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I hope y'all don't disown me for moving to Cary even though I started this thread. Lol!
I still know I'm from Raleigh!
You only followed a trend by moving to Cary. I know a lot of Raleigh folks who moved out there in the 70's and 80's. We came close to moving to the Kildaire Farm Rd. area in 1998 when we moved here
You only followed a trend by moving to Cary. I know a lot of Raleigh folks who moved out there in the 70's and 80's. We came close to moving to the Kildaire Farm Rd. area in 1998 when we moved here
Thanks! I feel like there are a lot more locals here than people like to admit. It's a good mix. A little boring, but not bad.
Jim Thornton was my great grandfather, though I never knew him. I have heard many many stories and seen many many pictures. His daughter, my maternal grandmother, is still living and loves to share stories and reminisce. We have all been in search of recordings and video of the show as well. We all hear stories of him eating Yellow Rose dog food on television, yet the only thing I've heard is the recording on Youtube of "I Want Everything that my Baby's Got" from Renown Records. If anyone has anything to share it would be greatly appreciated.
I may be dating myself age wise....but here's how you know you are a real Raleigh native....
1) you know what "Chips" was
2) you remember Johnson-Lambe
3) you know what Wrenn-Pharr was
4) you know what and where Soundhaus was
5) you actually went to the Embers Club, Barry's, the "circus room" at Darryl's
6)you remember the AMC dealership on Hillsborough St
7) you know that Crazy Zack's was on Hillsborough St first, then moved to the site of the old AMC dealership, then in 1987 it was torn down and now there sits an Applebee's restaurant
8) you remember when Nowell's was in Cameron Village and the wonderful smell that store had to it
9)you remember when Pizza Hut ruled the pizza world here
10) you remember Moonlight Madness sales at N Hills mall
11) WQDR when it was "album oriented rock" station
12) Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity's "Lawn Party"
13) the Ambassador Theatre on Fayetteville street , the first time it was a street
14)getting out of school at noon the first tuesday of the State Fair's run to go to the fair with your parents
15) when the Char-Grill only had one burger joint
16) Ballentine's cafeteria
17 when Santa Claus landed in a helicopter in the Sears parking lot, when Sears was located in Cameron Village!!
18) when NC State was an actual "rival" of UNC.....Duke and UNC are "rivals", it's not a rivalry when you only win one out of every ten basketball games....however, the Wolfpack holds it's own in football against all the N.C. snob schools....
I may be dating myself age wise....but here's how you know you are a real Raleigh native....
1) you know what "Chips" was
2) you remember Johnson-Lambe
3) you know what Wrenn-Pharr was
4) you know what and where Soundhaus was
5) you actually went to the Embers Club, Barry's, the "circus room" at Darryl's
6)you remember the AMC dealership on Hillsborough St
7) you know that Crazy Zack's was on Hillsborough St first, then moved to the site of the old AMC dealership, then in 1987 it was torn down and now there sits an Applebee's restaurant
8) you remember when Nowell's was in Cameron Village and the wonderful smell that store had to it
9)you remember when Pizza Hut ruled the pizza world here
10) you remember Moonlight Madness sales at N Hills mall
11) WQDR when it was "album oriented rock" station
12) Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity's "Lawn Party"
13) the Ambassador Theatre on Fayetteville street , the first time it was a street
14)getting out of school at noon the first tuesday of the State Fair's run to go to the fair with your parents
15) when the Char-Grill only had one burger joint
16) Ballentine's cafeteria
17 when Santa Claus landed in a helicopter in the Sears parking lot, when Sears was located in Cameron Village!!
18) when NC State was an actual "rival" of UNC.....Duke and UNC are "rivals", it's not a rivalry when you only win one out of every ten basketball games....however, the Wolfpack holds it's own in football against all the N.C. snob schools....
Yes....remember them all well.
Francois....Chips was small hamburger chain back in the 60's. They eventually became Hardee's. The two Chip's that I remember were one on New Bern Ave, and the other on Capitol at the Crabtree Creek bridge. The Chip's on Capitol was a local cruising spot for young folks....as well as Shoney's just up the road.
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Poggly, Did the Chips on Capitol by the bridge become a Jeffs Burger Boy or Jeffs Burger Hut or something like that for a while? It had a little train beside it. My Uncle owned it sometime in the late sixtys or early seventys.
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