Amarillo Graffiti Comments
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Loved
it and remembered most but had forgotten lots.
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Thank you so much. This does bring back memories.
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I'd swear that is my father standing on the corner in front the Kress store!
-Jayne Starks
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This
is so cool.....Really brings back some old memories.
-Barb
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I graduated from Amarillo High in 1960. This website is wonderful. Wish I had held onto this many memories. Thanks so much. -Betty
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Incredible website, very helpful information.
My Grandparents lived in Amarillo from 1947 until their passing about 8 years ago and I lived there 1963-1965 and used to spend a lot of my summers there as well as holidays.
Thanks,
Paul Hinson
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The site is outstanding to go through and look at all the pictures.. I did not know that western plaza was destroyed. I have a lot of good memories of that place when I was a child. Looking at the old photos you have on the site brought back a lot of memories for me. Like the water fountains on each of the Mall. Ill miss that place awhile all who walked through its doors over the years.
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Ronn, I just got your wonderful website from Selma.
Thank you!! It brought back so many great memories. I know it took
lots of time and work to put all these wonderful photos together and I really
appreciate it
Thanks, again. Cheryl Danile Mullen
Class of '66
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I really enjoyed this, my cousin Iris Pitts forwarded
it to me. I, of course, forwarded it to all my PD contacts, and kids who
later went to PD so they could see what it was like in the 60s. Thanks
for sharing, it is really a wonderful web site. I added it to my
favorites. Great songs.
Carolyn Branum Davis
Class of '65
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selma,
tell ron i enyoyed all the pics of streets where we grew up. i woulddn't trade a
day of it for anything, except for a few blizzard days. thanks for all your
info.
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Very cool… Too bad they haven’t invented time travel yet. I’d love to go back and just walk around. Maybe I’d run into myself skipping school. ---Ron Jones Tascosa Class '72
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AWESOME Ronn...you never fail to amaze me. Even tho this is before my "time" in Amarillo, (mine started in 1976) it still brought tears to my eyes to see the places I "remember".... i even lived in the blvd. ramada at one time, but it was called something else by then. I am gonna share this with my amarillo people.
Konii (in Iowa)
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Ron, thanks so much for the wonderful trip down memory lane. My brother, Tommy and I, and cousins all really enjoyed them. Thanks again. Iris
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alot of those pictures bring back nice memories. sure
is nice to see old Amarillo. I remember cruising on weekends.
Excellent job.
Rick Ortega
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These are great, Ronn. Loved the shot of Ruby Lewis, Lady Cool Breeze.
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I sat down with my older sister (Class of '50) who proceeded to go through the pictures and not only enjoy them as they are but started remembering the way some things were in the 40s: Cretney's Drug was at 6th and Polk in the Barfield Building, here was the Capitol Theater, over there was the Leon Theater (later Skaggs), bought some 78 RPM records at a shop in the Paramount Building, this was where Sears was (10th and Polk), NE 8th was only 2 lanes (Amarillo Blvd/Rt 66), right here on Polk was a little cafe we really liked, etc. Very enlightening!
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These are awesome
photos! When I think of Amarillo, these are some of the views that come
into my mind.....even though many of them don't exist anymore. We lived
in Amarillo from 1960 to 1968 and returned in 1970 to live there until we
moved to Michigan in 1986. Three of our four kids were born there (Melissa,
the only Michigander in the bunch!). Here are a few of my memories:
Eating at Stanleys and Dinos - my little
brother and I ate our burgers on the rear shelf of our 1960 Ford Galaxie 500.
We could watch the teenagers driving up and down...in and out.
My mom shopping at Colberts.
Milam's (I think) Toys in Wolflin village
The old Saint Anthony's Hospital...when it
was thriving - that's where Monica and I met in 1973
Opening the new Northwest Texas Hospital
Shortly after Sunset Center opened, they had
a space ride in the parking lot. It spun, centrifugal force made you feel like
you were "in space" and springs on the seats allowed you to jump
higher as if you were "weightless". Sunset Center also had a
small tent-like movie theater in the center where my parents would
"park" my brother and me while they shopped. We watched
cartoons all day!
Major Comar (I was on his show for my 8th
birthday)
Freddie the Fireman
Late night patty melts at Denny's and Sambo's
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8 tracks with intriguing cover shots
AND
Numerous trips to the Amachron world
headquarters to pick up my tapes!
