Fresno Famous

Video Delivery to home

I think you are thinking of Hollywood Video Biz,( no relation to the current Hollywood Video.)

Rumor had it that Hollywood video Biz was busted by the FBI because they were buying just 1-2 copies of then current videos and then making bootlegs to sell and rent.

movies to your door

I dont remember the name, but I remember just about EVERY house had a box attached to their front porch!

movie delivery to your door in the 1990's

what was the name of company that use to deliver vhs movies and put them in a yellow container it was in 1990;s i believe they were located on ashlan/first

the little theater

There's an almost forgotten one, it was called "Kiddie Cinema" my mom took me & friends there. Which just triggered another memory, "Picture Book" nursery school.

Greek restaurant

I remember it to, seems like it was next to the old rialto bowling alley on Van Ness,uae to dodge a lot of ball's setting up pin's there.

Blakely's pool

I don't remember a mermaid but the do remember the tower and the big slide, they were scary.

In the Tower?

It was Mr. Sam's. The same site was the original site of Kim's Vietnamese restaurant.

Manchester Cinema / Carnation

I used to work at Carnation next to Manchester Cinema in the late 60's. We had a wild and wacky crew of employees who would always be pulling pranks and goofing off once the day manager went home. Our night managers were as fun as the rest of us. The waitresses wore goofy-looking striped skirts. After the place closed around midnight,we'd have shopping cart races in the parking lot. Fun times.

Jewels Stables

I can't believe someone other than me went there. Wasn't it by Harpains Dairy?

greek restaurant

It was on Van Ness

There are many ways to stop

There are many ways to stop back talk, good discipline is one way. Also not responding to it and walking away is good.

I was still SEARCHING for

Question ... did Fresno ever have a MELS ?

I was a San Jose boy back then and my weekends
in Fresno from 1965 on were so enjoyable . Before we started Nascar Super Modified racing we would actualy trailer "street cars"
to Fresno to Drag Race on Friday and Saturday
nights usually for $ 50 a gear ... Never had the nerve to race for PINKS ! Back then a 12 second street car was SERIOUS ! We had a
427 Ford altered wheelbase Thunderbolt Clone.

I was still SEARCHING for the girl in the YELLOW 1966 MUSTANG @ Mars Drive In
( Belmont ? or Shaw ? )...This is almost like a scene out of the Movie American Grafetti only taking place in Fresno !

Back in the 70/s she was the most beautiful young lady at the drive in... Went to Queen of the Valley Academy (High School / Fresno ) ... Then she was Candy Minasian ... By then we were racing Super Modifieds every week Kearney Bowl , Clovis and Madera and cruised on Blackstone .

Who would ever expect to find her 37 years later in Reno Nevada and she would agree to become Mrs Richard (Candy) Davis ... Prayers are answered and teenage dreams do come true ...

We are now planning a trip back down memory lane TOGETHER ...back to Fresno ...and YES we will GO BACK to Fresno in same 1964 Vette that I used to CRUISE Blackstone ... Hang out at the drive ins ... only now as newly-weds some
37 years later !................Richard and Candy Davis Reno, Nevada (email AzRoute66@aol.com )

Jewell's Stables

Late 60's. My Jr. High days. Jewells was right down at the end of the street that I grew up on. It was so cool. I really miss those times.

Jewell's Stables

I rode at Jewell's in the mid to late seventies! When were you there?

