Childhood Memories of OKC

[Prunepicker]

Purpledice42,
Great memories. I, too, loved Lady Classen. I remember how disappointed I
was when they closed 2 weeks for Christmas and New Years. Of course, they
deserved it. What a wonderful cafeteria.

[kmckuen]

The Rose Glo still has rooms for rent upstairs over the club. Have wondered how that place has stayed open mainly because of its location. I think it is the only bar/club on 29th that has not turned into a Latino joint......

It's still there...A little bit more run down....Love the sign!!! Art deco'ish??

[SoonersFan12]

It's still there...A little bit more run down....Love the sign!!! Art deco'ish??

If they can repaint the sign and update the building, it would look good

[Sharona21]

Some more neurons fired after reading some of the posts.

I have fond memories of Larsen Music, Driver Music in Bethany, and Rock World.

Of course now, Guitar Center is better than all three combined, but I can remember how it felt to go in there as a kid, watching some long-hair play guitar, with a cigarette placed on an ashtray on the amp. Seems like you could just go in and light up decades ago.

Maya was a popular band back in the late 70's. I'm not sure I know how to spell her name, but their singer, Cheryl Bonzak came into Der Dutchman one night, sat in and sang "Desperado", and I've never been the same since. She knocked the walls out with it.

https://oklahoman.com/article/204746...-door-its-maya

[whorton]

I remember KOFM well, It was a decent rock station. . . until Lester Micheals played "Another One Bites The Dust" SEVEN times in a row one night. They lost me as a listener for good with that stunt.

[btmec]

Remember when channel 43 had a after-school host named Zanar or something like that? I still have an autographed picture of him.
Do you remember as a kid when you learned to tune the UHF channels? I remember my parents teaching me and it opened a whole new world. No more 4, 5, 9, and 13. Here came the old reruns of Flipper and Lassie.

[corwin1968]

I don't remember if I have replied to this thread or not. I did not grow up here, but we did visit a few times.

My family memories include going to Shotgun Sam's Pizza on May, several times. I remember the window where you could watch them make the pizza. For one of those trips, I have strong memories of going to see JAWS and hearing the song "Rhinestone Cowboy" on the radio, over and over again. I think that would have made it 1975.

Non-family memories involve bus rides down here for school activities, including visiting the state capital and one or more visits to the zoo. Oddly, my strongest memory of those trips is the construction on I-35. From a kid's perspective, it seemed to always be there, year after year.

[btmec]

I don't remember if I have replied to this thread or not. I did not grow up here, but we did visit a few times.

My family memories include going to Shotgun Sam's Pizza on May, several times. I remember the window where you could watch them make the pizza. For one of those trips, I have strong memories of going to see JAWS and hearing the song "Rhinestone Cowboy" on the radio, over and over again. I think that would have made it 1975.

Non-family memories involve bus rides down here for school activities, including visiting the state capital and one or more visits to the zoo. Oddly, my strongest memory of those trips is the construction on I-35. From a kid's perspective, it seemed to always be there, year after year.

We LOVED Shotgun Sam's Pizza. I remember they gave you a big playing card as your number for when your order was ready. They also had some good live music there.

Here's a memory I don't know if a lot of people knew. South of Shotgun Sam's was a pizza place my mom discovered. It was run by former mafia from NYC. We assumed they were in witness protection but they never said. They used to sit in the back and eat Italian food at a big round table like you see in movies. This was just before a mafia witness "dumped" in OKC went on Larry King to complain about the witness protection program and that they were dumping them in OKC were they would meet up. Just after this they shutdown.

[gjl]

I don't remember if I have replied to this thread or not. I did not grow up here, but we did visit a few times.

My family memories include going to Shotgun Sam's Pizza on May, several times. I remember the window where you could watch them make the pizza. For one of those trips, I have strong memories of going to see JAWS and hearing the song "Rhinestone Cowboy" on the radio, over and over again. I think that would have made it 1975.

Non-family memories involve bus rides down here for school activities, including visiting the state capital and one or more visits to the zoo. Oddly, my strongest memory of those trips is the construction on I-35. From a kid's perspective, it seemed to always be there, year after year.

And it still is year after year between OKC and the OK/Texas border.