Other things only a Clevelander would know/appreciate (Euclid, Mentor: to rent, houses)

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Originally Posted by LewLew

Wow, Don Webster.....He was there forever.

Thank you so much for that link. Was it the Ghoul or Ghoulardi that said "Hail Dorothy" all the time? (referring to Dorothy F.)

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Originally Posted by exclevelander

Yes, we used to take the rapid downtown to see the Higbees Christmas decorations too (and ride the old wooden escalators to eat at the Silver Grille on the top floor). Anyone remember those ancient Shaker/Van Aken rapid cars that were bright yellow and orange?

...and speaking of Randall Mall----did anyone ever go up Miles road from there to shop at Value City?

Nelson's Ledges....I remember and Shaker/vanAken rapid cars. Headlands I know very well.
Does anyone remember the Mardi Gras at Fairport Harbor? Right on the Lake and was always held 4th of July weekend....just east of Painesville.

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[quote=hokiejane;2187456]Yes!!! I remember the jingle well, and the Captain Penny quote was a truth to live by!

And here's something that will really take you to a different era...

Does anyone remember when McDonald's would give you free tickets to an Indians game for your report card? I can't remember if you had to get straight A's or just an A in a subject, but for that they'd give you two tickets. They were bleeder seats, but since only about 5000 people attended the games in the stadium back then, you could sit anywhere you wanted. Most of them were probably people with free tickets too. [/quote

Mr. Jing-a-ling is featured in a Hallee's Dept.Store museum in Kirtland. My sister sent me a Mr. Jing-a-ling Christmas ornament a couple years ago.

Have we ever figured out if Longjohn the Invisible Parrot really existed? My grandfather used to see Barnaby occasionally at a bar on the West Side....near Clifton.....he said Barnaby would get plastered!

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Originally Posted by normie

Some more:

1. Christmas lights at Nela Park (not sure if I have the name right, it was a large field around the light company).
2. Daffodill hill at the cemetary that has the Garfield Monument. The first place to find spring every year! And it was always cool to walk down those cold marble stairs to visit President Garfield's tomb.
3. Going to horse auctions in Pennsylvania Dutch country, and to see maple syrup being made at Red Raider Farm.
4. Adlers sporting goods, what a store!
5. There was a park that had 5 different swimming pools, including a wave pool and a very high diving platform. I don't remember the name of the park, but it was a lot of fun.
6. Walking out on the ice flows near a lighthouse. It was interesting to walk out onto Lake Erie.
7. Watching George Czell at the symphony. I wasn't a fan of classical music but I liked watching him conduct!
8. Watching Severance Center be built. There was a lot of protest about it at the time (sort of like the clamor that arises these days whenever a WalMart is being built). It was one of the first enclosed shopping malls in the country--I liked watching it go up and thought the design and the concept was fascinating. The first year they had halloween mazes and an Alice in Wonderland story set up in the vacant stores.
9. Riding my bike up Cedar Hill. I did it once. Never again!

...and here's a final reflection...

I remember how we all thought it was so hip to sneer at Cleveland. We were always putting it down, always saying something snide. Everyone said they couldn't wait to get out of there. In 1974, we moved to Florida... and I just assumed everyone else I knew moved away the moment they graduated from high school.

About ten years ago, I went to my 20th high school reunion. To my amazement several of the kids who couldn't wait to get out of Cleveland had moved back! There were at least 20 or 30 with the same story... and I distinctly remember them making snide putdowns relentlessly. Make of theat what you will--but I thought it was interesting.

Cleveland took a bad rap for awhile. Remember when the lake was so dirty you couldn't swim in it....all the pollution.
What about the Chardon Maple Festival...they also had a Strawberry Festival and the Amish cheese factory in Middlefield? All the horse & buggies!

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Originally Posted by OhioNative

Is Medic Drugs still in business up there? When I was growing up in Mentor on the Lake, we had either Medic or Mannino's drug stores to choose from.

Mannino's Drug Store! We MUST have grown up very close to each other. We lived in Living Homes and Mannino's Drug was right around that bad corner from us. My ex lived on Carolyn Drive for years. I remember Medic, too. LOL....What about that fantastic Italian Restaurant called "Longos" We ate there all the time.

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Originally Posted by normie

OK, for those of you who remember back a really long time....

Guess what these three mansions are today:

A:


B:



C:



Finally, what is this and when did it happen?

The first two pictures are mansions that are long gone, I believe. The top one may actually be the old Severance estate?

The third picture is of a mansion that I believe still exists. Is that where the president of CWRU lives?

Finally, the last picture is the Mickey Mouse on the clocktower senior prank at Heights High.

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Originally Posted by TheProf

... and how about some classic only-in-Cleveland stores/retail:

Tom Sink
Idustrial Electric
Cousin Sid's
Uncle Bill's (again)
Hot Sauce Williams
Kronheim's
Jay Vee
Dave's
Marc's
Kenny King (worth mentioning again)
Corky & Lenny's
The Shrimp Boat
Lawson's
Your's Truly
Pier W
Swingo's (now on the Water)
Qua Buick
Arabica
Earth By April (long gone Cleve Hts whole food restaurant; best named ever imho)
Nighttown
The Boarding House
Club Isabella
Big Fun!
Que Tal?
My Friends
Fire
Phil the Fire (gone)
Ballaton
Ja Vu De's
Binky's
Pick 'n Pay
Fazio's
Geauga Lake
Mentor Headlands (OK, not retail, but...)

etc., etc...

EARTH BY APRIL was awesome....wasn't that in the Coventry area? They had the best salads & health food menu items. There were some "Groovy" little shops in that area also.....hippie clothes and jewelry and little tobacco stores....wonder if they actually sold REAL tobacco?

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Originally Posted by hokiejane

Ok, remember the bald guy who owned Chevy dealers and blew kisses??? Was it "C. Miller???"

See the USA in a C. Miller Chevrolet!!! <smooch>

C. MILLER !!! I'm falling out of my chair laughing. One commercial C. Miller did he had on nothing but a diaper...and blowing kisses.

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Originally Posted by Dollybumps

Mentor Ave...my stomping grounds for 28 years. I went to kindergarten on Mentor Ave @ 306. First Grade Mentor Elementary School on Mentor Ave. It was an old building behind the old High School (Mentor Ave @ 615) I'll bet that building is long gone. I went ot Ridge Jr. High (behind the mall) and Memorial Jr. High (the old high school building.)
The stretch of Mentor Ave between the mall & 615 was really a pretty area. Mentor Rec Park was there....swimming, softball and groovy dances for the "teenagers" once a month back in the mid- late 1960s.
The library and my dentist Dr. Hummer.
I moved to Dallas in 1981 and have only been back two times for a visit. Wonder what Mentor Ave. looks like today? It's been years since I've seen it. Miss those days!

OOOps.....What about President James A Garfield's Home on Mentor Ave?

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there is a Halle's museum in Kirtland???? where is this... my mother did all the designs for the women's shoe department's advertising in the newspaper... she used to take me to Mr. Jing a ling, the day after Thanksgiving every year... i believe there was a train set always on display...then we ate some where either halle's or higbees, can't remember the complete name.. maybe the silver grill or something like that