AllenN71
147 posts
Feb 17, 2011
1:20 PM
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Well, who can forget "Bernie's Hock Shop", the garage-band wanna be rock star's friend? There was a kid in my brother's class who managed to wheedle his parents into buying him a sitar - yes, a 27-string, moveable fret, needs-a-ten-armed Hindu god to tune (and needs tuning every ten minutes), great big unwieldy mewling Northern Indian Vedic classical instrument that takes three incarnations to learn to play. It wound up in Bernie's window at least twice before being sold to someone who either could play it or hocked it in Cincinnati instead of Dayton. Maybe Lennon bought it to play a homage to Groucho Marx. Or maybe it got Stalin. I mean, stolen.
ha ha.
There was a bar in Huber called "Peyton Place". It was the kind of place that nobody went to unless they didn't mind the neighborhood busybodies noting whose car was parked outside. Not to mention the Wayne Twp. cops noting down one's license number. Rumor had it Bill Stepp had a hand in the place, but there were lots of rumors around Stepp.
Koontz's Cafeteria. One thing I wish was still around not only in Dayton but everwhere is inexpensive, serve-yourself, pick it out and put it on your tray cafeteria dining. I guess these days many if not most establishments make major bucks from alcohol sales. Rents follow, so....
"The Best of the Wurst", a German place with great food. Is it still there? Couldn't remember if it was on Troy or Brandt last time I was in town.
Couldn't find Russell's Barber Shop, either. But out on the edge of Fairborn, the Artz family still operates their shop, located on the family spread. One of the Artz clan was a class below mine at Wayne.
In Huber Heights, a couple of guys opened a sports equipment shop called "Tri-Area Sports". "Tri-area" referred to (as I remember) Huber, Dayton, and Vandalia. What a clunky name. I would have called it (more grandiosely) "Miami Valley Regional Sports Equipment". Tri-area. Sheesh. No wonder they tanked.
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RCINKY
33 posts
Feb 21, 2011
7:07 PM
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Anyone remember Doyle's furniture store? Think it might have been on Brown St.
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Calhoun
99 posts
Feb 07, 2013
7:24 PM
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There was a hardware store like that in "downtown" Bellbrook, I think it was Pennewits or something similar. If you couldn't find something anywhere else, odds are they had it. The old gentleman who owned the place knew exactly where everything was, despite the fact there seemed to be little rhyme or reason as to how merchandise was laid out. I think the store closed in the late 80s.
Another place some may remember was Sandy's Surplus in Beavercreek, located in the strip mall across Patterson from the old Barrel Factory. Again, Sandy seemed to know where everything was in the mess he called a store. He used to get some really odd stuff, including military clothing from very obscure countries. For years I had a Portuguese combat tunic I bought there. Very distinctive camo pattern used by the Portuguese in their African colonies. Sandy's closed in the mid-to-late 70s.
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pie8me
129 posts
Feb 08, 2013
12:00 PM
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Graeff Hardware on Wayne Ave. You could get nails by the pound and individual nuts, bolts and screws for pennies. It's a Dollar store now.
IGA Grocery on Patterson between Woodman and Watervaliet.It's been about a zillion different businesses since it closed.
There was a 'real' butcher shop on Wayne, just a block or two off Smithville. The knives and saws fascinated me as a kid. Don't know what is in there now.
Americana music and the affiliated Rock Shop on Watervaliet. Been a couple of different music stores in there since.
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MikeH
50 posts
Feb 08, 2013
12:13 PM
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How about the House of Magic on Brown Street. I used to love to go there and see all craqzy stuff they had.
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olds88
57 posts
Feb 08, 2013
12:59 PM
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Speaking of Bellbrook,remember Barrnets furniture? They used to have a live remote there on WONE.I believe there is a bar on the site now.
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Calhoun
100 posts
Feb 08, 2013
7:00 PM
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Another Bellbrook business I frequented back in the 70s was a jeans outlet store. It was diagonally across 725 from Pennewits. They sold jean seconds for about half the price of Levis in the retail stores. As I remember it, some jean brands had the brand name label on the back side cut off, others there was no way to tell you weren't buying first quality jeans.
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tlturbo
463 posts
Feb 09, 2013
5:43 AM
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Just spent a half hour posting a reply here and when I submitted it, the spam code had expired and it erased my whole post. I REALLY hate this damn spam code. This is the ONLY site that has this feature of the many I frequent.
I can't remember all I wrote so I'm not even gonna try but it was about a hardware store at Spinning and Kemp called Throckmortons that had IBM cards and kids on rollerskates back in early 60's that I thought was so cool.
