Dayton nostalgia: part 1

[jrittenhouse]

I won’t put the rest of you through this: if you’re curious, see if any of this binks into your brain from 1960s and ’70s Dayton, Ohio. Otherwise, try another rock:

Try this link for earlier stuff in the same vein.


BHA means Better Home Appliances,
Better Home Appliances,
Better Home Appliances.

BHA means Better Home Appliances,
Music and appliance store,
Once more,
Music and appliance store.
BHA !!

It’s the Funny Company
We’re just for fun you see
So come a-runnin’ when you hear us call….

Come to order! Come to Order!
Says the President
And when the Funny Company meets
Here’s what we present:

Things to see and things to do!
Stories, songs, toys!
All sorts of things of interest
And fun for girls and boys!

(*hoooooonk* from Superchief)

• Forest Records, Books, and Tapes



• Parkmoor restaurant and Parky, and their fried chicken and double burger
• Liberal Markets
• Westward Ho on Brown Street
• “Parkmoor has what/no one else has got/Parkmoor’s got Dixie Fried Chicken/that’s what!”
• Sacksteder’s Restaurant
• Hasty Tasty Drive Inn
• Moron Burgers from the Morgan House
• Victoria Opera House
• Rike’s Christmas windows
• Wamplers Ball Arena
• North Star Drive In Theater
• Gallaghers Drugs
• The Dayton Cutoff
• Goldenrod Books
• The Razzberry Radical