Monday, February 21, 2005

You Know You're An Old Detroiter If

...You took a "moonlight cruise" to Bob-Lo with Captain Bob-Lo
or went to Edgewater Amusement Park.

.....You shopped at Hughes and Hatcher, B Siegel, Peck and Peck,
Himelhoch's, Robert Hall, Crowley's, Shoppers Fair, EJ Korvettes or
Federals.

.....You rode the elevator at J. L. Hudson's, which was "run" by an elevator operator.

.....You remember a Winkleman's and Sanders store in your neighborhood.

.....You remember the "Big Snow", Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody, Clarabelle,
Phineas T.Bluster, Princess Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring.

.....You remember Twin Pines Dairy delivered milk and juice to the chute on
the side of your house and Milky the Clown performed magic with the magic
words "Twin Pines."

.....You remember the Good Humor man in a white uniform, ringing the bells
as he drove down your street.

.....You remember Olympia Stadium.

.....You remember when Vernors was made on Woodward Ave., and a bearded
troll was on the bottle.

.....Your Mom got groceries at Great Scott, Food Fair, Wrigley's or Chatham.

.....Your Mom saved Holden Red Stamps, S&H Green stamps, or Gold Bell Gift
stamps, and you licked them into those little books.

.....Kresge's and Woolworth's were "Dime Stores."

.....You had an uncle in the furniture business (Joshua Door).

.....You know who Bill Kennedy is. (Channel 50's "1 o'clock Movie")

.....You saw the Detroit Lions play football in Tiger Stadium.

.....You remember Black Bart and the Faygo song. Or how about "Which way did
he go? He went for Faygo, old fashion root beer."

.....You watched Rita Bell's! prize movies in the morning.

.....You remember Jack LeGoff and Van Patrick.

.....You remember Milky the Clown,
Soupy Sales, Johnny Ginger, Poopdeck Paul, Captain Jolly, Sagebrush Shorty
and maybe even Sergeant Satko Salute.

.....You visited the Wonder Bread Bakery and got to take home a mini loaf of
bread.

....! .Your address had a two-digit "zone" before there were zip codes.
Detroit 19, Michigan.

.....You remember "Get on the right track at 9 mile and Mack, to get the
best deal in town. Roy O'Brien...it's the best deal in town."

.....You remember a laundry chute, milk chute and a coal chute.

.....You remember going to Detroit Edison with your Mom to exchange burned
out light bulbs for new ones.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Found this while trying to find an audio of "9 mile and Mack", which I had somehow confused with Robert Hall.

I was north of Detroit (Romeo and Rochester), so don't remember all the downtown stuff, but hey! I'd forgotten about taking the dead light bulbs to Detroit Edison to exchange for new.

You forgot to mention the glass door panels on the JL Hudson elevators - I loved watching the cables and weights moving up and down.