Southside OKC Memories....anyone?

[grantgeneral78]

ok here is some I vaguely remember.
1.JOHN A BROWN loved the futuristic escalator...I have one of there signs.
2.SHEEN
3.OTASCO on 29th with the awesum christmas catalogues
4.YARD DARTS absoloutly awesum cat chasers oops
5.WHAMMO toy that was a double bar with spinning wheel in middle went around the wire and back with a handle you made it roll with.
6. CLACKERS....NUFF SAID
7.finally CONEY ISLAND IN ORIGINAL SPOT ON 25TH

[Generals64]

Clackers were an idea by a guy named "Bud Smith" of Big Red sports sales. He sold T.G. & Y. a boatload of those things until they started exploding upon contact and people were getting badly. I used to run the store on 59th & Penn.... a kid was messing with off the display when one broke and knocked out one of the front glasses. We quit buying them then...his biggest thing was an item that he had cut and put together on a piece of cardboard and they kept your glasses tight. Good idea, he made a fortune we a bunch of them. Can't remember the catchy name he had for them....I'll remember give me time...... Coney Island is next door to the ORIGINAL spot. You are thinking about them being across the street next to the Old Yale Theater.

[Prunepicker]

6. CLACKERS....NUFF SAID

What were Clackers?

[Generals64]

What were Clackers?

Clackers were DANGEROUS they were two polyurethane type balls (size of a Golf Ball) with a string through them and you shook them until they started clacking and then you tried to see how long you could go.

do you remember the guy that raised Camels on the S.W. corner of 89th and Western. Now, that was cool.......

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I remember one time my girlfriend ( now my wife of going on 43 years) and I decided to go and park out by Resthaven Cemetery. Now, as cool as I thought I was I was starting to tell to her a ghost tale...it was warm outside and I had the windows on my '63 Impala 2-door hardtop down.....when out of no where a dairy cow had gotten and she stuck her and moooed it scared me more than my girlfriend and that Chevrolet never nor ran that fast in the five years I owned it. Almost yanked the cows head...she got caught in the car....Funny now but it scared the crap out of me...didn't go and park anymore after that.....

[Taxed But Not Represented]

#1 I loved the Capitol Hill department stores.
#2 The soda fountain at Sheen's
#5 That tou was called the Wheel-o.
#6 Those clackers wound up hanging from power lines all over the place.

ok here is some I vaguely remember.
1.JOHN A BROWN loved the futuristic escalator...I have one of there signs.
2.SHEEN
3.OTASCO on 29th with the awesum christmas catalogues
4.YARD DARTS absoloutly awesum cat chasers oops
5.WHAMMO toy that was a double bar with spinning wheel in middle went around the wire and back with a handle you made it roll with.
6. CLACKERS....NUFF SAID
7.finally CONEY ISLAND IN ORIGINAL SPOT ON 25TH

[Soonerman]

What was in the building where Office Depot is now on I 240?

[etsuco05]

What was in the building where Office Depot is now on I 240?

Before it was Office Depot, it was Carpet World.

[fire121]

Thats a good one. I remember Wehba's ? Grand Bazaar at 240 and Walker with red carpet throughout. Replaced by Pratts. Der Dutchman on the other side of 240. I know I went in there but cannot remember what it was. I listed some of my childhood favorites I think in another thread. Pizza Planet, Shakeys, Crystals Pizza,
Hotsie Hot Dog, Zorros Tacos, Billies Tastee Freeze , Roy Rogers, Kip's Big Boy. Used to hang out Family Fun Center at SW 74 Penn, Skate A Rama, Putt-Putt, Golf Acres SW 119 west of Penn, MacArthur Park Go Carts, and all the other places folks have listed on here.

[LIL_WAYNE_4_PREZIDENT08]

Anyone Remember The Drive Thru Rigt By Grant

[Martin]

what was in the building where office depot is now on i 240?

that was a place called handyman hardware.

-M

[Martin]

i remember wehba's ? grand bazaar at 240 and walker with red carpet throughout. replaced by pratts.

true, but you're forgetting a few tenants... weeba's (sp?) was before my time but after that it was it was mccartney's and crown iga and then it was pratt's.

when it was mccartney's (and possibly weeba's) they would give you a numbered plastic card upon checking out. you'd head out to your car and drive up to the front entrance. your bagged groceries would be loaded up in a big plastic container and would head out on a conveyer... just like the baggage claim at the airport. you'd hand your number to the valet, pop your trunk, and the staff would load your groceries.

-M

[Generals64]

true, but you're forgetting a few tenants... weeba's (sp?) was before my time but after that it was it was mccartney's and crown iga and then it was pratt's.

when it was mccartney's (and possibly weeba's) they would give you a numbered plastic card upon checking out. you'd head out to your car and drive up to the front entrance. your bagged groceries would be loaded up in a big plastic container and would head out on a conveyer... just like the baggage claim at the airport. you'd hand your number to the valet, pop your trunk, and the staff would load your groceries.

-M

You guys are all dreaming. There was a hardware store there and then a Carpet store. It was vacant for about 18 months when Office Depot moved in. Tried to lease the building but, they were real proud of it. Now, if you go to where Primo's etc. you see where McCartney's/Grand Bazaar/ Pratt's used to be.

