The Observation Deck

The synapses from my Lakewood "Yout" are still there.

I can still remember staying overnight at my grandparents' house on Jackson and Clifton in the 60's.

My grandfather would take me to the Lawsons at Geil and Detroit and buy me a toy and some ice cream.

Some jingles just roll on....

Brian

Great memory.

Perhaps you remember one of Lakewood's brightest moments in musical history, when the band that invented "punk music" (well one of the 3 given credit) produced a great version of that song, which became a favorite and cited by Joe Strummer of "The Clash" and Billy Joe Armstrong of "Green Day" as inspiration for their style of play.

I cannot find that in a video, will upload later, but here is the song that started it all, "Aggitated."



Ban members lived on Kenneth, Lewis Drive, Marlowe, and Clifton.

The band was also an inspiration for "The Dead Boys" most members lived on Giel at one time.



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Nothing better'n Lawsons Dutch Loaf!

Get that juice up to Lawsons in 40 Hours. Shaved ham was the best, during Lent my father would get some and after midnight he would have a large sandwich.

Here is a funny discovery. None of the comments in this thread registered with me… then Stan Austin's additional reference to a Lawson's, within the Baron Cup thread, jogged my memory.

I have in fact been in Lawsons, multiple times. When I was in Tokyo, Japan, two years ago.

This had no particular significance to me, at the time. On most days I made at least one visit to Lawson's, or to a 7-11, and I suppose it vaguely occurred to me that the former originated as a western brand just like the latter. Unlike Kinko's (another extinct American brand that survives in Japan), I did not specifically recognize Lawson.

But, lo and behold, Wikipedia advises me that the chain not only began in the United States but in Cuyahoga Falls.

Also lo and behold, I do find one photo of a Tokyo Lawson store, or at least a glimpse of it.