Southside OKC Memories....anyone?

[Generals64]

Thinking about old Southside things ....shouldn't admit this but Prunepicker told me to....I used to date a girl in Del City.....Her mother told me one time that the girls other boyfriends brought her (the mother) flowers.....Went to the cemetery that night.......you can figure the rest.......I thought it was funny....so did the mother....Police....No sense of humor at all.

[grantgeneral78]

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Hey, what about the Dinah Shore Show?....Cross the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet....da...da.da..da...da. What happened to Captain Kangaroo?

then Pee Wee Herman....oh yeah, that was General 78's years wasn't it......

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Anybody out there remember Camp Classen??????

Sheesh 64 I know you just did not associate my era with PEEWEE HERMAN!!

Captain Kangaroo was my era gawd I miss bunny rabbit and Mr. Green jeans.

And one more comment now that I am thinking about it........

[grantgeneral78]

Welcome to the forum usg 60!!

[grantgeneral78]

Anyone remember wearing puka beads, bell bottoms, silky shirts, high heeled disco danny shoes!

And then the big puffy goat roper down filled coats for the life of me I cannot remember the name of them during urban cowboy days!

That dang john travolta sure set the trend for what we all wore back then sheesh.

How about hi-jacker shocks and cherry bomb pipes 'O GOD WE WERE SO COOL"

[FRISKY]

That dang John Travolta sure set the trend for what we all wore back then sheesh.

It sure affected the prices of western clothes. The hats I had always paid $7-$15 for jumped to $70-$100 overnight and my last leather slicker (I can still wear it...) cost over $400, and that was on sale and marked down from $600.

[USG '60]

Anyone remember wearing puka beads, bell bottoms, silky shirts, high heeled disco danny shoes!

I was the first long hair in OKC and took a LOT of abuse (beat up a few times and threatened a LOT.) Then I started selling the clothes that went with long hair and started converting the rest of you. Life got easier when there was more of us. Honestly, though, when the disco regalia came in, I ditched out on selling clothes--felt guilty, ya know. BUT, I never cut the hair off so I am the stereotypical old hippy dude. It's been decades since anyone other than my wife has beat me up. Life is good. What I never had was a stereotypical hippy van like yours though, '78. All I had were old Karman Ghias and ugly Ford pickups--not kool.

Does anyone remember the 53 or 4 chevy that had two front ends. The only place I ever saw it was on Commerce. It gave one pause...so to speak.

[FRISKY]

Does anyone remember the 53 or 4 chevy that had two front ends. The only place I ever saw it was on Commerce. It gave one pause...so to speak.

1956 Chevy. I took some pictures (35mm slides)of it and talked to the owner/builder at a couple car shows. I tried to find the slides a couple years ago, but couldn't locate them.

[USG '60]

Hey, Frisky, since you and a few others seem to be Corvette guys, I was wondering if any of you ever knew Wayne Fleming and whatever happened to him. I ran into Jim Stewart a couple of years ago and he was doing metal art and made a fireplace for the place I was working on. He is still a heck of a nice guy. I met him in the 8th grade at Grant before he moved to the CH district. And speaking of Jim, whatever happened to Foy Smith?

[village idiot]

Use to be a white 56 Chevy with two front ends that was always parked on S. Walker at Roland Motors.

[Generals64]

O.K. first of all...No I didn't wear the stylish Urban Cowboy clothes....During that time, i was in Texas and wore them to work the cattle you guys ate...Riding a horse was work to us then.....Next I really thought you said Pee Wee Herman was your idol '78. But, it's been so long since you and the Mrs. came to a meeting I must have gotten you mistaken with Prunepicker. The '56 checy is STILL ALIVE....Gary Rowland's Grandfather had the car built and Gary has it in storage now. My wife (class 0f '66) had the car at their last class reunion...still in the same great shape it was in. Corvettes? Jim Stewart still has a 60-61 that he is rebuilding right now.....Don't know what happened to Foy it's been forever since I even thought about him. I have sometimes thought that Stewart was red/Gen. He does custom metal grilles for trucks and cars and yes, he is still as creative as he ever was. Can't wait to meet you guys this Saturday. Gave up a Pheasant hunting trip for this Sat.....See ya next time.

[grantgeneral78]

I was the first long hair in OKC and took a LOT of abuse (beat up a few times and threatened a LOT.) Then I started selling the clothes that went with long hair and started converting the rest of you. Life got easier when there was more of us. Honestly, though, when the disco regalia came in, I ditched out on selling clothes--felt guilty, ya know. BUT, I never cut the hair off so I am the stereotypical old hippy dude. It's been decades since anyone other than my wife has beat me up. Life is good. What I never had was a stereotypical hippy van like yours though, '78. All I had were old Karman Ghias and ugly Ford pickups--not kool.

Does anyone remember the 53 or 4 chevy that had two front ends. The only place I ever saw it was on Commerce. It gave one pause...so to speak.

Yeah the car the rowlands own it, i got to sit in it once it was wierd!

ahh old hippys are cool now days so your stylin now!

[grantgeneral78]

O.K. first of all...No I didn't wear the stylish Urban Cowboy clothes....During that time, i was in Texas and wore them to work the cattle you guys ate...Riding a horse was work to us then.....Next I really thought you said Pee Wee Herman was your idol '78. But, it's been so long since you and the Mrs. came to a meeting I must have gotten you mistaken with Prunepicker. The '56 checy is STILL ALIVE....Gary Rowland's Grandfather had the car built and Gary has it in storage now. My wife (class 0f '66) had the car at their last class reunion...still in the same great shape it was in. Corvettes? Jim Stewart still has a 60-61 that he is rebuilding right now.....Don't know what happened to Foy it's been forever since I even thought about him. I have sometimes thought that Stewart was red/Gen. He does custom metal grilles for trucks and cars and yes, he is still as creative as he ever was. Can't wait to meet you guys this Saturday. Gave up a Pheasant hunting trip for this Sat.....See ya next time.

