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T Brockette

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D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« on: August 20, 2005, 04:52:30 AM »
My mom used to work at a few centers in the late 60's and early 70's. My father and brother bowled in tourneys all over the place, and I was thinking of some of the centers from glory days past that have closed. Here is a list of some of the ones I remember:

Hart Bowl
Circle Bowl
Jack and Jill Lanes
Expressway Lanes
Zangs
Bronco Bowl
Don Carters East
Buckner Bowl or Grove Country (I think this one is closed)
Meadowbrook Lanes (I think this one is closed too)
Cotton Bowling Palace

See if anyone can think of some more.

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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2005, 02:08:59 PM »
Its sad to think, but add Don Carter'w All Star Lanes to that list of closed centers if the college thats bidding on the place gets it.
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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2005, 02:10:17 PM »
Jim,

It is my understanding that there is a new set of investors looking to keep Don Carters West open.
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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2005, 02:11:53 PM »
I live about 80 miles away, but I know Grove country is closed. I drive by there twice a week on my route.  I miss that place.  Bowled a few touneys there, house had china for a shot.
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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2005, 02:16:29 PM »
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Jim,

It is my understanding that there is a new set of investors looking to keep Don Carters West open.
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I spoke to someone last week and they told me things are still very much up in the air if DC will be staying open or not. They have lost alot of league bowlers and all of their traveling league teams.
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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2005, 02:39:25 PM »
Jim,

I know that the conditions were horrible for State. No air conditioning and the snack bar had hardly any food at all.
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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2005, 02:52:30 PM »
Valwood
Preston Forest
Irving Lanes
Town North
Great Southwest
Carter Beach
Richland
Forest Park
Berry Bowl

I lived at Hart and Circle!  

A couple Mid Cities and FW one.  Bronco was cool but Forest Park was the most unique.  It was over a big pancake house.  

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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2005, 02:57:36 PM »
I can't believe I forgot about Valwood. Spent many a nights there. My mom work the counter at Hart and Circle.
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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2005, 03:01:10 PM »
If I remember correctly, didn't Berry bowl have a tournament that ran on sundays only. I seem to recall a center in Ft. Worth or surrounding area that used to really pull in some big names at the time and I thought it was Berry.
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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2005, 03:15:42 PM »
I knew there was some reason I spent every Sunday at Berry as a kid. lol

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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2005, 12:10:29 AM »
For all you guys in DFW area; I used to bowl at Triangle bowl in Richardson...is that place still open?  My family still lives in the area, off jupiter and campbell I believe.

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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2005, 02:13:43 AM »
I believe that place is long gone. There used to be a center in Irving called Golden Triangle but I think it has changed it's name. Help me out here Robert.
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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2005, 08:31:41 AM »
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I believe that place is long gone. There used to be a center in Irving called Golden Triangle but I think it has changed it's name. Help me out here Robert.
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Last I heard it changed names....FWIW...it was off central expressway, near a bowling and billards.

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« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2005, 09:06:40 AM »
The one in Richardson is now AMF Richardson. I used to buy cameras from Bob Tomlinson in the pro shop there.  It was a weird combination of things.  Like to find him again. Triangle Bowl in Irving is still there as AMF Irving under new management.  That is the center where our Pro Shop is located.  Someone told me that Blazer is gone.  That one was close to the B&B that is on Easy St.  The B&B is now split in the warehouse.  One side is Classic Products and the other something else.  

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Re: D/FW Members - Closed bowling centers
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2005, 09:43:13 AM »
Of the gone and somewhat fondly remembered, I did well at DC Beach and at Grove Country.  Hart was a house I always seemed to struggle in...so I'm not sure I want to put it in a fondly remembered category

Grove Country was a Ray Charles shot before the concept of the THS was so widely abused...the thing that amazed me was how many people were whining about how flooded they were.  I also remember it as the first place I bowled where you had to have the bar membership since it was in a liquor-controlled area.  Manager comped the membership since I was from out of town...

It would be a shame to see DC West go...they always put on a good tournament.  Granted, the stuff that Jim would run could get hellish hot during September and October on the low end of the house if the AC was even thinking about going on the fritz...
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