Ballard High

February 23, 2009

Think You're a Beaver??

This is a group for some Old School Ballard-Heads from the 70-90s. They might need some help here from some of us OLDER Ballard reps from the sixties….don’t know who started this, but I thought it would be cool to think about some old stuff. Add what you think needs to be added

1.  Black and red are still your favorite colors.
2.   You've ever just had coffee at the Denny's on 15th and Market
3.    You ate at Zesto's before it was cool to eat at Zesto's
4.   You ever kissed anyone on Sunset Hill.
5.   You still call people who wear leather and smoke "S-Wingers"
6.  You were from Ballard before it was hip to be from Ballard.
7.   You didnt know that the Sands was a strip club until after you graduated.
8.  You never ate in the cafeteria
9.   The only apple machine that you've ever seen in your whole life was in the AC
10. You remember the AC
11. You know who Bennie is
12. You went to GoldenGarden before the rest of the world found out.
13. You can remember skipping class to "just hang out in the parking lot"
14. You know what Lutefisk and Lefse are even though you are not Norwegian
15. You think beavers are cool
16. You ever ran on a second floor wooden track
17. You thought you were cool because you had a locker in "spirit hall".
18. You didnt have a locker in spirit hall and thought those kids were not cool
19. you ever made fun of someone from Kent
20. You ever told a freshman that there was pool on the fourth floor.
21. You drive by the new High School and have no desire to go in there.
22. You remember when there was nothing to do in Ballard.
23. You hung out at Sunset Bowl
24. You were from Ballard before it was cool.
25. Most of your friends had old houses with basements with wood paneling.
26. You still think Ingraham Sucks.
27. You went to have all-you-can-eat pizza at Godfathers for lunch, but only    had about 20 minutes to stuff your face
28. You didn't get funny looks from people if you said "I'm going to get some Dicks" and in fact, people wanted to either go with you and wanted you to bring some Dicks back
29. You remember the old J.C.Penny’s on Market St.

30. you used to use the sand trail at sunset park to get to the gardens. (don't forget the rope swing that used to be down there).
31 You went to Webster Elementry
32. You remember when there wasn't any speed bumps at the gardens
33. when you used to go to dairy queen after a little league baseball game. (now its scooters)
34. You remeber skating down blue ridge and it was all black top
35. You remember Arts
36. You remember Pizza and Pipes
37. You got a job because of the shop class you took
38. You remember the first Adams Elementary, and went to the last open house
39. Vita Del Market
40. You remember Ray's when it was a boat house
41. Going to Pizza Petes
42. Kress's on market
43. Grilled cheese and sidewalk sundaes at the cafe on 65th and 32nd
44. When the Back Stage was the Ballard Theater & Phil's Jewelry
45. BARDAHL--Add It To Your Oil -- Add It To Your Gas
46. TRADEWELL / PAY N SAVE
47. GilmanPark
48. BURGERAMA and Kurly-Kone
49. The submarine races at Golden Gardens
50. When Kresses was the "5 & dime store"
51. When the lot behind the gas station next to BHS was turned into a trampoline playground at only .50cents each for a whole hour to jump
52. When Zesto's didn't have indoor seating
53. The Vikings and Varsuvians "secret" Hell night
54. The hot rod races on Shilshole Ave
55. Paul’s Candy store on 32nd by WebsterSchool with boxes of penny candy
56. The corner soda fountain a block N. of BHS w/the two sisters who made great burgers.
57. "Pinky" burger at Zestos's.
58. Ballard HS had portables.

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Linda Leiren Jordan on March 5, 2009 4:42 PM

Hey, this isn't just for 70'-90's heads.  It's for us 60's heads too. Before the "apple machine "was in the AC, it was in the hall right before one went outside to go to the cafeteria.  I was in charge of it in '68.  Wow, #30--I'd temporarily forgotten!   Cool!<br /><br />How about having a cherry coke at Art Olsen's?  Or going to the original  Ballard Library and just longing to be able to check out books from downstairs (no limit!).

Joel Johnson on March 15, 2009 2:58 PM

This comment is to dispell the rumours of the swimming pool on the fourth floor....it IS true, because we kyped the key from the janitors office--it was above the seats in the auditorium toward the back. Their was a large wooden thing that looked like a hot-tub with pipes running out of it. It flushed all the toilets in the school. I'm not naming names, but someone put RED powder-paint (3 containers) in, and they all flushed red for a week. We stood outside the ladies restrooms and LAUGHED at the looks on their faces. Anonymous

Joleen Schwetz on August 18, 2009 3:31 PM

Actually, according to my father, the swimming pool was on the roof of the school and the seniors sold tickets to the incoming freshman. Believe it or not!

Linda Leiren Jordan on March 18, 2009 7:58 PM

I was born in Ballard Hospital when it was above Lafferty's.  How many others were born there?

John Bussiere on May 10, 2009 7:20 PM

Hey, me too. I was born there when the old Ballard Hospital was located there.

Sherri Brooks on June 17, 2009 3:10 PM

Terri & I were also born at good ole Ballard hosp. I think our whole family was born there. My mom was born on a kitchen table across the street from Ballard High. (she loves telling that story) one of 9 kids.

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