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Sherwood Forest 80s/Early 90s Nostalgia Thread - What Do You Remember?

Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:23 am
Posted by King Teal
The Last Banana Republic
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:23 am
Broadmoor Dollar Theater
Flea Market behind the theater
Poncho's Mexican Buffet
Podnuh's BBQ
Audubon Elementary School (when BR still had the GT program)
Cortana Mall
Celebration Station
Winn Dixie near Old Hammond Road
Mary Lee's Donuts (I remember this was the only place that had power after Andrew in 92)
K&B Drugs near Florida
Sporting goods store in the Sherwood South Shopping Center (what was the name?)

I also remember some very dark years of LSU Football (when I was a kid, my daily hat had Mike Archer's signature under the bill..)

What are some other staples of this once-great slice of the American dream?

What will it take to re-gentrify Sherwood, and return it to its 70s/80s glory?

Or is it too far gone?
Posted by BuxNDux
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:24 am to
way too far gone
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:26 am to
The best Sheriff of Nottingham couldn't fix it.
Posted by SG_Geaux
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:28 am to
quote:

Sporting goods store in the Sherwood South Shopping Center (what was the name?)



Sports Unlimited
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:29 am to
New Jew
Posted by Jack Daniel
In the bottle
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:29 am to
I was never allowed to go to that trashy part of town.
Posted by dinner roll
buttery goodness
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:32 am to
These are all Broadmoor things. Stay out of our neighborhood.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:34 am to
quote:

Sports Unlimited

then Jumbo Sports






Sicilys Pizza near Cortana. Was the first time I ever saw a projector tv. Also the Dig Dug tabletop arcade was the tits.



Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:35 am to
St. Thomas More parish festival
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:36 am to
quote:

Sporting goods store in the Sherwood South Shopping Center (what was the name?)


Sports Unlimited, I believe. Then Jumbo Sports which was the beginning of the end. I miss the old real sporting goods stores, where the employees actually knew about what they were selling and you could buy products that were from middle of the line up instead of the Walmart-ish stores we get these days.

I remember the 2 apartment complexes at I-12 and Sherwood (Forestwood and Willow Bend Lake) being nice places to live and the pools during warm weather being a REAL nice spot to hang out. Then, the trash moved in...

Mike's Grill (bar) back where Oak Lodge is now. I can't remember what it was called before Mike's.

quote:

Or is it too far gone?


Too far

Posted by fatboydave
Fat boy land
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:37 am to
How long has egg roll king been around?
Pancho's RIP
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:38 am to
This can't be a thread without mentioning Tony's Poboys and Donuts on Old Hammond & Millerville.
Posted by MisterFaster
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:38 am to
Hopper's


Posted by ell_13
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:39 am to
We would ride our bikes to the Albertsons for candy or to rent a movie
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:40 am to
racist arse old man
Posted by randybobandy
NOLA
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:42 am to
Sports page Bar. Live band almost every night.
Posted by NorthEnd
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:46 am to
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New Jew


I had forgotten about that
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:50 am to
Sports Unlimited was awesome as a kid.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
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60283 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:51 am to
quote:

Sports Unlimited was awesome as a kid.

sure was.
Mom used to take us to K&B next door in the same building to pick out candy to sneak in her purse to Broadmoor theater.
Posted by MottLaneKid
Gonzales
Member since Apr 2012
4543 posts
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:54 am to
1977-1988: lived in Sherwood Forest:

1. Broadmoor Theatre watching Smokey and The Bandit.

2. Working at Winn/Dixie on Little John.

3. Kmart and their blue light specials.

4. K&B drugstores that had payphoneboothes outside.

5. Steak & Ale
6, New Generation
7. skate City in Florida BVLD.

8. Kids actually playing in the neighborhood rather than on an electronic device.

9. St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church.

10. Skaggs & Albertsons
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