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Dick Allen · Dick Allen

Hi Jason and All, I finally managed to Locate the phone number of a very special resident of Marin. His name is John Allair. Amoung other things he plays piano for none other than Van Morrison. He was the white haired dude playing piano on the PBS special Austin City limits ( Van Morrison ) I thought it...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

I thought I'd start a new topic rather than continue in the Mill Valley Business Long Gone thread. According to Hil Probert's grandson, Alan, after Hil Probert died, the dealership was s...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

This one starts at 10 AM at the big oak tree in middle of the street in the first block of West Baltimore, just off Magnolia. Loops down Magnolia to Madrone and back across the creek to West Baltimore. Includes some of Larkspur's oldest houses, and a good sampling of the various architectural styles of c...

carneyshow · carneyshow

I grew up in Ross on Shady lane. It was a goovy childhood. I was just wondering what happened to all of those interesting folks. I heard that a neighbor kid, Preston McGinnis, became one of the top skateboarders in the world in the 80's. Other families I remeber were the Bullards, the Tobins, the Cavalie...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Starts 10 AM at the City Hall steps and tours downtown. A project of the Larkspur Heritage Committee and conducted by Larkspur history maven Dick Cunningham. Always fascinating, and the weather looks to be great. See you there!

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

This time, I've renovated my Larkspur: Then and Now section, upgrading all the photos with bigger scans, adding new ones plus descriptions, commentary and downright blather. I've also added my sister's views...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

I've just finished a major upgrade to the Larkspur Gallery in my Larkspur web site. In addition to a bunch of new photos from our collection and revised and expanded commentary, all the existing photos have been replaced with larger, sharper versions. Check it out [url=http://www.sonic.net/~t...

SteveC · SteveC

Thanks to Mickey McGowan and the others for all the new books posted under Spotlight. If anyone missed it. Enjoy. Let's all meet at Eugene's Drive-In and talk about them.

bruce macgowan · bruce macgowan

Anyone with distinct memories of High School sports in the 50s and 60s? I have written about a dozen history pieces, many on local high school sports from that era for the Marin IJ, including one about the great Tam basketball teams in the late 50s through mid 60s, and the Drake High football teams of the...

Tishb · Tishb

Anybody remember C's Drive In on Miller Ave in Mill Valley?? Last I saw it was a Kentucky Fried Chicken.

jamberry · jamberry

Way out at the end of Vendola. Does anyone remember when it was a school? I only knew it in the early 80s as an artist community--it was supposed to be art studios, but several of them (and their families) actually lived there--the classrooms were certainly big enough, and the blackberry pickin' was go...

bruce macgowan · bruce macgowan

I am kind of surprised that no one has written a post about the old Marin Town and Country Club that closed in the early 1970s in Fairfax. I only went there a few times as a kid, but it was an amazing place with swimming pools, dining rooms, tennis and basketball courts, and a baseball diamond. It actually w...

bruce macgowan · bruce macgowan

Gosh, I've been posting a lot of memories lately, so please forgive me if I'm overdoing it, but I just had one more good story from the 1960s. It concerns a visit by Robert Kennedy to our neighborhood in Tiburon. It was in the spring of 1968, not long after Eugene McCarthy had nearly beaten LBJ in the New Ha...

Tishb · Tishb

I remember going down to the slot car tracks across the street from the Mill Valley Police Station. We would spend hours down there. I even had my own car that I ran on the tracks..

lemo · Anonymous

Jeep's was a little off San Anselmo Avenue, and the had an amazing array of flavored shakes. Anyone have a picture of it? We hung out there late '60s-early '70s.

goTL · goTL

Terra Linda Athletic Association - baseball and softball league in TL. Every spring we'd decorate station wagons, trucks, and cars with paper banners, wear our uniforms, and drive around in a start-of-the-season parade. We had team names for softball like the Fillies, the Doves, and the Poppies....

