Other things only a Clevelander would know/appreciate (Mentor: high school, taxes)

[htlong]

i still ask for chip chop ham and the lady looks and when i tell her what it is she says oh you want it shaved

[carternash]

There's a store downtown called Cleveland and Beyond. They sell a CD called the Cleveland Memory Grenade, which is a collection of sound bytes and jingles from old Cleveland TV and radio. It has the only known recording of Captain Penny's sign-off. Also, if you search "Cleveland Memory Grenade" on youtube, you'll see a couple of familiar faces. I'm the guy who collects the stuff -- if anyone has any old cleveland recordings, any tapes, whatever, and want to trade, let me know. I have a lot of stuff. You can email me at danoshannon (at) gmail (dot) com

[LuckyGem]

Maybe some of the oldsters remember Franklin Ice Cream, those wooden escalators in Higbees and the restaurant, was it called the Silver Grille? How about the other department store (Halle's?) that had the goldfish fountain in the middle?

[LuckyGem]

I thought of another one... Record Revolution~!

[newmex]

Originally Posted by jaym12

Is the funny times magazine still around?

Its online too!

THE FUNNY TIMES MAGAZINE Cartoon Monthly

[brown_eyes]

i forgot about cherikee red pop. i love that stuff, i personaly love fago it is cheap and good

[Gypsy 14]

3 more: My Generation records

WMMS... "It's time to turn so you wont burn."

Wilma Smith- Is she still around ?

[newmex]

Originally Posted by Gypsy 14

3 more: My Generation records

WMMS... "It's time to turn so you wont burn."

Wilma Smith- Is she still around ?

My Generation Records. I must have spent around $5k in that place. Replaced a lot of my import vinyl.

How about "Fresh Air", The alternative progressive overnight broadcast on WKSU 89.7 FM, which aired from the middle '70's to '82. Most of my music taste came from that program. Eno, Gong, Crimson, The Residents on and on....I still have cassette tapes of Fresh Air.

[Cat9]

As some of you have said, I just happened upon this site by accident and everything you are talking about is making me majorly homesick.
I was born and raised in Cleveland and transplanted in 1978 to my present home in Salem Oregon. Most of what you remember are major memories for me. I remember Ghoulardi on late night (Fridays or Saturdays) and when I went for my driver's exam I had a Ghoulardi sticker on my dash for the drink of the same name that you could order at Manner's. It was greenish and it
tasted great!!
Remember
LUV Burgers
WIXY 1260
The Corral (somewhere in Olmsted Falls off Columbia Rd.)
and The Seven Gables for dancing and hanging out.
3.2 Beer
W.T. Grants on Snow RD and Broadview
(I worked there and they had a real lunch counter)
Sterling-Lindner-Davis Store and Christmas Tree
Higbee's Charm School
Frosted Malteds at Higbee's
Isaly's
The Emerald Necklace (Metro Parks) I could travel all over the
city without ever entering a major corridor.

And boy!! do I remember the Fourth of July storm of 1969. We lived in Lakewood and we were watching Wild Wild West when everything went dark and all Hell broke loose. I had to run upstairs to retrieve a sleeping baby and grab an 18 month old and head for the basement. We had two huge maple trees in the yard, one by the back door and one in the tree lawn.
While all this was going on my husband was shuffling cars in and out of the garage because the one that was out the roof leaked. Before you knew it,
the storm was gone. My best friend and her family were in Lakewood Park waiting for the fireworks when it hit. Boy, could she tell you a few stories!
Clifton Blvd and Lake Avenue were all but impassible because of all the fallen
trees in the road. Our power was out for 3 days and the sound of chainsaws
seemed unending.
How about the snow storm in December 1962?
All the school's were closed for a week even the Catholic ones because someone called a TV station claiming to be from the dioceses, only that proved to be false but by the time it was discovered it was too late to change it.
Hooray! for our side.

[Cat9]

I wanted to add to my post but couldn't find the edit button.
Anyway, If you got your paper in the morning it was The Plain Dealer but if you got your paper in the evening it was the Cleveland Press and the West Side News.
Huntington Beach in the summers
Chippewa Lake Park south of Medina, went there for all kinds of fun
used to go there for company picnics and reunions
Bearden's
Love Pubs
Mohican park
Peppi's Pizza, my second introduction to pizza
Denison Roller Rink
Canteen dances at Newton D. Baker Jr. High on Friday night
Berea Fair
I know there's more trapped in my neurons just can't seem to shake them loose.
BTW, I used to live on West 138th and Lakewood Heights Blvd