| 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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