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Roll On - Big O;
Get that juice up to Lawsons in 14 hours;
One man sleeps, while the other man drives;
on the non-stop Lawson run;
And the cold cold juice in the tank truck caboose;
stays as fresh as the Florida sun;
Roll On - Big O
Get that juice up to Lawson's in 14 years.
my grandfather was a cleveland cop and i remember when the cop cars was lime green and they had station wagons,and what about the standard theater on prospect or the hippodroun,and zayers
It's nice to hear fond memories of Cleveland. We lived in Cleveland Hts. 1960-1974, and loved it (even if the long grey wwinters were hard to take).
I remember:
1. Going downtown in the 70's, two fun things to do were to visit the Arcade and admire the ornate architecture of an ancient shopping mall (I think it was built in the 1800s? God, it was homely--so homely it was cute). Also, we liked to take the escalator in Higbees as high as possible. After 5-6 floors, it stopped being a typical escalator and became very narrow with rickety wooden slats. I loved that part of the store!
2. Walking around Shaker Lakes, looking at the remains of the old shaker village. In the 70's there was a huge protest about building a freeway right through the park.
3. Nelsons Ledges. I loved that place, especially in the winter when the icicles grew several feet long.
4. Going out to Burton for pancake breakfast.
5. Hiking out to squaw rock at in the "Emerald Necklace."
6. The debate over the town motto "Cleveland, the best location in the nation" or "Cleveland, the mistake on the lake."
7. University Circle and the "oilcan" church. I really loved how all the museums in Cleveland were clustered togeter, you could walk from one to another.
8. The Alcazar Hotel in Cleveland Hts--what a grand old spooky place.
9. Outdoor concert at Cain Park--surprisingly good acoustics for an outdoor ampitheater. I spent many mellow evenings there.
10. The paper drives at elementary schools--on paper drive day you would see these incredibly huge stacks of newspapers lined up along the streets. Each class would have one and they would compete. Since many familes read the Plain Dealer, the Cleveland Press and the Sun Press, there was always plenty to recycle.
11. The wonderful smell of Hough Bakery, every morning. At easter they made "lamb cake." A silly looking thing, very delicious.
12. The little train that ran around the Cleveland Zoo. And yes, I still have my zoo key.
13. and finally---the incredibly awful song that someone tried to promote as the official Song for Cleveland. I can still remember the words!
"Oh me-oh, oh my-oh
In Cleveland Ohio
We'll all have a WON-DER-FUL time!
The sailboats galore
On Lake Erie's shore
We'll have some fun we've not had before!!!!
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.
Hey .... lay off Dennis! He's a breath of fresh air in Congress (UFOs nothwithstanding).
I met him once, when he was running for governor in 1982. I was working at the Telegraph (RIP) in Painesville and had an interview with him. I stood up to shake his hand, and my first thought was "Geez, this guy is short!" LOL But I liked him. Didn't vote for him, but I liked him. He's not afraid to speak his mind, that's for sure.
to put it like barney fife would say it ....hes a nut! and he sees flying saucers too!! Cleveland keeps embarrasses itself by re electing him?????????
I live near the Roswell crash site. Me being formerly from Ohio, people get a huge laugh out of Dennis K. out here in New Mexico.
Dennis, stay home. Don't follow me out here.
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He's a breath of fresh air in Congress (UFOs nothwithstanding).
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