Southside OKC Memories....anyone?

[Generals64]

Sitting at the light on 36th and South Walker, three young kids walked by carrying a five gallon bucket full of crushed aluminum cans. I am glad we had pop bottles. Wonder how many trips they have to make to see any money. Cans are cheap and items to buy are high

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It takes 34 cans to make a pound.....at 50 cents a pound you might have 1 and a half cents each.....pop bottles were 2 cents each and 25 cents for the case.....but, a Coke was a nickle.....so was a snickers Candy Bar.....Do you remember the little bottles of Grapette????? or a nickle Ice Cream??? I remember going into a small grocery store (convenience store now) and buying a box of peanuts (looked like B-B's) and getting some sort of change...most likely it was a penny but sometimes....you got a Dime.....Made you keep coming back.....Or how about an RC Cola with Peanuts in it????then a dash of Salt?...

[Prunepicker]

It takes 34 cans to make a pound... at 50 cents a pound you might have 1
and a half cents each... pop bottles were 2 cents each and 25 cents for the
case... but, a Coke was a nickle... so was a snickers Candy Bar...

Or how about an RC Cola with Peanuts in it? then a dash of Salt?

Heck, a case of empty pop bottles, then found behind any 7-11 store, would
fetch 48 cents and later it'd bring 72 cents. A kid could be set up for days.

I remember the day I discovered peanuts in a coke. Behind a gas station car
wash. Wow! Prunette remembers an RC and a Moon Pie. But she was an
east-southeast-sider.

[Generals64]

Heck, a case of empty pop bottles, then found behind any 7-11 store, would
fetch 48 cents and later it'd bring 72 cents. A kid could be set up for days.

I remember the day I discovered peanuts in a coke. Behind a gas station car
wash. Wow! Prunette remembers an RC and a Moon Pie. But she was an
east-southeast-sider.

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OMG, I forgot about Moon pies.....if you ever read Sam Walton's book he said that if he went into one of his stores and they were out of Moon Pies that the store manager's future could be at stake. The Moon Pie was (for a long time) the number one volume selling item in a Wal-Mart Store.
Remember the old Wax candy .... lips and then the one with the juice that was inside???? that stuff was some kind of nasty.....I think my favorite candy then was Chic-o-stick....then there was a penny candy called Kits I think..... or, how about the old Gum named Clove???? they only made that gum during a certain time of the year. I remember my grandfather planting a Sweet Gum Tree....I was very little but, I asked him what flavor it would be and he asked me what was my favorite?....juicy Fruit was my answer and lo and behold he told me that would be the flavor he had gotten..... The number one Candy item in TG&Y for years was Doublemint Gum....you know the Nickle pack of Chewing gum.....Old candies and old snacks....now, there's something to remember......

[gen70]

Clove gum is the best.

[Prunepicker]

... or, how about the old Gum named Clove? they only made that gum during
a certain time of the year.

Clove, Black Jack and Beeman's are made once a year. I'm not a gum chewer
but I like those and will buy a pack on occasion, especially Black Jack.

[gen70]

Clove, Black Jack and Beeman's are made once a year. I'm not a gum chewer
but I like those and will buy a pack on occasion, especially Black Jack.

Prune....You are a gum chewer ...haa..ha.. I really liked the clove life savers.

[Generals64]

Prune....You are a gum chewer ...haa..ha.. I really liked the clove life savers.

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Kinda liked Beeman's licorice myself....

[papaOU]

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It takes 34 cans to make a pound.....at 50 cents a pound you might have 1 and a half cents each.....pop bottles were 2 cents each and 25 cents for the case.....but, a Coke was a nickle.....so was a snickers Candy Bar.....Do you remember the little bottles of Grapette????? or a nickle Ice Cream??? I remember going into a small grocery store (convenience store now) and buying a box of peanuts (looked like B-B's) and getting some sort of change...most likely it was a penny but sometimes....you got a Dime.....Made you keep coming back.....Or how about an RC Cola with Peanuts in it????then a dash of Salt?...

put a bag of Toms peanuts into a bottle of Dr. Pepper (10-2-4)

[papaOU]

my grandfather would share his horehound candy......

[Generals64]

You know, even hot the old Bottled Soft Drinks were good. And you could shake them up and get a pretty good Spray on the person next to you.....I can remember thinking (as a child) a Pepsi must have been thought up to try and mock Coke and or then....an RC Cola......Duh!!!!....young age brilliance....I wonder if Pop's in Arcadia have any Grapette of if they even make it anymore...

[Prunepicker]

... I wonder if Pop's in Arcadia have any Grapette of if they even make it anymore...

Grapette is still around!

[papaOU]

Grapette is still around!

And Pop's has it.........

[TOWNHERO]

I remember a little grocery store just west of Independence on, I want to say S.W. 36th, I lived on 37th, east of Independence, that I use to go to all the time. My brother and his friends use to make me ride my bike to the store and get 16 oz R.C. Colas for them. They'd pay for mine. Also, they had a great snack bar. Use to get their chili hot dogs.

[Generals64]

I remember a little grocery store just west of Independence on, I want to say S.W. 36th, I lived on 37th, east of Independence, that I use to go to all the time. My brother and his friends use to make me ride my bike to the store and get 16 oz R.C. Colas for them. They'd pay for mine. Also, they had a great snack bar. Use to get their chili hot dogs.

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Forgot all about that store.....wasn't it located inside the neighborhood??? I want to think that 44 highway took over the location....yes or no???

[Prunepicker]

Forgot all about that store... wasn't it located inside the neighborhood? I
want to think that 44 highway took over the location... yes or no?

I just looked at a Google map and the intersection is still there and I-44 goes
over it. Maybe the store is, too.

[SoonerGirl26]

Is our next Coit's meeting on March 20 @ 1:30????? I'm recruiting again and want to make sure I tell people the right date.

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[SoonerGirl26]

Gee, I hate to hear that the already filled in the Robinson underpass. I should've went down there and taken some pictures before they did that. :-(

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[Prunepicker]

Is our next Coit's meeting on March 20 @ 1:30? I'm recruiting again and want
to make sure I tell people the right date.~~~

Sounds good to me. I hope to be there this time.

Let's post it and make it official!

[papaOU]

Gee, I hate to hear that the already filled in the Robinson underpass. I should've went down there and taken some pictures before they did that. :-(

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I was mistaken about it being filled in earlier. You might go down and see. I may run by there tomorrow.

[Prunepicker]

Did anyone go to Rockwood Elementary?

[papaOU]

I didn't, but my ex (1st ex) did......

Here is a site for some class pictures taken at Rockwood during 1958-1963

Don't know if they apply to you

http://chhs69.com/yRockwoody.htm

[USG '60]

I didn't, but my ex (1st ex) did......

Here is a site for some class pictures taken at Rockwood during 1958-1963

Don't know if they apply to you

My Favorite Site 3

Hey, wow, I got to see Birdy Word. That's cool.

[corpsman]

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Forgot all about that store.....wasn't it located inside the neighborhood??? I want to think that 44 highway took over the location....yes or no???

Wife seems to think it's a blade sharpening business now, wants to know if you ever got far enough west to know Cootie's @ 37th & Portland.

[Generals64]

Wife seems to think it's a blade sharpening business now, wants to know if you ever got far enough west to know Cootie's @ 37th & Portland.

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Yep:............I'll leave it at that......

[corpsman]

Ok