How do you remember Phoenix? Stories from long time residents... (Buckeye: pregnancy, European)

[roosevelt]

Originally Posted by Chrisxxx

This reminds me of locusts in our trees when I was 7 and 8 yrs old. My mom would catch one and tie a string (not too tight) around one of its legs. I and my brother would hold the string and the locust would fly all around and sometimes land on us. We were not afraid of them and after a while my mom would untie the string and the locust would fly away seemingly unharmed. It's a fond childhood memory.

Not as much fun as tying a thread to a tiny hole in a piece of corn and letting a chicken eat it, and then pulling it back out!

[SluggoF16]

Originally Posted by trillcatz

Wasn't 40th St. where the dump was? Maybe just south or east of the airport? Or was that 48th St.?

40th wound through the river bottom and was only a couple hundred yards from the east end of the south runway at Sky Harbor. I don't remember a dump being there; not a good idea to have landfills adjacent to airports, due to bird activity. The only landfill I was familiar with was near the BeeLine Highway NE of McDowell.

[Chrisxxx]

The thalidomide disaster is one of the most disturbing I can recall in my lifetime. I watched Romper Room often and it's still disturbing.
Sherri Finkbine was known as Miss Sherri on the local Phoenix, Arizona, version of the franchised children's show, Romper Room. The Finkbine Case began in London, England in 1961, when her husband was chaperoning sixty-four high school students on a European tour. He obtained some Thalidomide and carried the remainder home. Finkbine took thirty-six of the pills in the early stages of her pregnancy. Neither she nor her husband was aware, until July 1962, that the pills contained Thalidomide. Sherri Finkbine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Chrisxxx]

Originally Posted by roosevelt

Not as much fun as tying a thread to a tiny hole in a piece of corn and letting a chicken eat it, and then pulling it back out!

Never thought of that...lol...but then the only chickens I ever saw were at the Children's section of the Phoenix Zoo.

[Chrisxxx]

I loved to watch the kids skateboard and inline skate at this place.
Vans Skatepark, the 37,000 sq ft indoor park opened at Metrocenter Mall in 2001 became Phoenix Skatepark in 2003, was in business until at least 2005, space sold to Sport Chalet in 2006 which opened in 2007
I'm not familiar with the Sport Chalet...is it still in existence?

[Chrisxxx]

Smitty's Big Town/Marketplace, founded in 1964 by Clyde Smith, grew to 18 Arizona locations, 28 total by 1999, purchased by Smith's in 1996, grocery store that also sold a wide variety of non-grocery products
Smith's Food and Drug, purchased 28 Smitty's Supermarkets in 1996 from Los Angeles-based Yucapia, Smith's merged with Fred Meyer in 1997, Arizona stores re-branded Fry's or Fry's Marketplace, Fred Meyer acquired by Kroger in 1999

[Chrisxxx]

Dimension Cable was the valley's largest cable provider from the 1970's to the 1990's, was the largest cable system in the country by 1991, parent company Times Mirror merged with Cox Communications in 1994, provided cable television services to Phoenix area

[Chrisxxx]

John C. Lincoln was a wealthy entrepreneur who moved to Phoenix in 1963 and established the hospital for his wife who had tuberculosis--per the man who answered the phone when I called the hospital a moment ago.
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[Chrisxxx]

Originally Posted by aviator7777

Anybody know who John C.Lincoln was and why he had a hospital named after him in North Phoenix????? I never heard of him.

John C. Lincoln was a wealthy entrepreneur who moved to Phoenix in 1963 and established the hospital for his wife who had tuberculosis--per the man who answered the phone when I called the hospital a moment ago.
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[Chrisxxx]

Originally Posted by trillcatz

I don't remember the margarine but I remember the plates...white with a wheat pattern and gold rimmed. Also remember towels in the soap too...weren't these towels and plates from Duzz or Dizz or something like that? I remember the flour sacks being used as dish towels. Seems like in the 'old days' they made it worth your while shopping at a particular store...the store itself gave out glasses, dishes, pots...seems like we had punch cards or something. And let's not forget trading stamps...they were my favorite.

Do you recall the beautiful glass sets given out by Blakely gas stations? They are worth a pretty penny if in good condition these days.