One of our good friends worked at Seven Seas (thanks for remembering the name) with the dolphins.

In the Metroplex
1. Old Arlington Stadium
2. Celebration on Camp Bowie in FTW.
3 Having young hotties check me out , now all they say is "Hello SIR "

Aggieland
1. Taking girls on the golf course after hours
2. Steam Tunnels
3. Deluxe
4. The original Cow Hop
5. 3C ( best CFS EVER)
6. Archies
7 **** Mom's Diner in Bryan ******( best 5.00 all u could eat family style place in the history of planet earth
8. Thursday night at the Chicken
9. FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE BONFIRE.

I forgot about Pennywhistle park. Always heard ads for it but never went.

Spent time at the movie theaters at Prestonwood, Canyon Creek and Belt Line and Coit and another one at Spring Valley and Coit.

Spent quite a bit at Twin Rivers

Forgot about Farrell's Ice Cream.

What about the snow cone place on Coit and Plano Parkway that operated out of a gas station parking lot?

There was a small water park in Garland (not White Water on LBJ, it predated White Water) that the church groups I'd hang out with would go for fun. I'm thinking it was on Jupiter and Forest.

Six Flags before the Warner Brothers stuff started taking over. Six Flags from the 70's and 80's.

I remember going to the drive in on Forest and Central with my parents and falling asleep during the movie and waking up in my bed. I couldn't figure out how I got my bed when I woke up. Then again when you're 4 these things are a mystery.

I also thought the Taco Bueno especially the one off of Campbell and Central had a pretty cool arcade area. It's now Cafe Brazil. Taco Bueno's don't have those any more.

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There was a small water park in Garland (not White Water on LBJ, it predated White Water) that the church groups I'd hang out with would go for fun. I'm thinking it was on Jupiter and Forest.

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This is the place I posted about earlier ... I don't know if I ever knew the name, but it was a pretty fun place, in an old-school way.

Speaking of Richardson, at the corner of Belt Line and Central was Sun-Rexall Drugs, which is now a party warehouse of some sort ... the large sign is still there, but the glory of that old, musty drug store is long gone.

Does anyone recall the driving range with the gigantic golf ball on a tee that you could aim at? It had a huge hole in it that you could dial in on ... In my mind, it was probably 30-feet tall, but in reality, it may have been much smaller.

Tree Hugger, those were the big three for me. White Water, International Wildlife Park, and Sesame Place. That huge Ford dealership at I-30 and Beltline is where White Water was. I learned to swim there. I remember when they poured concrete in the pipes of the old wave pool, pretty much sealing the deal that it (or something like it) wouldn't make it back.
I think Sesame Place was near the southwest corner of 183 and Beltline, maybe a little further back like closer to Esters (I think I was still in the single digits when it closed). Lowes/Sports Authority/WalMart/second-run movie theater are in that area now.

To the person talking about malls disappearing, don't forget Red Bird. Collin Creek is really struggling. I took a client in there the other day (his request, against my advice). He told me to call the LL after we left and when the LL claimed that the mall was 70% occupied and doing pretty decent sales I laughed at him on the phone. Irving Mall is struggling but Simon is going to work to give it a makeover. Willowbend is also struggling but Taubman (the LL) has too much into it to give it up.

Someone asked where Sesame Place was. I think it was on the southeast corner of 183 and where 161 is now.

Sesame Place was at the corner of Pioneer and Esters, a few blocks west of Beltline and a few blocks south of 183. They had that huge net thing there for a long time after it closed. Finally they replaced it with a movie theater. It basically sat behind where the Wal-Mart is now on 183.

I spent some good times there as a kid.

Anybody happen to remember Firehouse Burgers in Irving on Grauwyler, near Story? It was a little place run by off-duty firefighters, and those were the best burgers ever.

Bowley and Wilson's in Dallas,

Tub Club,

Confetti's, Cowboys, etc.

what about monopolys

mhayden,

Two band names: Winter Havest and Second Wind

Wet N Wild: Garland

oh the memories... especially of the soccer-playing blonde from Bryan Adams. I bet there aren't many of those anymore either.

Firehouse Burgers. That place was great, my uncle (a firefighter) used to take me there as a kid.