HAHA, NOT my idol!

were gonna try and make it to sign autographs since we are tv stars now yuh know ! NOT!

Yeah frisky things shot up big time, like everything has now except gas yipee!

[Generals64]

Went down S. May avenue today....Gosh, the old wrecking yards (JUNK YARDS to older folks) are beginning to get cleaned up...They are even cleaning the piles of cow poop up by the Stockyards....Yaa think their trying to clean up the Southside......?

[Generals64]

HEY YOU GUYS, WE HAVE A NEW THREAD BEARER..."THE VILLAGE IDIOT". If we can get him to get involved, he has more stories about the southside than I ever have had.......Start bugging him.....he was on this site yesterday....

[USG '60]

[QUOTE=grantgeneral78;187836] were gonna try and make it to sign autographs since we are tv stars now yuh know ! NOT! QUOTE]

What inside joke is this referring to?

[Generals64]

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were gonna try and make it to sign autographs since we are tv stars now yuh know ! NOT! QUOTE]

What inside joke is this referring to?

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The first time we met (think in August) Channel Nine had a reporter watching this thread...(Dances with Cameras) and they did a segment about people from different age groups and different walks of life we having a good, clean, fun time. Then it was broadcasted on the internet. I'll go through the thread and try to find it for you and you can watch it...It was titled the South rises again I think....We have a good time, there's not as many people involved as before but we've had over 20,000 views. An old Grant graduate (TeriOKC) turned traitor and moved to the north side started the thread just trying to stir up some southside things,,,,,and the rest is history......

[grantgeneral78]

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The first time we met (think in August) Channel Nine had a reporter watching this thread...(Dances with Cameras) and they did a segment about people from different age groups and different walks of life we having a good, clean, fun time. Then it was broadcasted on the internet. I'll go through the thread and try to find it for you and you can watch it...It was titled the South rises again I think....We have a good time, there's not as many people involved as before but we've had over 20,000 views. An old Grant graduate (TeriOKC) turned traitor and moved to the north side started the thread just trying to stir up some southside things,,,,,and the rest is history......

I think the video was taken down, I- ASKED DANCES TO GET A COPY OF IT i GUESS HE GOT BUSY AND FORGOT.

There used to be a older man that walked up and down 59th and looked lie the old door to door salesman`s he wore these bright checked slacks white pat boone shoes a jacket and a old press type hat carrying a suitcase. I wonder what happened to the man? anyone know of him or what happened to him?

[USG '60]

(Grits teeth--rolls eyes) Well.....to be brutally honest, I moved north 30 yrs ago but I will always be a southsider at heart. Hope that is cool, coz I'm coming Saturday unless the bridges all wash out.

[SoonerGirl26]

I know that Frisky bumped this up the other day, but just wanted to remind everyone again of our lunch on Saturday. I will be there to put some tables together and will have a sign, "Southside Memories", on the tables, so you first timers will know where we are. We have a lot of fun talking about the good old southside days, so everyone come and join in!!

Saturday, December 13 - 12:30pm
Dan's Ol' Time Diner - 84th & S. Western

USG '60---Looking forward to having you join us!

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[TeriOKC]

Hey now...no Southside traitor here...just a relocator.

And...I'm actually a CHA graduate - that's Christian Heritage Academy, class of 1978. When I went there it was at Sunnyside Baptist Church on SW 48th. My sisters (USG classes of '63 and '64) went to Grant, but when bussing came along they changed the district and I would have gone to Capitol Hill. My sisters couldn't stand the thought of that so I went private.

Guys, I'm going to try my darnedest to be there on Saturday. I will be hard go miss - probably the only late 40-something with braces.
I have no idea what this emoticon means but I thought it was funny

[Prunepicker]

I was the first long hair in OKC and took a LOT of abuse (beat up a few times and
threatened a LOT.)

I hate hair cuts. I was in that era, too. Got in trouble a lot with teachers and
cowboy types.

I was a rock 'n' roller in the 70's but never did the disco thing. No hair cuts for
years

Now I can't find my hair. Prunette insists on hair cuts so I don't look like a dork,
or more dorkier.

[Generals64]

during that era even the rednecks wore their a little long. Mine was longer than usual and one day my dad introduced me as one of his daughters....My horse even laughed.......got my redneck haircut back the enxt day....we were wearing boots when exotics cost 40.00 a pair. I don't tell my wife wha some of my boots cost now.....See ya'll Saturday.....

[Prunepicker]

Prunette and I will be in Texas this Saturday. DARN!
January looks good but I've got a few gigs out of town. We'll see.

I was hoping to get sick on Queen Anne Cherries this Saturday.

[SoonerGirl26]

Prunette and I will be in Texas this Saturday. DARN!
January looks good but I've got a few gigs out of town. We'll see.

I was hoping to get sick on Queen Anne Cherries this Saturday.

Oh man....I was all set to bring you a box too!!! Maybe I still will and make everyone else sick!! We'll miss you Prunepicker....hmmmmm....you have been to every lunch until I started joining the group and we haven't seen you since....hmmmmm..... I do take showers and try to act nice...most of the time.

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[angel27]

I was the first long hair in OKC

Hey USG 60 - were you in the grocery on SW 44 & May one day sometime around 1963 or thereabouts - because I saw a guy with long hair in a pony tail for the first time ever there and I was aghast.. grew on me over the years tho.