Blakely's pool

Remember the big mermaid painted on the bottom of the pool? Her eyes used to scare the crap out of me!

growing up in fresno

two words to get started...Romper Stompers! It's fun time, it's fun time, it's channel 30 fun time, we're happy, to see you, we hope youre having fun. We've washed our hands and washed our faces, now we're smiling in our place, it's fun time, it's channel 30 fun time, we're smiling why don't you! Harpains dairy...chocholate milk/zoo/ glass quart containers w president's faces on paper pull tab cap nuff said. Farrels... still have a plastic mug with the Farrels tummy warmers logo(us it to rinse the suds off the side of the bathtub after the kids had a bath)and yes I remember the drum, great place for a b-day party. JJJ and the pit stop (tigger milk, nuff said) at ashlan park shopping center and oh yea valley doughnuts ...same building. thrifty's 10c single scoop ice cream after school next to Mclane High & geno's sandwitch shop...same complex. fishing for blue gills and bass in leaky achers, frog gigging in the canal next to leaky achers. the rope swing over the canal next to blackbeards...now a shopping center. fishing golfballs out of the ponds at palm lakes golf course and selling them to the golfers for less than the pro shop...(money to get into blackbeards waterslide). sierra jr high...now dunken polytech. Belmont the drag yeah! my buddies house...now lane 2 of s-bound 41 at about clinton ave. barnyard theater just recently bulldozed and made into a walgreens ashlan/1st I think. thats a good start ahhh memories. J. (june 09)

I go way back- sitting in

I go way back- sitting in Imperial or Mars and listening to Stan's Private Line, going to the the drags at the Madera Clutchers and Visalia Vaportrailers strips, Sunset and Moonglow drive-ins, jumping off the high board at Blakelys, Buck Owens at the Old Fresno Barn.

Jim Kelly

I do know where Jim Kelly is... You can reach him at 949-261-1001.

We are trying to find photos and any information regarding Jim Kelly's performances with the Cindermen's. I can be reached at the same number, my name is Gloria. We are hoping to surprise Jim Kelly with some old memorabilia regarding his performances.

Flippo Jr.

Marv Harrison still lives in town. He has had some health issues and is not working too much. He did some work for the Catholic station (49) here in town with his travel club. I was also on that show when I was very young.

OMG I forgot about the

OMG I forgot about the Outpost!!
I grew up in Clovis early "80's but still alot has changed!!
Remeber Farells Ice Cream?
Pizza and Pipes?? Roller Towne??
There is still a Drive In movie in Madrea that is Old School with the Speaker in the window...I love it!!!

OBERTI

Only Better Eaters Really Taste It

blakelys pool

Do you have any pictures of Blakelys pool? If so can you maybe email me some? I loved that pool place when I was a kid. Thanks. my email address is we3here2002@yahoo.com

...and yet another

Señor Taco (Near Blackstone and Shaw)

One more to Remember

TACO CHARLEY

Growing Up in Southeast Fresno...

We moved from Clovis to Fresno in September 1960 on 9th Street between Ventura and Lowe. Juvenile Hall was just over the fence where we lived. Attended Winchell Elementary, Sequoia Junior High and RHS. I loved Fresno in the 60s.

I remember nickel cones at Foster Freeze on the corner of Ventura and 9th and I believe it is still there, going to the downtown theaters like the Crest, Hardy's, Warner's, Wilson's, and Sequoia. I caught a bus nearly every Saturday for only a dime. I remember being on 'The Uncle Bill Show' KMJ Channel 24, who showcased the old 'Mickey Mouse Club' and 'The Adventures of Superman.' He gave us the grand tour of the old station. Al Radka brought 'The Three Stooges' to the opening of 'College Green Homes' in the early 60s.

I had one of the best paper routes on Huntington Blvd and one block on Kerchkoff.

I remember riding my bike in the summer time to either Blakely's or Calwa pool. Blakely's was pricey though. 50 cents. But it was worth it to see great looking girls, the giant water slide, and getting the nerve to dive from the tower. Wonderful memories.

Carl Glass
Glass House Presents

more 70's concerts

Robin Trower w/ Eddie Money at Selland; Tower of Power at the Exhibit Hall; George Benson at Radcliffe Stadium (Didn't need to buy tix - just hang outside the gates to listen); Kenny Rankin at CSUF Cafeteria & Warner's, Aerosmith at Selland, Elvis at Selland.

Mid State Bowl...there's

Mid State Bowl...there's some memories. Got a scar on my arm from trying to tackle one of the palm trees near the parking lot. Sad to say the bowl's no longer there...

