Gone But Not Forgotten in San Antonio! - Part I (Houston: Indians, camera)

[Dwangle]

This might have been brought up earlier but does anybody remember the Neon Handy Andy signs that kinda looked like Totem poles or something . I remember one at the Fred road location and also at the Houston St. Location

[npjohnso]

Originally Posted by Nostalgic

My best friend and I went to Highland Hills Pharmacy a lot, too. We would sit at the counter and have a coke and I loved those little cheese crackers. Then we would look at all the magazines on the other side of the store. Sometimes I would have enough money to buy a Seventeen mag. Then we would go to Ben Franklins and maybe get some Tangee lipstickLOL

I had forgotten about the Ben Franklins. next door to the Highland Hills Pharmacy. My best friend at school worked there, his name was Ronnie.

[Dwangle]

I just looked at the phone listings Mudpuddle listed and there was no Handy Andy anywhere near New Braunfels and E Houston. i MUST BE LOSING MY MIND!

[npjohnso]

No, no railroad tracks, no bowling alley either. The nearest bowling Lanes I remember were up on Goliad road, where the old Riveria Swimming Pool used to be.

[SATX56]

Originally Posted by Dwangle

I just looked at the phone listings Mudpuddle listed and there was no Handy Andy anywhere near New Braunfels and E Houston. i MUST BE LOSING MY MIND!

Oh, yes there was! Handy Andy and H.E.B. I believe. One was just south of Houston on east side of the street. One on nw corner of Houston and New Braunfels.

[johnrex62]

Originally Posted by rexkwandosatx

i think my parents used to go there...but speaking of BBQ places, does anyone remember one out off of Pecan Valley area? i think it was Bob's or something like that...i was told that it burned down sometime in the 90s...i remember my parents also going there for BBQ when i used to go to St. Margaret Mary's Catholic School...

I remember Bob's Den, over off Rigsby and Roland. It changed to Bob's Smokehouse and after Bob's death just The Smokehouse. Don't tell me it is gone altogether now. That's just too much bad news in a single decade.

The only other place I am aware of around the Pecan Valley area is Snoga's...but I have only been there once back in the 80's and was not overly impressed at the time.

[SATX56]

Originally Posted by Dwangle

This might have been brought up earlier but does anybody remember the Neon Handy Andy signs that kinda looked like Totem poles or something . I remember one at the Fred road location and also at the Houston St. Location

Yes , I do!

[rexkwandosatx]

Originally Posted by johnrex62

I remember Bob's Den, over off Rigsby and Roland. It changed to Bob's Smokehouse and after Bob's death just The Smokehouse. Don't tell me it is gone altogether now. That's just too much bad news in a single decade.

The only other place I am aware of around the Pecan Valley area is Snoga's...but I have only been there once back in the 80's and was not overly impressed at the time.

i think you are right about the location being on Rigsby, as that was near my old stomping grounds...but i can't verify if it is still operational or if it is indeed gone, but not forgotten. but there was a place in Pecan Valley that eludes my memory at this moment...

[Blanco Joe]

I remember the neon ringed "totem pole" signs too. Yes Bob's Smokehouse had a fire and did a number on the board sided building. Like all successful BBQ business, it was great. I have to add something here: Memories are what brings life to the old buildings and other places we are all interested in. There might be a few thousand sites we talk about, but the memories number in the hundreds of thousands. Instead of feeling like an outsider when a couple of people openly reminisce, feel privileged to be able to peer through someone else's mind's eye for a bit. Those memories turn one dimensional cardboard into technicolor High Definition. It does not cost anything to anyone. So enjoy the memories.... yours and others. Lighten up and breathe deeply. It will all be o.k.

[quest51210]

it was my non-english speaking father and recent migrant farmworker who beat city hall in 1966. they had a surveyor come out and survey the land, come to find out that small crossway was our driveway. the city of course denied anything and continued business as usual until one day my father fenced off the street with cyclone fencing and concrete posts.

he eventually won. we still have the news articles.

Originally Posted by satx56

I'm familiar with the street. It hits Phyllis then Zarzamora, right? What did he win???