by Sheila Rae » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:13 am
I spent a lot of time at Triple JJJ. My dad owned Ashlan Park Barber shop for 25 or so years and I spent many a Saturday at the shopping center. I remember they had Al Radka, Flippo Jr for promotions at the center. I followed Flippo around to see where he went to change so I could see what he looked like outside of his clown uniform. Dumb huh? I worked real briefly at Triple J coffee shop, as a dishwasher. I used to buy goldfish at Grants and they would be in a plastic bag all day until my dad closed the shop and we drove home (way out in the country). We used to go to Harpains Dairy and buy pigeons when we decided to have them once, which turned into a bazillion pigeons.
My sister worked briefly for channel 30 in the 60's, and I remember asking her if she ever saw Al Radka, etc. I thought he was such a star as a kid does when they are little. Remember Webster Webfoot? How about Nancy Allen's movie matinee on TV? How about the Crimson Castle? The Shangrila Chinese food place on Belmont, near Mars Drive In? Does anyone remember the Drinking and driving commercial about "Pauline & Jack"?? At the end of the commercial they get in a wreck and blood splatters all across her hand and they say, Happy new year Pauline, Happy New Year Jack. Friendly Ford used to be on the northwest corner of Clinton/Blackstone where Albertsons is now. Lesterburger was across the street on the southeast corner. Last time I was in Hawaii there was still a Perry Boys there, I was shocked to see it.
I had a slot car that I used to race at the Pit Stop in back of my dads barbershop. Remember the pool hall back in there too? We used to go school shopping for clothes downtown at Walter Smiths. Remember when someone put soap in the fountains at the Fulton mall? Remember Gemco? Remember the building was almost completed at First and Shields and it burned to the ground? What ever happened to Pioneer Chicken? Well, I know I will think of a million others but this is enough for now.
I spent a lot of time at Triple JJJ. My dad owned Ashlan Park Barber shop for 25 or so years and I spent many a Saturday at the shopping center. I remember they had Al Radka, Flippo Jr for promotions at the center. I followed Flippo around to see where he went to change so I could see what he looked like outside of his clown uniform. Dumb huh? I worked real briefly at Triple J coffee shop, as a dishwasher. I used to buy goldfish at Grants and they would be in a plastic bag all day until my dad closed the shop and we drove home (way out in the country). We used to go to Harpains Dairy and buy pigeons when we decided to have them once, which turned into a bazillion pigeons.
My sister worked briefly for channel 30 in the 60's, and I remember asking her if she ever saw Al Radka, etc. I thought he was such a star as a kid does when they are little. Remember Webster Webfoot? How about Nancy Allen's movie matinee on TV? How about the Crimson Castle? The Shangrila Chinese food place on Belmont, near Mars Drive In? Does anyone remember the Drinking and driving commercial about "Pauline & Jack"?? At the end of the commercial they get in a wreck and blood splatters all across her hand and they say, Happy new year Pauline, Happy New Year Jack. Friendly Ford used to be on the northwest corner of Clinton/Blackstone where Albertsons is now. Lesterburger was across the street on the southeast corner. Last time I was in Hawaii there was still a Perry Boys there, I was shocked to see it.
I had a slot car that I used to race at the Pit Stop in back of my dads barbershop. Remember the pool hall back in there too? We used to go school shopping for clothes downtown at Walter Smiths. Remember when someone put soap in the fountains at the Fulton mall? Remember Gemco? Remember the building was almost completed at First and Shields and it burned to the ground? What ever happened to Pioneer Chicken? Well, I know I will think of a million others but this is enough for now.