Speaking of burger joints, whatever happened to Feed Bag? Are they part of the past or is there one still around somewhere? Anyone remember Shakey's Pizza?

My south arlington neighborhood when i was a kid. It was one of the nicest and now its a sheethole.

Wet n Wild in Garland.

I was at Wet n Wild probaby 4-5 days a week in the summer time. Got into a lot of trouble stopping and climbing up slides, trying to impress the ladies, etc.

Good times.

feed bag, Shakey's Pizza, and also the hole in the wall...lifelong how old r u and where did you go to high school

There was also a Straw Hat Pizza on Greenville we used to hang out when I was in high school... great pizza and beer.......

Oh, and how could I forget the Dallas Blackhawks!!? My friends and I had season tickets in high school....... minor league hockey at its best! They used to have nickel beer nights too!

yep the black hawks...allen will be getting a minor league team next year.....how about the chapperals??when i was a kid we used to go to those games with the red white and blue ball

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how about the chapperals??when i was a kid we used to go to those games with the red white and blue ball

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Yup, me too..... you do know that this franchise is now the San Antonio Spurs?

What league will the new Allen team be in.....?

I'm probably older than anyone on here so there's lots of Dallas's past that I've seen come and go. I graduated from Kimball HS in its first graduating class --------- way back in 1960.

it will be chl....
i went to lake highlands grad 83

Olympic Pizza
El Arroyo
Two Rows
Filling Station
Joe Willies

White Water
International Wildlife Park
The Coppertank in Deep Ellum
Sesame Place
North Lake as a recreational lake



DallasAg, did you go to IHS?

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a note about the International Wildlife Park... the trails are still there. Look at a Google Map of the area, and you can still see a few containers out there as well as many of the grown over roads. We used to go off-roading out there in High School!


Seven Seas was where that white hotel (Marriott) near The Temple is now... you can still see one of the stone pavilions on site there!

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Class of '98.

this is Frankenstein, stealing my wife's login...

I have fond memories of the hop, as well as club-a on lover's.

seminary south mall was nice back in the day.

Mama's pizza used to be all.over.the.place and is still some of the best pizza you can get.

old Arlington stadium.... 2nd deck behind home plate.

white water.

over in wedgewood..... on alta mesa. Taco Mayo.

Rollerland rollerrink on alta mesa.

Woolworth woolco on forum drive. Loved that place when i was a kid.

Zip again

I forgot about another place.

Thunderbird roller rink off of Spring Valley between Central and Greenville. I remember being bussed there for a PE classes for a month while in jr high. Loved going there and skating around.

Now this is really going way back, but does anyone else remember the ice skating rink at Fair Park? I think they used to have the Ice Capades every year there.

Does anyone remember Corps Trip parades in either Dallas or Ft. Worth every fall?

i do lifelong used to go....also what about when they shut love field down for a few years and had ice/roller skating movies etc

Who went to Nine Acres in Keller?

Does anyone remember the name of the teen dance place in E. Arlington--might have been on Collins. By the dollar theater. I don't think I'd go there in broad daylight these days. It was sketchy even in the 80's. I can't believe my parents thought that was a good idea.

hell yeah! that skate rink with largest TX flag in world at Prestonwood mall (and throwing french fries onto the rink and blaming it on other ******* kids)

1. When Collin Creek Mall had the creek and the stores behind there. Great candy store and popcorn store.
2. Leaps & Bounds. Best 13th birthday party ev-er (yes that's prob too old to enjoy it, but whatev)

I didn't move to the DFW area until 1994, so I don't have any childhood memories here. However, I remember coming up in college and going to Confetti's, anyone remember that?

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Aggieland
1. Taking girls on the golf course after hours
2. Steam Tunnels
3. Deluxe
4. The original Cow Hop
5. 3C ( best CFS EVER)
6. Archies
7 **** Mom's Diner in Bryan ******( best 5.00 all u could eat family style place in the history of planet earth
8. Thursday night at the Chicken
9. FIGHTIN TEXAS AGGIE BONFIRE.

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Wow, what a great list, although I never did Mom's or 3C (where's that?).

The original Cowhop, I think I had the Chicken-fried Steak Sandwich and fries, with a Coke, for under $2.50, at least 5 times/week.

Never missed Deluxe, actually hated that place. La Taqueria will forever be missed by me, Muy.