Other things only a Clevelander would know/appreciate (Parma, Lorain: fence, to move)

[hillie bolliday]

Wow, so many good memories. I grew up in Parma and Olmsted Falls in the late 60s thru the 70s.

Some things I can recall:

"Gimme that shoe!" (Superhost) and the Moronic Woman
The talking Christmas Tree at either Halle's or Higbees (can't remember which); used to scare the bejeezus out of me
The Olmsted Falls library
Baked goods from Hough's - used to come in a white cardboard box, tied with string
Jingles: "Take a look at the May Company; do a double take"
Danny Boy Farmer Market on Pearl Road
Heinen's (I hated going here because my mom took forever to shop)
Shopping for back-to-school clothes at Gold Circle
The Ground Round
The Dairy Queen with the putt-putt golf course on Bagley Road
The Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds' Oktoberfest
Kenny Kings, Arthur Treacher, Manners, Red Barn, Beef Corral, and all of those junk food places
Drive-through beer stores
Sambo's Diner out by Cleveland-Hopkins
Taking the RTA into town from my friend's house in Shaker Heights
The Christmas displays in the windows of the great old department stores downtown
Stouffer's Restaurant (now they make frozen dinners!); loved the corn muffins they served in a basket with jelly
The care-free atmosphere of Indians games; because no one showed up, you could pretty much sit anywhere - and Andre Thornton and Buddy Bell were the best players (of the time)
The wind blowing into Municipal Stadium
The Zoo!
Driving through Hinckley and actually looking for buzzards
The Theatrical
The Brown Derby
Pete's Wayside Inn on Brookpark
Valley Forge High School
Hearing "My Melody Of Love" by Bobby Vinton on the Saturday Polka shows on TV (WKYC??)
Olmsted Falls' Village Green
Baldwin-Wallace College (where I took my first and last piano lessons from a student)
"soda pop"
Pierogies to no end, as well as kielbasa for breakfast
The giant heart at the Health Museum
Parmatown!

One more thing: I remember an ice cream shop that had a carousel inside the store: it had tables and chairs you could sit on and eat your ice cream while it rotated. Anyone recall this place?

[MaTTuP]

Originally Posted by andrew61

I remember calling it "Kenny Kings" and I was always a West Sider.

Here's another one:

12) Treelawns

(I understand no one outside the Cleveland area ever uses that word for the grassy area between the sidewalk and the street curb.)

In Akron, we call that the devil strip. I don't know why or where it came from, but apparently we are the only city that uses the term.

[firefightermom]

We used to term treelawn in Dayton Oh also.

[HerOpinion1st]

Does anyone remember Captain Penny?! He had a segment called Pooch Parade that I just loved! I always wanted to adopt one of those puppies! I can't believe that man ever committed suicide!

[htlong]

what about barnaby and woodrow...the woodsman ?

[Sweeney]

Originally Posted by HerOpinion1st

Does anyone remember Captain Penny?! He had a segment called Pooch Parade that I just loved! I always wanted to adopt one of those puppies! I can't believe that man ever committed suicide!

Ron Penfound (Captain Penny) died of lung cancer in Naples Florida in 1974. He did not commit suicide. Unless you consider smoking cigarettes suicide. In which case, you may have a point.

[kirtlandoh]

You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool Mom.

[kirtlandoh]

Captain Penny, Jungle Larry, Mr. Jingeling and Romper Room on Youtube:


YouTube - Captain Penny, Mr. Jingeling, Romper Room WEWS-TV 5

Also a number way cool old newscasts from the 70's.

[AZTeri]

I had to register just so I could add my own memories. I was born when my parents lived in Willoughby, we moved to Lakewood, then Cleveland Hts. I went to Taylor and Roosevelt, then on to Heights (graduated in 74) - which was right across the street from my house. I remember fondly the snowstorm in ?66? - my sister and I walked on Christmas day through drifts that were over our heads to the Cedar Lee Theater to watch Rex Harrison in Dr. Doolittle. I remember all too well the 69 storm - we were camping at East Harbor State Park, which we did every July for as long as I remember. I remember all of us loading into the station wagon, watching our tent nearly blow away, and joined the throng trying to get out of there and back home. I remember so many storms - sitting in my parents' bedroom watching the lightening and listening to the thunder, then watching rainbows form over the practice field at Heights.