Ahhhh...!
Don D. King
Executive Director,
Facilities and Clinical Technology
National Facilities Services Kaiser Permanente Oakland CA
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This brought back a lot of memories. I didn’t grow up in Amarillo, but we were there a lot. Every fall we went shopping for school clothes at Fedway (my life’s ambition then was to be an elevator operator—they had such fancy uniforms!). We went to movies at the Paramount and the Esquire. Wasn’t there a Skaggs Drugstore on Polk? Seems like we went shopping there. My aunt and uncle and cousins lived a block from Palo Duro High on Arthur Street so we were on Northeast 8th a lot when we visited them. Anyway, thanks for the memories. It was fun.
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Now that was interesting & fun! I
remember the flame on that building. We thought that was the neatest when
we were going through there on vacation back to Illinois every year. Check
out the gas prices!! WOW! They sure messed up the prediction on what
cars would look like in 1990. My record player was blue & white.
That was really fun looking back at everything! Thank you for
sharing!!!!!!! -Brenda (Austin TX)
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very very good. I like the go-low sign, What a collection of pictures and cards!! --Andy Lange (Odessa)
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Love
your graffiti presentation…Thought you might like a photo of the Palo Duro
drivein theatre..
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WOW!
This is nostalgia at its height!
Thanks for sharing
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You have done a wonderful job photographing, collecting and presenting. I enjoyed paging through Amarillo and Amachron history. Thanks for sharing.
--Margaret Snead
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I can't tell you how much I have
enjoyed looking at the pictures that you have highlighted. I just keep
going back and looking and have forwarded to quite a few folks already.
You are to be commended for your hard work and I am very appreciative of it.
I will look through my pictures at some point and see if there is anything that
might be of interest to you. We just didn't take that many pictures in
1960's because they were kind of "expensive" for may families.
Please keep us posted of any further work that you do. The picture at the
dance at Palo Duro High was awesome. That is Pat Daniel right in the
middle and I was most likely across from him. We dated off an on from our
7th grade to 10th grade. Fabulous!
Many Thanks ~
Nancy Pinto Steen
Palo Duro High School
1967 Graduate
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That's really cool. Thanks for sharing and I'm loving the Bette cover! -Ashley
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I've been gone for 40 years and the pictures brought back a lot of memories. Thanks -Patricia Orf
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We love it.
We'd like to see St. Mary's Academy, Price College & St. Anthony's Hospital.
You might get those from someone at the St. Mary's Alumni.
Keep up the good work.
You rock!
Rosalie (Baker)Vogel -SMA '62
Norman Vogel -Price '61
Both -St. Anthony's '65
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As always, your photos are fantastic! My childhood was not spent downtown much; the buildings that seem so lively in your pictures have always been kind of run down in my memory. But like I said, I didn't spend much time downtown until I was nearing high school graduation age.
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Sad how Amarillo has lost it's sense of
history and community.Polk Street was amazing.Sad that you can't even go
"drag Polk"anymore.I feel so sad for my daughter Madison(she's 16) who
will never know what fun is.Man I am getting old! -LaVerna
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Outstanding, extremely enjoyable website. And thanks for forwarding the link, Don.
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My husband and I have enjoyed the pictures of Amarillo
so very much. It is like going back in time. Wish you could include the Double
Dip on Polk St. and the Santa Fe Railway Station, which both bring back so many
memories. We forwarded the info to relatives in Michigan who lived here in the
60's and they were thrilled. They said when they come back to Amarillo, it just
doesn't look the same. Now they can click on their computer and come back to
Amarillo the way they remember it. Thanks for the good work.
Sincerely,
Viola Akins
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This
is best collection on
Eugene McCartt, CPA
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Dear Amachron, I really enjoyed your presentation
of Amarillo Graffiti
until I got to page 2 and found a glaring error. KFDA Radio changed
it's call letters on September 1, 1966 and I was the sign on dj not Jay
Speegle. Attached in a jpg file you will find a copy of the first
printed KPUR Big 50 Survey. You will notice the date of Sept 5 on the
page without the pictgures. We still have friends and do visit Amarillo
when we can, so I would like to see your presentation corrected! Thanks
for your attention in this matter. Best Regards, George Taylor
(it has been corrected)
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Is this the person who put together the spectacular Amarillo Graffiti? I was born and raised there.. I sat at my desk watching the precious piece with tears happily welling in my eyes... It's just fabulous!! I sent it on to my good friend who's Grandmother is Mary E. Bivins..and uncle is Dick Bivins he just called me to tell me thanks.................. Elizabeth
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My name is Jared Sherman and upon receipt of this e- mail, I realized that the picture of Ruth's steakhouse is actually a picture of my father and my great grandmother, as well as my grandfather at the bar. If you could e-mail this pic to me so we could blow it up that would be great. If you have the original, that would be even better. Please contact me on this matter, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you sooo much.
