tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post5169744563836026360..comments2024-01-11T20:50:41.894-08:00Comments on Sid's Side: Things That Aren't Here AnymoreSid Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03993165084413989843noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-75399034708349629182020-12-16T21:01:37.265-08:002020-12-16T21:01:37.265-08:00Don’t forget Tasty Bagel Works, Pipeline skatepark...Don’t forget Tasty Bagel Works, Pipeline skatepark, and buying VANS shoes made in house!! Those were great times but to look around at all the so called progress it makes me sick and as much as those childhood times were great today’s world is full of difficulty and sadness...... progress as consequences!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074046681248321934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-2245088125150114022020-10-02T06:17:32.060-07:002020-10-02T06:17:32.060-07:00The ice cream parlor was Farrell's. It was a c...The ice cream parlor was Farrell's. It was a chain in the SGV. If you had your bday there, you were the MAN!<br /><br />What is now the 99¢ Only store used to be a nightclub, Toppers. Short lived, but fun!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035011362377618039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-34077203704777458982017-03-05T12:17:43.690-08:002017-03-05T12:17:43.690-08:00I just came across this today and I'm sure gla...I just came across this today and I'm sure glad I'm not the only one who remembers Stinky's and the Midway. What a fun read this was.Mary Anne '64noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-48912834845822402472016-09-22T20:25:31.229-07:002016-09-22T20:25:31.229-07:00Man reading this blog reminded me of places I actu...Man reading this blog reminded me of places I actually worked at and places I hung out at. What about the A & W next to Pomona high. Lunch time was a place to get a quick bite. We used to cruse Henry's most every night and race up and down Gary. Rick Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-87019394878507798802016-07-10T19:14:23.212-07:002016-07-10T19:14:23.212-07:00I remember Pinnacle Pete's Steak house,They cu...I remember Pinnacle Pete's Steak house,They cut off your tie and put it on the wall. In La Verne on Foothill blvd was Chubby boy's, my friend Steve Walker Mom worked there.<br />My Godfamiy The Scarlatta's owned the concessions at Ganesha park and several other parks, they had some at the fair as well.<br />San Dimas canyon and Bonita had Baker's and the Canyon Theatre .50 admission. I worked at both Pizza n Stuff's, La Verne and Alta loma. My Granparents owned 2 MTI's, 1 on Indian Hill and a 2nd on Holt ave .<br />La Verne was all orange groves, the 210 freeway ended in mid air.<br />My Uncle was The Tijuana smalls man.<br />He was pals with Bob Seagren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-5004633184524176702014-04-06T18:29:25.098-07:002014-04-06T18:29:25.098-07:00I lived in Claremont from 1959 to 1976 when I grad...I lived in Claremont from 1959 to 1976 when I graduated from HS (Webb, not CHS). Visited off and on after that. Educated at Vista, Condit, La Puerta, and one year at CHS. The old Staters at Foothill and Indian Hill was a real throwback: ceiling fans and a real butcher shop meat section. Our Little League pancake breakfasts were held there. Anyone remember the Sugar Bowl across from the Village Theater? Two old ladies, who acted as if they were on valium, ran it and it was always out of ice cream. The reservoir on Baseline between Towne and Mountain was a good fishing hole. All gone now. They exist only in memory or on a blog such as this. Enjoyed the post!<br /><br />P.S. Chicken in the Rough at Henry's was great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-82169983390193083712013-10-04T18:42:38.764-07:002013-10-04T18:42:38.764-07:00Just a few of my own memories from the 60's an...Just a few of my own memories from the 60's and 70's. The Magic Lantern, The Midway Tavern, Stinky's at Foothill and Mountain and Lloyds at Foothill and Central. I worked at Betsy Ross Ice Cream in Pomona while I was in Jr.High & High School. It was next to the Ebell Club at Garey Ave. and Caswell St. I spent way too much time at Henry's when I was in High School, but I don't regret on moment of it. Thanx for the blog. I love this stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-72708954044388045252012-04-02T13:58:43.272-07:002012-04-02T13:58:43.272-07:00Great memories! I lived in Claremont from 1966 to ...Great memories! I lived in Claremont from 1966 to 1970 on Morgan Ave. I went to Condit, El Roble Jr. High, the brand new La Puerta (1968) and Claremont High for freshman year before moving away. I used to deliver the Progress Bulletin by bike in the afternoons. I remember hearing the dragsters in Pomona, smog days, Alpha Beta, Betsy Ross, Griswolds, riding my bike EVERYWHERE, listening to Vin Scully, neighborhood ice cream trucks in the summer...(sigh)Hubertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-44956879558881061822011-02-28T09:59:51.748-08:002011-02-28T09:59:51.748-08:00Just an addendum to my previous post...the bar ins...Just an addendum to my previous post...the bar inside Garey Bowl was called "The Red Lion Inn" if I am not mistaken. <br /><br />Spent many a time at Mt. Baldy Drive In, with flea markets on weekends. We then went to Edwards Drive In as an alternative once Mt. Baldy was razed and converted into a Target (around 1984-85?). Eastland Mall with PJ Pizzazz and Moskatel's were other places we frequented from around 1976-1986. Great times!Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-11980611090026109222011-02-24T06:49:08.549-08:002011-02-24T06:49:08.549-08:00Thanks for posting the pics! My parents were in a...Thanks for posting the pics! My parents were in a bowling league there in the early 80s and my brother and I have fond memories of running around there. The cafe' had the best burgers and fries and the chefs wore those traditional tall white chef hats. Really cool vibes, funny characters and bowlers...the whole place was just a great hang. They had a pretty extensive game room area for us kids and I blew a lifetime of savings in quarters on Pac Man (which was brand new at the time). My grandma gave me $20 as a b-day gift and I lost it all on Pac Man one night. I was bummed out, but my mom told me "she gave it to you to have fun. If you had fun, then it wasn't wasted." Such great advice that stays with me today. <br /><br />Didn't they have a bar in there called The Lion's Den (?). Great memories. Got any other pics of Garey Bowl? I heard it was converted into a school. I recall a Love's Restaurant across the street and I think M&I surplus & Shakey's Pizza were just down the road. Thanks for posting!Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-19799419265815100142010-08-21T07:20:11.315-07:002010-08-21T07:20:11.315-07:00I just stumbled on those pictures of Garey Bowl an...I just stumbled on those pictures of Garey Bowl and it brought back many memories. My father actually worked on the building in the 1990s before it was converted to a church. As a kid I remember walking into the coffee shop and lounge and thinking I was walking into a scene from the Jetsons. Very clean mid-century modern 1950's architecture that even amazed a young kid as myself. It's kinda neat that the exterior has been preserved today. Do you have any larger resolution pictures? I would love to share them with my dad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700307060467057620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-21073677952258089472010-03-14T14:20:26.287-07:002010-03-14T14:20:26.287-07:00I, too, remember Graziano's (aka Scardino'...I, too, remember Graziano's (aka Scardino's) as (still to this day!) the place for the best pizza I've ever had. Coming home from El Roble in 1965 my friend, Mark Ervin, and I would alternate days stopping there or at the sponsor of our junior high school basketball team coached by Harry T. Lund, The Little Pigs, located next to Tony and Mike's barber shop on the east side of the Alpha Beta center. The Helber family-owned Orange Julius on Foothill just west of Indian Hill was also a favorite haunt as was Bud's Bike Shop in the village. Many were the after school hours spent there eating a glazed donut and drinking a Double Crown cola shooting the bicycling breeze with ol' Bud. Was them the days or what!<br /><br />Rolland WithrowRolland Withrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-50022458531604329382009-12-16T15:04:52.500-08:002009-12-16T15:04:52.500-08:00Sid: How are you? I was just at Fairplex this we...Sid: How are you? I was just at Fairplex this week. When were you at CHS?<br /><br />Richard Lewis<br />richard.lewis@lewisop.comRichard Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-41538235384323951602008-12-25T20:17:00.000-08:002008-12-25T20:17:00.000-08:00Oh my gosh what great memories your comments bring...Oh my gosh what great memories your comments bring back! I grew up in Claremont, and went to La Puerta Junior High. My kids don't believe me that we wouldn't have PE in school on days we couldn't see the mountains cuz of the smog. I remember buying rabbits feet (now, ew!) at Sprouse-Reitz for a nickel, and riding bikes with my sister all the way to 31 flavors for my first triple scoop -- she paid the whopping 45 cents each - then getting sick on the way home. I remember the reservoir in the field behind our house between Baseline and Occidental drive, and the little shack there that we always swore was inhabited by hobos. And the sound of the coyotes roaming the fields at night! I wonder how many get squashed on the freeway thats replaced it now? Last time I was in California though I could still see the pillar-like Italian cypress that my mom planted in '64 along our back wall. Thanks for the memories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-64846731807400639632008-09-27T19:57:00.000-07:002008-09-27T19:57:00.000-07:00Ok I realize this site is all about Sid's stor...Ok I realize this site is all about Sid's story here - but that was a while back so sorry to use it as a tool to send a "hello" to an old friend - If you are out there Tony - "hi" from the past - as far back as it gets!! Karen. But I was thinking of you and your family this summer - we went to Maui (Napili Kai, love the place) but also to Lanai - what a great place this is - we had so much fun, felt like we were worlds away from any where - the most friendly people ever in all our travels, next to New Zealand! What a great island to explore. I have two sons and I have to say they were enchanted by the un touched nature - we jeeped (non green of us) to beaches that no one had been on for days - we stayed in the "up country" and loved it. It was such a different expereince. Anyways, it's fun to kind of re-connect w/ people from the past - we were lucky to have such fun growing up together! Kathy kind of up dates me on what's going on (your daughter is an incrediblle surfer!) Take care - and all the best to you and your family!<BR/>Karen - as in K&K!KarenRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480627700961913792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-35138001254206614252008-09-27T17:26:00.000-07:002008-09-27T17:26:00.000-07:00...and one more thing, "Lions living in the tunnel......and one more thing, "Lions living in the tunnels"? but the writer is anonymous?Mike Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273325426221953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-88805633049774291292008-09-27T17:21:00.000-07:002008-09-27T17:21:00.000-07:00Mike Greer has a new invention. He and Andrea are ...Mike Greer has a new invention. He and Andrea are visiting us in Hana. He should be interviewed regarding this brilliant new development.Mike Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273325426221953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-8553590807596641252008-09-27T17:19:00.000-07:002008-09-27T17:19:00.000-07:00Aloha form Hana Maui!Actually, Tony didnʻt work at...Aloha form Hana Maui!