Remember when... (Charleston, Beaufort, Georgetown: cars, bikes, area)

[Scotty011]

I remember when the Fair was in downtown Charleston all around the area where the Citadel football stadium is. Then they moved to Dorchester road.

The Sears and Roebuck store was on the Southeast corner of King and Calhoun St across from Marion Square. Then they built the new store next to the Francis Marion Hotel. We used to go in there as kids and ride the escalator. And it was air-conditioned too.


The Riviera, Gloria, Garden, American, ad Arcade theaters downtown.


The Patio and Piggie Park drive ins were the teen age hangouts. We would go back and forth.


I remember the old trolley tracks were still on some downtown streets like Rutledge Ave and St Phillip Streets and they were red brick sts.


There was one Cooper river and one Ashley river bridge.

[jetsfan16]

This was Northwoods Mall in 1985.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...2048%2C6793722

[ProudPatriot07]

Originally Posted by jetsfan16

This was Northwoods Mall in 1985.

The News and Courier - Google News Archive Search

Raise your hand if you're like me and looked at the store list and tried to think of which ones are still around in the mall, hehe .

I got 13.

[jetsfan16]

Not many malls these days with two banks inside along with a drug store.

[TheVenturesFan]

Originally Posted by Maryjane55us

I was born at Roper downtown in '50 and my birth certificate lists me as born in N.Charleston. My dad worked as a contractor at the Navy Yard and we lived in Tom McMillan apts off Meeting St on Tom McMillan Blvd. I remember it being a thoroughfare canopied with huge old live oaks dripping with moss. My sister and I keep trying to find Tom McMillan Blvd on maps/google and bing to explore the area when we visit and it's disappeared. We would love to know the history of what happened to this part of the Naval base area. Seems like I heard it was all condemned? contaminated? Anyone know the story or have a link? And who was Tom McMillan?

Mary Jane the Tom Mcmillian Homes is where the Navy Hospital was located. McMillian Avenue runs beside the old Navy Hospital from Meeting Street Road to Spruill Avenue. You said you were born in 1950, did you go to Chicora High? If you did then did you graduate in 1969? I just want to know if you knew someone I knew that was there from 1966-1969. Thanks.

[philmac12!]

Yes I well remember the great Charleston Youth Band and Pat Leonard. That band was terrific! Probable the finest school band in SC at the time. In the 50s and early 60s I taught band in the old Cooper River District 4 for six years and later moved to teach in the UpState. Good to hear something like this from those years. I also knew Basil Bomar and some of the others who taught at the old Charleston Music Center.
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[jetsfan16]

This FB page has a ton of West Ashley memories:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/212337112152140/

[Buddy61]

Originally Posted by Luvsdabeach

Yes I remember the ole drive-in's. Had lots of fun at them.
Magnolia Drive-In
Gateway Drive-In
North 52 Drive-In
Port Drive-In
Swamp Fox Drive-In

My Dad Managed the Magnolia, Gateway and The North 52 at one time. He eventually bought The Berkeley Drive In in Moncks Corner and renamed it to The Swamp Fox

[Buddy61]

Originally Posted by Luvsdabeach

Yes I remember the ole drive-in's. Had lots of fun at them.
Magnolia Drive-In
Gateway Drive-In
North 52 Drive-In
Port Drive-In
Swamp Fox Drive-In

Originally Posted by jetsfan16

Well, I was just thinking about this. There's a new group on Facebook (over 500 members in one day!) that wants to make a brand new drive-in movie theater in the Charleston area. The closest one now is in Beaufort, but they want to build one here.

Some we had include the North 52 drive-in, one West Ashley, and one in Moncks Corner.

Do you remember drive-ins?

My Dad owned the Swamp Fox until 1986 and managed the Gateway, North 52 and Magnolia Theaters before that. Sure would like to find the FB Group ??????

[jetsfan16]

Don't know about it now. But other memories people have:
From Liz DeLoach: Flying down Savannah Highway due to the lack of traffic compared to now. The Cavallaro. The golf courses we talked about. Even the field that is now Kmart. Going with the family to Magnolia...Robertson's Cafeteria. Kerrison's Department store. Santa Claus at Saint Andrews Center. The Piggly Wiggly....I could go on and on.

WXTC 96.9 jingles from the early 1990s:



96.9 WXTC, Charleston, SC TM Century Jingles - YouTube