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This was wonderful. I am now 61 and remember everyone of these places, especially the Santa Fe train, my Daddy was the engineer for that very train. This was really a great reflection of my past.
Thanks so much!
Susan Arnett
Senior Placement Manager
Westaff
Tampa, FL
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I enjoyed your amarillo show. I was
wondering if you know anyone
that might would have any amarillo postcards to sell?
thanks - ron
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Thank
you, thank you, thank you for taking the time to put together this amazing
collection!
Blessings,
Jim Wilson (former Amarillan!)
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Many years ago in the mid 60s I was stationed
at Amarillo Air Force Base where I operated a little pirate radio station in my
spare time. Wooo those were the days! I have enjoyed your Amarillo Graffiti
pages so very much. It brought back many, many memories of that time in my
life. Thank you for that excellent work good sir. -Arthur Bell
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the pictures of
I
do miss a picture or recognition of Sutphen’s Bar B Q.
We
ate there and stood in line on Saturday nights outside in the parking lot to
get in. It was the best.
Outstanding page!!! Thanks for sharing.
Woodway
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I think we should start a campaign to get the BLUE FLAME light returned to the top of the Gas Building which is now the Amarillo Police Dept. -David Wilson
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I lived in Amarillo for 43 years. I now live in Alabama and have for the last 7 years. My husband was born at the Amarillo Air Force Base in 1956. I have a great black and white picture of down town Amarillo at Christmas taken in 1974. I realize that is not the 60's but it still had the Paramount Theatre in it, etc. Most of my city pictures were taken in early 70's, as that is when I was taking photography at Amarillo College.
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I graduated from Amarillo High in 1960. This website is wonderful. Wish I had held onto this many memories. Thanks so much. -Betty
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Thanks for the memories. I remember the trips to
Amarillo back in
the 60's when I was in High School and marching in the parades in
the fall on Polk street. Shopping at Fedways and riding the
escalators. All those pictures bring back sweet memories. Thanks
again. God Bless you
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Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane. Still miss Myer's Fried Chicked-LANELLE WINN
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Wow!
Thanks
for the beautiful memories of
Your
Amarillo Graffiti is a rush of things I haven’t though of in 40 years.
Thank
you, thank you, thank you
AHS
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. I’m a 1965 Tascosa graduate and you took me back to wonderful memories, with lots of laughter and tears, Thank-you so much for a little trip back to a wonderful time.
I
remember walking from near Plains and Wolflin to Fedway to ride the
escalators when Fedway was first opened. We just had nothing to fear back
then. We were 12. Although I wasn’t raised in
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Thanks to whoever put this
together. Brings back a lot of memories.
We no longer live in Amarillo, but it is a great place to live. Sure
do miss those cool evenings.
-David and Donna Day
Keller, TX
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************************************************************* Yea baby, that's some good stuff. Lot of memories there. Got excited thinking they'd have a picture of the Twin drive-in screen on the e-way with our star on it but the picture is of the first screen before they replaced the neon, damn. Have never been able to find an ad or photo of our star. Also liked the story of draggin polk where they turned around at the Hi-Di-Ho that was across the street from us on Harrison. Have seen old newspaper ads where the Hi-Di-Ho was the original franchise seller of the Colonel's Chicken befire KFC had their own stores. Then later it was Grumpy's titty bar and Maggies gay bar then a lesbian Tejano bar and even a church before they finally tore it down and put it out of the neighborhood's misery. Would like to see an ad for the Colorado MIning Company that was at the apartments we tore down to make our garden on Harrison. When we were wrecking it out some guy came by and told us about the sunken dance floor that we found later over a basement I didn't even know was there and he said he'd gotten drunk "right here" lots of times.
