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Thanks for the information on Bob Jenny...and keeping my thread active. I have had so much fun reading about everyone's memories. I wish so badly that I would have stopped and visited Bob's Snake...

PLEASE leave room for lots of parks and landscaping along any river area. Add a hiking, joggine, biking trail. Add lots off trees...let's talk beautification!

I've been going to OKC Lincoln Park zoo since the early 60's and have always loved it. My last visit was in early October and I was somewhat disappointed. I had heard a few years back they were going...

I guess that was before Al Eshback, huh?

All I will say, if they took a poll of what supermarket would you NOT like to see downtown, put me down for a great big WALMART...NO!

Yeah....he sounded like he came directly from the south side of Chicago...made millions during the energy crisis of early 70's........can't believe the Red Dog is still there....WOW!(an institute of...

:Smiley112 A giant statue of Foreman Scotty & Ho-Ho the Clown Just joking!

Lots of debate...I'll just add this...PLEASE NO WALMART!

ANYBODy still reading this post....I had a couple of weird thoughts.....weird that these two thoughts would be at the same time....whatever happened to Alan Merrill....and is the old strip joint...

How about an OKC theme park dedicated to old OKC places.....wow, what you could do with that!!! (See OKC Childhood Memories link for ideas!!!)

BRING BACK WEDGEWOOD!!!:congrats:

Well...I have received a lot of great memories and information from this thread...looks like it is losing it's momentum....just wanted to give everyone a smile that read my original post on this...

I have learned so much from this thread...glad I started it...you guys (and girls) are amazing! I will have to visit that Crystal's Pizza in Irving and post a review. (It is fairly close by) I never...

Don't remember that one...when was it there?

nope...I think those discos were later...this was a very classy place on the west side of the Target site...75-76...way back!

MalibuSooner.....many thanks for finding that info on the old Wedgewood Tornado....I wonder what they do with old roller coasters???

I know Bob Jenny died but was wondering about that snake farm and the question on Tornado the coaster...I guess no one here knows...I remember the disco down in Norman about 75-76///can't recall the...

Saberman..thanks for answering my Bob Jenny question...I remember him and those snakes so well but didn't remember exactly where...I still have two questions that haven't been answered.....Does...

You guys are good...the ads and pic's are incredible....think what we could do if all of this was organized into categories...I hadn't thought of the TrustHouse Jewelry people in years...loved those...

In 74-75 I remember the beer being free and I do remember those tall stacks of cups, but I was thinking it was at the Myriad...I don't even know when they built the Myriad...I've been going back and...

I remember Shotgun Sam's too...AND the playing cards! I also remember, in college, going up to the OKC hockey games on "free" beer nights....those games were crazy!

I moved to Bristow and then New Mexico before graduating high school but then attended OU in '74 and lived around OKC until '85...now in Dallas...I had friends at OU that went to PC...no matter where...

You are right on O'Mealy's...we lived in Tonkawa before Jones, Ok and my dad said he knew some of the O'Mealy's in Tonkawa (60-62 time period). I know there was still one open in OKC like early 90's,...

Those pic's are great...thanks for sharing..I definitely remember AMC, it was like the first discount store...and of course TG&Y, Judy N Jody's, and the original Mathis Brothers and don't forget,...

I found this website while searching "Foreman Scotty" on Google. I would like to have a place for people who grew up around OKC to share their memories. I now live in Dallas but come back to the...