Paul1956

I haven't lived over there for many years, but my parents still do. It's changed so much - it's all concrete now. The whole area was

still pretty much wide open spaces when I escaped Dobie in '75. The whole Southbelt area seems so congested and compact now.

But I do remember....

I searched the topic and didn't see any previous posts. Anyone go to summercamp at Camp Manison? If I recall, it

was near Manvel Tx.

I remember the ground-level trampolines, horses and farm. Later I went to some company picnic's on the

campgrounds.

I moved away, not sure whatever became of it.

The pizza place was Vauderville Pizza. C & D is still there, my parents still live out there and eat there quite often. Heck, I remember when C & D was a Dairy Queen.

OOPs- I see now I was late in the No-No post. Apologies for the redundancy.

My gosh, this thread brought back a long forgotten memory.

KVVV had a kids show 'No-No The Clown' and I believe No-No lived close by because I

occasionally saw a van with the No-No logo on Beamer Road, early 1970's.

I seem to recall that No-No's son may have also been on the show, as sidekick 'Yes-Yes'.

Anyone remember or attend the Texas Prison Rodeo up in Huntsville?

I was a little young at the time I guess, but I heard stories over the years that it was quite a show.

I do remember hearing your name on the air Frank.

Man, you were around here during some great news days. God Bless.

Does anyone know if these two Brown Sugars BBQ locations are the same owner? They seem to have the same menu and same decorating style, but the website only mentions the Almeda location.

I remeber as kid around 1968 driving down 1960 with my folks going to Spring Creek park by Tomball.

Wasn't Spring Creek Park called Tomball State Park back then? I seem to remember swimming in that creek years ago, now all off limits. That creek was quite popular back then.

Went to lots of Friday night midnight movies there mid to late 70's .... Kentucky Fried Movie, Dawn of the Dead, too many to remember. The place was packed back in those days. 1 big screen. Often caught a midnight movie after spending a couple hours at 'The Nesadel Club' which could be a topic of its own!

I moved away so long ago that my memory has failed on where the Beverly Hills pit used to be exactly, but it does sound like it might be the current Windmill lakes location. I remember it as a huge deep pit.

A guy down the street from me had a huge magnet and used to regularily troll the pit for metal - he latched on to motorcycle engine one time.

There used to be a huge sandpit/lake just outside the Beverly Hills subdivision (off Kingspoint). I remember that there were frequent drownings there in the late 1960's, early 1970's. I'm just wondering if they ever filled that hazard up.

There used to be a terrific model shop on Strawberry in Pasadena - 'Grant's'. They had a huge collection of balsa planes, engines, and accessories, and lots of Revell model car kits too. Built a Revell model of the Batmobile.

Man, I haven't thought about that Revell stuff for years. Great memories. Makes me feel sad for kids today.

Forget the R/C stuff! How about setting the wayback machine for U-Control!!

I built and flew a VooDoo with a Fox .35 on 60' control lines. Lightenin' fast and loads of fun. Good memories.

I haven't been able to attend the rodeo for several years. One thing I remember is that monkey riding the dog around the ring. They still do that?

Very interesting link. Thanks a bunch.

I'm reminded that over on Richie in Pasadena there was an electronics parts store called 'Olson Electronics' in the early/mid 70s. Olson had a large parts inventory, and even some higher end stereo equipment in there.

I could find just about anything I needed for any project at either Lafayette or Olson.

Wow - small world... I had alot of fun in that store. Bought tons of small electronics in there over the years. Even bought a red Ventura electric guitar in there too and had it for years. (a beautiful Japanese copy of a Gibson ES-335.)

I really miss having ANYONE that can compete with RatShack...grumble grumble fuss fuss.

Anyone remember Lafayette? Can't recall for sure if it was on BAB or Nasa1, but they had the most amazing collection of all kinds of electronic parts and gadgets. I even bought an electric guitar there once. I miss that store.

I should add that the 'Gary Glitter Rock and Roll part 2' song was used (maybe still used?) at Rockets games. It's that silly guitar and drums repetitious tune they play. The only vocals are like oooOOOO OOOOooo ... you know the one.

Does anyone else remember the promo stunt KRBE did in the early 1970's - playing "Gary Glitter Rock and Roll part 2" non stop? I think it played continuously for about 4 days (?) with no interruptions. They'd take calls from users trying to guess when it would end. I recorded some of it on cassette which I've still got somewhere.

And whatever happened to Roger W W W W W W Garrett?

I LOVED that artwork! Spend untold hours circling all funny stuff on there.

Does anyone remember the SWB advertisement "WMBTOPCITBWTNTALI" that was on the inside of the back cover?

(We may be the only phone company in town, but we try not to act like it)

One of the big dealerships near Gulfgate was Frizzels Pontiac. "You'll get a whale of a deal at Frizzels"

The Breezeway has come up before - check the "Other Houston Neighborhoods" section. I remember it well! That was my neck of the woods for many years.

In summer of '74 I went to an all-day concert at Jeppesen Stadium. I think it started about 1pm with Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. At 5:00pm or so a fairly new band called the Eagles came out. Then about 8:00pm the Allman Bros band fired up. I left at midnight and they were still rockin' the stadium. Jeppesen was packed - not an inch of ground left and no empty seat anywhere as I remember. Somewhere I've still got the advertisement I clipped out of the Chronicle for it, and a blurry picture of a sea of folks there.

There will probably be some other HAIF'ers that remember this one better than me.

On a similar note, in the mid/late 60's KTRH (or maybe KPRC?) had a 'Tradio' show where people called in to advertise their used car or appliance for sale. People gave out their home phone numbers live over the air. My, how times have changed.