Old Calgary stuff you miss...(The Nostalgia thread)

[browna]

North Centre Inn - Peepers

Provincial Liquor stores...closed early Saturday (Mall hours) and Sunday meant had to properly plan for weekend binges. One was in Southcentre where Chili's is.

The beer store at the old brewery on 9th Ave.

Crazy Crazy Electronics...somwhere on Edmonton Trail?

Back to the Superman 3, it was GCS that Richard Prior slid off of, landing on 9th Ave.

Also, in the official trailer, the car that hits the fire hydrant is on 2nd St just past 7th Ave.

No elementry school year was complete without a visit to the Energieum.

CFAC had an "encore" channel.

Civic channel, which showed City Council proceedings, then the rest of the day was filled with crude graphics (think the +15 logo) that refreshed every few minutes, talking about city events or notices.

The real estate channel and the auto trader tv.

When channels that you didn't pay for on your converter box were in weird scrambled format...TSN, Superchannel.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by Methanolic

I went there almost every day for Lunch when I was in high school (Beaverbrook- Gr. 10, 11, 12 ). A diet coke and a Large "Beef n' Bean" Burrito, .... I'm surprised I don't have stomach issues!

7-11 doesn't sell those burritos any more ...at least the last time I checked at the "Sev" (Long Gone) in Canyon Meadows.....

Wait a second... I live(d) next to Nickle and its former 7-11 and I also went to Beaverbrook. That's about a 1.5-2 hour walk. Now you could have taken the bus or driven, but why would you go all that way when there was a 7-11 right by Beaverbrook on Bonaventure Drive?

I'm not doubting you but why would you go to the Nickle 7-11 for lunch if you attended Beaverbrook?

[Reneeee]

I don't think anybody has mentioned this yet.

- Kart Indoor Grand Prix go karts on 16th ave where crossroads market was great. The cars would go about 50-60 km/hr at peak speed

I remember in the dead of winter, in -30, me and my buddies would go there just to let loose and race in a controlled environment when everybody outside was driving like idiots in the snow and ice.

It was super cheap too... Something like a dollar a lap which is probably why they went under because it was so affordable.

Another nastalgic thing for me as a kid was:

- the two red racing slides and village square leisure centre. Those were tons of fun but super dangerous for anybody swimming nearby.

[JiriHrdina]

How about back in the day when The Score was "Sports scope" which was basically just a constant scoreboard - no video or anything. Just scores.

Before the interwebs it was actually quite handy.

[mr.jim.lahey]

Misty's, the Spotlight Club and the Body Shoppe. $1 bottles of beer at Three Cheers wednesday nights.

[red sky]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Why doesn't Calgary have hot-air balloons like we used to. You seem a couple from time to time but I remember when I was a kid there would be a TON in the sky - including the DQ Ice-cream shaped one that got tangled in some wires one time.

But you just don't seem them anymore.

What happened?

You could write your posts in hebrew and you would still get a bunch of thanks.

*Side steps ban hammer*

[You Need a Thneed]

Confetti Ice Cream near Edmonton Trail in the NE.

Serving Calgary for 50 years, then all of a sudden, gone.

[VladtheImpaler]

Bagels & Buns on 17th - the only edible bagels west of Montreal...

[Methanolic]

Originally Posted by icarus

Wait a second... I live(d) next to Nickle and its former 7-11 and I also went to Beaverbrook. That's about a 1.5-2 hour walk. Now you could have taken the bus or driven, but why would you go all that way when there was a 7-11 right by Beaverbrook on Bonaventure Drive?

I'm not doubting you but why would you go to the Nickle 7-11 for lunch if you attended Beaverbrook?

I was thinking abot the 7-11 just south of bonaventure park and Beaverbrook. Totally confused on that one...

[BurningYears]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Confetti Ice Cream near Edmonton Trail in the NE.

Serving Calgary for 50 years, then all of a sudden, gone.

speaking of old ice cream shops, has anyone been to my favorite ice cream shop in altadore? I know it was still there a couple of years ago forsure. still awesome ice cream?

[DuffMan]

when you could put a quarter in a parking meter downtown, and if you snapped the handle, just right, you would get unlimited parking time.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by BurningYears

speaking of old ice cream shops, has anyone been to my favorite ice cream shop in altadore? I know it was still there a couple of years ago forsure. still awesome ice cream?

I know that it is still there, but I haven't had any ice cream there lately.

[rayne008]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

How about back in the day when The Score was "Sports scope" which was basically just a constant scoreboard - no video or anything. Just scores.

Before the interwebs it was actually quite handy.

Headline Sports ~
Similar to Much Music when they actually had videos!

[Ace]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

Yeah . . . the Cannons.

I lived in Wildwood at the time and would ride my bike to Edworthy, then up the hill and eventually get to the stadium about the third inning and walk right in without having to pay (for some reason), lean the bike up against the fence on the third base line and stand and watch a bunch of the game before getting home before sunset. Great way to spend summer evenings all around.

Saw Alex Rodriguez hit a monster home run against the Cannons, just before he got to the majors. Another year, I went to a Mariners game in Seattle and eight of the ten guys in the Mariners lineup had played in Calgary in the previous two years.

These days, I check out the Dawgs in Okotoks once in a while as I life southwest of the city.

Cowperson

What's concidered better baseball these days, the Dawgs or Vipers?

[troutman]

Outdoor minor hockey. I remember travelling from Southwood to play games in Braeside and Acadia. Some nights were so cold, the dressing room was full of crying kids with frozen toes. I don't think I played at an indoor rink until I was about 10 or 11.

When it wasn't real cold, it was nice playing under the stars.

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by Ace

What's concidered better baseball these days, the Dawgs or Vipers?

Dawgs are a Summer College League. Good ball for an awesome price.

Vipers are some crap league that no one cares about, but still entertaining. Golden league I believe

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by BurningYears

speaking of old ice cream shops, has anyone been to my favorite ice cream shop in altadore? I know it was still there a couple of years ago forsure. still awesome ice cream?

It was sold a few years back but it's still there and pretty good too. I like their floats...best in town.

[Luder]

Originally Posted by Redliner

Buying Doc Martens at Divine Decadence on 17th & records at the Attic on Stephen Ave. Is Boodlum still down there?

You just took me back 15 years lol. Get some new docs, then go to the Attic and pay $55 for a burned copy of a crappily bootlegged live cd. I still have this kick ass Gillian Anderson poster I bought there years ago.

[Mango]

The first ten years of my life were spent living in the NE. One of my fondest memories is the Village Square Leisure Center. I took swimming and skating lessons there, as well went to classes at the library and that's where my pre-school was. I remember the little mall connected to the Co-op had the greatest fast food place. I can't remember the name of it, but they made the best rippled fries. The Co-op hardware store was also where I bought my first frisbee and soccer ball. Great memories.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by icarus

Wait a second... I live(d) next to Nickle and its former 7-11 and I also went to Beaverbrook. That's about a 1.5-2 hour walk. Now you could have taken the bus or driven, but why would you go all that way when there was a 7-11 right by Beaverbrook on Bonaventure Drive?

I'm not doubting you but why would you go to the Nickle 7-11 for lunch if you attended Beaverbrook?

How old are you Icarus? Did you go to Nickle? I think I know who you are lol.