<BR/>Actually, Tony didnʻt work at the Odyssy Disco, it was called Tiffanyʻs and his sister, Sheila was the bar tendress. <BR/>Da kine, Sooz B-WMike Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273325426221953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-48874963962543379432008-08-31T00:39:00.000-07:002008-08-31T00:39:00.000-07:00Anyone remember the Tip Top Toys in the shopping a...Anyone remember the Tip Top Toys in the shopping area across from the Bowling Alley?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-37192166906011719622008-08-08T09:51:00.000-07:002008-08-08T09:51:00.000-07:00i too use to go to in-out burgers on town ave take...i too use to go to in-out burgers on town ave take off from school and hang out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-66058379693832148032008-07-23T17:05:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:05:00.000-07:00Ok, Mike - who was this infamous bartender at Odys...Ok, Mike - who was this infamous bartender at Odyssey's - the suspense is killing me. John Travolta?<BR/><BR/>Right on "annonymous" with the additon of Buffums and Soup's On!<BR/><BR/>Sid, thank you for your insights. What fond memories indeed! I suppose every small town has versions of these places and experiences, it's the people who made them significant. That's what I remember - a very special group of people. <BR/><BR/>I had the pleasure of bringing my family back to Claremont recently for the 4th celebration. I shared w/ them many fond memories of the past, and great memories for the future! <BR/>Karen Robert (Myers)KarenRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480627700961913792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-32068325935174260062008-07-20T23:51:00.000-07:002008-07-20T23:51:00.000-07:00Yes it was Farrell's-and every A&W drive-i...Yes it was Farrell's-<BR/><BR/>and every A&W drive-in that gets converted into a used car lot diminishes me (Holt & Central(?))<BR/><BR/>*Across from Vince's: see for yerself*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-83169094486465738652008-07-20T18:10:00.000-07:002008-07-20T18:10:00.000-07:00Yep...we're that age, not old, just that age. But ...Yep...we're that age, not old, just that age. But this Reminiscing makes me want to go drink out of the hose and jump through sprinklers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-86727605718078412482008-07-20T16:45:00.000-07:002008-07-20T16:45:00.000-07:00That was fun reading, Sid! I remember the citrus g...That was fun reading, Sid! <BR/>I remember the citrus groves north of Baseline long before any houses were there. Late one night, in high school, we were dropped off in the middle of them as an initiation to making the cheerleading squad and then went running, screaming back to find "civilization!"<BR/><BR/>Reminiscing makes me feel like an "old" person. Can we really be in that stage of life?!<BR/><BR/>KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851189831333788694.post-58779443886474168082008-07-20T09:59:00.000-07:002008-07-20T09:59:00.000-07:00Great article Sid, it brought back so many fond me...Great article Sid, it brought back so many fond memories. The smell of the orange blossoms and the freedom to roam, unsupervised, all day (until the streetlights came on)are some of the things I remember most about growing up in Claremont. Renee Ross and I put together a slide show (remember those?) about the disappearance of all the groves when we were in Junior High at La Puerta, the greatest Junior High ever, that isn't here anymore!. We used Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi as the background music. Kristen chose the Counting Crow's version as part of a power point presentation on deforestation recently. Talk about things coming full circle! <BR/><BR/>I came up with a few additional dining opportunities to add to the list of those that are no more. How about Soups On (Claremont), Phoenix (Montclair) and Orlando's (Pomona)? If the members of the rat pack were passing through the Pomona Valley they would have felt right at home at Orlando's! It was a little bit of Vegas in our own backyard.<BR/><BR/>On the shopping front, Buffums in Pomona was the best. Remember when people got dressed up to go shopping? One of the great things about Buffums was the Tea Room where you could stop for lunch or dessert. For men there were Ewart's (sp?) and Silverwood's. Closer to home for young ladies was Teeka's Teens.<BR/><BR/>Pinkberry has nothing on us, we had DerFreehlings Frozen Yogurt, or "frogurt" in the village. That was a huge fad in the late 70's and early 80's. It seems to have morphed into "froyo" this time around but it is back and bigger than ever.<BR/><BR/>One final thing that doesn't seem to exist anymore is live music at school dances. Ironically, my mom hired a band called Hit and Run for a Junior High School Dance back in 1975. Ten years later I married the drummer, every mom's dream! When he quit the band in 1978 (?) Robby Haerr took his place. As we always remind our kids, a la Neill Young, "Live Music is Better"! Remember the battle of bands at CHS every year? Good times.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the memories, Sid!<BR/><BR/>Sus<BR/><BR/>PS- The ice cream place in Montclair was Farrell's!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com