tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post1244251945319606952..comments2024-03-28T13:28:12.539-04:00Comments on Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia: 3 Suns and 4 Aces at O'Neil Sheffield Shopping Center– November 1954Dan Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-33067563078730449562014-12-01T21:19:11.801-05:002014-12-01T21:19:11.801-05:00We called it O'Neils long after May Company mo...We called it O'Neils long after May Company moved in, just out of habit <br /><br />You could see the back of the drive in screen from Ontario, as well as the nearby water tower across 254.Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-48240642191829113182014-12-01T17:53:27.332-05:002014-12-01T17:53:27.332-05:00I love when you post about this shopping center be...I love when you post about this shopping center because I can recall going there (always knew it as what I heard it being called,"O'Neils") as a tot and enjoying it, especially at Christmastime. <br /><br />We knew "Cooks" as "Ontario". My mother mostly parked on the one side off Lake Avenue (is that the road there?) and if I stayed in the car, I would look over to that drive-in theater. I THINK it could be seen from there, or am I thinking of a water tower?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-89852021088327178332014-12-01T17:29:31.463-05:002014-12-01T17:29:31.463-05:00Yes, time marches on and every generation has its ...Yes, time marches on and every generation has its memories. I think we (the local Baby Boomers) were lucky to grow up in that post-War era of prosperity and growth... just to witness the area in its heyday and experience the wonder of it, and have so many happy memories of that simple time. Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-45114447447655834052014-12-01T15:31:57.086-05:002014-12-01T15:31:57.086-05:00My first mall I remember was Midway. My first shop...My first mall I remember was Midway. My first shopping center was the Ridgeview Center with the double arch walk up McD's. When my mom wanted something decent, we went to the May Co. at Sheffield Center and got our yellow stamps and always a bag of cherry sour balls at the candy counter on the way out.<br /><br />I could lament about "what a shame" or how depressing" but time marches on. Stopping at the Cooks on the way home from Sheffield Center was always a must. Better yet, in the summer, Dog and Suds for lunch. <br /><br />All that remains original from those memories is Dog and Suds. When I went there this spring (partly because of your website), it was the same as it ever was. <br /><br />I tell my friends about the multiplex theater that was put up in the back parking lot of Sheffield Center...only to be erased from memory not too many years later. I wonder when the rest of the center will go... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-8128187460506889632014-12-01T07:02:09.900-05:002014-12-01T07:02:09.900-05:00Love the videos Dan. You don't often see accor...Love the videos Dan. You don't often see accordion any more. I was watching a video of Gary Lewis performing "This Diamond Ring" and the accordion had a solo! I always thought it was a Farfisa. For the time decent entertainment.<br />RaeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com