Southside OKC Memories....anyone?

[USG '60]

Naaa, we don't have to anymore because the SE girls are coming to our meetings without us gettin' all macho.

[Prunepicker]

Looks like I have found a Grant hang out. You guys don't gang up on Southeast
guys do you?

Only if they show up at Grant hang outs.

Just ask Soonergirl26

[Generals64]

As always, the Southeast girls want to be with the Real southside guys....right????

[Prunepicker]

As always, the Southeast girls want to be with the
Real southside guys....right????

Watchitdude! Those SE girls are awright!!!

They even make sense when they talk!

[Generals64]

Met some people from S.E. ....they implied they wanted to get involved with the thread and the monthly group...You guys from Gratn and Capitol Hill....We may have to change the name to "Southeast Memories"?

[Rickster]

Hey Generals64, good to read your post. You mention alot of places I remember. Do you know if there was another movie theater in Capitol Hill? Possibly around 24th and S. Robinson next to where I believe Sussy's was?

[grantgeneral78]

what was the name of the gas station just south of grant back in the 70`s I cannot remember it for the life of me!

Does that mean I am getting old!

[MonkeyBiz6903]

what was the name of the gas station just south of grant back in the 70`s I cannot remember it for the life of me!

Does that mean I am getting old!

Hudson Hornet. I remember when gas went to .34 gal. Having a fit, I was in my senior year at Grant.

[FRISKY]

Was the small gas station on the NW corner of Grant H.S. owner by "Tiny" Baker? What was it's name? I worked there for a short amount of time in the 60s, but I can't remember much about it.

[Generals64]

Hey Generals64, good to read your post. You mention alot of places I remember. Do you know if there was another movie theater in Capitol Hill? Possibly around 24th and S. Robinson next to where I believe Sussy's was?

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Yes, but I don't remember the name of it. We had talked about this before and Soonergirl26 came up with the name.....I'm sure she'll post it after reading this...You're new, where did you go to school and are you a Southsider?

[USG '60]

Isn't that the one that was the Yale but changed it's name when it got "modernized?"

[dmoor82]

I remember growing up and going to the old drive in movie theatre on western,had alot of fun there! does any1 know if is still open?

[Rickster]

Generals64, yes I'm a southsider, Capital Hill 1971. Although I've lived in various parts of the city in my younger years, most of the time I lived near 22nd and S. Kentucky.
I've mentioned this theater to people I felt should have remembered it and no one seems to. I was begining to think I was wrong about it. Thanks for confirming it was there. Yes, maybe Soonergirl26 will post it.

[Generals64]

I remember growing up and going to the old drive in movie theatre on western,had alot of fun there! does any1 know if is still open?

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The drive-in on Western is still open but closed for the season. USG60 there waa movie house on Robinson ....during the fifties...The Yale is still standing, it, on the North side of Commerce st. (25th st. to the young guys). The one on Robinson was somewhere around the old Sheen building.

[Redskins/General]

Was the small gas station on the NW corner of Grant H.S. owner by "Tiny" Baker? What was it's name? I worked there for a short amount of time in the 60s, but I can't remember much about it.

It was named "Piggy Bank Gas" in the sixties!!

[Redskins/General]

Hudson Hornet. I remember when gas went to .34 gal. Having a fit, I was in my senior year at Grant.

I bought a 55 chevy which was parked at this station in 1964, it was an "Apco" at that time! Wasn't the Hudson station next door to the south?????

[Redskins/General]

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Yes, but I don't remember the name of it. We had talked about this before and Soonergirl26 came up with the name.....I'm sure she'll post it after reading this...You're new, where did you go to school and are you a Southsider?

Capitol Theatre.....

[Redskins/General]

I bought a 55 chevy which was parked at this station in 1964, it was an "Apco" at that time! Wasn't the Hudson station next door to the south?????

The "Apco station was on the S.W. corner of S.W. 51st and Penn and the Hudson station was on the East side of Penn just a little bit south of the school!!