Matt McCone · Matt McCone

Talk about your "old school" diner. This place was at the end of Montecito. Even as a kid, I remember the food was so-so but it was convenient and inexpensive. I remember this old red haired waitress that worked the since Moses was in short pants. For the life of me, I can't remember her name. Can anyo...

suzanne · suzanne

Does anyone remember the original Zims in Corte Madera? It was a small shop, and was located next to Littleman's Market which stood where the Town Center is today. I have searched ever since for a hamburger that tasted as good. Not even the burgers I make at home ever measure up. Supposedly, the bee...

bruce macgowan · bruce macgowan

One of my favorite hangouts in 1974-75 was the old Black Oak Saloon on the south side of Magnolia Avenue in Larkspur. I think the place opened in '73 or perhaps it was '74, but in any case, all of my old classmates from Redwood were by then legitimate adults of 21 or 22 years of age, and many gathered there fo...

JasonLewis · JasonLewis

Does anyone have any memories they can share of this famed naturalist and educator?

KarenE · Anonymous

Matinees at the Tamalpais Theatre were great fun! You could throw ice cream bon-bons at the screen, or blow on your empty Milk Dud's box making a great Bronx Cheer sound. In the 1950s there were serials and westerns with cartoons between. Later-on there were Sci-Fi and really bad "B" films that co...

jamberry · jamberry

Was anyone else a Dr. Don fan? My memories are scanty but I know that this was my favorite pre-adolescent radio station.

Pangolin · Pangolin

Does anybody remember the Oliver Hartzell School? It was an elementary school in Terra Linda that has now been replaced by a condo development. I went there in the late 60s, early 70s and was just wondering if anybody else recalls it. I guess attendance went way down and they couldn't justify t...

Rosemary · Rosemary

http://www.ci.larkspur.ca.us/centennial/CentennialPressRele...

Paul · Paul

For any of you Clover fans, there is a Clover website with all kinds of links to other bands. It can be found at www.clover-infopage.com/. It's been around for about 4 years.

sfdrake · sfdrake

Anyone, like myself, who can remember growing up in this area? The water tanks up in the hills? Don's Market on Sir Francis Drake Blvd.?

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Jason: feel free to copy to the library.

Paul · Paul

Do any long time local Bostin residents remember the old Greyhound commute run from Bolinas to San Francisco up until around 1970. I never rode on it but my parents did when we lived in Stinson Beach in the 60's. That was when I was just a pup and not interested in working, but I remember seeing and hearing...

scott hale · scott hale

Does anyone remember dancing to the music of The Ram Rods at the Mill Valley Outdoor Art Club in the early 60s?

cjhill · Anonymous

Does anyone remember Borden's Ice Cream in San Rafael and The Food Mart that Mel LaFranchi owned? The Food Mart was between Tamalpais and Lincoln Ave, 5th and 4th across from the Red Cross building. I can't remember exactly where Borden's was but I do remember sitting on big pink and yellow stools havi...