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Such a trip and such a life. I was
born at the old St. Anthonys Hospital in 1930 and graduated
from Amarillo High in 1947! My dad's office was in the
Oliver-Eakle building (now Barfield I guess) on the 7th
floor in the SE corner office and worked for Mutual Benefit
Inxurance Co. so Polk St was a familiar sight to me.
Loved the pictures - thank you for
your effort
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My
name is Leigh Ann. My mom and Dad have always told us about how it used to be.
There are some things I remember on here but not much. My Dad attended the First
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I know this has been stated previously but WOW does this bring back memories.
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That was great! My two older sisters dragged Polk all the time. They said when their friends got married the husband's would push the bride down Polk street in a wheel barrel. I loved the fact that a couple of our movie theaters had balconies.
Thanks so much for the walk down memory lane. I think the friendly outgoing people in Amarillo are still one of our greatest attractions.
My friends brother George
Tiffany played football for Bum Phillips when he coached at AHS
downtown.
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What
an amazing site, you have done an outstanding job, thanks so much! I
married my wife Mary there 41 years ago when I was stationed at the Air
Force Base. We have all sorts of
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I loved the food in downtown Amarillo. I especially remember the Silver Grill Cafeteria, Batson's Dining Room, The Black Gold Restaurant, and Sutphen's Bar B Que. I ate at the Coronado Inn, The Crossroads Inn, and the Fountain Inn Coffee Shop. The Downtowner Hotel had a nice restaurant for a while. I'm sure the Herring and Capitol Hotels had eateries inside. There was a great little diner at 4th and Fillmore. I had some lite lunches on the mezzanine at Blackburn Brothers Department Store. I remember the big red neon signs (CHOP SUEY) in the windows of the Canton Cafe at 5th and Taylor. For fries and a burger I drove my car up to The Nucastle, The Hi-De-Ho, Phariss' Dairy Queen, The Double Dip, and The Headquarters Drive Ins. I ate many great sandwiches at The Pig Hip Drive In at 5th and Pierce. There was a great ice cream/malt shop across the street from Amarillo High on South Polk. Occasionally I even had some food at the all night diners in the Bus Depots (there were 2 you know). They served a good chicken-fried steak at a little cafe on 4th St. just west of the Santa Fe Train Depot. The ham sandwiches at Walgreen's (8th and Polk) were excellent and just down the block the fried chicken at Woolworth's Lunch Counter went great with a big ole Dr. Pepper. I believe there was a lunch counter at the Kress Store in the early 60s. A bunch of little bar and grills were tucked along the side streets. There was a Pizza Hut on 16th just a block or so from Embers Fine Dining. West of downtown on 10th was a Toddle House and west on 3rd was Elmo's Drive In. There was also a Toddle House up on Route 66 where dozens of other fine restaurants lined the boulevard. I especially remember Rices Dining Salon and Neal's Steakhouse. Underwood's Bar B Que was west of St, Anthony's Hospital and Farrell Manor Restaurant was on the east side. And I won't forget Bob Dowell's Cafe along there somewhere. All these places were in business and thriving long before McDonalds and all the taco joints showed up. It was a grand time that I remember so well. But I guess they're all gone now. Thanks for all the pictures and memories of the '60s.
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Great memories. Grew up in Amarillo
and went to James Bowie Jr. High. Love
the pictures.
-JoAnn Raleigh Maddux
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Just wanted you to know that
the "Myers Fried Chicken" restaurant is
still intact at the old Gene Messer Ford place on
Georgia, someone is putting a new carlot there and
they tore down some of the walls on the inside and
found the Restaurant pretty much still intact.
Hope it helps.
-Gayle Neusch
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Thank
you for the wonderful trip down memory lane.
My husband was born and raised in Amarillo
(1943) until we moved in1971.
I lived there from 1950 until we moved in 71'. He
went to Tascosa and I went to Amarillo High.
Have many memories of dragging Polk Street.
Thanks again.
-Carolyn
Nall
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THANK YOU -WILL
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Thanks for putting this together. It really brings back memories and strong feelings about growing up
in Big A.
Dear
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-Thanks Don---Ps I lived in Amarillo until 1967 Good memories/some regrets.
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-Jackie Dodson
- Robert Forrester, Amarillo, TX
I was born in Northwest Texas Hospital and grew
up on North East 19th and
Hill, started school at Forest Hills Elementary in Miss Steverson’s
class.
Second grade class was moved to the NEW Whittier Elementary.
