Nickel beer at Rosie O Gradies down in Serville Kevins on the beach... When Escambia was the Rebels and Dixie was the school song. The Halfway House in the triangle at Barrancas/Navy Blvd/Gulf Beach Highway. Owned and operatedby Nick Varrazo whos son now owns the deli place on Barrancas across from Warrington Hardware...which used to be Warrington Pharmacy...which used to have curb service and served malt shakes. Starship concert at Pcola beach...it was free....so was Bruce Hornsby... Carpenters at Barrancas and Old Corry which became the Embers and the Garcias were the house band. Warrington when it was not as run down as it is today... When you had to wait on the Navy Base traffic to finish before you could go anywhere in Warrington...morning or afternoon...the base security manually operated the traffic lights to expedite the traffic off the base...when NARF was a major civilian employer in Pensacola. And T Kilgore....the marina next to the NAS bridge was named Davidsons....Killingers was on South Palafox next to where Scuba Shack is today. Machine Gun Kellys on Scenic Hy 3 Lounge at Holiday Inn on Navarre beach (only building over 2 storiesat the time) Driving past KKK meetings at Hy 90 and Avalon (where the county office are in Milton) Johnnys Oyster Bar in Milton (Myra, the crazy waitress - $3 for an Oyster dinner) Fooseball at the Sub shop in Milton Show-n-tell of shotguns and rifles during School hours at Milton High (Teachers included) Henrys hamburgers on Pace Blvd Sandys hamburgers WCOA radio station in Warrington off Lakewood Rd ...Three radio towers Browns Marina The Fair on Fairfield where Builders Square use to be Ranch Drive In on Pace Blvd (where I first seen Jaws on the hood of my cousins Ford) Bert Sebrings Hair stylist at TC Plaza Holiday Drive In on 29 North of Ten Mile Rd Warrington Fire Stations on South 2nd st. and Rentz Ave North of GB Hwy Putt Putt Golf on New Warrington Rd TK 101 on South Spring St The Slot Car place ( cant remember the name) at Delmar Shopping Center FF and Mobile Hwy WBOP, The Big Bopper and The black spot on your dial. the milk bottle the hideout-strippers upstairs, bar downstairs the barrels yesterdays big daddys the feista lounge the embers dreamland skate in Warrington with wood floors and no ac tom terrific and his mighty man fred the wonder dog Mr. green jeans clacker balls hang ten shirts the casino at perdido that never got finished Moto cross on Lillian hwy. the rebel flag Don Schroder was called----Papa Don at WBSR. The Chicken Box at the Circle. And across Mobile hwy was Howard Johnsons. Some good ice cream there. The alligator farm on Gulf Beach Hwy just past the bad curve. Way back before Cresent Lake? Was called Turners Mill Pond. Or when there was no W street. I went to Brownsville Jr. Hi and walked thru the flap jack woods, and there was a small horse race track there. And how about the place near Pleezing Food Store on T st. that rented horses by the hour? The tiny shoe repair shop in Brownsville on Cervantes. Or when Edna Brasswell (I think that was her last name) was a judge in Brownsville. The Peppermint Lounge on Garden St. The Lamp Post bar on Pace Blvd. The Yum Yum Tree on Cervantes almost at Scenic Hwy. The pier lounge at the end of bob Sikes on Pbeach The outrigger on Pbeach Kevins Dirty Joes Popcorn Theater The Big Show Legally Armed And Proud Of It Mike Annas the Hippie Boyettes finishing move was the Hippie Hangup. The old CocaCola bottling plant on Palafox. Toured it in Elementary School. The questionable parlors along Navy Blvd between Corry and NAS. When you could get mixed drinks at the drive thur at Sir Richards Charles chips delivery service The old man that use to ride his bike downtown and to the 3 mile bridge (fishing bridge) and sold peanuts. His name was Jack.......Jack the peanut man. He had an old News Journal bag that the paper boys used to store there papers in on the front handle bars and he stored his peanuts in there and sold peanuts everywhere from his bicycle. And...and...playing tennis at Bayview Park when it was Orange Clay. Enjoy the memories.
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