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	Rock and Roll hall of Fame (Preview) Hi Jason and All, I finally managed to Locate the phone number of a very special resident of Marin. His name is John Allair. Amoung other things he plays piano for none other than Van Morrison. He was the white haired dude playing piano on the PBS special Austin City limits ( Van Morrison ) I thought it...	Dick Allen	0	693	Apr 29, 2008 by Dick Allen
	Probert's in Larkspur (Preview) I thought I'd start a new topic rather than continue in the Mill Valley Business Long Gone thread. According to Hil Probert's grandson, Alan, after Hil Probert died, the dealership was s...	Paul Penna	3	1174	Apr 23, 2008 by rick
	Another Larkspur Walk Saturday April 26 (Preview) This one starts at 10 AM at the big oak tree in middle of the street in the first block of West Baltimore, just off Magnolia. Loops down Magnolia to Madrone and back across the creek to West Baltimore. Includes some of Larkspur's oldest houses, and a good sampling of the various architectural styles of c...	Paul Penna	0	711	Apr 21, 2008 by Paul Penna
	Ross in the 60's and 70's (Preview) I grew up in Ross on Shady lane. It was a goovy childhood. I was just wondering what happened to all of those interesting folks. I heard that a neighbor kid, Preston McGinnis, became one of the top skateboarders in the world in the 80's. Other families I remeber were the Bullards, the Tobins, the Cavalie...	carneyshow	0	783	Apr 15, 2008 by carneyshow
	Larkspur walk Saturday April 12 (Preview) Starts 10 AM at the City Hall steps and tours downtown. A project of the Larkspur Heritage Committee and conducted by Larkspur history maven Dick Cunningham. Always fascinating, and the weather looks to be great. See you there!	Paul Penna	2	585	Apr 11, 2008 by SteveC
	More Larkspur pages updated (Preview) This time, I've renovated my Larkspur: Then and Now section, upgrading all the photos with bigger scans, adding new ones plus descriptions, commentary and downright blather. I've also added my sister's views...	Paul Penna	0	600	Apr 9, 2008 by Paul Penna
	My Larkspur Gallery updated (Preview) I've just finished a major upgrade to the Larkspur Gallery in my Larkspur web site. In addition to a bunch of new photos from our collection and revised and expanded commentary, all the existing photos have been replaced with larger, sharper versions. Check it out [url=http://www.sonic.net/~t...	Paul Penna	1	687	Apr 3, 2008 by Pangolin
	Tons of new matchbooks (Preview) Thanks to Mickey McGowan and the others for all the new books posted under Spotlight. If anyone missed it. Enjoy. Let's all meet at Eugene's Drive-In and talk about them.	SteveC	2	715	Apr 1, 2008 by AndrewTF
	HighSchool sports in the 1950s and 60s (Preview) Anyone with distinct memories of High School sports in the 50s and 60s? I have written about a dozen history pieces, many on local high school sports from that era for the Marin IJ, including one about the great Tam basketball teams in the late 50s through mid 60s, and the Drake High football teams of the...	bruce macgowan	1	777	Mar 31, 2008 by Blackie
	C's Drive in (Preview) Anybody remember C's Drive In on Miller Ave in Mill Valley?? Last I saw it was a Kentucky Fried Chicken.	Tishb	3	668	Mar 31, 2008 by bruce macgowan
	McPhail School in Santa Venetia San Rafael Terra Linda McPhail School Short School (Preview) Way out at the end of Vendola. Does anyone remember when it was a school? I only knew it in the early 80s as an artist community--it was supposed to be art studios, but several of them (and their families) actually lived there--the classrooms were certainly big enough, and the blackberry pickin' was go...	jamberry	1	1966	Mar 31, 2008 by rick
	Fairfax Town and Country Club (Preview) I am kind of surprised that no one has written a post about the old Marin Town and Country Club that closed in the early 1970s in Fairfax. I only went there a few times as a kid, but it was an amazing place with swimming pools, dining rooms, tennis and basketball courts, and a baseball diamond. It actually w...	bruce macgowan	1	958	Mar 30, 2008 by cjhill
	Robert Kennedy comes to Tiburon (Preview) Gosh, I've been posting a lot of memories lately, so please forgive me if I'm overdoing it, but I just had one more good story from the 1960s. It concerns a visit by Robert Kennedy to our neighborhood in Tiburon. It was in the spring of 1968, not long after Eugene McCarthy had nearly beaten LBJ in the New Ha...	bruce macgowan	1	1564	Mar 25, 2008 by Meadowsweet Rich
	Slot Car Tracks in Mill Valley (Preview) I remember going down to the slot car tracks across the street from the Mill Valley Police Station. We would spend hours down there. I even had my own car that I ran on the tracks..	Tishb	3	874	Mar 24, 2008 by R54
