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The Good Old Days in Baton Rouge
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:19 pm
My first grand baby is a boy and is now 8 and asked me what it was like when I was 12 or so, his words not mine.
My answer to him in bullet point lists sort of,
We rode our bikes anywhere we wanted
Stayed outside till mom called us in for supper
Went to something we called Fun Fair Park
Roller skating at Leo’s roller rink
Ate big hamburgers and drank thick shakes at Hoppers
Played Putt Putt Golf
Bon Marche Western Auto
Montgomery Wards
New Schwinn StingRay Bike
Real Great Smelling Christmas Trees
GI Joe and all his accessories
Wall mounted phone with a very long coiled up cord
Muffuletta’s Tamales
Kick the Can at night
Cards with clothes pins in spokes of our bikes
Playing in wards creek canal with my friends
Hot outside mom says play outside with the sprinkler or water wiggle
on and on and,
Ahhhh, the good old days…..
What say you?
My answer to him in bullet point lists sort of,
We rode our bikes anywhere we wanted
Stayed outside till mom called us in for supper
Went to something we called Fun Fair Park
Roller skating at Leo’s roller rink
Ate big hamburgers and drank thick shakes at Hoppers
Played Putt Putt Golf
Bon Marche Western Auto
Montgomery Wards
New Schwinn StingRay Bike
Real Great Smelling Christmas Trees
GI Joe and all his accessories
Wall mounted phone with a very long coiled up cord
Muffuletta’s Tamales
Kick the Can at night
Cards with clothes pins in spokes of our bikes
Playing in wards creek canal with my friends
Hot outside mom says play outside with the sprinkler or water wiggle
on and on and,
Ahhhh, the good old days…..
What say you?
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 4:21 pm
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:55 pm to Oneulus
Very few tv channels, no internet, no social media, no cell phone. It was much easier then to be a kid.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:07 pm to deltafarmer
I grew up in the 80’s in Central. We rode bikes, had dirt wars, played baseball, fished in Simple Simon’s pond , and shot basketball all the time. A trip to Cortana was a big deal and if we were lucky we’d go to Chi Chi’s afterwards.
We shopped at Winn Dixie and TG&Y in Central. If we got a movie at SR video that was a big deal. I remember waiting by the window every night for my dad to come home from work. Miss him and those days. It was a great time to be a kid.
We shopped at Winn Dixie and TG&Y in Central. If we got a movie at SR video that was a big deal. I remember waiting by the window every night for my dad to come home from work. Miss him and those days. It was a great time to be a kid.
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:11 pm to Oneulus
I grew up in a neighborhood off Highland that backed up to Bayou Fountain. We were always frickin around in the mud and woods. BR was a good place to grow up and then Katrina happened.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:18 pm to Oneulus
Rode the bike about 2 miles to swim in the Ouachita River, went anywhere we wanted (if Mom had only known), neighborhood baseball game every day, ran in the fog after the skeeter fogger went by, BB guns, collecting coke bottles for enough to buy a coke, spending a week at Grandparents on 320 acres in the middle of nowhere, fishing every day, and the list goes on for a 10yo in the early 70's
Posted on 4/27/24 at 7:28 pm to Oneulus
quote:that’s been a good minute ago. They had really good muffulettas.
Muffuletta’s Tamales
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:59 pm to Trout Bandit
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I grew up in a neighborhood off Highland that backed up to Bayou Fountain. We were always frickin around in the mud and woods. BR was a good place to grow up and then John Parker happened
FIFY
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:36 pm to Oneulus
"camping out" with the gang... 
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:38 pm to Trout Bandit
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and then Katrina happened.
truly this is when it started going to hell in a handbasket...
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:48 pm to Oneulus
Steinberg’s downtown with the big bear when you walked in. I got Roland Martin’s autograph there.
Wasn’t there an ice skating rink…maybe on Airline?
Wasn’t there an ice skating rink…maybe on Airline?
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:09 am to Oneulus
Pickup baseball, football and basketball games.
Tackle football in the lot next door.
Sit on the front porch swing and just swing.
Grab fishing pole, ride bike to the Miss River levee, set a line.
Roller skate on the side walks in the subdivision.
Grab an ice cream cone from the drug store on mains street and look at and read their magazines until someone ran us off.
Climb the sycamore trees in the yard.
Build dirt forts and layouts for our army men.
Target said army men with our BB guns.
Play cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians.
Cut up some wood scraps and try to make something…..anything.
Each of us siblings helped mom cook something when weather was crappy outside so we all learned how to be really good cooks. So happy for that.
Tackle football in the lot next door.
Sit on the front porch swing and just swing.
Grab fishing pole, ride bike to the Miss River levee, set a line.
Roller skate on the side walks in the subdivision.
Grab an ice cream cone from the drug store on mains street and look at and read their magazines until someone ran us off.
Climb the sycamore trees in the yard.
Build dirt forts and layouts for our army men.
Target said army men with our BB guns.
Play cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians.
Cut up some wood scraps and try to make something…..anything.
Each of us siblings helped mom cook something when weather was crappy outside so we all learned how to be really good cooks. So happy for that.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:18 am to Oneulus
Grew up in the mid 60's in LC. Had family that were rice farmers in Holmwood and Bel City. Some of my fondest memories were being the "retriever" for my dad and uncles during duck and goose hunting. Running through the cut fields while the men ran the combines. Hanging out by the dryers and shooting doves. Kicking up quail and woodcock along old hedgerows and fence lines. My only grandson just turned 3 and will never get to experience the sheer fun I had as a kid.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:44 am to canyon
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My only grandson just turned 3 and will never get to experience the sheer fun I had as a kid.
It’s part of your job to make it happen for him.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:45 am to pdubya76
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I grew up in the 80’s in Central. We rode bikes, had dirt wars, played baseball, fished in Simple Simon’s pond , and shot basketball all the time. A trip to Cortana was a big deal and if we were lucky we’d go to Chi Chi’s afterwards.
We shopped at Winn Dixie and TG&Y in Central. If we got a movie at SR video that was a big deal. I remember waiting by the window every night for my dad to come home from work. Miss him and those days. It was a great time to be a kid.
Sounds almost exactly like my childhood in Central
Posted on 4/28/24 at 1:18 pm to fallguy_1978
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Sounds almost exactly like my childhood in Central
I lived off of Gurney Rd. That was the country back then .
Posted on 4/28/24 at 1:24 pm to pdubya76
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I lived off of Gurney Rd. That was the country back then .
I went to CPS K-10th grade. Spent tons of time in Willow Wood Acres as a kid. My best friend lived there. Riding go carts and 3 wheelers. Rope swings over the creek.
We lived in Tanglewood at that time.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 1:29 pm to fallguy_1978
What was has initials ? I lived on the back street . Our house isn’t there anymore.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 1:33 pm to pdubya76
BD. They lived on the main road, about 3rd or 4th house from the end on the right.
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 4/28/24 at 1:34 pm to fallguy_1978
Have a sister named Crystal ?
Posted on 4/28/24 at 1:36 pm to pdubya76
Yep. If you know them you almost certainly know me
Crazy that neighborhood flooded. My childhood house in Tanglewood did too. I've never even seen standing water in the street growing up there.
Crazy that neighborhood flooded. My childhood house in Tanglewood did too. I've never even seen standing water in the street growing up there.
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 1:38 pm
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