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FRISKY
11-24-2010, 04:57 AM
We used to race cars there in the '60s. I used that route when I rode my bicycle to Norman from SW OKC in the '70s. There was no traffic back then.

You could buy milk, eggs or grass (sod) from farms in the area.

Anyone remember the old school house on the SW corner of Franklin and 60th street NW(same as Western Ave. in OKC)? How about the big hill at Robinson and 48th street NW?

jmarkross
11-24-2010, 06:49 AM
We used to race cars there in the '60s. I used that route when I rode my bicycle to Norman from SW OKC in the '70s. There was no traffic back then.

You could buy milk, eggs or grass (sod) from farms in the area.

Anyone remember the old school house on the SW corner of Franklin and 60th street NW(same as Western Ave. in OKC)? How about the big hill at Robinson and 48th street NW?

On the hill--you must mean Mt. Williams...or as we called it...Bullet Hill...it was loaded (and I mean LOADED) with old WW2 bullets from being the aircraft target for USN aircraft during the War...from the North and South Navy bases in Norman...

kevinpate
11-24-2010, 07:12 AM
On the hill--you must mean Mt. Williams...or as we called it...Bullet Hill...it was loaded (and I mean LOADED) with old WW2 bullets from being the aircraft target for USN aircraft during the War...from the North and South Navy bases in Norman...

Nah, you're talking about the big dirt mound ammo backstop that's where a Target etc., now sits on the east side of I-35. Frisky is talking a steep incline in the terrain between about 46th and 48th. It's all four lane through there now, but it's still a steep hit for walker, joggers or pedal folk.

jmarkross
11-24-2010, 11:24 AM
Nah, you're talking about the big dirt mound ammo backstop that's where a Target etc., now sits on the east side of I-35. Frisky is talking a steep incline in the terrain between about 46th and 48th. It's all four lane through there now, but it's still a steep hit for walker, joggers or pedal folk.

OIC...yes--I was talking about the Target location...

ljbab728
11-24-2010, 10:41 PM
We used to race cars there in the '60s. I used that route when I rode my bicycle to Norman from SW OKC in the '70s. There was no traffic back then.

You could buy milk, eggs or grass (sod) from farms in the area.

Anyone remember the old school house on the SW corner of Franklin and 60th street NW(same as Western Ave. in OKC)? How about the big hill at Robinson and 48th street NW?
Frisky, I definitely remember that school because I went to school there through the 4th grade. It was the Pleasant Valley School. It was closed then because of low attendence and we were transferred into Norman. I believe I had 4 students in my grade the last year but because of great individual attention from the teacher most of us were ahead of the Norman students when we transferred.

gen70
12-13-2010, 12:04 PM
How about "Hollywood Corners"?

corpsman
12-13-2010, 06:32 PM
How about "Hollywood Corners"?

Still there!!

papaOU
12-14-2010, 09:42 AM
How about "Hollywood Corners"?

What does Hollywood Corner have to do with 10-mile-flats?