I am so Memphis… I remember Quality Stamps from Big Star. – Susan Ferguson
I am so Memphis… that I still call Whole Foods Montesi’s Supermarket. - Alan Herbers
I am so Memphis… I remember eating at The Red Barn, Hi-Boy, Mark Twain, Robilio’s, The Toddle House, The Knickerbocker, Joy Young and the snack bars at Dixiemart and Corondolet. – Scott Fleming
I Am So Memphis Photos courtesy of Willy Bearden Legacy Project, Memphis Public Library and Loeb Properties
I am so Memphis...that I had a WHBQutie as the money lady in the cafeteria in my elementary school lunchroom, griped when we had games in Collierville because it was so far out there, remember when the flames actually worked at The Four Flames. saw a roller derby match at the MidSouth Colisieum, went to Dowdle and then All American if they didn’t have what I was looking for at York Arms (and vice versa) – Stan Farmer
lake, London Transport, when Danvers was called The Ranch House, Round the Corner Hamburgers, Broadnax and when you had to wait for the train at Ridgeway and Park. – Jon Walker
I am so Memphis…I work at Graceland. - Kevin Kern
I am so Memphis…I remember Mamselle and Snooty Fox! I remember when Walnut Grove stopped at White Station and picked up on the other side of the Belz estate.– Donna Skaar
I am so Memphis…I remember the beach within reach – Maywood! – Kathy Williams
I am so Memphis...I remember riding the bus to downtown Main St. to go movies at the Warner and the Lowes Palace with that great entrance, and have lunch or a milkshake at Kresses Counter. – Judy Vandergrift
I am so Memphis…I remember shopping at Shainbergs, Woolco, & Dixie Mart, Goldsmith’s and MM Cohn, Fred P. Gattas and Service Merchandise. – Debi McCaffrey
I am so Memphis…I remember riding my bike to get the fresh loaves of bread at Summer and Mendenhall! The Whistle Stop was the place to buy clothes too! - Kathleen Longoria
I am so Memphis…I remember riding my bike to Pop Tunes and the The Planter’s Peanut Shop on Summer Avenue, going to the Snow Cream Castle on Getwell and watching George Klein and the WHBQuties. – Lee Ann Faquin McGhee
I am so Memphis…my momma and daddy sat under a tree out front of the church beside his house while my sister and I snuck our way to the front of a line and a sea of people on an extremely hot day. The next thing I remember, we were walking up a long and winding driveway. I remember a few things more, the main one being his sideburns. And just like that it was over. I was walking back down that long winding driveway...Rushing to get back and tell mommy and daddy all about what he looked like in his coffin. His name? Elvis Presley. – Pamela Davis I am so Memphis…I dined at the Petroleum Club, The Pier, Justine’s and the 91st Bomb Group, then danced the night away at 2001, Elan’s and The Underground. – Ally Lewis I am so Memphis…I met Savid, saw concerts in the parking lot of Peaches records on Park and rode through Audubon Park in a car on a Saturday and everyone was hanging out and my job in college was Casual Corner on Union. – Cindy Dorian I am so Memphis…I remember going to the Farmer’s Market on Scott Street, going to Shakey’s Pizza after Friday night football games, going to Swenson’s for ice cream, when the Highland Strip was called “Hippy Street,” shopping at the Treasury on Lamar. – Anita Chandler I am so Memphis…that I bought chicken liver for bait at Weona Grocery to go catfishing at Chickasaw Gardens
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I am so Memphis…I remember when Lakeland was an amusement park.- John Walker
I am so Memphis…I rode the Zippin Pippin and the Gravitron, my favorite Memphis player is still Elliot “Socks” Perry, and my first burger was a Tops burger, I was a life guard at Adventure River (Baywatch in Bartlett), Captain Bilbo’s. – Angela English
I am so Memphis...I remember when you could buy a turtle, parrot, or monkey at Katz Drug Store. -Thomas King I am so Memphis...I remember how great the Food Fare was! – Carol Rush I am so Memphis…I went every Monday night to Ellis Auditorium for the wrestling matches. Never will forget the first time I saw Roughhouse Fargo. - Josh Davis I am so Memphis…that Mayor Loeb, who my Dad served as his bodyguard, drove up in our driveway on Flamingo and had a phone in his car in 1968. – Joe Kent I am so Memphis…I went to the Mid-South Fair each year on “school” day when all public schools had a real day out of school so kids/families could attend the Fair! – Sheri Hogue I am so Memphis…Memphis Tams-Johnny Newman, saw Elvis ride his horses at Graceland often, Zippin Pippin, spent summers at Gaisman Park playing box hockey and swimming. – Rhonda Avant I am so Memphis…I remember as a kid, going to Raiford’s before it was a night club- the shoe store! – Sharon Fleming I am so Memphis…Bull Shot, Colletas, Krystal on Poplar, Antenae Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, Silky’s on Overton Square, Cock-eyed Camel. – Steve Goode
I am so Memphis... that I went to the original TGIF Parties at Friday’s in Overton Square. – Becky Anderson
I am so Memphis…I used to listen to all my favorite rock songs being played by Rick Dees on WHBQ AM radio.Phillip Cox I am so Memphis…that I remember seeing “The Sound of Music” at the Paramount Theater and eating at Shoney’s next door. – Cathy Taylor I am so Memphis…that I have dialed JAM-JAM-1 for the Captain D’s time and temperature. – Will Levy I am so Memphis…that I remember buying hot bread at Hart’s Bakery at Summer & Mendenhall – Kathy Johnson I am so Memphis…I bought my shirts at Oak Hall Court Square...- John White I am so Memphis…I remember spending all my allowance at the Gold Mine Arcade at the Mall of Memphis. – Jeff Donald