Growing up in Buffalo.....

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Recently, folkmew posted some of her growing-up-in-Michigan memories on her LJ. I didn't grow up there, though.


So here are some of my early (pre-1975) growing-up-in-Buffalo memories. Many of the places and things I list here no longer exist.

Stan Roberts (WGR), Clint Buehlman (WBEN) and Dan Neaverth (WKBW) on AM radio in the morning.
Malecki hot dogs. Shelly hot dogs. One brand even had a playing card in each package. (Build your own canasta deck!)
Having hot clam broth at Bedell's on Grand Island.
Crystal Beach.
Fantasy Island (and that annoying "Fun? Wow!" commercial.)
Glass pop bottles, sold in 8-packs, and the deposit we paid on them. (I forgot if it was 5 or 10 cents per bottle.)
Hens & Kelly, Sattler's, Hengerer's, and A M & A's (Adam, Meldrum, & Anderson) department stores.
Shopping at the Acme supermarket at the south end of the Boulevard Mall.
Red Barn. They were the first fast-food restaurant to have a salad bar.
The Farmer's Market supermarket near the intersection of Colvin and Eggert Rds. in Tonawanda.
Burger King burgers that tasted good. (I don't know why, but they don't taste so good now.)
Cavatini Supreme at Pizza Hut.
Dialing for Dollars. Bowling for Dollars. The Money Movie. Meet the Millers (a cooking show). Strikes Spares & Misses. Beat the Champ.
Rocketship 7 and the Commander Tom show.
"Orchard Park" soda pop cans that required a church key to open. Soda pop cans with pull-tops.
Pull-top chains. Gum wrapper chains.
Faygo redpop. Birch beer. Black Rock soda pop, sold in quart-sized (?) glass bottles.
Iroquois Gas. (They changed their name to National Fuel Gas in the mid-1970s.)
Twin Fair.
Fun & Games Park.
The Tastee-Freez on Transit Rd. in Lockport. (I always passed by it; I never stopped in becuase it was never open.)
Cinderella Park in Lockport, where my dad's workplace had their annual company picnic.
The Whale car wash at the end of Young St. in the city of Tonawanda.
The ham and the sub sandwiches they sold at K-Mart. The ham had this nice brown gelatin glaze around it.
The "Fresh Milk" place at the corner of Eggert Rd. and Millersport Hwy. That's were the family would go for ice cream.


Shout-outs.....Happy birthday to diva_di and to folkmew!

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[kliklikitty.livejournal.com]

Stan Roberts (WGR), Clint Buehlman (WBEN) and Dan Neaverth (WKBW) on AM radio in the morning.
Malecki hot dogs. Shelly hot dogs. One brand even had a playing card in each package. (Build your own canasta deck!)
Crystal Beach.
Fantasy Island (and that annoying "Fun? Wow!" commercial.)
Glass pop bottles, sold in 8-packs, and the deposit we paid on them. (I forgot if it was 5 or 10 cents per bottle.)

--- It was 5 cents per bottle ---

Hens & Kelly, Sattler's, Hengerer's, and A M & A's (Adam, Meldrum, & Anderson) department stores.
Shopping at the Acme supermarket at the south end of the Boulevard Mall.
Red Barn. They were the first fast-food restaurant to have a salad bar.
The Farmer's Market supermarket near the intersection of Colvin and Eggert Rds. in Tonawanda.
Burger King burgers that tasted good. (I don't know why, but they don't taste so good now.)
Cavatini Supreme at Pizza Hut.
Dialing for Dollars. Bowling for Dollars. The Money Movie. Meet the Millers (a cooking show). Strikes Spares & Misses. Beat the Champ.
Rocketship 7 and the Commander Tom show.
Faygo redpop. Birch beer. Black Rock soda pop, sold in quart-sized (?) glass bottles.

--- You can still get Birch Beer that way. ---

Soda pop cans with pull-tops. Pull-top chains. Gum wrapper chains.

The Tastee-Freez on Transit Rd. in Lockport. (I always passed by it; I never stopped in becuase it was never open.)
Cinderella Park in Lockport, where my dad's workplace had their annual company picnic.
The Whale car wash at the end of Young St. in the city of Tonawanda.
The ham and the sub sandwiches they sold at K-Mart. The ham had this nice brown gelatin glaze around it.

--- Those where so good ---

The "Fresh Milk" place at the corner of Eggert Rd. and Millersport Hwy. That's were the family would go for ice cream.

--- We never went there often, but it was a great treat when we did.---

Thanks for bringing back all sorts of fun memories. It's sad to see how far Buffalo has slid down hill.

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It's sad to see how far Buffalo has slid down hill.

Or how homogenized our American culture has become. Local and regional brands have been eclipsed by national brands.
There seems to be no "regional flavor" anymore.

[kliklikitty.livejournal.com]

True, Although I'm glad to say that out local birch beer is still here and doing well. It's available at our local Tops Markets as well as our local Family Dollar. I usually buy it at FD because there it's $1. a quart/littre. and it's less trouble to lug home those glass bottles when I'm only going a few blocks as opposed to taking a bus trip.

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I'm gonna have to get some birch beer the next time I'm in town.