My son lives in Dayton, where we lived for 17 years until I moved to VA then here to AZ. I went back with a friend to the Dayton area several years ago. This friend had never lived in the east, and had NO IDEA what lightening bugs were! She was shocked to see another friend's neices and nephews chasing and catching them - thought they were going to get bit or stung! That was good for a laugh, that's for sure.

Things I recall:

Rexal Drug (I think that's what it was) on Cedar and Taylor
All the Jewish Synagogues on Taylor Road
Sledding in Cain Park
Spending all day on Saturdays with a lunch in Cain Park with my sister - splashing in the fountain
Skating at the Coluseium
Severance Center - someone mentioned the French Cafe near Halles - that was my first job!
Higbees and Halle's Christmas displays
Riding the RTA downtown with $10 to buy Christmas presents for my whole family (there were 7 kids, and yes, $10 was enough!) My sister and I would do this, and I think we were at most in junior high! Never could do that today, I guess, sadly.
Silver Grille! I had forgotten about that one!
Manners Big Boy
Richmond Mall - I got glasses upstairs at the optical shop often! I remember when it opened - it was the "newest and best"
May Company in Warrensville Center
Corky & Lenny's - there was another Jewish deli near there, I've forgotten the name though - I do remember the best matzo ball soup!
West Side Market - that was a treat
Walking to church (went to Cedar Hill Baptist on Cedar Road) past St. Annes Catholic and loving their Christmas displays
All the old mansions in Cleveland Hts.
Metro Parks - my neice got married last year at Squire's Castle! Sure wish I could have made it back there!
Severence Hall - I remember going to a concert there with a woman friend from church. I fell in love with classical music then, and have an old George Czell Cleveland Orchestra vinyl record around here somewhere I'd love to get digitized and listen to again. The concermaster at the time went to our church, and he used to play on occasion. I loved listening to him.
All the museums around Case - especially the one that had the old cars
Cleveland Zoo - to me that is the standard by which all other zoos compare! I remember the hill - oh how long that hill was!

Just reading this page brings back tons of memories --- Oh, when people were listing personalities - how could you forget about Wally Kinnan the Weather man?

What WAS Garfield 1-2323 advertising anyhow??? That jingle is now stuck in my head!
Capt Penny - I remember being in the audience for one of this shows
Mr. Jing-a-ling - I remember going down to sit in the audience for his shows also
The Twigbee shop - great concept that I've seen duplicated, but you can't give a child $10 bucks to buy for everyone any more, that's for sure
Arthur Treachers across from Heights
Bi-Rite grocery store on Lee - we used to walk there for groceries. Those bags were heavy when carrying home!
Remember when all the old elm trees on Washington Blvd were stricken with Dutch Elm disease and they cut a lot of them down?
The swimming pool at Golden Gate Shopping Center - I think it was! It also had a bowling alley. We would go there on Saturdays, swim for a while and then bowl, or vice-versa. I took swimming lessons there.
Uncle Bills - especially going at Christmas to get new decorations.

Wow - the memories. I was just back in Ohio this summer, but only got as far north at Mohican State Park. I'm going back again in December - but won't be able to make it past Columbus and Dayton. Sigh... now I want to try to get to Cleveland - if for no other reason than to go to Tower City and see the lights again.....it wasn't Tower City then - just plain ole Terminal Tower - where we took the train to Texas!

[airics]

garfield 1-2323 was for aluminum siding or windows
there was no pool or bowling at goldengate... it was at the Eastgate Coliseum..

how about...
Connor's ice cream with the playing piano
HRP Auto parts at golden gate - guy got busted for tax evasion
Loparo's at goldengate - man were those cheese wedges good!
the giant slide, ice cream, and putt putt.
the gilmour fire (drilling for oil)
hilltop plaza fire
eastgate fire (hough or davis bakery) & frisco rose fire at eastgate

all you can play video games on wed. nt at the eastgate coliseum
the roller palace at golden gate.