Lowell Tuttle
That is some really fine insight, Darrell...I would like to hear/view more about the area and it 's history. I rented a house on Boundbrook that I lived in with RHS'er Mike West for a couple of years before moving to Houston and that was real close to Forest Lane off the HP area...There does not seem to be too much history there, at least on the internet. But, aren't we thinking about before Eric Johnson? I mean 1955 was before Central Expressway, wasn't it? Was Central Expressway before TI? It is almost like there is a non existent history of that area before Central...
We would escape that area back to Greenville and scoot down to Lover's Mockingbird to avoid the Central Traffic. Night clubs...Remember Mr. Chicken? Remember the Leather Balls Saloon. Does anyone remember The Cave? The pool hall on lower greenville?
Back in those days 68 69 70 71 72 there was no liquor by the drink so minors could hang out in pool halls and THE CELLAR. You could stay there all night...I did it once in Houston at 16 years old on tje RHS Swim Team trip to swim against Bellaire and Memorial. We were supposed to either stay with a Bellaire student's parents or stay in the Rice Dorm set up by Neal Matson (RHS swim coach.) Kent Harrelson (not sure about his name) and I told the parents we were staying at the dorm and we told the dorm we were staying with the parents...We hung out all night at Luv Street and the Cellar in Houston...I mean all night. Our meet was the next morning and we ended up in the parking lot of Rice University in my Dad's SS 396....I got about one hour's sleep. That was my best time ever in the 100 back...Din't win though...
Swim team YMCA, and RHS...there is another story...
If you have kids in swimming programs, I am sure you are groaning at that parent participation obligation. I can't believe my parents did it...too much.
Hank Dubey was the best swimmer in Richardson...Another guy, Steve Grant was also good, but he was a few years behind. Steve Healy was good in long distance. The Whiting brothers, Bobby and Dickey, were good divers...
More rambling as I remember...
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