Refresh my memory please

Roberta

Roberta

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Baltimore_Colt said:
I was going to mention Club Sunrise but I see it's been brought up twice already. Funny thing is, I don't think there's any way in hell that as many people that say they saw Kix play there actually saw them. It would've been like 10,000 people there! Unless they played there more than once.

When did they have bowling lanes upstairs at Duke's Bar? I remember my mother saying my dad would bowl there. But he was born in '25 so that could've been 70 years ago.

Coo-Coo's Nest anyone? (I think that's what it was called)
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Yep, I remember that one, but I was way young at the time. If memory serves me it was on 235 in Lexington Park.
 
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unixdude

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There was also a Nightlife Lounge in the basement of the Pub La Casa Mexican Restaurant near the old Movie theater. Does anyone remember the name of the Sub Place across from Little Billy's and next to the Plaza Movie Theater ? Gawd those were good sandwiches to eat when you left the bar at 2:00am, pick up a sub go over to Friendly Cab and go back to the barracks ..yee ha.
 
Roberta

Roberta

OLD WISE ONE
unixdude said:
There was also a Nightlife Lounge in the basement of the Pub La Casa Mexican Restaurant near the old Movie theater. Does anyone remember the name of the Sub Place across from Little Billy's and next to the Plaza Movie Theater ? Gawd those were good sandwiches to eat when you left the bar at 2:00am, pick up a sub go over to Friendly Cab and go back to the barracks ..yee ha.
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The Nightlife was in the LOWER LEVEL of that location, but I can't remember the name of the front Bar and Restaurant at the time. The man that ran the Nightlife went on to open the Night Life on Great Mills road, the old Bowling Alley building now Cadillac Jacks.
Po'Boy's was the name of the sub shop.
 
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unixdude

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I guess later today I have to make a list of the old haunts this once young sailor visited back in 82 - 85 throughout So Md..see if brings any memories back to others....:whistle:
 
Gilligan

Gilligan

#*! boat!
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Vince said:
Habor View down near Breton Bay. Don't know if it's still around or changed owners.
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That place was covered a few pages back, yes. All gone now...the bar and trailers replaced by homes. The boat slips are still there though, I think...I was standing in B.I.'s yard on the point last summer, looking over at what used to be Harbor View, but I did not actually take the cruiser in to the Coombs Creek cut and take an up close look.

For a short while after the first sale and some renovations (and the outdoor 'tiki bar' addition), the place was busy. For a short while only, however. That's the story of most bars...after a change of management there will be a brief flurry of activity and then it fades away.

Happyland had at least three, maybe four, 'last gasp' flurries of new-management activity before it finally closed for good.
 
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aubriana

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BadGirl said:
Do you remember when Crazy Fingers used to play at Capt'n Tom's Oar House and at the Ark & Dove/Blarney Stone/Black-Eyed Susan? They also opened up for the Atlanta Rhythm Section when they played down at St. Mary's College.

They were "my" band, and I loved hanging out with those guys. :otter:
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YES! Loved those guys!
 
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aubriana

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TPD said:
As I read these posts, I wonder what the memories of today's teens/20somethings will be in 25 years. Will they be talking about all the chain restaurants they used to go to for dinner? Will it be the movies they used to watch in their parents' home theater? Or will it be the hours spent in front of the computer on FB or with a droid/iphone in their hand texting the friend sitting next to them in the car? IMO, today's generation is missing out on the social events/places that make lasting memories.

The other thing that goes through my mind reading these posts is how government intervention changes our lives. You have the banning of smoking in public places along with an alcoholic beverage board that has taken enforcement to the nth degree. This, along with zoning regulations allowing chain restaurants/big box stores to open, has all taken away the fabric of our communities, where the places like Ark & Dove Pub/Pennies/Monks Inn/Hideaway Bar/Tennison's Bar used to provide a social venue for memory making. These places anchored our communities, making them smaller, where we knew our neighbors and knew how to socialize. In today's St. Mary's County, we have lost a lot of our communities, we no longer know our neighbors, and we rely on websites like SoMD to socialize, where 90% of us have never met and never will meet IRL.

I think our lives are more miserable with traffic, crowds at all the chain stores, and hectic lives that don't allow us to slow down and spend time with our families. When I say families, I am not talking immediate, but extended, including aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. As a kid, every Sunday we went to our grandmother's house and played all day with our cousins, where we explored the woods, swam in the creek, ate homecooked meals, rode bicycles. How many of us do anything similar to that today? Our Friday evenings would include going to Scheibles to sit on the picnic tables and have an RC cola, socializing with friends, while watching all the fishing boats come in with the days catch. But again, because of government regulations, the charter boat fishing business is not what it used to be. These are just some of the examples that I see.

I miss the good ole days!
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AMEN!
 
Vince

Vince

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Gilligan said:
That place was covered a few pages back, yes. All gone now...the bar and trailers replaced by homes. The boat slips are still there though, I think...I was standing in B.I.'s yard on the point last summer, looking over at what used to be Harbor View, but I did not actually take the cruiser in to the Coombs Creek cut and take an up close look.

For a short while after the first sale and some renovations (and the outdoor 'tiki bar' addition), the place was busy. For a short while only, however. That's the story of most bars...after a change of management there will be a brief flurry of activity and then it fades away.

Happyland had at least three, maybe four, 'last gasp' flurries of new-management activity before it finally closed for good.
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Spent some time at the Habor View in my youth. Knew the folks that lived across the street from it.
 
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