Remember when... (Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant: shopping centers, airport, pub)

[geechee_goddess]

Wasn't the Hog Penny on Wentworth, across from the fraternity houses? If it's the place I'm thinking of, it had $2 pitcher of beer nights on Thursday . . . .

[geechee_goddess]

Miller's on Rivers Avenue with the water slides and batting cages? Breck's on Rivers Avenue? And no one has mentioned Edelweiss on Rivers Avenue . . . !

[gonelongtime]

Originally Posted by ZUMAN

^^^
It's hard to believe they used to let students drive school buses - at both public and private schools. And student drivers were allowed to keep their buses at their houses during the school year.

We definitely got to keep out buses at home, and my neighbors didn't much care for mine. The late 60's GMC V-6 bus engines used to backfire through the carb when they were cold. I don't care how much I choked or warmed it up, it would do that every gear shift until it reached operating temperature. All of our GMC, V-6 equipped buses did that, and it was funny listening to them leave the school in the afternoon.

Keeping the bus at home came in handy one night in 1972 or 1973. A British warship visited the Naval Base, and we volunteered to have one of the crew over for dinner. It was snowing when I picked him up and continued to snow throughout the evening. By the time I was to return the Chief to his ship, the snow was too deep to get my car out of the driveway, so I took him back in the bus! I'll never forget the expression on the Marine sentry's face when I pulled up to the gate. After explaining what I was doing there with a school bus late on Saturday night, he agreed to let me on the base under one condition: I had to take another ten to twenty of the chief's drunk shipmates with me. They were at the gate driving this poor Marine bonkers, so I agreed. They were hesitant at first, but when the chief leaned out one of the windows and invited them aboard, they all piled on. It was a rowdy few blocks from the gate to the ship, but quite amusing. Oddly, I had to pass the school secretary's house to and from the base, and I even had to refuel at the Gate station across the highway from her house. However, I didn't get busted. As a kid, I thought that would have been hard to explain.

[mcevoy34]

Great story gonelongtime!

Originally Posted by gonelongtime

We definitely got to keep out buses at home, and my neighbors didn't much care for mine. The late 60's GMC V-6 bus engines used to backfire through the carb when they were cold. I don't care how much I choked or warmed it up, it would do that every gear shift until it reached operating temperature. All of our GMC, V-6 equipped buses did that, and it was funny listening to them leave the school in the afternoon.

Keeping the bus at home came in handy one night in 1972 or 1973. A British warship visited the Naval Base, and we volunteered to have one of the crew over for dinner. It was snowing when I picked him up and continued to snow throughout the evening. By the time I was to return the Chief to his ship, the snow was too deep to get my car out of the driveway, so I took him back in the bus! I'll never forget the expression on the Marine sentry's face when I pulled up to the gate. After explaining what I was doing there with a school bus late on Saturday night, he agreed to let me on the base under one condition: I had to take another ten to twenty of the chief's drunk shipmates with me. They were at the gate driving this poor Marine bonkers, so I agreed. They were hesitant at first, but when the chief leaned out one of the windows and invited them aboard, they all piled on. It was a rowdy few blocks from the gate to the ship, but quite amusing. Oddly, I had to pass the school secretary's house to and from the base, and I even had to refuel at the Gate station across the highway from her house. However, I didn't get busted. As a kid, I thought that would have been hard to explain.

[jetsfan16]

Breck's is still there, as it is a good burger place on Rivers Avenue. Great story. Gate gas stations are no longer in the Charleston area.

[fqtravlr]

Originally Posted by jetsfan16

Breck's is still there, as it is a good burger place on Rivers Avenue. Great story. Gate gas stations are no longer in the Charleston area.

Brecks ain't the same ole Brecks Place. The original used to be where Perkins and Verizon now sit across from Target on Rivers. Food might be the same, but the atmosphere just isn't there.

[meks]

Originally Posted by gonelongtime

We definitely got to keep out buses at home, and my neighbors didn't much care for mine. The late 60's GMC V-6 bus engines used to backfire through the carb when they were cold. I don't care how much I choked or warmed it up, it would do that every gear shift until it reached operating temperature. All of our GMC, V-6 equipped buses did that, and it was funny listening to them leave the school in the afternoon.

Keeping the bus at home came in handy one night in 1972 or 1973. A British warship visited the Naval Base, and we volunteered to have one of the crew over for dinner. It was snowing when I picked him up and continued to snow throughout the evening. By the time I was to return the Chief to his ship, the snow was too deep to get my car out of the driveway, so I took him back in the bus! I'll never forget the expression on the Marine sentry's face when I pulled up to the gate. After explaining what I was doing there with a school bus late on Saturday night, he agreed to let me on the base under one condition: I had to take another ten to twenty of the chief's drunk shipmates with me. They were at the gate driving this poor Marine bonkers, so I agreed. They were hesitant at first, but when the chief leaned out one of the windows and invited them aboard, they all piled on. It was a rowdy few blocks from the gate to the ship, but quite amusing. Oddly, I had to pass the school secretary's house to and from the base, and I even had to refuel at the Gate station across the highway from her house. However, I didn't get busted. As a kid, I thought that would have been hard to explain.

that was back in 73... started snowing the evening of Feb 9th, woke up in the morning on James Island the 10th and everything was covered in a foot of snow!! deepest snow I've ever seen here...

the backfire was from the exhaust leaks, once warmed up they would seal and no longer pop back

[jetsfan16]

Here are some more remember whens about West Ashley.

If you remember no traffic or street lights on Hwy 61
the "lake" that appeared at the Hamerick Plantation after a heavy rain
St Andrews Jr High
Ashley Hall Plantation Rd being a dirt road with a riding stable at the end
Navy Yard traffic
when Sam Rittenberg Blvd was called Hwy 7 or just Cosgrove
JM Fields, Miller's, Grant City West, Ashley Plaza Mall, Ultravision Theater, HQ Warehouse
I could go on, but I will stop there

[meks]

Originally Posted by jetsfan16

Here are some more remember whens about West Ashley.

If you remember no traffic or street lights on Hwy 61
the "lake" that appeared at the Hamerick Plantation after a heavy rain
St Andrews Jr High
Ashley Hall Plantation Rd being a dirt road with a riding stable at the end
Navy Yard traffic
when Sam Rittenberg Blvd was called Hwy 7 or just Cosgrove
JM Fields, Miller's, Grant City West, Ashley Plaza Mall, Ultravision Theater, HQ Warehouse
I could go on, but I will stop there

St.Andrews Jr High was a High school before it was a Jr High... it became a jr high shortly after it burned down... by someone who droze into a hiot... lol (inside joke that anyone who was around WA back then will get)

I still call hwy 7 hwy 7... and call it cosgrove once u hit the merge around orange grove rd on up past the bridge... then have to explain...

[Geechie North]

Originally Posted by meks

St.Andrews Jr High was a High school before it was a Jr High... it became a jr high shortly after it burned down... by someone who droze into a hiot... lol (inside joke that anyone who was around WA back then will get)

I still call hwy 7 hwy 7... and call it cosgrove once u hit the merge around orange grove rd on up past the bridge... then have to explain...

No, it was first a Jr. High, then it became a HS (Middleton), then it has again become a jr high.