Last Edited by tlturbo on Mar 28, 2013 12:45 PM
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luv my dayton
229 posts
Feb 09, 2013
8:31 AM
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Been having the same problem with spam prevention and even have others verify it is going in correctly and still won't take it. A new one for me is I have to login everytime and had it set to remember me. Getting to be a pain especially if you've written at length.Here we go again. Second time for the spam thing
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Syxpack
49 posts
Feb 09, 2013
5:41 PM
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I've had the same thing happen to me several times. It's very aggravating to spend your time posting something and then have the spam code reject it. I can't understand why they can't come up with a simpler solution if they insist on having a spam code. You're right tlturbo. I'm on many sites also and this is the only site that requires me to type in a spam code. If they have to have one, why not have something you can read.
I'm trying to place Thockmortons tlturbo. The name sounds so familiar. Was it on the SE or SW corner.
I'm editing to let you know I had to type the spam code in three times before it accepted this post. It was going to be my last time
Last Edited by Syxpack on Feb 09, 2013 5:44 PM
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tlturbo
464 posts
Feb 09, 2013
6:10 PM
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Syx - it was on the SW corner in a little strip center that also had a neighborhood watering hole in there. I took a guy I worked with that lived near there hunting at WPAFB one time and we stopped in there for a beer and maybe a sandwich.
Throckmortons had one of each item wired to pegboards that ran up and down the isles and bins at the top with IBM cards for each item. You picked out all the cards and took them to the back where they printed out your order and kids on rollerskates ran around the back gathering up your order.
HA take that spam blocker - beat ya this time.
Last Edited by tlturbo on Mar 28, 2013 12:45 PM
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tlturbo
466 posts
Feb 10, 2013
8:40 AM
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Remember the Puki-Puki Lounge out near Huber Heights that was a dance and night club BUT had a jacuzzi you could sit in? Late 60's era.
Last Edited by tlturbo on Mar 28, 2013 12:45 PM
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Kelly
9 posts
Feb 11, 2013
12:43 AM
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Oh turbo.. you sure are rattling old memories,what road/steet was the Puki=Puki..
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tlturbo
467 posts
Feb 12, 2013
4:23 AM
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Beats me - I remember leaving the Diamond Club and heading out toward Huber Heights. Probably on one of those something-Pike roads.
We hav discussed these club before on the Nightclub thread but another to remember was the LT (Leisure Time) Club out that way also. Huge empty hall with loud music, strobes and psycedelic slide shows on the tall walls. We're talking late 60's on these.
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The Belmont Kid
3 posts
Mar 31, 2013
10:42 AM
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Anyone here ever been to The Green Lantern Tavern on Old Troy Pike?
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hunt69
423 posts
Mar 31, 2013
2:23 PM
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I've been there a few times. I was with a large group of workers from a factory on Stop Eight rd. They used to go there on Thursday nights. I only went 4 or 5 times at thre most. That would have been in '73-'74.
Last Edited by hunt69 on Mar 31, 2013 2:25 PM
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luv my dayton
267 posts
Mar 31, 2013
7:28 PM
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Several places mentioned above I do remember quite well. I lived in the Dayton Victory apts. and San Rae Bakery and Deli was around the corner. Would go there for baked goods on a Sunday morning.Made many a quick trip for something needed for lunch or dinner meal.The magic shop on Brown st. was a place I would go also and had picked that habit up from my Dad. You never knew what he was going to pull and I ended up with the same weird habit. We always thought we were funny but don't remember too many other people thinking so.Loved Koontz cafeteria and think it was in the 60's when I made my last visit. Food was wonderful. The Diamond Club and Rendevoux club were my favorite hangouts for meeting up with friends and dancing.Back in those days you had your hand stamped and you either were 18 and could buy 3.2 beer or over 21 and you could have the high test.
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Calhoun
122 posts
Mar 31, 2013
9:13 PM
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What was the name of the bar in Moraine where the GM 3rd shift guys would go to drink breakfast after work? I had a friend who worked at that plant as a summer hire, he had some crazy stories about the stuff that went on there at like 7 am. Breakfast of choice was apparently a couple quarts of Strohs and fried bologna sandwiches.
Wonder if the place is still open?
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joey m
46 posts
Apr 03, 2013
12:09 PM
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possibly a place called gays tavern and later called the el camino club. it was on dryden road, i used to go there once in a while . and yes it is still there with a new name! it also could have been the moraine lunch on springboro pike. its gone.
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tlturbo
495 posts
Apr 07, 2013
5:27 AM
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This has been mentioned in several other places, BUT there was the Pookie Pookie Club out toward Huber Heights in the late 60's that had a band, dancefloor but also a BIG Jacuzzi. You could bring your own (maybe rent) swimsuit and sit in the hot tub with your drink kinda like on a cruise ship and listen to the music and watch people. Also a great way to better check out what the gals REALLY looked like ha ha. Not sure how long it lasted. Health Dept probably killed it.
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Monnie29
1 post
Apr 09, 2013
9:20 PM
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House of Magic was my favorite! Does anyone remember "The Brick Shirt house" was at the corner of Brown & Irving Ave?
