I grew up here and I remember .....

[Anonymous]

Anchor Inn in Wheaton.

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Big Boy Burger Special at Tastee Diner with double fries!!!

Back when I could eat anything. I wonder how Tastee Diner would taste to me now? (They are still there!)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahns Shoes
The tea room at the Lord & Taylor in Friendship Heights
I Magnin
When there was just one floor at Tysons
When there was no Fairfax county parkway
Chinese food in Chinatown
When there was no Ballston Mall -- just a standalone Hechts
Bread and Circus
The interim terminal at National
Before the renovation at Union Station
When the red line didn't suck
The old 9:30
Hechingers
Hechts
Woodies
Garfinkels
Shopping at Woodies downtown at Christmas
The giant crown books by White Flint
Olssons
Downtown Bethesda before it looked like Clarendon
Clarendon when it was a dump with a Sears

Anyone remember the aviary inside Tyson's mall?

Vaguely. I loved The Magic Pan at tysons.

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Anonymous wrote:^ I had those!! Wish I had kept them.

I remember the roller coaster at Glen Echo, has that been mentioned?

I was too small(scared) to ride it but I remember watching my older sisters riding it. I also remember watching the black and white TV as they talked about the riots and how they spread to Glen Echo and I was terrified that the rioters would come burn my house. I was just a kid. Most of my memories of Glen Echo were of the park as a ghost town after the riots closed it down.

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Anonymous wrote:Britches of Georgetown (that I went to in Springfield Mall!). I thought I was hot stuff wearing those rugby shirts.
Georgetown Cotton--another Springfield Mall store. Very Bohemian clothing.
Memco
Bradlees
Finishing The Pig Trough at Farrell's and the huge drum they would play when they'd parade around you.

I still have the Britches day pack that I carried through high school and college. My son says, Dad, get a new pack.

I also remember Farrells - at leat the one off of River Rd in B-town.

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Horror movies and getting such a thrill out of being scared.......

I was a big fan of:
Sir Graves Ghastly
Chiller Thriller
Creature Feature
Count Gore De Vol
Abbot and Costello horror movies

What did I miss?

Why did giant insects always appear in Nevada?

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How about some classic television??

Captain Tugg (sails the mighty Potomac) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVCIjmLzgU
Diver Dan (I had the hots for Miss Minerva) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPa4Rci7ec
Romper Room
Ranger Hal
Claire and Coco

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Love to hear some opinions from folks born around my year - 1959. Particularly guys.

Have you watched the Rob Reiner movie, "Stand by Me" ?

I had to pinch myself. The movie created a spot on portrayal of what it was to be 11 back in those days - the music, the tree forts, playing army.

So nostalgic about being a boy at that time. WWII still shaped everything. Still too young to perceive the cultural revolution of the 60's but was able to experience it vicariously through my older siblings.

What a great time to be alive!!!!

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The cicadas

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Roy Rogers...and now they are coming back.

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Anonymous wrote:Anchor Inn in Wheaton.

Great place. Couldn't go back though after a friend died falling through the glass in front. No he was not drunk.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hahns Shoes
The tea room at the Lord & Taylor in Friendship Heights
I Magnin
When there was just one floor at Tysons
When there was no Fairfax county parkway
Chinese food in Chinatown
When there was no Ballston Mall -- just a standalone Hechts
Bread and Circus
The interim terminal at National
Before the renovation at Union Station
When the red line didn't suck
The old 9:30
Hechingers
Hechts
Woodies
Garfinkels
Shopping at Woodies downtown at Christmas
The giant crown books by White Flint
Olssons
Downtown Bethesda before it looked like Clarendon
Clarendon when it was a dump with a Sears

Anyone remember the aviary inside Tyson's mall?

Vaguely. I loved The Magic Pan at tysons.

+1

I remember all of these. Either I am old, or PP is young!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Roy Rogers...and now they are coming back.

They never went away completely . Several still open in the area and have been for years.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anchor Inn in Wheaton.

Great place. Couldn't go back though after a friend died falling through the glass in front. No he was not drunk.

What happened?

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Yes, I think it was called Cany Cane City

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Anonymous wrote:I'm probably the oldest here!
I remember when the beltway first opened and we ooohed and aaahed at all the safety features--guardrails with the ends buried in the ground so no one could be decapitated by them.
Emergency call phones every mile.
I also remember driving through Rock Creek park and you could drive your car through little "fords" in the stream.I remember Candyland Playground, somewhere near Rock Creek Park.

I remember that too! Although, judging by your first memory, I'm a bit younger than you

The Candyland (or was it candy cane?) playground still exists - it's on Beach Dr right before it hits East West Hwy, but it has new equipment with no candy theme