Foodland is not there.

Foodland is not there.

I remember that accident. I

I remember that accident. I was in junior high or high school. It was in the paper, most horrific. I believed it was at the intersection of Olive and Fresno Streets.

Lost Fresno

I went to Cooper Jr. High and the Fig Orchards were just on the north side of Ashlan ave. There was a slot car track out off of either Cedar or Chestnut by the Triple J Drugs. Rudy's Variety Store on Shields just east of West Ave. Anyone remember a small little theater house on Shields Ave. just west of West Ave? It was across the street from the Food Bank Grocery Store. And Farmers Market and Rossi's Pizza, Mmmm best pizza in Fresno, and Annie Laurie's at the Blackstone/ Shields mall, best milkshakes in town. Mid State Bowl was a hangout, is the bowling alley still there? There was a driving range on north Blackstone somewhere around Bullard ave. and last but not least Davy, where you goin' " Bill Eads Moblie Homes, the largest selection in the valley!"

Air Guitar

Anyone remember "Air Guitar" at the Fresno State Ampitheatre during Vintage Days? Do they still have that? I've been gone a while.

Ararat Deli?

Is Ararat Deli still on Mark's and Bullard in the Foodland shopping center?

Thank You For This Site

I was born in Fresno at the old Sequioa Hospital back in 1953. I moved from there in 1993. My parents & sisters are still there, so I go back from time to time. I missed Fresno WAY before I ever left there. But thanks for this website, that I am still allowed to go back & relive so many of my years there. To the town that I spent so many years loving, & never thought I'd leave. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

drive in days

I remember while I was in high school, A bunch of us went to the Sunset to see our 3 movies. The main feature was "Night Of The Living Dead". It scared the crap out of me. And as if that wasn't enough, of course the guys decided to drive through the cemeteries on the way home. They stopped the car, & said it had run out of gas. I was so scared. I'll never forget that, but they were some fun & crazy times.

drive in days

My dad was the manager for years at Sunset Drive-in. He had a ton of stories, one of my favorite was on a real windy night, he was near the box office when a car came in. He had to wear a bright yellow blazer and the car stopped and asked him if the wind would cause any problems with the movie. He answered "It may blow the picture off the screen a few times, but we'll get it back on" The driver said "ok good, we really want to see this movie"

Lost Fresno County

We live up by Pine Flat Lake. Yes Humphrey's Station is still there, along with the little cafe and the water wheel. We love driving along Watts Valley Road, Sample Road, Burrough Valley Road and Maxson Road to get home around the back of the lake. Never saw a ghost but then we drive in the daytime. I took one trip with my husband driving up Tollhouse Road to get to Shaver Lake, whoa what a drive! It was again in the daytime. Maybe we will go up there in the evening sometime and come back down on the 168.

My husband used to drive up there for the old Clovis Ambulance (part of American Ambulance now) back in the late 70's. I always let him drive because I do NOT want to get lost, LOL! And yes, he says there were a lot of bad accidents on all those roads. A lot of places have no guard rail!

We work in town and drive down to Fresno every day. What a gorgeous commute!

I MISS FRESNO 2

1. I miss the days when I knew I was getting near Roeding Park by the smell of the eucalyptus trees while still a little ways from the park. (you can't hardly smell them anymore while you're in it now.)

2. Dick Hansen's Pet Shop on Blackstone (where we got our first dog when I was very little.)

3. The Fresno Bee telling me "Goodnight."

4. Piling in my friend's convertable for lunch & going to "Munchies".(.10 cent hamburgers)

5. The house I grew up in (it's still there) & watching them put Aslan Park Shopping Center in.

6. Harpain's Dairy (loved going & petting the calves)

7. McLane High (Class of '71)

drive in days

I believe that was the Moon-Glo drive in. Do you remember tha "Sunset" drive in past the cemeteries on Whitesbridge Road? Always showed 3 movies for only $1.50 a carload. Boy! Those were the days.

drive in days

Does anyone remember the drive in movie theatre on dakota and hughes, which later became dakota woods . We used to get on the roof of our house and tune our radio in to the signal coming from the various movies playing. That was kinda like the first version of movie piracy but oh so fun!

