One of my best Halloween childhood (12 13 14 ish) memories was going down to Atlanta costume off of Monroe drive. My best friend stu’s Mom drove us down there in her Volkswagen beetle and let us browse the store for who knows how long. This was in the mid-seventies and at the time we where into the band Kiss which led to us messing around with theatrical makeup.
We ended up leaving with clown white makeup, a bunch of different colors of face makeup that looked like little cylinders wrapped in gold foil, some spirit gum and fake hair that we ended up eventually using to create some very lifelike beards for ourselves. We proceeded to visit the local Tenneco convenience store and played some pranks on the clerk, ahh Tenneco we lived at that place.
Wonder how many times I said to Mom “Mom we goin to Tenneco”
I really can’t remember what we ended up dressing as that year for Halloween , but a skeleton, almost getting ran over by a car, and having allot of fun comes to mind.
Atlanta Costume is still there, well sort of it always was owned or a distributor of norcostco’s products.
My Wife and I dropped by there a few years ago, it is still a great place, it is always good to go back and visit places that held your childhood memories.
In the spirit of Halloween here is a picture of what I would have looked like if I was a grown up in the seventies.
Polyester Sport Coats and Silk Shirts with Big Collars
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This post was written by Andrew on October 30, 2008
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