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Yes, the old Sanger Brothers dept. store downtown Dallas did have one in the Bargain Basement shoe department. Used it many time when I was growing up.
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Remember Smilin' Ed McConnell and "Froggy". "Snap your magic twanger, Froggy...Hiya Kids, Hiya Hiya!" Or, a little late was Slambang Theater with Icky Twerp,.
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My friend and I would ride the trolley to fair park in the summer and swim at the concrete pool built above ground. I remember going up steps to get to the pool. Many times, we were the only ones there. When we left, we would walk over to the Youngblood's chicken restaurant inside Fair Park and eat our boxed fried chicken. Also does anyone remember cutting ride coupons from the Times Herald to us
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His real name was Max K. Lipscomb. Played around Dallas for years. Just when Sonny and Cher were beginning to get popular with "I got you Babe" , They came to Dallas and were backed up by Scotty McKay and his "orchestra".
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KLIF and KBOX were big rivals. KLIF had Ken Dowe and "Granny Emma". They also had Charlie and Harrigan...Harrigan was Ron Chapman.
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What about the Plaza theater on Mckinney across from North Dallas High School...and the Delman. I think it was in the Casa Loma area.
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Back in the 50's, Woozie had a contest...When your phone rang and it was Woozie calling, if you answered "Woozie" instead of '"hello" you won a prize. I remember my mother won a small radio.
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I think the Blue Front was owned by the Klepak family.
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A & W Root Beer stands had carhops in the forties.
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I worked at McCord's from 1963 to 1967 as a salesman. The address was 1916 Elm Street. I worked there with Don Hosek, Tommy Bollinger, Johnnie Shields, Jerry Zapata, and Bob Oglesby. Freddie also worked during the summer. I remember J. Fred being one of the kindest, most easygoing men I have known. Al Strickland was the piano salesman upstairs. I got to meet Ike and Tina Turner, Bob Wills, and Ho
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