9. Taking a country drive from Fresno to Clovis.

that was long gone by the 1980's, I got here in 84 & I don't think there was any countryside between Clovis & Fresno except in FSU

I remember going to a friend's house-warming in 1989 or 90, she had bought a condo in a gated community, she said go east on Minarets from Blackstone, but all I saw was orchards & fields all over, so I turned west into Pinedale, big mistake, I saw the Vagos motorcycle club house, said to myself, wrong part of town, I think I'll go east like she said, turned right around & it was farther in past those orchards/fields
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welcome to the future

I MISS FRESNO

1. Nosey (at the zoo)
2. Sambos ("Sambos Has It!") .10 cent cup of coffee.
3. Crimson Castle
4. Original McDonalds on Blackstone @ Shields
5. Jewells Stables on Barton @ Ashlan (lots of good memories riding horses).
6. Burger Chef
7. Stadium Drive Inn on Blackstone (only French Burgers I ever had. YUMMY!)
8. The parades on Fulton Street before they changed it to a mall.
9. Taking a country drive from Fresno to Clovis.
10. Playing out in the street with all the other neghbor kids til late @ night. (no worries)

Christmas Tree Lane

Yes, Christmas Tree Lane is going strong. They now close it to cars two nights so pedestrians can walk.

Just about. For my

Just about. For my elementary years I lived behind the Thrifty's on Blackstone and I think Shields. You could see Slakey Bros. Manufacturing from my front yard. This was before we lived at the end of Bullard. Manchester Mall was jammin back then, and so was Fashion Fair. I,m talkin about the days before the 41 frwy was built. When Sound Stage was in its first location. There was Einstein Park, we practically lived there during the summer. Back in those days you could be 7 or 8 years old and go all over the place by yourself and your parents had nothing to worry about. I remember going to Thrifty's and getting the triple scoop for like 15 cents or so and of course having to check out the KISS, or Star Wars bubble gum cards. Going down almost every block from Blackstone to Fresno st. and having a friend on every block. I could go on.

Parallel Universe?

Dude, It's like we grew up in parallel universes! I'm 4 years older and lived just off Fresno St. between Shields and Dakota. I went to Manchester School and then Ft. Miller. But we hung at the same haunts -- Manchester Center, McDonald's, Arthur's, Wonderland & Blakeley's. You're right -- those were very happy days!

I was there at Bullard, used

I was there at Bullard, used to party in the figs and at a place called Logan's Park that might not be there anymore. Lived all the way up Bullard till you get to the street right before the railroad tracks. The housing track on the right used to have a place in the middle of it that we used to call Mexican Village, because it really was one. The homes were built around '81. Went to Figarden School, then Lawless for 7'th and 8'th grade right when it opened. Had Mr. Jamushian as my 7'th grade teacher. I know about the figs.

Charlie's of Sunnyside

It was located on Clovis Ave.south of Kings Canyon Ave. on the east side of the street.
It was torn down and now is the location of an auto parts store. I think it is an Auto Zone business.

Charlie's or The Remington

Does anyone remember a restaurant in Sunnyside called "Charlie's" or "The Remington?" I believe it was on Clovis Avenue? Does anyone remember this place and/or where it was located?

It was great times!

It was great times! What was the name of the burger joint by Potters? 10 burgers for a buck. Did you ever go to Church Park?

Oh yes Gong's Market!!

On the way home from Ernie Pyle was Gong's Market. And then when right around the time I was in 4'th grade or 5'th came Round Table Pizza in Gong's parking lot. Bought lots of Astro Pops from Gong's and played alot of Asteroids in Round Table. Memories, memories.

Market

Gong's