Southside OKC Memories....anyone?

[Redskins/General]

I went to the Capitol Hill library but I don't remember where it was. Mom would
drive and we kids were too busy fighting to know where we were.

S.E. corner of S.W. 26th and Harvey a block behind Coney Island right by Capitol Hill Junior High School. (not CHS) anymore.....

[Generals64]

S.E. corner of S.W. 26th and Harvey a block behind Coney Island right by Capitol Hill Junior High School. (not CHS) anymore.....

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Yeah, there used to be a library on about 42nd/ S. May. I think it was maybe there just until the new Capitol Hill library was built. Had forgotten about going there and spending the late afternoon on Saturdays reading books...What happened?....Couldn't go until all of the cartoons etc. were over.

[Generals64]

get to thinking about the library and then remember crossing lightning creek on 44th st. and remembered fishing for Crawdads there....Would take them home and my mother (reluctantly) would cook their tails and we would eat them. Thought I had found the animal instinct in me. Then, like any kid. I figured out we could et froglegs...Heard of many people eating them...However, not toad frog legs....caught a bunch, cleaned their legs...tried to cook them...man, did they smell up the house.....

[Prunepicker]

get to thinking about the library and then remember crossing lightning creek on
44th st. and remembered fishing for Crawdads there... Would take them home
and my mother (reluctantly) would cook their tails and we would eat them.
Thought I had found the animal instinct in me. Then, like any kid. I figured out we
could et froglegs...Heard of many people eating them... However, not toad frog
legs... caught a bunch, cleaned their legs... tried to cook them... man, did they
smell up the house...

I likes dem crawdads! Some people like the heads but I don't.

The trick is to feed them corn meal for a few days to purge the mud out of 'em.

[gen70]

Hello I'am rick, Grant class of 70. Really do enjoy this site.

[gen70]

Does anyone remember the A-1 cafe on N.W. 39th and about Ann Arbor?

[gen70]

Does anyone remember the A.1 cafe on N.W. 39th and about Ann Arbor?

[Generals64]

I likes dem crawdads! Some people like the heads but I don't.

The trick is to feed them corn meal for a few days to purge the mud out of 'em.

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I had never heard of feeding them corn meal. The old Lightning creek was always good for some of the "Blood Pincher" Crawdads. they were pretty tasty. I remember picking wild berries around51st st. south on the banks of the creek and a little further down we would pick sand plums and my mother would make jelly with them. Life was so simple then.

[Prunepicker]

I had never heard of feeding them corn meal. The old Lightning creek was always
good for some of the "Blood Pincher" Crawdads. they were pretty tasty.

Oh yeah! After a couple of days of cornmeal they lose that muddy taste. The
same goes for catfish.

I'll go to the grocery and order a few pounds of crawdads on occasion. Love 'dem
mud bugs.

[Prunepicker]

Does anyone remember the A.1 cafe on N.W. 39th and about Ann Arbor?

My brain is working overtime. Which corner are you thinking? Ann's Chicken Fry is,
and has been, on the SW corner for years. Was it there? The name is familiar but
the location is foggy.

Maybe you're thinking of the Grease Pit. Maybe not...

The Grease Pit is aka the Western Dip on SW 58th & Western.

[Generals64]

My brain is working overtime. Which corner are you thinking? Ann's Chicken Fry is,
and has been, on the SW corner for years. Was it there? The name is familiar but
the location is foggy.

Maybe you're thinking of the Grease Pit. Maybe not...

The Grease Pit is aka the Western Dip on SW 58th & Western.

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Ann's Chicken Fry is owned by a US Grant Graduate of '64.......He has had the Cafe for at least 25 years.....

[Prunepicker]

Ann's Chicken Fry is owned by a US Grant Graduate of '64... He has had the Cafe
for at least 25 years...

Was it ever called the A-1 Cafe? I'm thinking that the A-1 was on SW 29th. My
brain isn't running at 100% or I'd know.

OY!

[MonkeyBiz6903]

Is the Cannon that used to be out front on Grant HS still at the new school somewhere or did they get rid of it?

I went by and checked on the Cannon. Its now sitting out front of the new building.