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supersix
123 posts
Apr 10, 2013
6:30 AM
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Another that was similar to "Custom Electronics" in the 70's was the "Lafayette Radio" store on Ludlow Street.
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copson
99 posts
Apr 10, 2013
7:27 AM
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been gone, glad to be back ....
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Calhoun
125 posts
Apr 10, 2013
4:27 PM
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Monnie's post reminded me of the Velva Sheen outlet off Wilmington in Kettering. Velva Sheen was a Cincy based maker of custom-print apparel (t-shirts, sweats, jerseys, jackets etc.). They sold misprints and overruns at their outlets stores here as well as in/around Cincinnati at dirt cheap prices. Most of the shirts I wore in the 70s in college at UC came from one of their outlets.
Many of the misprint items were a scream, sometimes it made you wonder if anyone at Velva Sheen owned a dictionary. I had at least a dozen college t-shirts where the name of the schools had been misspelled, my favorite being one that said something like "Univsary of West Vergina".
Sadly Velva Sheen went out of business in the early 90s. I think the ASPCA is now in the former outlet in Kettering.
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joeferrara
41 posts
Apr 10, 2013
4:55 PM
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Lafayette Radio also had a store at S. Dixie & Dorothy Lane. I bought a Dual 1229 turntable there in 1972 when I was in the Air Force and still have it.
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joey m
53 posts
Apr 11, 2013
1:10 PM
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MONNIE29 USED TO GO IN THE HOUSE OF MAGIC ALL THE TIME. BRICK SHIRT HOUSE WAS OWNED BY A FRIEND OF MINE HE DID SOME T SHIRTS FOR A RESTAURANT OF MINE CALLED ANGELINAS. OH ANOTHER THING WAS IT WAS OWNED BY "THE EGYPTIAN" WHO IS A GREAT ARTIST.
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Syxpack
88 posts
Apr 11, 2013
4:47 PM
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Copson, Welcome back! Missed you. You're always so knowlegeable.
Last Edited by Syxpack on Apr 11, 2013 4:48 PM
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tlturbo
499 posts
Apr 12, 2013
4:13 AM
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Joey - The Brick Shirt House was owned by Don (the Egyptian)? Didn't know that. He did a wild paint job on my 69 corvette about 1970. Don, myself and several other guys went to Lauderdale for Easter Break in 70 or 71. What a trip.
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doodlkatz
1 post
Apr 13, 2013
9:12 AM
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does anyone remember Giant Don's Furniture? I have no idea where it was, but his ads were great,Don [who weighted 400 lbs] would stand on a couch and holler his slogan ,"buy a living room set and i'll give you a good used car or a real live pony, it won't get you to California but it will get mom to the store or the kids to school" I always wondered if anyone actually got the pony? I know Don's real name was Ralph Fiste and later owned Jack Pott's asphalt paving co
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doodlkatz
8 posts
Apr 18, 2013
4:23 PM
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Chris Harris owned a appliance store on stroop rd for years and did his own ads on tv & radio. He I believe was also a basketball star at UD The odd thing about Harris was not his store or ads but his family he had about 17-18 kids[no joke I met his daughter who #14 ] and had a barracks type bldg. [it's still there] in his back yard in beavercreek after his store went broke probably from buying food for a herd the family moved to the northwest wonder if they made the move in a greyhound charter
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supersix
129 posts
Apr 19, 2013
8:01 AM
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Before his appliance store there was "Chris Harris Record Rack"
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Syxpack
92 posts
Apr 19, 2013
10:01 AM
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Wasn't Chris Harris married to someone named Barbara who was a singer on a local TV station? Was his barracks type bldg. on Longview Drive in Beavercreek?
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joey m
57 posts
Apr 19, 2013
1:38 PM
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KENNYE11 YES IT WAS THE SAME CHRIS HARRIS WHO PLAYED AT U.D.. KNEW CHRIS PRETTY WELL.HE WAS MARRIED TO BARB AND SHE WAS AN ENTERTAINER. IT WAS A LARGE FAMILY AND THEY WERE GREAT PEOPLE. SON DOUG PLAYED BASKETBALL AT ALTER AND LATTER AT U.D.,HE IS A SPORTS WRITER FOR THE DAYTON DAILY.
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Monica29
4 posts
Apr 29, 2013
10:45 AM
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Is Concord City still around? I remember it across the bridge from NCR
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Syxpack
98 posts
Apr 29, 2013
1:59 PM
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Monica, No, Concord City has been gone for years!
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mem
114 posts
Sep 01, 2013
3:58 PM
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The Morgan House, home of the monster malts and the moron burger(10 inches in diameter). The first drive thru pick up in the Dayton area. It was located where Bolt's is now on North Main Street. You could eat inside or use the drive thru and park down behind the building.
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