[Rickster]

Thanks Redskins/General. But your answer raised more concerns with me. I had thought at one time it was the Capitol, but when I questioned my dad about it, he said he didn't remember a theater there and that the Capitol was on Main St. (310 W. Main).

So, I did alittle checking and came across a website called Cinema Treasures. It said that the Capitol theater was at 310 W. Main until 1928, then the Capital sign was moved to 2510 S. Robinson to dress up Paramount's southside "Circle" theater, also known as the Capitol and the Capri. I don't quite know what it was called when I went there in the early 60's, but both Capital and Capri come to mind.

I just glad to have it confirmed there was a theater there. Everyone I've talked to about it thought I was nut. LOL

[grantgeneral78]

Hudson Hornet. I remember when gas went to .34 gal. Having a fit, I was in my senior year at Grant.

what year did you graduate Monkey? and from what school.....maybe gas will go back down to .34...ok I am wishing it would!

[grantgeneral78]

Generals64, yes I'm a southsider, Capital Hill 1971. Although I've lived in various parts of the city in my younger years, most of the time I lived near 22nd and S. Kentucky.
I've mentioned this theater to people I felt should have remembered it and no one seems to. I was begining to think I was wrong about it. Thanks for confirming it was there. Yes, maybe Soonergirl26 will post it.

Rickster do you remember my old body shop on 25th and kentucky it was BOOMER BODY SHOP. You probably drove by it a million times. My grandma also worked at MAGIC CLEANERS -caddy corner from our body shop for manyyyyyyy years.

[MonkeyBiz6903]

Rickster do you remember my old body shop on 25th and kentucky it was BOOMER BODY SHOP. You probably drove by it a million times. My grandma also worked at MAGIC CLEANERS -caddy corner from our body shop for manyyyyyyy years.

My dad worked there in the 50's, when Jake Staford had owned it.

[Redskins/General]

Thanks Redskins/General. But your answer raised more concerns with me. I had thought at one time it was the Capitol, but when I questioned my dad about it, he said he didn't remember a theater there and that the Capitol was on Main St. (310 W. Main).

So, I did alittle checking and came across a website called Cinema Treasures. It said that the Capitol theater was at 310 W. Main until 1928, then the Capital sign was moved to 2510 S. Robinson to dress up Paramount's southside "Circle" theater, also known as the Capitol and the Capri. I don't quite know what it was called when I went there in the early 60's, but both Capital and Capri come to mind.

I just glad to have it confirmed there was a theater there. Everyone I've talked to about it thought I was nut. LOL

I lived in that neighborhood in the fifties and sixties, it was definitely the Capitol at that time but before that I couldn't tell you. It was just south of "Sussy's" on the
East side of Robinson. The Theatre you mentioned on main street was also called the Criterion. It was next door to the empire pool hall which was up stairs above.

[Rickster]

You're right Redskins/General. Although I was young at the time, I do remember going there. I remember seeing the movie Black Sunday there. There was one scene in that movie that sent me running out of that theater and all the way home.

Yes grantgeneral78. I remember the body shop and magic cleaners. Although I didn't go to them, I remember driving by all the time. I read one of your earlier post asking about the little store at sw 22nd and Kentucky. That was Coker's Corner. In the 60's it was a Texaco gas station ran by Herschel Wilson. I worked for him for about a year when I was 15. Then when he went out, Mr. Coker, who lived in the grey house behind it, bought it and opened the convenient store.

[Rickster]

Generals64, I read in a couple of your earlier post about the swimming pool at Rotary Park (Will Rogers Courts). I went there alot back in the early to mid 60's. Do you remember the Old swimming pool in the park near the pavilion. It's all filled in with dirt now, but back when I hung out there it wasn't. Although it hadn't been in use for years, you could still climb down into it. We use to try to get girls to go in it with us and smooch. That street that ran on the west side of Will Rogers Courts and the old city building was Westwood. Across the street from the city building was a cinder block building that was our paper route station and just to the south of it use to be an old bar and grill (can't remember it's name).