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On Grand Circus Park there was a store called Paraphenallia. It was first opened in London by the originator of the mini skirt, Mary Quant. My cousin Judy worked there in the mid 60's and she says...

My Grandmother worked for Sak's as the Couture Salon manager for many years. She put together wardrobes for many women in the Ford and Fisher families. She would travel with the New york team and...

The Elmwood Casino was great for kids too. They had a Sunday Family dinner/buffet that was terrific, and it had tons of great food. I think if you look in your family photo album, I'm sure lots...

They were real thick skinned with bright green inside. They only tasted good real cold. We would put them by our nose and sneeze with the obvious result being green "Snot" shooting out. Real...

Growing up in West Dearborn from 1956-1966 we said Trick or Treat. When we collected for UNICEF, which was actually a few days before Halloween night, we said Help the Poor. Halloween night was...

Those orange pumpkin face cookies, PRE MARTHA STEWART, from the Pillsbury cook book sure got around. Our mom made tons of them for our school Halloween party every year. The chocolate drizzled faces...

Loved Shock theater..... They showed a movie that scared me for life. "Premature Burial" with Ray Milland. To this day that movie scares the S#%T out of me.

Victor Lims on Grand Circus park was cool. The old Top Hat slider hamburger stands were great for cheap dinner when I was in school.

That was it...Unicef Thanks for jogging my memory. I think the most I got was about 2 dollars from the neighbors, and 5.00 from my Grandpa, to save face with Sister for my "effort". The balance...

I seem to remember getting little milk cartons, from the nuns at school, that were used to collect coins for the poor on Halloween night. It wasn't the Goodfellows it was another charity I can't...

My dad would drive us from West Dearborn to the "Totem Pole" way out on North Woodward Ave. Then you had to circle the parking lot for a place to park, it was always so crowded. Then he ordered...

At Michigan Ave. and Junction there was a place called "Jets". In the 1950's, when our Mothers brother, Uncle Mickey looked after my older brother and me, he would have to"take us with him, or not...

Those Halloween parade's were a big deal at my school as well. We walked for blocks then went back to our classroom and our "Room Mother's" had a Halloween party in each classroom set up. Those...

I've always wondered why Motown didn't have a venue in Detroit, like in Branson, Missouri. Their music was, and is, loved and embraced worldwide. It seems like a no-brainer from a business stand...

Wow...I had forgotten about Dum Dum suckers The pineapple were great with the little bits of coconut sticking out, and the root beer ones.

When Kresge's and Woolworth's put the Halloween costumes in their windows, row over row of them in the 50's and 60's, that was magic. Huckleberry Hound, Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, and my favorite...

I was born in 1951 and we lived on the corner of Livernois and McGraw That is Hanneman and it had a great playground as well. There was a Texaco station on the N/W corner that was famous for...

My late Grandmother had a long career in merchandising for J.L Hudson's, Saks fifth Avenue and Milgrims, from the 30's to the 60's. She always said that the loyalty to Hudson's by Detroiters, ...

Did Sonny Eliot host a late night/early morning weekend movie show. My brother says he did and the show logo was a chalk drawn sun done by sonny for his weather forecasts. This was the late 50's...

Thank you Sonny Eliot for all the years you got all of us kids pumped up for Santa's arrival at Hudson's. It wasn't Thanksgiving without your joyous spirit and distinctive voice booming from the...

Mrs. Posey lived to be 87. She died last year, and was a wonderful, beloved teacher for her entire life.

I attended Catholic school's in Dearborn for grades 1-6 and went to kindergarten at Parkwood elementary school in Inkster. My 1st day was very dramatic. I knew some of the other kids and felt...

I posted on the Bonwit Teller thread about that store. Before my grandmother worked for Bonwit Teller, she was a buyer for Saks fifth Avenue. There was that tunnel from the New Center to the Fisher...

My Grandmother was a department manager at Bonwits, and that store was beautiful inside. The center had an atrium, filled with plants, and with glass escalators. All of the different departments...

Wasn't the little professor in East Dearborn across from the Art Van furniture store?....My Dad and uncles favored that place for the racing forms and betting. The last movie I remember seeing at...