My teacher
was the same as in the 1st grade, but her name was now Mrs. Denman.
Travis
Junior High School was new when I entered the 7th grade. We could look out
the North windows at Travis and see the smoke from the city dump on NE
24th
when the trash was being burned. I Graduated from Palo Duro in 1964.
I had
a part time evening job as a janitor at KIXZ Radio when they were located
in
the main floor of the old Pioneer Hotel, between Polk and Tyler streets.
KIXZ had a “Showroom Control Room” that had a view of Polk Street.
In the
evening, song requests to the DJ’s were made by slipping a written note
between the plate glass window and the air conditioner in the alley.
Bob
Davis was the most popular DJ who ran the “B.O. Show”. I bought
my first
“Transistor Radio” at the Go-Low Record Store and my first “HiFi”
record
player at Fedway. Mr. Ralph Henry, program manager at KFDA radio
gave me my
first HiFi album; it was by Wanda Jackson. Later I worked as a
deliveryman
at Colbert’s on Polk Street. Sometimes, John B. and Wink C. and I would
skip
out of church during the Sunday sermon to sneak across the street to the
“Double Dip” for a delicious double dip ice cream cone.
Also, the fourth picture of the series on the Pioneer Natural Gas Building
(date shown is 1960) is NOT of that building; the building pictured is on
the wrong side of Polk to be Pioneer Natural Gas! It is most likely that
it
is the building across Polk from the Downtowner Motel and catty-cornered
from the old Amarillo National Bank.
Thanks for the rush of great ole memories of my “Home Town” this site
has
revived!
-David S.
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Wonderful!! Thank you for reminding me how very lucky I was to have grown up in this innocent time. I love the songs, but I wish there could have been more music.
Thank you for all your time and effort to make something so touching to one’s heart.
Thank you!!!!
-Shirley Sterling
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I
absolutely loved “sights & memories” of
Thanks
to whoever did this. There was not, however, a picture of Tascosa..go
Rebels..!!
Ann Allred
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Thanks
for the photos. There are a lot of great memories from
Burt
in the
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I loved looking at all the pictures. Been
born in 1960, I remember living just up the road from the Texaco
refinery, my dad owned the Texaco station on the corner of 3rd and
Grand. He also had another station, but forgot where it was located.
I remember hearing the sonic booms as the fighter jets flew over
head, and walking down Polk street shopping with my mom. Also, my
Grandparents sold their home on Mirror St. for the stretch of I-40
to run through town. I have a picture of the parade of Airmen, my
mom had it, as well as my great uncle Cliff Moseley has a copy, he
was stationed here at Amarillo Air Base. I tarveled all over this
planet, in the military, but came back home.
Thanks for the memories.
Michael Smith
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I miss Stanley’s and the golf course off Bell.
--Lisa Karnes
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Best
email attachment I've ever received! PLEASE COMPILE THESE
PHOTOS IN A HARDBOUND BOOK. You'd sell tons of them.
Pam (Thomas) Hansen
Tascosa Class of '69
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Loved looking at all the old times, but what got to me
most was the picture of the 1st IBM computer installed at Amarillo College.
The man in the picture is my uncle Jimmy Stover.
-Cora Bethel
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| This is amazing!
It's so much fun reliving all these memories you have put
together. My husband and I and his family ran Go
Low Records, so we were very honored to be included in
this!! Did Bill Woods have anything to do with putting
this together?? He was a great customer at Go Low and
we could see him doing something like this. Thanks for all
the time and effort spent on making this wonderful keepsake.
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Who is
responsible for this wonderful memory? My parents
owned the Jolly Jung, pictured in the fast food grouping!
-Diann Grayson
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It
was really cool to see my youth and yours. Can’t tell you how much I
enjoyed it.
--Leroy
Bolt
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This is awesome! I grew up in the metropolis of Hartley, and going to Amarillo was a very special trip in those days! I remember thinking downtown was a wonderland, but especially Kress, Woolworth’s, and T G & Y. I still remember the smell when you went in those places! And eating at Myer’s Fried Chicken—I loved that yellow gravy! Great photos, looking forward to the updates!
--Donna Lenz
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-Gib Satterwhite
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-Janie Henley, PDHS ,59
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-Ron & JaNet Lindsey
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This
is a great thing. My family all are from
-Tina
Freeman Waco
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You
missed J.D. Souther in the music area. He is from
Graduated
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