1. The old midway at State Fair Park with the Old Mill, the Haunted House, the Rotor and the Couple-Up.
2. George Webb burgers contained V.G.M.
3. Ziegler's GIANT candy bar
4. Borden Co Milk & Ice Cream
5. Gemutlichkeit
6. American Motors body plant on N. Richards
7. Pop's Theater also, Uncle Hugo
8. Mrs. Howe's Potato Chips
9. Samson the Gorilla
10. The ice skating rink at Mayfair
11. Gimbel's stores
12. Pabst Blatz Schlitz Gettelman Braumeister
13. The "SS Milwaukee Clipper" ferry to Muskegon, Michigan!
14. Albert the Alleycat
15. Dr. Cadaverino & Nightmare Theater (WITI)
16. The Oriental Pharmacy
17. Howard and Rosemary
18. Treasure Island stores
19. The Bowling Game
20. Spic and Span
21. Sign at Standard stations "As you travel ask us"
22. The Channel 18 news with Liz Talbot
23. The U2 and Police concerts at The Palms
24. Crazy TV Lenny
25. The Starship
26. The Belmont Hotel bar
27. The Pabst Brewery tour
28. Radio Doctors
29. Farrell's at Northridge and Southridge
30. WQFM
31. Showbiz Pizza
32. Public Natatorium (remember the dolphins?)
33. The old Kopp's Frozen Custard on Appleton
34. Larry the Legend
35. Harvey's Wallbangers
36. Closing Wolski's
37. Alan Kulwicki
38. Cryptosporidium
39. Miller's Clear Beer
40. MECCA
41. Slightly Kloss Eyed
42. The Green Sheet
43. Ione Quinby Griggs' column in the Green Sheet
44. The alternative newspaper, Kaleidoscope
45. "Nelson Brothers loves you and you'll love them too"
46. Century Hall
47. Great Place on a Great Lake
48. Marc's Big Boy
49. Schuster's Department Store
50. Old Smokey at the lakefront
51. Layton School of Art
52. '82 World Series
53. The Submarine at the end of Russell St.
54. Milwaukee Road Train Station
55. Bill Carlson- the Channel 4 weatherman
56. Borchert Field
57. Crazy Jim's Demolition Derbies
58. Miller Maritime Days
59. South Division Dome
60. Washington Park Zoo
61. Harold Breier
62. When Bluemound Road was in the country
63. Chris Elliot's Diner
64. Tarzana
65. Bob Kasten
66. Outdoor Capitol Court / Capitol Court
67. The Milwaukee Road
68. Schlitz Brewery
69. Southgate / Southgate Mall
70. Amusement park behind Southgate
71. Pink Floyd at County Stadium
72. Peaches Records and Tapes
73. The real Pig n' Whistle
74. The Grand (women's clothing store with ad that said "She gets her clothes at The Grand")
75. The Bluemound Drive-in
76. 59 Drive-in
77. Victory Drive-in
78. Starlight Drive-in
79. The Melody Top
80. Kressge's Dime Store
81. Jojo's (where one could get jello)
82. Pipkorn Sand and Gravel
83. The Uptown Theater
84. The Avant Garde
85. Schwabbenhof's Restaurant
86. County Stadium
87. The flood at Summerfest
88. "The Carpets here at Hermax...."
89. King Braeger
90. The Fruit Ranch (locations on Fond du Lac Ave., Blue Mound Road)
91. Fruit Boat (just south of Downtown.)
92. The Bugle American
93. Bonnie Brewer
94. Schwartz downtown bookshop
95. The Pillsbury silo
96. Laurencia Bemebenik
97. Sally's
98. Pinky's Bowl
99. "Red Barn" fast food joints
100. WZMF "and the war continues"
101. Dutchland Dairy ( The Whataburger / haystack onions )
102. Stone Toad
103. Hill's Department Store
104. It's 11 o'clock. Parents, do you know where your children are...
105. Butter Bun Burgers
106. Mr. Yuk
107. Muskego Beach
108. Dandelion Park
109. Trampoline courts all over town
110. When Clement Ave. in Bay View was brick?
111. Dick "The Bruiser" & "The Crusher"
112. "IT'S A DRAW" WITH SID STONE ON CH 4
113. Bowling with the Champs
114. The "Nike Sites" at the Lakefront, Hopkins St. & Florist Ave., Lannon and Brown Deer Road & Highway 141.
115. 1812 Overture Record Stores
116. "Monkey Island"
