Will BCS ever wise up and get one? The
There is actually a very large but silent cabal trying to rebuild Poohs Park. What a glorious skating Mecca that was back in the day…michellecan said:
Will BCS ever wise up and get one? The
haha my wife still talks about that place and her purple RS-1000's whatever the heck those were lolEvenPar said:
Rolling Thunder owned by the Artz family. I remember the NYE Lock-ins and balloon drops.
Hornbeck said:
I seem to remember a big one on Texas Avenue at Holleman…,
I grew up in Bryan and had forgotten all about Rolling Thunder! That was THE place back in my childhood lol.EliteElectric said:haha my wife still talks about that place and her purple RS-1000's whatever the heck those were lolEvenPar said:
Rolling Thunder owned by the Artz family. I remember the NYE Lock-ins and balloon drops.
Hornbeck said:
I seem to remember all of those type places, even bumper cars and bumper boats, but for some reason all of them have shut down. For whatever reason, we can't have nice things.
EvenPar said:
Rolling Thunder owned by the Artz family. I remember the NYE Lock-ins and balloon drops.
I remember my first trip to Pooh's Park, driving past the mall under construction. The mall killed Pooh's Park for us as teenagers.BaitShack said:
Lol great times. I can probably name a few names in nearly all those pics too. Most of the pics look like were taken before the skating rink remodel and the new entrance was moved onto the back side and the main entrance was off of Holleman East, just past the laundry-mat. The skating rink was eventually shortened some to make room for an indoor carousel and Ferris wheel in the back.halibut sinclair said:
I know those kids in that last b/w photo!
slyk said:Lol great times. I can probably name a few names in nearly all those pics too. Most of the pics look like were taken before the skating rink remodel and the new entrance was moved onto the back side and the main entrance was off of Holleman East, just past the laundry-mat. The skating rink was eventually shortened some to make room for an indoor carousel and Ferris wheel in the back.halibut sinclair said:
I know those kids in that last b/w photo!
I remember on the crowed nights there were would be 200+ people in there. Sadly the skating fad started to die away in the mid 80's and they closed down in '87 I believe. Seems like once the teens got to about 16-18 y/o they moved on to bigger better things and the younger group of kid skaters died out, thus left the skate sessions near empty. There could of been some other contributing factors too, idk.
Fwiw- roller blades or in-line skates were unheard of then.
Help me out here...was Rolling Thunder at the now current Planet Fitness building on Briarcrest for a short time, post the Pooh's Park era? Was then moved to the one that was on back side of Grand Station?
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Isn't there (or was) a Facebook page created for Pooh's Park?
slyk said:
Help me out here...was Rolling Thunder at the now current Planet Fitness building on Briarcrest for a short time, post the Pooh's Park era?
AggiePhil said:slyk said:
Help me out here...was Rolling Thunder at the now current Planet Fitness building on Briarcrest for a short time, post the Pooh's Park era?
That building was a Mr. Gatti's when I came here for school in the early 2000s.