Memories of Greendale

Personal stories from the people who have and currently live in Greendale.

I grew up here in the 1970s. I remember Drews, Sentry, the Village Inn, the hardware store (where the Quilting Bee is?) and the liquor store where Reiman Visitor's Center is today. The 4th of July parade with what seemed like hundreds of kids on their decorated bikes and the fireworks later in the evening. There was an A&P (?) supermarket on the corner of Ramsey and Loomis, where Walgreens is today. And in the late '70s, on warm sunny days, Whitnall Park would be filled with cars playing ZMF or QFM (and later, WLPX). The cars were mostly classic muscle cars of the era. I had a VW Bug with AM radio, so I tended to go with friends in their cars. How about Gritzmacher's Excaliber in the GHS parking lot? And Greendale High had a smoking area - something that would be unthinkable today.

Ron, GHS Class of 1980.

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