	Jeep's Drive-In (Preview) Jeep's was a little off San Anselmo Avenue, and the had an amazing array of flavored shakes. Anyone have a picture of it? We hung out there late '60s-early '70s.	Anonymous	12	897	Mar 21, 2008 by lemo
	Anyone remember TLAA? (Preview) Terra Linda Athletic Association - baseball and softball league in TL. Every spring we'd decorate station wagons, trucks, and cars with paper banners, wear our uniforms, and drive around in a start-of-the-season parade. We had team names for softball like the Fillies, the Doves, and the Poppies....	goTL	0	730	Mar 21, 2008 by goTL
	The Red Kettle (Preview) Talk about your "old school" diner. This place was at the end of Montecito. Even as a kid, I remember the food was so-so but it was convenient and inexpensive. I remember this old red haired waitress that worked the since Moses was in short pants. For the life of me, I can't remember her name. Can anyo...	Matt McCone	5	637	Mar 20, 2008 by tiburon_fog
	Zims (Preview) Does anyone remember the original Zims in Corte Madera? It was a small shop, and was located next to Littleman's Market which stood where the Town Center is today. I have searched ever since for a hamburger that tasted as good. Not even the burgers I make at home ever measure up. Supposedly, the bee...	suzanne	25	4657	Mar 19, 2008 by Ricster
	Black Oak Saloon, Larkspur and Stinson Beach (Preview) One of my favorite hangouts in 1974-75 was the old Black Oak Saloon on the south side of Magnolia Avenue in Larkspur. I think the place opened in '73 or perhaps it was '74, but in any case, all of my old classmates from Redwood were by then legitimate adults of 21 or 22 years of age, and many gathered there fo...	bruce macgowan	4	3901	Mar 14, 2008 by yuri
	Mrs. Terwilliger (Preview) Does anyone have any memories they can share of this famed naturalist and educator?	JasonLewis	4	986	Feb 27, 2008 by KarenE
	The San Anselmo Tamalpais Theatre (Preview) Matinees at the Tamalpais Theatre were great fun! You could throw ice cream bon-bons at the screen, or blow on your empty Milk Dud's box making a great Bronx Cheer sound. In the 1950s there were serials and westerns with cartoons between. Later-on there were Sci-Fi and really bad "B" films that co...	Anonymous	8	902	Feb 27, 2008 by KarenE
	KFRC (Preview) Was anyone else a Dr. Don fan? My memories are scanty but I know that this was my favorite pre-adolescent radio station.	jamberry	6	761	Feb 27, 2008 by KarenE
	Oliver Hartzell School school terra linda oliver hartzell (Preview) Does anybody remember the Oliver Hartzell School? It was an elementary school in Terra Linda that has now been replaced by a condo development. I went there in the late 60s, early 70s and was just wondering if anybody else recalls it. I guess attendance went way down and they couldn't justify t...	Pangolin	3	1408	Feb 27, 2008 by Pangolin
	Larkspur's 100th Birthday, Sat 3/1 (Preview) http://www.ci.larkspur.ca.us/centennial/CentennialPressRele...	Rosemary	0	684	Feb 27, 2008 by Rosemary
	Clover (Preview) For any of you Clover fans, there is a Clover website with all kinds of links to other bands. It can be found at www.clover-infopage.com/. It's been around for about 4 years.	Paul	2	703	Feb 19, 2008 by Paul
	Hawthorne Hills San Anselmo 1930's-1950's (Preview) Anyone, like myself, who can remember growing up in this area? The water tanks up in the hills? Don's Market on Sir Francis Drake Blvd.?	sfdrake	3	992	Feb 12, 2008 by googuse
	Pic: China Camp 1964 (Preview) Jason: feel free to copy to the library.	Paul Penna	3	679	Feb 8, 2008 by rick
	Sam the bus driver (Preview) Do any long time local Bostin residents remember the old Greyhound commute run from Bolinas to San Francisco up until around 1970. I never rode on it but my parents did when we lived in Stinson Beach in the 60's. That was when I was just a pup and not interested in working, but I remember seeing and hearing...	Paul	0	700	Feb 7, 2008 by Paul
	mill valley rock bands of the 60s (Preview) Does anyone remember dancing to the music of The Ram Rods at the Mill Valley Outdoor Art Club in the early 60s?	scott hale	0	579	Feb 3, 2008 by scott hale
	Borden's Ice Cream & The Food Mart - San Rafael (Preview) Does anyone remember Borden's Ice Cream in San Rafael and The Food Mart that Mel LaFranchi owned? The Food Mart was between Tamalpais and Lincoln Ave, 5th and 4th across from the Red Cross building. I can't remember exactly where Borden's was but I do remember sitting on big pink and yellow stools havi...	Anonymous	8	1473	Feb 3, 2008 by cjhill
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