasn't some reference to the Confederate Airforce...alledgedly back in '47 there were some planes of some kind (ww2 models) parked over off S Main somewhere...

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I know!!! Gosh, what is wrong with these people! If they tear down the landmarks, I vow to not ever do business

or frequent any part of the new development. I can't even believe we have to discuss these issues, it should not BE an issue.

Ok...I am off the soapbox now

I thought it was a travesty when they turned the Alabama into a Book Stop. The Alabama was, in my opinion, one of the greatest theaters in Houston.

B-29? How about the B-36?

The problem with the B-36 was not so much its runway length, but its weight. Very few airports, military or civilian, could handle the 36's weight. Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls was one of the few that met the requirements, and that is why it was chosen as a B-36 base.

Maybe the class of plane was misidentified...? Perhaps some other type of WW2 vintage planes?

...must be destroyed! LOL

But, I hear they can't do that because it has asbestos in it...

It's fuh-gly though.

I thought Islam was a "Reeee-ligion of Peace"....a "Peeea-ceful Religion"

Yeah....

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/How...3330900105.html

Lovely.

No, it's the religion of "Pieces". LOL

Were they parked at Sam Houston airport? Though their runways may not have been long enough to accomodate a B-29.

Good question. I actually posted this for my Dad to get some more info.

I was a Panjite in the mid-to-late seventies. Worked at the Town & Country location while in High School and beyond. I could write a book about what went on there. We had loads of fun. Panjos was originated in Corpus Christi, TX by two men; Paul Fair and Gus Deere. (I'm not positive of the spelling of these names). Their first expansion to Houston was the Town and Country store, then they added the others. Gus passed away in the early 70's. Paul continued the business until he retired, to Rockport. There is a Panjo's there in Rockport, but I don't think Paul Fair owns it anymore.

I remember going to that Town and Country location a couple times...probably around 1975 or so as I used to live out near Katy and that would've been the one to go to back then. I can't believe they have a Panjos in Rockport...wow...I was just there a couple of years ago and would have definitely gone there had I known. Does the pizza still taste the same?

Back in about 1947 as best I can approximate, there was an world war 2 storage area out on South Main. I cannot find anyone who remembers this, or any photos existing.

I thought someone older in your organization might have photos, or remember. I was about 5 years old at the time my Father took me out there. It was right after the war. There were many world war 2 aircraft placed in a field near what became the South Main Drive in. I don't recall any fighters there.

All seemed to be bombers of various types. There was B-36's, B-29's, B-25's and some Liberators as I recall. They were just sitting on their gear, with the bottom hatches open. We were able to go inside a number of these aircraft. Apparently they were in temporary storage, before being shipped to some permanent facility, possibly Arizona.

No one was guarding these planes, that I remember. Some had bullet holes in the tail sections and fuselage. That's about all I can recall except details of some of the interiors. Would appreciate any help you might give with this. Would really just like to see some old photos of this site. Not sure how long it existed. But probably not too long.

In addition to the one there & in Rosenberg, I think I recall seeing one up in Humble and maybe one off 290 around the Cypress area. Maybe they're trying to move back toward the city at this point.

I also saw a mention of Panjo's Pizza... A friend of mine took their kid to a birthday party at a Panjo's in Rockport maybe a year or two back, so was Panjo's a chain at one point or was the place down there somewhere that just decided to use the old name?

Panjo's was definitely a chain...but I never knew they were outside of Houston until very recently. Next to Valian's, this was some of the best pizza in Houston history...

My dad worked for awhile doing site/environmental assessments and had to check out a potential cell phone tower location in the parking lot of Sherwood Cryer's G's Ice House about the time this article came out. He went on a Sunday morning to avoid any run-ins, right after he pulled up Mr. Cryer pulled up in his pick-up. Dad told him what he was doing, and said he remembered the club and the movie. Sherwood told him he liked Michael but not any of Travolta's other movies. Dad soon went on his way and was glad he didn't get run-off/chased off/beaten.

He didn't ask his opinion about Mickey Gilley.

I've heard Gilley still owns a home in Pasadena...