Pictures of Hays in the 70's & 80's

Isnt there somewhere online that a person can find these? I thought there was.

You might check HERE, but I don't know if you'll find anything that recent.

Who would have inherited all of Ekey's stuff? I'd guess whoever was in the photography business then would have the most. Might ask at the College too.

That's a great link suzy. It's so weird to look at how things used to be and try to imagine yourself in that time. You can sit looking through all those pictures and see what it was like in our parents, or grandparents day. Tons of local history in there.

Thanks Suz!

Just out of curiosity, what are you looking for pictures of? Might be some of us would have something.

I was browsing some old yearbooks recently...some good stuff there. Especially the ads

Ratzilla wrote:

Just out of curiosity, what are you looking for pictures of? Might be some of us would have something.

Well lets see

DJ's
Mr. Burger
Taco Shop when it was on 7th
Judge McGreevy's things like that, stuff that is no longer there.

luv2cook wrote:

Ratzilla wrote:

Just out of curiosity, what are you looking for pictures of? Might be some of us would have something.

Well lets see

DJ's
Mr. Burger
Taco Shop when it was on 7th
Judge McGreevy's things like that, stuff that is no longer there.

Why dredge up bad memories? I'm glad some of those are gone

i asked at the library in the kansas room because ive been wanting a photo too from bygone days but most of what they have is pre 50's guess nobody thought anything after that was worth preserving... lol

Try the college. Try asking older photographers. Try HHS. Do what Blackie did and go through old HHS yearbooks. They should have every year in the library and may still have them at the historical society. It was common to put photos of downtown hangouts in them.

Try HDN. If the paper doesn't have photo archives one of their past photographers might. Hell put an ad out. I've been interested in finding some 60's-70's photos myself, like one of Santa and his reindeer when they had them hanging at the Court House, and the old A&W that was on the North side of 8th street, The Drive In Theater, and the Fox as it once looked inside, and alot of other things.

Ah memories. These are good, nabbed them off a FB group about Hays. A gal named Stephanie Martin gets the credit for posting them.

Had many a burger, root beer, and onion rings at that A&W. Did Tastee Freez with their multiple flavoring bottles all in a row too but went to the old Dairy Queen more often.

Got plowed into at that intersection in front of the Pancake Inn... slivers of glass all over in the right side of my face and in my hair. Oh, the memories! LOL!

I remember the old cop/fire station on 11th street.....not so good memories there.

Blackie Kuhn wrote:

I remember the old cop/fire station on 11th street.....not so good memories there.

Seems like I spent the night of my 18th birthday on the sofa of the police station.

Anybody remember Sandys? Was where the NEW City of hays Tourist steak house is?

Yep.

I only ate there once. You could see the cooks from a counter that ran along the side. Some guy was back there digging the Shit outta his nose....never returned none the less

Did anyone have any Sambo's photos?

Blackie Kuhn wrote:

I only ate there once. You could see the cooks from a counter that ran along the side. Some guy was back there digging the Shit outta his nose....never returned none the less

When that location was Hardees, a buddy of mine worked there in his yout. There was an unpleasant lady supervisor who smoked. My friend and another guy would wait until she was elsewhere then dig the filter of her unguarded cigarette into an ear until it was good and waxy. It wasn't retaliation, it was merely a good faith effort to put some tang in her smoke.

Justoo wrote:

looks like an old denny's

[quote="SciFi]When that location was Hardees, a buddy of mine worked there in his yout. [/quote]


Was this a formal yout? Or was the casual type?

SciFi wrote:

]When that location was Hardees, a buddy of mine worked there in his yout.

Justoo wrote:

Was this a formal yout? Or was the casual type?

A Fred Gwynn, yout.

Justoo wrote:

I remember the name, but where was it?

Where Village Inn is I believe.

It's a Sambos ....Look at the pictures on the wall....I get indigestion and gas just from the memory of the place

luv2cook wrote:

Where Village Inn is I believe.

Thank you, ma'am.

Never understood why anyone thought orange was a good color for resturant furnishings.

Looks like a giant creamsicle. blech!

Ratzilla wrote:

Never understood why anyone thought orange was a good color for resturant furnishings.

Worked for A&W and Orange Julius.

suzyr wrote:

Looks like a giant creamsicle. blech!

That's the description I was looking for.

That Orange color was popular in the 70's

fescue wrote:

That Orange color was popular in the 70's

So was disco. That doesn't make it good.

And pet rocks.

fescue wrote:

That Orange color was popular in the 70's

Orange Sunshine still was in the early 70's. Wonder if there's a connection?