[gen70]

It was on N.W. 39th on the southside of street near Ann Arbor. It was a plate lunch special place not fancy at all, just a work day place. Ate there in the 60's I'am sure it's long gone.

[gen70]

Remember the Western Dip well, lived on S.W. 61st and Kentucky, A friends mother worked there.

[gen70]

Check out Google street view it's awsome.

[jellen]

Does anyone remember the inground trampolines? There was a park with them in the Elmwood swimming pool area, if I remember rightly.
Also the SE hangout was Spartans right next to Southeast High School. There was also one on the other side of Shields Blvd.

[Prunepicker]

It was on N.W. 39th on the southside of street near Ann Arbor. It was a plate
lunch special place not fancy at all, just a work day place. Ate there in the 60's
I'am sure it's long gone.

It's possible that Ann's Chicken Fry took over. They've been there since the early
'70's.

[Generals64]

Does anyone remember the inground trampolines? There was a park with them in the Elmwood swimming pool area, if I remember rightly.
Also the SE hangout was Spartans right next to Southeast High School. There was also one on the other side of Shields Blvd.

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I remember the inground trampolines very well they cost 25cents for 5 minutes. A close friend and I had gone there for swimming and out of the clear blue my mom came to pick us up and gave us both a quarter. He tried to prove he was a Gymnast and did a back flip....missed the Trampoline and landed "Belly Flop" on the Gravel ....Last time he tried and the last day the Trampolines were there.....Something about Insurance????? Boy was it funny though....

[Generals64]

It's possible that Ann's Chicken Fry took over. They've been there since the early
'70's.

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I know that Alvin or Jerry Burchett have owned Ann's Chicken fry since about 1976 or so.....Alvin is still there although I heard his health wasn't too good right now...... alvin graduated in '64 and Jerry in '61 from grant. Jerry passed away some time ago however......

[Prunepicker]

I remember the in ground trampolines very well they cost 25cents for 5
minutes. A close friend and I had gone there for swimming and out of the clear
blue my mom came to pick us up and gave us both a quarter. He tried to prove
he was a Gymnast and did a back flip... missed the Trampoline and landed
"Belly Flop" on the Gravel... Last time he tried and the last day the Trampolines
were there... Something about Insurance? Boy was it funny though...

I never tried those at Elmwood but there was a place in Cushing that had
them. They were too fun. The danger I found was that they were woven like
lawn chairs and your feet could slip through them. A tough thing if you had
managed to get any altitude. There was this awful sound before hitting
bottom...

[Generals64]

I never tried those at Elmwood but there was a place in Cushing that had
them. They were too fun. The danger I found was that they were woven like
lawn chairs and your feet could slip through them. A tough thing if you had
managed to get any altitude. There was this awful sound before hitting
bottom...

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No offense, Charles Atlas you're not.....That horrible sound you heard is called "Screaming" from pain.....

[Prunepicker]

No offense, Charles Atlas you're not... That horrible sound you heard is called
"Screaming" from pain...

Ohhhhhhhhhhh... That explains a lot...

[Rickster]

Gen70, I remember a restaurant on the NE corner of 39th & Ann Arbor. Can't remember the name of it though. Ann's Chicken Fry is closer to Tulsa Ave.

I graduated Capital Hill in 71. Dated a Grant girl in 69 or 70.

I've heard people talk about Coit's Drive Inn on S. Western. Remember the name of it before Coit's (possibly Weber's)? And I believe it was named something else before that.

[Generals64]

Gen70, I remember a restaurant on the NE corner of 39th & Ann Arbor. Can't remember the name of it though. Ann's Chicken Fry is closer to Tulsa Ave.

I graduated Capital Hill in 71. Dated a Grant girl in 69 or 70.

I've heard people talk about Coit's Drive Inn on S. Western. Remember the name of it before Coit's (possibly Weber's)? And I believe it was named something else before that.

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I'm probably wrong, but Coit's was there when I was in the 6th grade....would have been 1958. I don't remember it being anything else however, there was another Frosted rootbeer drive-in on Independence and about 23rd street. I-244 goes through there now but, it was across from Rockwood elementary...But, I have been wrong...If Prunepicker of red/Gen reads this they will know.