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Then you could go to the Prince's or One's a Meal after the show at the Delman

That location was a Weingartens and it was around in the 50s and later was a part of Montclair Center.  They had a neat cicular "river of grease" donut machine.  How many Randall's in Houston were originally Handy Andy stiores?  My brother worked at one at Westheimer and Gesner in the mid 70s...

There was one near the intersection of Rice Ave and Elm Street in Bellaire in the 50s and 60s.  Remember Midget Market near Ave B and Bissonett and Gordon Elementary School.

In Bellaire we also had Midget Market near Bissonet and Ave. B, 7-11 on Rice near Elm...

Thanks IHB2 I thought that the Felix was in that brick building but wasn't sure...it had many incarnations.  Buddies  and I would catch the bus in front of the Sears Catalog store and Wagners Hardware to go downtown for movies at one of the big 3--Metropolitan, Majestic, or Lowes then go to the Linoleum Club at James Coney Island for Lunch. Simpler times and trusting parents...They had some pretty good burgers at Anderson's Pharmacy near Bissonet and Avenue B just north of some apartments next to the vets and the Midget Market...also remember the 3--33 cent banana split promotions( pick a banana and the price was on the skin between 3 and 33 cents).  That area was my stompin grounds mid 50s to going off to college in the late 60s...Feld Park, Evergreen pool, Abercromie Fields...

In that same area ( within a half mile) at various times was a Prince's Drive In, Ding How Chinese take out, Kip's Big Boy, Griff's Hamburgers, Dunkin'  Donuts, Foote's Cafeteria, Mr. Hamburger, Chuck Wagon, Madding's and Duggan's Drug Store fountains, Hickory Pit BBQ, Shakey's Pizza, and there was also a small Mexican place near the intersection of Bellaire and Bissonett just east of Broiler Burger and Bert Wheeler's that I cannot remember the name of to save my life...

There was a One's a Meal in the Bellaire Triangle  shopping center and also one next to the Delman theatre across from Sears.  Sad day when Cellar Doors were gone, last one I believe was on Stella Link and Bellaire...

Way back when...Yes that area used to be farm land. R.E. Bob Smith owned a whole lot of it. Roark Road was lined on the esat side with shacks that his workers lived in. The road may have been blacktop later but it was mostly oyster shell. My Dad worked at Security Lumber just north of the RR tracks on Roark. In the late 60s, I sometimes used to walk that road from Strake Jesuit when I couldn't get a ride home to catch one with my Dad. Alief was really a small community further west.

Checked out the latest Houston Press for a great article on a photog who chronicled R&R in Houston from 1965 to1982 ( he's still working up to 2005). It has Photos, Ticket stubs, etc for Performers, Venues and Years. The website for this is RockinHouston.com ...Have fun

There was the Bellaire Lanes on Bissonett just about 1/4 mile outside the West Loop near the "new/moved" location of Don's record Shop. It is till there but redesigned and has new clients.

When asked about his first visit to the Astrodome back in "65, our teacher said, "It took my breath away for a moment of seconds!"

Well it looks like my E.O. Smith siren is still up even after 41+ years after I started teaching.

Here is the site that I used...just used first and last name and it came up with the info...it take awhile to load

https://familysearch.org/1940census/

Now that we can find 1940 Census data by name I have a new problem. Where can we find a decent 1940 street map of Houston/Harris county. Many of the maps I found online stop just west of Bellaire or are cut off in other directions as well and I need to go out a bit further. By the way Bissonett(sp) was called Richmond Rd.

Here's the latest Westbury website...they are still the rebels,,,,,http://hisd.schoolwires.net/Page/33467

MY BAD...

I know it's probably sacrilege but the Deep Dish with pepperoni, sausage and black olives at Costco is great

Hey why not include the best Salted Cod and having a Houston joint show up? Rhode Island for Tacos, I'm surprised they didn't list Del Taco or Taco Bell for Providence. Remind me to make a special trip to New York so that I can have a top ten Taco!!!

More than likely it was Swensen's ice Cream parlor

Thanks Schwin. Great memories from my growing up in Bellaire area and Houston. The links related to TV shows bring me to a great Channel on present day TV. If you have cable w/Comcast try channel 311 for METV, regular TV will be 57-4. Just found it but I'm sure it's been on awhie, some good old timers-Bilko, Thriller, Untouchables, Laurel and Hardy, Dick Van Dyke and much more. They also have some nut named Svengoolie(sp) (syndicated out of Cicago) that does old Universal Studios Horror flicks

Yes it was an appliance store! I (with my mom and dad) browsed through there a few times during the mid 70s at the Mykawa & South Loop location.

Holy crap where did you get these photos? How long ago were they taken? They look fairly recent

Googled "Kennedy and Cohen" and they evidently are from a store in Atlanta

I recognize the sign but could it have been on the South Loop near Levit's and Crossroads furniture

The Shell Oil facility on Bellaire at Braes used to have a siren. City Hall had one that sounded every Friday at noon.

Those were probably Civil Defense sirens. There was one right above my classroom at E.O. Smith JHS from 71-74

I've lived here in Sharpstown near St. Francis since 1996 and I like it just fine. This neighborhood seems to be fine to me.

I always wondered what grocery store was originally behind the Walgreens at Bellaire/Fondren that is now some 2nd hand store....Whataburger is in the parking lot of this place. It was def. some 70's grocery store.

I also see they are demolishing St. Francis De Sales church ball and crane style this week, heavy demolision seemed to have started today. I thought that was a beautiful building. Haven't been able to find out what's going on though i do see a building permit pulled for $4,500,000 at that location. I hope they saved the pipe organ!

For those of you out of town, The Jesuits purchased the old car lot at bellaire/fondren and are building a sports stadium there. Its coming along nicely.

I always wondered all these years about the mansion at beechnut and gessner also. Rumors are that its haunted, of course. A person never sees anyone there. Once in a blue moon someone seems to "move in" and then they are gone. A few years ago some asians must have moved in, and hung up chinese lanterns all over the porch. There were cars there for about 2-3 days and then nothing and the chinese lanterns blew apart in the wind.

A priest told me that place was haunted with a ghost of "breakage" when people move in everything gets broken from glassware to the televisions. That was several years ago. He also said he had never been called in to bless the house. Then I read on here about it being gypsys that live there. Well whoever it is they are invisible for lo, I've never seen anyone come and go from there and it looks abandoned. A couple years ago it looked like a television crew was filming something there, trailers of film equipment were parked in front of that house and what looked like cameras were set up all around the house for a day and a night. Then nothing. After that crew the upper bathroom window was left open about 6" and it the window remained open like that for months afterwards. I thought maybe it was one of those Haunting hunting shows but never found out, no one knew anything.

Pure speculation, but every neighborhood needs its "mystery house".

Haha...sevfiv's good at that! Was probably an old directory.

Found out today my colleague was wrong about it starting with a "W"; she finally remembered the place...the Buccaneer Drive Inn. She also remembered the Waugh Hoo after I mentioned sevfiv's post.