- Old Roxy theatre
- There was a disco in that building for a while. Dry ice, flashing lights, the real thing. Anyone else remember that?
- it was the Roxy bar for a little bit back in the early/ mid 80s
- Also the Gregory I think..
- Yes, it was Roxys...Went there all the time.
- It was a 2nd home in the 80's! So much fun
- I rented an apartment there, top left window!
- I too rented that apartment, then moved across the hall. Sometime around ‘78 or ‘79. Blast from the past!
- The bowling alley was there too, next door I think. I was never in it but heard about it. Never hung out at the roxy
- you can see the bowling sign just above the Gremlin
- I used to work there setting pins in the Bowling Alley!
- My brother Al worked there I remember going with there all the time when I was young
- I used to bowl there too! Thanks for changing my pins Glenn! 😝
- That town changed my life in such a positive way. Even those who were mean to me I love all the people I met here. Georgetown will forever be in my heart, sounds corny but it’s facts!
- Is that my orange gremlin?
- Where is the other half of that car?
- The Roxey
- Early 70's, keep em coming 😊
- Love the car ·
- My sister owned an orange Gremlin around then, friends lived in the apartments....could be?. ☺
- Geoff is that your Gremlin?
- The 'ol bowling alley before it became Muscle Works.
- Great times , we made up our own teams back then .
- My sister, Elaine, worked there.
- I also worked for Al & Ross Norton setting up pins lol great times with good friend
- Nice Gremli
- WE lived in the app. above the bowing ally the [1960 .] the sub shop was a pizza place called FATSOS I think it was the first one in town ??
- Hey, when you lived there was the Roxy still standing??
- no WE LOOKED OUT OUR WINDOW TO THE EMPTY SEATS
- Yes and a tree growing up in the aisle. I saw it also. Don White had an apartment there as well.
- YES he did so did CALVIN KING
- Not too many people remember the Roxy anymore, huh?
- that IS FOR SHURE
- Is this where the parking lot is now, just down the road from the McGibbon
- no.. the building is still there.. beside the Salvation Army store..It's painted all white/cream now
- Thanks!
- My Dad helped put out the fire in the Roxy
- I just came out of the Roxy watching a movie! So sad to have it burn down
- I remember a place I think it was called Howies in that place before it was The Roxy in the 80s
- Hi the first place to open after the Roxy Theatre was Jakes Disco, unfortunately it opened the night Disco died ! Howie Oram and I opened up again under the name Howies in 1981, long story short, Howie bought me out after 6 months and then went bankrupt in a few months. The owner of the building (Al Pilutti) and I reopened under the Name "The Roxy" in 1982, was a great "Rock & Roll" bar until 1986 when Al closed it down and converted the downstairs into offices.
- Ya , I forgot about Jakes, likely cause I was never there LOL, but do remember going to Howie’s a few times.
- Me too . Had been to the Roxy just before the firecrackers(I think) burned it down
- yes it was a fine dining restaurant up stairs and a bar down...I worked both in 1981
- I loved working at the Roxy then. Had a blast. 😁
- Me too !!
- I remember a place I think it was called Howies in that place before it was The Roxy in the 80s
- I remember that building burn down, I believe it was a large firecracker that cause the fire at the Roxy. I used to be a pin-boy at the bowling ally in the basement beside the Roxy.
- It was a big loss when it burned down. Spent many a Saturday afternoon at the movie
- Does anyone have pics of the Roxy?? I have only seen it burned out
- Used to go to the Roxy often around 83'-84', when it was a bar and dance place. Mike Reid was the DJ back then.....I didn't know about the fire......too bad
- The fire was in the foxy movie theatre. Before my time. Probably yours too.
- II do believe the ROXY in the late 50s it was before we were married[1960] I would say maybe 57--58
- The fire was in the late 50,s early 60,s that I can remember
- The fire was 1958, I remember raiding the candy bar after all the firemen left 🤣
- The fire was in the foxy movie theatre. Before my time. Probably yours too.
- We moved in 1960 in Jan. and it was burnt out then maybe 1958 when it burned
- So sixty years then...
- Do you know how old the theatre was when it burned?? And what was playing at the time? Lol..
- WE HEARD THAT IT WAS . B,A,N,G the story said the fire started because of a FIRE CRACKER ////WOWS
- the Building was built in 1919 by MacKenzie and Son for the Gregory Family. the original name was the "Gregory Theatre". That was what we called the dining room above the Roxy in the 80's
- Thanks . G'town history! Awesome! Is this Main street
- No it is Mill Street by the Old Post Office across from Silver Creek Towers
- Thank you!
- So sixty years then...
- Is that "The Soup Pot" in the front right corner? Great soups and pies!
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