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

[KTrain]

Nothing beat the North Hill Mall Theatre. It was huge. I saw the re-releases of the Star Wars trilogy there.

[Wormius]

I haven't lived here long enough to miss anything very much, but one thing is the Reef 'N'Beef. When I used to work near there a bunch of us would go there for the steak sandwich specials at lunch. I probably remember it better than it actually was. There was always a lot of smoke in the air and the people in trances playing at the VLTs.

[rotten42]

was always my favourite. I saw 2001 - A Space Odyssey there as well as Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains thew Same. Funny, in both cases popcorn wasn't the strongest smell in the place.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by KTrain

Nothing beat the North Hill Mall Theatre. It was huge. I saw the re-releases of the Star Wars trilogy there.

Ha, I also saw the re-releases there.

[BeltlineFan]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

You've still got Mike's Billiards in the NE and the one on 17th. I assume they don't have snooker tables or only 2 of them?

Olympic?? I spent my Fridays in high school there.

There was some grey area as to whether we were actually allowed in because they sold alcohol and it felt like a bar but nobody ever ID'd us or complained. They wouldn't serve us alcohol but I remember the smokers bought cigarettes and smoked them in there with no problems.

I don't remember any snooker tables but that was 15 years ago.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Loved their burgers. I went to Bangerbrook so we went there for lunch sometimes.

I also attended that fine institution of learning.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Almost no pool halls in Calgary anymore. And there are only 4 public snooker tables left in the city (2 of them at the Legion). It was a sad, sad day when the Haysboro Pool Hall closed.

Darts have almost vanished too. The Point and Feather used to be a darts club. Kept the name but gradually got rid of all the dart boards and replaced them with VLTs.

Garage in Eau Claire still has a few tables. One of the closest things to a hall these days it seems.

They also had darts last time I was there.

[dirk diggler]

watching Flames games at the old Westgate hotel, they would serve free pizza, place was dumpy but who cares............. free pizza

[Mccree]

Originally Posted by KTrain

Nothing beat the North Hill Mall Theatre. It was huge. I saw the re-releases of the Star Wars trilogy there.

Me too,

[Shazam]

I do miss the shower at Misty's.

[KevanGuy]

Originally Posted by Shazam

I do miss the shower at Misty's.

How often did you dance there?

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by KevanGuy

How often did you dance there?

Just amateur Tuesdays.

[Coys1882]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

I’ve also been to a Venice House and it wasn’t in Huntington hills, could actually have been in Regina, I can’t remmeber, but I know that name.

There was one in Saskatoon and Prince Albert too

[guzzy]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Just amateur Tuesdays.

I thought that was Thursdays

[Sliver]

The girls always seemed to find that shower super cold. I think I know why.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Shazam

I do miss the shower at Misty's.

Is there still a tub at The Maid?

[OldDutch]

Random one but I remember as a kid going to Grandma Lee's in Midnapore Mall in the 1980's. My mother would go shopping at the grocery store there, and we would head over by ourselves (7,5,2 years old boys) to the cafe to watch bread being baked for 30 minutes.

I just look at my iPad obsessed kids and wonder how long they would last watching that. Can't even look out the car window anymore! *shakes old man fist*

[Bleeding Red]

Originally Posted by OldDutch

Random one but I remember as a kid going to Grandma Lee's in Midnapore Mall in the 1980's. My mother would go shopping at the grocery store there, and we would head over by ourselves (7,5,2 years old boys) to the cafe to watch bread being baked for 30 minutes.

I just look at my iPad obsessed kids and wonder how long they would last watching that. Can't even look out the car window anymore! *shakes old man fist*

I remember riding my bike to Bonaventure Dr & Canyon meadows (8, 9 years old) and looking beyond Fish Creek at nothing but prairie.



I stared out the window at nothing but flatland nature and cows for years on rides to my uncles farm. Only thing out the window now is big box stores. I don't blame your kids for preferring to watch a movie or play a game on their iPad.

[Bleeding Red]

Was back in CGY for a family function last month. I noticed:
- the old standalone movie theater on Heritage is now a bar. As kids that was the theater that our parents let us go to on our own (8-10 years old at the time).
- The water slide park is long gone I am sure (just didn't notice the last few visits). That little area seems very underdeveloped to me?
- The build up of stores across from Chinook. I remember a bingo hall and industrial buildings surrounding the fancy new C-train station.
- Many people remember the Chi-Chi's along Macleod - I am sure there was a Big Boy there also.

- are there still bottle depots?

- No story book characters on the hill next to Lake Bonavista.

- I looked, but didn't see the big "H" at the car dealer on Macleod. Is it still there?


Admittedly I was a bit oblivious as I was driving and my attention was divided between listing to dad's stories and not hitting the car in front of me.

[Ironhorse]

Theatre on Heritage and water slides? You’ve been gone for a long time, my friend...