Here's a few items to jog the 'old Milwaukee' section of your memory bank....enjoy

 

 1. The old midway at State Fair Park with the Old Mill, the Haunted House, the Rotor and the Couple-Up.

 2. George Webb burgers contained V.G.M.

 3. Ziegler's GIANT candy bar

 4. Borden Co Milk & Ice Cream

 5. Gemutlichkeit

 6. American Motors body plant on N. Richards

 7. Pop's Theater also, Uncle Hugo

 8. Mrs. Howe's Potato Chips

 9. Samson the Gorilla

 10. The ice skating rink at Mayfair

 11. Gimbel's stores

 12. Pabst Blatz Schlitz Gettelman Braumeister

 13. The "SS Milwaukee Clipper" ferry to Muskegon, Michigan!

 14. Albert the Alleycat

 15. Dr. Cadaverino & Nightmare Theater (WITI)

 16. The Oriental Pharmacy

 17. Howard and Rosemary

 18. Treasure Island stores

 19. The Bowling Game

 20. Spic and Span

 21. Sign at Standard stations "As you travel ask us"

 22. The Channel 18 news with Liz Talbot

 23. The U2 and Police concerts at The Palms

 24. Crazy TV Lenny

 25. The Starship

 26. The Belmont Hotel bar

 27. The Pabst Brewery tour

 28. Radio Doctors

 29. Farrell's at Northridge and Southridge

 30. WQFM

 31. Showbiz Pizza

 32. Public Natatorium (remember the dolphins?)

 33. The old Kopp's Frozen Custard on Appleton

 34. Larry the Legend

 35. Harvey's Wallbangers

 36. Closing Wolski's

 37. Alan Kulwicki

 38. Cryptosporidium

 39. Miller's Clear Beer

 40. MECCA

 41. Slightly Kloss Eyed

 42. The Green Sheet

 43. Ione Quinby Griggs' column in the Green Sheet

 44. The alternative newspaper, Kaleidoscope

 45. "Nelson Brothers loves you and you'll love them too"

 46. Century Hall

 47. Great Place on a Great Lake

 48. Marc's Big Boy

 49. Schuster's Department Store

 50. Old Smokey at the lakefront

 51. Layton School of Art

 52. '82 World Series

 53. The Submarine at the end of Russell St.

 54. Milwaukee Road Train Station

 55. Bill Carlson- the Channel 4 weatherman

 56. Borchert Field

 57. Crazy Jim's Demolition Derbies

 58. Miller Maritime Days

 59. South Division Dome

 60. Washington Park Zoo

 61. Harold Breier

 62. When Bluemound Road was in the country

 63. Chris Elliot's Diner

 64. Tarzana

 65. Bob Kasten

 66. Outdoor Capitol Court / Capitol Court

 67. The Milwaukee Road

 68. Schlitz Brewery

 69. Southgate / Southgate Mall

 70. Amusement park behind Southgate

 71. Pink Floyd at County Stadium

 72. Peaches Records and Tapes

 73. The real Pig n' Whistle

 74. The Grand (women's clothing store with ad that said "She gets her clothes at The Grand")

 75. The Bluemound Drive-in

 76. 59 Drive-in

 77. Victory Drive-in

 78. Starlight Drive-in

 79. The Melody Top

 80. Kressge's Dime Store

 81. Jojo's (where one could get jello)

 82. Pipkorn Sand and Gravel

 83. The Uptown Theater

 84. The Avant Garde

 85. Schwabbenhof's Restaurant

 86. County Stadium

 87. The flood at Summerfest

 88. "The Carpets here at Hermax...."

 89. King Braeger

 90. The Fruit Ranch (locations on Fond du Lac Ave., Blue Mound Road)

 91. Fruit Boat (just south of Downtown.)

 92. The Bugle American

 93. Bonnie Brewer

 94. Schwartz downtown bookshop

 95. The Pillsbury silo

 96. Laurencia Bemebenik

 97. Sally's

 98. Pinky's Bowl

 99. "Red Barn" fast food joints

 100. WZMF "and the war continues"

 101. Dutchland Dairy ( The Whataburger / haystack onions )

 102. Stone Toad

 103. Hill's Department Store

 104. It's 11 o'clock. Parents, do you know where your children are...

 105. Butter Bun Burgers

 106. Mr. Yuk

 107. Muskego Beach

 108. Dandelion Park

 109. Trampoline courts all over town

 110. When Clement Ave. in Bay View was brick?

 111. Dick "The Bruiser" & "The Crusher"

 112. "IT'S A DRAW" WITH SID STONE ON CH 4

 113. Bowling with the Champs

 114. The "Nike Sites" at the Lakefront, Hopkins St. & Florist Ave., Lannon and Brown Deer Road & Highway 141.

 115. 1812 Overture Record Stores

 116. "Monkey Island"

 117. Carvel ice cream

 118. A&W on Villard Avenue

 119. Gran'pa Graf's Root Beer & Soda's ....."Graf's Got Everything"

 120. Sears on Mitchell Street where a 'voice' would tell you where to park.

 121. Earl Gillespie

 122. Earl's "Holy Cow" after a Braves home run.

 123. Robert Hall clothing stores

 124. Suburpia Subs & the 'food chute'

 125. Chickland Restaurant on 27th

 126. The G.E.X. store

 127. The Billy Bookworm Club

 128. Shopping at Spartan's

 129. The old Paradise Theatre in West Allis

 130. Johnston's Cookie Factory (Twilight Dessert)

 131. The BIG Girl Scout sugar cookies

 132. Red Owl food stores

 133. A&P food stores

 134. Kroger / Krambo food stores

 135. Barbara Becker (Cartoon Alley)

 136. Dr Bop on WAWA

 137. Moreway and Treasure Island stores

 138. Atlantic Mills Stores

 139. Arlan's Stores

 140. Arthur Treachers Fish & Chips

 141. American Soda on S. 43rd street

 142. The Mad Hatter

 143. Barnaby's

 144. The flying saucers at the Safe House

 145. "Punky and His Pals"