[Martin]

before it was office depot, it was carpet world.

i knew that spot was something between being handyman hardware and office depot... totally forgot about carpet world... but that's it.

-M

[Prunepicker]

i knew that spot was something between being handyman hardware and office depot... totally forgot about carpet world... but that's it.

-M

You dudes are almost talking about the EAST side :-)

I rarely went that far.

[Prunepicker]

What was the name, if any, of the private dairy that was on SW (or SE) 59th? I'm thinking it was near Walker.

[crappiehead]

What was the name, if any, of the private dairy that was on SW (or SE) 59th? I'm thinking it was near Walker.

Picker, it was Cape's Dairy; all the decendents are used car jockeys in Norman now!!!!!

[Taxed But Not Represented]

i don't remember a dairy there. I remember a meat company but can't remember the name of it.

What was the name, if any, of the private dairy that was on SW (or SE) 59th? I'm thinking it was near Walker.

[FLOORMSTR]

What happened to carpet world i have many plaques being installer of year for carpet world

[SoonerGirl26]

What happened to carpet world i have many plaques being installer of year for carpet world

According to manta.com...... Carpet World, Inc. is doing business as Budget Floor Store, 3636 W. Reno. Harold D. Akin (former player in NFL with San Diego Chargers) is the President of Carpet World, Inc. His sons Zac and Scott now run the business. They have 4 stores.... the one on Reno, and 3 "Floor World" stores in Edmond, MWC and Moore.

[Redskins/General]

According to manta.com...... Carpet World, Inc. is doing business as Budget Floor Store, 3636 W. Reno. Harold D. Akin (former player in NFL with San Diego Chargers) is the President of Carpet World, Inc. His sons Zac and Scott now run the business. They have 4 stores.... the one on Reno, and 3 "Floor World" stores in Edmond, MWC and Moore.

Soonergirl - I thought maybe you had died and gone to heaven!! LOL!!!

[SoonerGirl26]

Soonergirl - I thought maybe you had died and gone to heaven!! LOL!!!

Come on now.... you know I'm still alive and kicking!!!

[Pete]

Before it was Office Depot, it was Carpet World.

I was the commercial real estate broker that sold that building to Harold Akin of Carpet World.

It sat vacant for about a year before they took it over in August of '86.

[grantgeneral78]

ok here is some for you guys

1.ed cox tv and appliance..does anyone know where ed cox is now?
2.the 2 guys that had the appliace store on about 22nd south western, one guy would cut the other guys tie off.
3.Kiesperts grocery on western
4.majic cleaners and laundry on 25th and kentucky
5.boomer body shop 25th and kentucky
6. the old store at the curve on kentucky by the city dept. dangit cant remember the name dadgonit!!

[Generals64]

ok here is some for you guys

1.ed cox tv and appliance..does anyone know where ed cox is now?
2.the 2 guys that had the appliace store on about 22nd south western, one guy would cut the other guys tie off.
3.Kiesperts grocery on western
4.majic cleaners and laundry on 25th and kentucky
5.boomer body shop 25th and kentucky
6. the old store at the curve on kentucky by the city dept. dangit cant remember the name dadgonit!!

1. After Ed and his wife split he just disappeared...
2. Kiespert's what a dive in the old days:...It's a Mexican dance Hall now.
3. Majic cleaners just "closed" their doors after many years.

Now her is some for you
1. Do you know where the Rancho Village Center is?
2. Do you know where Robert Halls clothing Store was located
3. What kind of Service Station was at 59th and Western...Name of the Gas co.?
4. Do you remember the Champlin Station on 59th and May?
5. Who was Jack Beasley?.
6. Who was Leroy McGuirk?
7. Do you remember Hawg Waller?
8. How about Dan D. Dynamo's personal Robot...His name?
9. Do you remember these names and what they were famous for in OKC?:.."Wild Bill" Mcalister, Carl Ferguson, Bob Eichor.
10. For whom did Tim Holt work for during the last years of his life? Southsider...do you know who Tim Holt was?
11. Where is Camp Kickapoo?...........

Let me know:...........See ya next time

[andy157]

1. After Ed and his wife split he just disappeared...
2. Kiespert's what a dive in the old days:...It's a Mexican dance Hall now.
3. Majic cleaners just "closed" their doors after many years.

Now her is some for you
1. Do you know where the Rancho Village Center is?
2. Do you know where Robert Halls clothing Store was located
3. What kind of Service Station was at 59th and Western...Name of the Gas co.?
4. Do you remember the Champlin Station on 59th and May?
5. Who was Jack Beasley?.
6. Who was Leroy McGuirk?
7. Do you remember Hawg Waller?
8. How about Dan D. Dynamo's personal Robot...His name?
9. Do you remember these names and what they were famous for in OKC?:.."Wild Bill" Mcalister, Carl Ferguson, Bob Eichor.
10. For whom did Tim Holt work for during the last years of his life? Southsider...do you know who Tim Holt was?
11. Where is Camp Kickapoo?...........

Let me know:...........See ya next time

1. S.W. 36th and Blackwelder
2. No
3. Ralph Terrells APCO ( Anderson-Pritchard ) Oil Co.
4. No
5. Smilin Jack owned the KLPR radio station and Crossroads Bank also
6. Wrestler
7. No
8. ?
9. No
10. ?
11. I know where it is, but I can't remember where it is, anymore