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Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
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While talking to BBB at the WILLIAMSBURG FILM FEST on Thursday, we we talking about how I became a huge fan of all things western, 5 years ago at the age of 43, after spending my whole life being a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve McCarty May 14, 2012.
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Steve McCarty replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
Steve McCarty replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"The little western Kansas town that my family all lived in is still there. Nor has it changed much. I hear that they are going to tear down the old Delux Theatre, which is sad. I had spent many happy nights in that little…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"Actually, Liberty Hill, Texas still had crank telephones in the 1970s, 'cause after my folks had to sell the ranch they lived there a while. Their number was 37 outside the system. I was living in the Dallas area at the time, &…"
Dave McGowan replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"Yes, Charlie, the small towns are something I look back on with pleasure. In Western Canada ... Winnipeg west ... there were grain elevators dotted all over. Driving by on one of the highways you can see them off to the right and left. However, the…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"A lot of our small farming-ranching towns here in Texas have died. Back in the '50s & early '60s Briggs, which is just off US 183 in Lampasas County, was a thriving town. It had a big school, a general store, a barber shop,…"
Steve McCarty replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"We only had one beer joint in town and they served only 3.2 beer. Eighteen year olds could drink beer in there. They had two pool tables and half a dozen card tables where old men would play dominos. I think they played…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"We didn't have any kin in Georgetown. There was a lady who taught 1st grade where Mom tought 3rd. They were close friends, & Dad & her husband were pals. They had a daughter who was a knockout, but she was 5 years…"
Steve McCarty replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"Living near those little farm towns was the best. We got our driver's license when we were 13. That's the 8th grade. We all had jobs working on the farm where we plowed during the summer and also worked cattle, but I…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"I spent my early years in Austin, but I grew up on a central Texas ranch--400 acres of hardpan, cedar breaks, & honeycomb limestone. I had a horse from the time I was 10, & believe me, cowboyin' ain't nothin' like in the…"
Steve McCarty replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"A nickel was money! You could get a lot for a nickel. A cherry or lime coke cost a nickel. A box of Juicy Fruits cost a nickel (My doc says I can't eat them anymore.) A Baby Ruth candy bar cost a nickel.
My allowance in…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"What killed the drive-ins was daylight saving time. With that idiocy, here in Texas it doesn't start to get dark until about 8:30 in the summer time, which was mostly when we went to the drive-ins. Up in the northern tier of states…"
Steve McCarty replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"I do not recall a distinction between the two "types" of Drive In's. But if there were several in town as you mentioned it seems logical that there would be two kinds.
The lines to get in were long. I recall waiting in my…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"There were 2 types of drive-ins--family theaters & passion pits. At their peak, Austin, Texas, had 6--Longhorn, Chief, North Austin, Delwood, South Austin, & Montopolis. North Austin had to close when…"
Steve McCarty replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"At their peak drive-in movies were very popular. I recall driving around and around in my dad's 55 Chevy station wagon looking for a place to pull in. Remember when some yahoo in front of you wouldn't take his foot off of the…"
C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"With one exception, the only drive-in cafes in Austin were local ones. The Pig Stand was the only chain, & it came out of San Antonio. None of ours had short-skirt carhops on roller skates. The first 'chain'…"
Stan H replied to Steve Bowen's discussion Is it possible to be nostalgic for 2 eras that I didn't even live through?
"Charley
I forgot to mention the drive-ins,, both the movie type and the hamburger places,, with car hops wearing short skirts and on roller-skates,,
Got my first "car" in 1958, It was a 1939 Chevy pickup. Went to the drive-in…"
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