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

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I've heard about Esso plaza cinemas but I can't for the life of me imagine how they fit them in. What part of the plaza was it in?

It was on the second floor by the food court. On the eastern side if I recall.

[Harju]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

That was CJAY-92. 9pm every Sunday night. Funny you mention that, I was thinking about that show while in the shower the other day. I learned many sex terms from that show. I was remember as a kid being quite horrified when I looked up Sue Johansen online to see a picture of her and it wasn't the young 20ish blonde I'd imagined.

I seem to recall that Sex with Sue was on the community cable tv channel also. I'm not sure if it was Shaw or Calgary Cable back then. There was also the nude photography show which surprised me the first time I saw it.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Harju

I seem to recall that Sex with Sue was on the community cable tv channel also. I'm not sure if it was Shaw or Calgary Cable back then. There was also the nude photography show which surprised me the first time I saw it.

There was a sexy time show around midnight on Access back in the day too.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by cammy13

The Night Gallery!!!

Of all the bars that shut down, I miss that one the most.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Magnum PEI

The nautical theme at the McDonald's in Glenmore Landing.
Green's Lapidary on Centre st. and 16th ave.
Pearce Estate disc golf course.
The Zoo before the new buildings were built and they let the prehistoric park fall into neglect.

I don't know the "old" zoo was nasty. The polar bear enclosure was out and out disgusting. Also the prehistoric park always sucked.

Originally Posted by peter12

There was a sexy time show around midnight on Access back in the day too.

Ah yes....I can't recall the name of that show.

I do remember watching the Sex with Sue show on TV and being, well very very disappointed when I saw her.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by cammy13

The Night Gallery!!!

The Crazy Horse!!!!

[Hevishot]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Of all the bars that shut down, I miss that one the most.

I saw many a good punk rock show there. The bathrooms in that place made you want to take a leak outside for sanitary reasons.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Hevishot

I saw many a good punk rock show there. The bathrooms in that place made you want to take a leak outside for sanitary reasons.

The bathrooms at the Night Gallery were dubbed the worst in Canada by some national magazine or other.

Shout out to the original Republic - the one up the stairs on I think 12th ave. Also, the Brass Ring - a cougar bar before the term was even coined.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The bathrooms at the Night Gallery were dubbed the worst in Canada by some national magazine or other.

Shout out to the original Republic - the one up the stairs on I think 12th ave. Also, the Brass Ring - a cougar bar before the term was even coined.

I change my vote.


The Brass Ring was the greatest place on earth!

[Magnum PEI]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The bathrooms at the Night Gallery were dubbed the worst in Canada by some national magazine or other.

IIRC there wasnt a bathroom, just a short hallway to the right of the stage with two or three tiny stalls and basically the whole place could see you taking a piss. I was only there once with that setup and then they added actual bathrooms behind the bar.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I change my vote.


The Brass Ring was the greatest place on earth!

"Wrinkles". So many sleazy, funny, weird, drunken times were had there. Who knew 30-50 year old receptionists and file clerks could be so insane? The place looked like an office from the outside, with its brick facade and tinted windows. But open the door and it was like a portal into New Years's Eve at a Club Med in 1978 where the guests were all women and the only men available were the employees. You could get chlamydia just from borrowing someone's lighter.

[Nufy]

Rock City
.25 Draft at the original Cowboys
Hurleys
The upper part of Studio 82 on amateur night...

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I don't know the "old" zoo was nasty. The polar bear enclosure was out and out disgusting. Also the prehistoric park always sucked.


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They've upgraded the Dinosaur park again with a bunch of animated dinosaurs - my daughter loves it.
The old zoo was terrible. The Polar Bear enclosure wasn't even the worst. When I was a kid, when you came across the bridge and turned right, there was a long row of small barred cages that housed everything from Cougars, Bears, Wolves, etc. Even the Lions had a spot along there, albeit a bigger enclosure.
Just awful. But a different time.

[FLAME ENVY]

For all the Calgary pilots /aviation enthusiasts.

-The powder blue & white control tower at YYC.
-The Lancaster pedestaled at the SW corner of the field adjacent to McKnight Blvd. Fortunately it has been dutifully put under cover at the museum.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Nufy

Rock City
.25 Draft at the original Cowboys
Hurleys
The upper part of Studio 82 on amateur night...

I'm pretty sure that wasn't beer....ugh so gross.

[darockwilder]

Originally Posted by Magnum PEI

IIRC there wasnt a bathroom, just a short hallway to the right of the stage with two or three tiny stalls and basically the whole place could see you taking a piss. I was only there once with that setup and then they added actual bathrooms behind the bar.

I threw up in one of those semi-private stalls before a Wesley Willis concert and was correctly asked to leave.

This reminds me that now I'll never get to see him.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Night Gallery with $2.00 doubles, and pinball before 10.

Also, that brief period when the Taz had $0.25 highballs before 9:00 on Thursdays before the realized the insanity. We once showed up with about 50 of us from rez at 7:45 before they opened. They finally let us in and we promptly filled every table we could get with drinks. So much drunkening.

Do I know you? I'm positive I was part of that group

[kn]

Joe's Diner in Market Mall

[heep223]

Power hour at the crack alley.

Being able to easily get a cab whenever.

Jarome Iginla.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Do I know you? I'm positive I was part of that group

Certainly possible. I lived on 4R in 1997/98.

EDIT: Oh ####! Just clicked your profile link. Of course I know you. We need to go for beers.