117. Carvel ice cream
118. A&W on Villard Avenue
119. Gran'pa Graf's Root Beer & Soda's ....."Graf's Got Everything"
120. Sears on Mitchell Street where a 'voice' would tell you where to park.
121. Earl Gillespie
122. Earl's "Holy Cow" after a Braves home run.
123. Robert Hall clothing stores
124. Suburpia Subs & the 'food chute'
125. Chickland Restaurant on 27th
126. The G.E.X. store
127. The Billy Bookworm Club
128. Shopping at Spartan's
129. The old Paradise Theatre in West Allis
130. Johnston's Cookie Factory (Twilight Dessert)
131. The BIG Girl Scout sugar cookies
132. Red Owl food stores
133. A&P food stores
134. Kroger / Krambo food stores
135. Barbara Becker (Cartoon Alley)
136. Dr Bop on WAWA
137. Moreway and Treasure Island stores
138. Atlantic Mills Stores
139. Arlan's Stores
140. Arthur Treachers Fish & Chips
141. American Soda on S. 43rd street
142. The Mad Hatter
143. Barnaby's
144. The flying saucers at the Safe House
145. "Punky and His Pals"
146. Billie the Brownie
147. Palomar roller skating rink
148. U-TELL dept. store
149. HI-FI-FO-FUM
150. Fritz the plumber
151. Charlie & Shaky ( WISN )
152. Kwik Shake on 13th St.
153. The lunch counter at Woolworth's
154. Joe Szot and the Hot Shots
155. Milky Way on Port Rd
156. The Port Silver Diner
157. Judy Marx
158. Father Groppi
159. Crazy Jim
160. Pauls Hamburgers on 27th & Forest Home Ave.
161. Car 92 Where are you? ( WOKY )
162. AC Spark Plug Oak Creek
163. When you could throw peanut shells on the floor at The Ground Round
164. Barney Pip
165. Carl Zimmerman
166. Zayre's
167. Dialing for Dollars
168. The smell of Ambrosia chocolate downtown
169. Papagaio's
170. "Who do you know wants to buy a car?"
171. Allis Chalmers
172. Uncle Hugo
173. Mac the Mailman
174. Schuster's Christmas Parade
175. Kookie Cookie House
176. Lionel Aldridge
177. Merl Duesing Safari
178. "Meet me at the Fountain at Summerfest"
179. The filming of "Major League" and "Dillinger"
180. When Channel 6 and Channel 12 swapped networks
181. Billy's Old Mill
182. Excalibur
183. Wally Rank ( And his famous antique car shows )
184. First Wisconsin
185. The Colony Shop
186. Burger Chef
187. Captain's Steak Joint
188. Grebe's Bakery at 11th and Wisconsin
189. Mad Man Michaels a.k.a. The Czarnina Kid
190. Sid Stone
191. Farmer Vic
192. The Jabberwocky
193. When you could feed marshmallows to the polar bears at the Zoo
194. T.A. Chapman's
195. Irv the Working Man's Friend on Mitchell St.
196. Ben Barkin
197. Potato Brothers Store
198. The streetcar ride to County Stadium over Miller Valley
199. Victor Berger's The Milwaukee Leader (Socialist newspaper)
200. Blue River Cafe
201. When it was illegal to sell margarine and Coors in Wisconsin
202. The riots of July 1967
203. The "blue flu" in the police department
204. Mayor Maier
205. Foreman Tom B-Square Ranch Club
206. Willy Wampum
207. The old Boulevard Inn
208. Olson Electronics
209. Capitol Court's:
A. Kiddie Town Amusement Park (later "Fun Town", then "Putt Putt Minature Golf")
B. Kooky Cookie House (at Christmas)
C. Giant Christmas Tree (It played "bell music" which drove 60th Street residents bonkers by about December 15th.)
210. "Save at Wauwatosa" jingle.
211. Boston Village on West Fond du Lac.
212. Trackless trolley buses
213. Polly Prim Cleaners
214. Joy Farm Summer Camp.
215. The TV-6 tower being lit from base to top (Tower of Light)
216. Christmas ice cream from Golden Gurnsey Dairy.
217. The lake ferry "Highway 16."
218. Donny Lyles on WNOV ("If you gotta be to work by eight AM, you've got ten minutes to ride!")
219. "Ruby-Ruby, Ruby-Ruby, Ruby Chevrolet......Come in Today!"
220. The old prison off Hopkins Street & Florist (originally "The House of Correction", then the
221. "Army Disciplinary Barracks.")
222. Henry's Hamburgers and the Pizza Wagon, both near Appleton & Capitol
223. Heinemann Creameries, Inc., "Yum Yum Kewaskum"
224. Kewpie brand canned corn & peas
225. Harry Tann Oil Company
226. National Liquor Bar
227. Speed Queen Ribs
228. Jake’s Deli on North Ave.
229. Jake’s Steak House [and their onion rings]
230. Winky’s
231. Chicago Northwestern Depot
232. Bradford Beach
233. The Water Tower and the riots in the 60’s
234. Bud Donohue Chevy
235. The Carriage House Motel [where the Beatles stayed while in Milwaukee]
236. Uhle’s
237. Leon’s Custard
238. Bob Kames Organs
239. The Milky Way
240. Billy Sixty
241. Ray Jackson’s Restaurant on Bluemound
242. Strachota’s on Capitol
243. Hooligan’s on North and on 35th street
244. Club 31
245. Lo Duca Brothers
246. The Ad Lib
247. The Brass Rail on 3rd Street
248. Badger Bus Lines
249. Lee Rothman
250. Bob Betts
251. Frank Charles
252. Get-Get Gettleman
253. Braumeister Beer
254. Marquette Football Field on 37th and Clyborne
255. Alioto’s
256. Fazio’s
257. Bluemound Marine
258. Eugene’s
259. Tony Peters
260. Bradley Carr on Channel 12
261.Gretchen Colnick and Mrs. Karl's Bread

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