开云体育

Just found this site. Good stuff. As a Tucson native it brings back alot of memories. Drachman Elementary School The Mickey Mouse Club at The Fox The State Theater Bokes Drive In La Concha Lot's of

I used to like going to Kiddie Land on Speedway near Alvernon. Had a couple of birthday parties there. It was like having carnival rides all year long. What years was it there? It was just rides right

Oh yeah, Rositas on Prince, I went there a lot with my siblings. She had great food, very homemade quality and love, really nice lady, refreshing jamaica tea with lemonade. And then there was

Anybody ever go to a place in the desert called Rustlers Roost? Pretty much just open desert on the west side at the edn of a dirt road?, Good for parties, live electrified music sometimes. I forget

Hi, I've started an album for Speedway related photos. It is located here: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vanishingtucson/photos/browse/b13d?c= So far I've posted a scan of Speedway looking east

Oh the named party spots - I think I remember them better than most since my curfew was 11:00 and I wasn't allowed to drink so I didn't drink very much. 17 poles still good well into the late 80's

<mstoklos@...> wrote: court refrig, so I

I finally got my images uploaded and they are in a folder called Desert Inn Tucson Visitors Guide. I found these items in a pile of junk that I cleaned up for an elderly gentleman 2 years ago. His

I distinctly remember being terrified of the prospect of being sent to Mother Higgins' when I was a real little kid. I had a propensity to wander around the east side of town, I would wake up hours

I remember the restaurant but i think it was north of Glenn and south of beyond bread on the east side where the gas station is now... De Grazia use to hold court there w/ his bottle of Chavas

Hi, I have an issue of El Tucsonense (a spanish language newspaper) from March 9, 1951. It has an ad for Martin Drug Co. which was part of the Rexall chain. It says they had stores at Speedway &

Hi, Mother Higgins' name was Clara Higgins. Her husband was a Pima County probation officer who would take in troubled kids at their home. From 1932 until 1956 her home was the only juvenile detention

The Hidden House Ice Cream parlour was on Broadway near Tucson Blvd. My special memory was "rainbow sherbet." There was some sort of dispute (family/zoning) that precluded the demolition of the old

Why was it called Mother Higgins? Is that a nickname or was it the real name? Melissa

Mother Higgins was a real place.............JUVIE !!!!!! It's where delinquents went to spend time for their crimes and where all juveniles went for traffic violations. In the 1950s and 60s, Mother

Hidden House Fans ! In 1955, this ice cream parlor was at 2503 E Broadway.........and it was hidden............hard to find. In 1959, the owner Frank Berdofe had expanded his business......he had the

I lived about a mile away when I was a kid. My family requently stopped there before the commercial building was build around the house thereby making it the Hidden House. Strange things one

Funny to think Speedway was NAMED Speedway because it was Tucson's original drag-racing strip, way back in the 1920's. Somewhere, in my grandmother's photo collection, I was a 1920's picture of a

There was a Rexall on the southeast corner of Oracle and Grant where the Circle K is now. Also Nick DeGrazia was pretty well known at the old "Boondocks" when it was located on the northwest corner of

Hi All...As one of the KTKT DJ' from the late '60s noted on this site, I invite you to check out www.ktkt99.com for some great look backs at the hay-day of Tucson's premier top-40 rocker. The guys