The Neighborhood

The Stanley Jones convenience store. Getting Chettos and a freeze pop for 10 cents after school. 

Gillan

Mr Young's convenience store on Center Street and 8th Ave. Old Dutch Salt and Vinegar chips and Creme Soda Crush for a quarter. 

Gillan

White cream soda in the glass bottle at Mr. Young’s.

Marji

Sneaking into Jack’s convenience store on the way to church in the afternoon to buy candy.

Marji

Going as young kids by ourselves in summer to the wadding pool all afternoon at Rotary park with our towels and flip flops which we legitimately called thongs. 

Gillan

Remember Rotary as well as walking all the way to Riley park – staying the day – eating popsicles – I remember dad’s favorite was a creamsicle.

Marji

McLelland drugstore. I was introduced to stealing lighters from there by Ronny Johnson. 

Gillan

Buying sponge toffee from the drug store on Edmonton Trail  and 8th Ave. 

Gillan

Ice cream cones from the Dairy Queen (?) on Edmonton Trail. 

Gillan

Going to the Health Food store with mom – black licorice, halva bars, sesame seed snaps, cashews.

Marji

Shopping at Safeway and taking a cab home. Mom always made sure I had extra money just in case.

Marji

That oversized tire at Goodyear at the end of the street. I climbed in more than a few times. 

Gillan

Jim Jarus showing movie reels in his basement. 

Gillan

Going pop bottle collecting on 5th, 6th, and 7th avenues between center and Edmonton Trail. 

Gillan

What about that house across the street that went back about 100 yards with two big weeping willows in front. Did anyone live there?

Jody

The Zoo ...

The drive inns down Edmonton trail

Season's grocery (center street & 8th ave) they were always eating behind the counter

The Nook

Peters Drive Inn

Barneys KFC

Jody

How about spending summer afternoons on the brow of the hill by the church in our “forts” in the side of the hill.

And the ice cream place on Edmonton Trail was Boogies Burgers. It is still there but farther back from the street.

Lori

 I mentioned it before, but does anyone recall looking at an old rooming house in Crescent Heights by the high school that was for sale?  My memory is that it started talk of many possibilities, but I don't remember how it ended.

Lanny

The house you are referring to was named the Hilltop Manor I think. It was a couple of houses from Crescent Park very near the church. Dad and Mom contemplated buying it pretty seriously. We even had bedrooms picked out. We did a walk through. I remember everyone getting really excited about it. 

Dad, what was the reason we didn't buy it?  Or is that one you would rather forget?  

Gillan


The Mountie/Boy Scout hats that dad had with the chin straps.  We used to ask if we could wear them around the block when I was little.  I think there were three of them and we would march off around our city block and return home.  This took us right past the Lutheran church on 10th with the orange/red neon cross on top.  I always enjoyed seeing that cross at night from our house.

Gillan

The bicycle shop on Center street near Exchange cafe was a magical place for me.  I recall it being as much a parts store as a bicycle shop.  The banana seats, the smells of new black rubber, the combination locks.  We used to pump up tires at the Phillips 66 across from the drug store on Edmonton Trail and 8th Avenue.

Gillan