denver in the 60's70's (Westminster, Evans: transferring to, theatres, college)

[drb85650]

Weatherman Bowman talking about the "winds aloft".
He was a hoot, not your usual glamour weatherperson!

I remember Pete Smythe talking about "East Tin Cup" in a song. Wasn't that a trailer park near Golden?
Could have been, but there was also a ghost town of "Tin Cup". I recall going there in the late 50's...plates and silverware still on some of the shelves, pot bellied cookstoves in a couple of the cabins still. Revisited in the late 70's...all gone, even some of the cabins completely hauled away.

When I-70 first cut through the hogback near Golden, everyone went there to see the colors in the rocks.

The man made earthquakes. Remember those? Didn't they find out that one of those government entities was pumping toxic waste into deep rocks, lubricating those rocks, and causing those quakes?
Posted earlier, same memory, same question. No definitive answer yet...

Going to Castle Rock when it was a biker bar and a couple of houses.
Yeah, absolutely nothing there and the sidewalks rolled up at dark.




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[DOUBLE H]

Hey drb-whazzup? Yea, my mom was probably Pete Smyth's biggest fan as he was on the radio for what seemed to be decades for 850 KOA. You're also right on Tincup; I haven't been through there in
many years, but beautiful country it definetely is.
I haven't thought about Weatherman Bowman but yes, he was definetely old school. I believe the television station he was on the most was KWGN, channel 2 (formerly KCTO). He was accurate, though.

[drb85650]

How about these.....
Carl Akers
Starr Yelland
and where does John Elway reside these days? Randy Gradishar? Jim Hightops?
Elway....still the greatest QB in NFL history, bar none. Don't bother me with stats....my minds made up!!!!

[gonealongtime]

Originally Posted by drb85650

I enjoy recalling these things, times and places. But I would never move back.

Yes, I'm with you, Denver is still a podunk backwater place.

[DOUBLE H]

drb85650! Haven't checked on this thread lately. When you mentioned Starr Yelland, it reminded me of KLZ (now called KMGH) #1 news team throughout much of the '70's; Bob Palmer on news, Warren Chandler on weather, and Starr Yelland on sports. Palmer passed away earlier this year; he was, IMHO, the best newsman Denver ever had. I believe Carl Akers passed in the late '90's, he was a big figure in Denver television and radio as well!

[ROSEMATT]

Memories of Aurora when I was a kid-Red Barn fast food joint on Colfax, Putt Putt behind the A&W, of course the East (and later, when it was renovated in 1970, the East 70 drive-in), the fields and brush along Havana St. and riding there along the Highline Canal, the gate out on Colfax (now under the gateway to the Rockies sign) that they actually closed and locked with a padlock after 11:00PM during the Stock Show to keep the cowboys out, and of course the Zanza Bar. Anyone remember the bar out in "Altura" that was a big country bar that ran national acts? It was on about Potomoc and Colfax. I miss it there......

[BlueWillowPlate]

Rosematt, I remember all those places. Loved the Zanza-Bar.
Double H, sorry to hear about Warren Chandler. And I *adored* "More news in a minute!" Carl Akers.
I used to see Starr Yelland as well as Ed Sardella in the Cherry Creek Safeway from time to time.

[Sockeye]

Originally Posted by BlueWillowPlate

Rosematt, I remember all those places. Loved the Zanza-Bar.
Double H, sorry to hear about Warren Chandler. And I *adored* "More news in a minute!" Carl Akers.
I used to see Starr Yelland as well as Ed Sardella in the Cherry Creek Safeway from time to time.

Used to see Ed Sardella walking his Yorkis at Wash Park, and Larry Greene at the Cherry Creek Sneak every May.
I used to see Gene Amole and John Coit of the RMN downtown at Duffy's Tavern having lunch quite often. Two outstanding oped writers there! RIP...

[piperspal]

Nothin like finding this thread after 17 pages! Promised myself I wasn't gonna read the whole thing; did anyway & now looks like it'll be pizza for dinner since I can't tear myself away fromn the computer to get to the stove! This thread reminds me of the "Creamery" blog that ran for awhile in the Rocky Mountain News & it's making me very homesick!

I remember almost every place mentioned in almost every post! The weatherman's name was Stormy Rottman - I went to school with his son.
I got engaged @ Rick's Cafe, Thanksgiving night, 1979. A very wild time back then. I used my sister's i.d. to get into Mr. Lucky's & My Sweet L'ass. Then we thought we were too cool when we started hanging out @ Sam's on Lookout Mtn. & the Little Bear in Evergreen.

I think there was a restaurant called the Grain Exchange in SE Denver that also had a train(???). White Sands Beach Club.... the 4 Mile House. Lost count of how many "SUN-day" concerts I went to @ Mile Hi Stadium.

Anyone remember the name of the record store on Evans by DU? They stayed open late & had huge paintings of album covers on the building & inside.
Bud's Stables in Evergreen....I really miss horseback riding.
I remember freaking out when my sister came home from school one day & said her friend got caught in the middle of a riot....& then we saw it on TV later that night. Couldn't believe I was gonna have to go to GW after that. Always wanted to go to South or Kennedy or Bear Valley...where all the cute guys went!

Frisbee in Wash Park? Ahhhh - what a great way to pick up the boys!
There was a gas station that gave out green dinosaurs like Dino from the Flintstones...can't remember the name of it. I miss Mexican food!!! The Holly, the Riviera, all the little mom & pop spots around Elitches...out here we have Garcia's, a chain a few notches up from Taco bell. "Nuff said!

Folks, thanks for making me even more homesick than I already was! 2008 was the first year I have not been back to Colorado to visit - can't let that happen again! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[DOUBLE H]

Piperspal! The record store you are thinking was Peaches, which, if memory serves,was in a building in an old Safeway store. Talk about inventory! I would open at 10 in the morning (sometimes 9), and close at 11 at night, weekends at midnight. I knew people who worked at the store on Evans. They also had a Peaches store on 72nd and Pecos for a time as well as the one on east Evans.