From x779 at webtv.net Mon May 9 11:03:00 2011 From: x779 at webtv.net (Louis Rugani) Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 15:03:00 GMT Subject: [milwaukee-electric] 25th Anniversary: "The Trolley at East Troy" Message-ID: Produced/released for TV in 1986 and never available on VHS or DVD but seen in its 56-minute entirety here over six chapters: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trolley at east troy From gSchnabl at SWDetroit.com Tue May 31 22:05:31 2011 From: gSchnabl at SWDetroit.com (Gary Schnabl) Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 22:05:31 -0400 Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Oldest custard stand Message-ID: <4DE59E6B.8080101@SWDetroit.com> I tried to do a web search to see if there might be some useful information about Milwaukee's oldest custard stand. Came up with nothing much. From my recollections of the 1940s and 1950s, those mom-and-pop stands were sited about every mile or closer. For me, one in the 2700 block of Capitol was 15 blocks from home, but one in the 4300 block was only a block away. So, my parents would go there or have me walk over and get some deep-fried fish, fries, ribs, chicken, phosphates, and stuff--even custard--on Fridays, etc. The Wikipedia mentions that a custard stand on Coney Island was the first such custard stand in 1919. Seeing that frozen custard was so plentiful in my youth, there must have been a stand predating 1919 in Milwaukee. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum