steve364
1 post
Oct 15, 2013
7:33 AM
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does anyone remember the name of this pizza parlor . it had a fireplace if i remember right . and also does anyone remember the old poolhall upstairs over the Mayfair burlesque theater or near it downtown . qqq
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rodat6
203 posts
Oct 15, 2013
7:50 AM
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Name of the pool hall was Red White and Blue Pool where they had both pool and billiard tables. 1957-58 I frequented the place a lot during that period as my hang out was downtown Dayton. I used to sit on the Wall of the Courthouse at 3rd and Main and go to dances above the Victoria Theater on a weekend night.
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joey m
128 posts
Oct 15, 2013
9:11 AM
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steve364 Pizza parlor I think was village pizza. And the red white and blue pool hall was above the RKO State theater. I lived there in the 60's. Went to Chaminade and went there every day after school. And did the same in the summer.
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joey m
129 posts
Oct 15, 2013
9:18 AM
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rodat6 I'll bet our paths crossed because I was a regular at the red white and blue and the courthouse wall. As a matter of fact I used to go there with a guy named George Ames who was a nephew to the Ames family who owned the pool hall. I just remembered that when you were done shooting a game of nine ball you would thump your que stick on the wooden floors and call for a rack. George was one of the rack boys.
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steve364
2 posts
Oct 15, 2013
2:28 PM
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thanks for the info on the pool hall . i went there back in 1964-65 . there was also a pool hall in the corner of North Town on main street . i went to Col White and it was closer than going downtown to shoot pool .
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Ared60
69 posts
Oct 16, 2013
5:19 AM
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There was also a pool hall on Salem Ave. where we used to go in the 60's. It may have been turned into a slot car track or else the slot car track moved in next door. I can't really remember. Does anyone else remember this?
Thanks.
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joey m
130 posts
Oct 16, 2013
9:25 AM
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There were two other places to shoot pool downtown. One was on west Fourth st. just past Ludlow st. it was in the basement of an upscale bar. I just remember going there when I was a teen and watching the best pool player I had ever seen. His name was George Rood and he either played straight pool or 3 rail billards. There was a man and his name was Ray Stewart who was pretty good. If that name sounds familar he owned The Oakwood Club. Other pool hall was on East Second St. I think it was in the 100 block. It was upstairs Coors 29 not to be confused with the bar on Fourth St.
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