How many of you remember walking past the pool hall on Ford Road run by Danny Yates? I remember walking past on my way to Brainard, picking up long cigarette butts that we would smoke under the bridge between the school yard and Midway, pretty sick huh?

Bill, Seems like your message has been sitting here without a response for far too long. Am guessing the vast majority of the folks here are too young to remember the place.

But - just so as to confirm your memory....YES, I remember the Pool Hall very well. No one would ever confuse me with a "hustler," but I used to go there occasionally to hang around, play a little 8-ball, and smoke my Lucky Strikes (LSMFT lol) in public without being harassed. Most of my memories of the place go back to the early 60's - sound about right?

Maybe you remember some of the regulars there:

Danny Yate's (of course,) Porgie Bennet, the Labadie Bros. (Mike and Pooky,) Tom Smith (Charlotte's brother,) and a host of others.  Those WERE the days my friend.

Regards,
Gary Beam, Class of '66