 146. Billie the Brownie

 147. Palomar roller skating rink

 148. U-TELL dept. store

 149. HI-FI-FO-FUM

 150. Fritz the plumber

 151. Charlie & Shaky ( WISN )

 152. Kwik Shake on 13th St.

 153. The lunch counter at Woolworth's

 154. Joe Szot and the Hot Shots

 155. Milky Way on Port Rd

 156. The Port Silver Diner

 157. Judy Marx

 158. Father Groppi

 159. Crazy Jim

 160. Pauls Hamburgers on 27th & Forest Home Ave.

 161. Car 92 Where are you? ( WOKY )

 162. AC Spark Plug Oak Creek

 163. When you could throw peanut shells on the floor at The Ground

 Round

 164. Barney Pip

 165. Carl Zimmerman

 166. Zayre's

 167. Dialing for Dollars

 168. The smell of Ambrosia chocolate downtown

 169. Papagaio's

 170. "Who do you know wants to buy a car?"

 171. Allis Chalmers

 172. Uncle Hugo

 173. Mac the Mailman

 174. Schuster's Christmas Parade

 175. Kookie Cookie House

 176. Lionel Aldridge

 177. Merl Duesing Safari

 178. "Meet me at the Fountain at Summerfest"

 179. The filming of "Major League" and "Dillinger"

 180. When Channel 6 and Channel 12 swapped networks

 181. Billy's Old Mill

 182. Excalibur

 183. Wally Rank ( And his famous antique car shows )

 184. First Wisconsin

 185. The Colony Shop

 186. Burger Chef

 187. Captain's Steak Joint

 188. Grebe's Bakery at 11th and Wisconsin

 189. Mad Man Michaels a.k.a. The Czarnina Kid

 190. Sid Stone

 191. Farmer Vic

 192. The Jabberwocky

 193. When you could feed marshmallows to the polar bears at the Zoo

 194. T.A. Chapman's

 195. Irv the Working Man's Friend on Mitchell St.

 196. Ben Barkin

 197. Potato Brothers Store

 198. The streetcar ride to County Stadium over Miller Valley

 199. Victor Berger's The Milwaukee Leader (Socialist newspaper)

 200. Blue River Cafe

 201. When it was illegal to sell margarine and Coors in Wisconsin

 202. The riots of July 1967

 203. The "blue flu" in the police department

 204. Mayor Maier

 205. Foreman Tom B-Square Ranch Club

 206. Willy Wampum

 207. The old Boulevard Inn

 208. Olson Electronics

 209. Capitol Court's:

 A. Kiddie Town Amusement Park (later "Fun Town", then "Putt Putt Minature Golf")

 B. Kooky Cookie House (at Christmas)

 C. Giant Christmas Tree (It played "bell music" which drove 60th Street residents bonkers by about December 15th.)

 210. "Save at Wauwatosa" jingle.

 211. Boston Village on West Fond du Lac.

 212. Trackless trolley buses

 213. Polly Prim Cleaners

 214. Joy Farm Summer Camp.

 215. The TV-6 tower being lit from base to top (Tower of Light)

 216. Christmas ice cream from Golden Gurnsey Dairy.

 217. The lake ferry "Highway 16."

 218. Donny Lyles on WNOV ("If you gotta be to work by eight AM, you've got ten minutes to ride!")

 219. "Ruby-Ruby, Ruby-Ruby, Ruby Chevrolet......Come in Today!"

 220. The old prison off Hopkins Street & Florist (originally "The House of Correction", then the

 221. "Army Disciplinary Barracks.")

 222. Henry's Hamburgers and the Pizza Wagon, both near Appleton & Capitol

 223. Heinemann Creameries, Inc., "Yum Yum Kewaskum"

 224. Kewpie brand canned corn & peas

 225. Harry Tann Oil Company

 226. National Liquor Bar

 227. Speed Queen Ribs

 228. Jake’s Deli on North Ave.

 229. Jake’s Steak House [and their onion rings]

 230. Winky’s

 231. Chicago Northwestern Depot

 232. Bradford Beach

 233. The Water Tower and the riots in the 60’s

 234. Bud Donohue Chevy

 235. The Carriage House Motel [where the Beatles stayed while in Milwaukee]

 236. Uhle’s

 237. Leon’s Custard

 238. Bob Kames Organs

 239. The Milky Way

 240. Billy Sixty

 241. Ray Jackson’s Restaurant on Bluemound

 242. Strachota’s on Capitol

 243. Hooligan’s on North and on 35th street

 244. Club 31

 245. Lo Duca Brothers

 246. The Ad Lib

 247. The Brass Rail on 3rd Street

 248. Badger Bus Lines

 249. Lee Rothman

 250. Bob Betts

 251. Frank Charles

 252. Get-Get Gettleman

 253. Braumeister Beer

 254. Marquette Football Field on 37th and Clyborne

 255. Alioto’s

 256. Fazio’s

 257. Bluemound Marine

 258. Eugene’s

 259. Tony Peters

 260. Bradley Carr on Channel 12

 261. Gretchen Colnick and Mrs. Karl's Bread

 262. Concertina Millie

 263.  Ice House Mary's

 264.  Heaven City Brothel

 265.  Black Horse & Parkway Riding Stables 

 266.  The MILK JUG on 76th & Capital

 267.  Honeymoon Bungalow  86th & North