tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post113166287668380115..comments2024-03-25T23:54:35.042-07:00Comments on Orange County Memories: Linbrook Family BilliardsSteve Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07254867681706917705noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-88347265117268192782010-10-13T05:13:15.459-07:002010-10-13T05:13:15.459-07:00In the 70s, we used to hang out at the family bill...In the 70s, we used to hang out at the family billiard place at Orangewood & Euclid right on the Anaheim/Garden Grove line. I think a guy named Russ ran the place. Played a lot of foosball there.Synthetrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735644870199153758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-43203162837869965682010-01-02T21:59:20.202-08:002010-01-02T21:59:20.202-08:00Did anybody ever paly pool at the Garden Grove Bil...Did anybody ever paly pool at the Garden Grove Billards on GG Blvd next to Taco Lita?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-56919265706241855352009-11-05T17:50:53.069-08:002009-11-05T17:50:53.069-08:00WOW i remember Lin-Brook hardware. They had a huge...WOW i remember Lin-Brook hardware. They had a huge Christmas display there every year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-60642678629058377022009-03-30T11:57:00.000-07:002009-03-30T11:57:00.000-07:00In like 1967 my dad Vincent Boles was the general ...In like 1967 my dad Vincent Boles was the general manager of Lin-Brook Hardware! My mom and dad weres eperated, but every Sat he would pick us up and we would spend the day there hanging out. It was a big place for the day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761532980371489326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-25351382613018689102007-06-20T22:59:00.000-07:002007-06-20T22:59:00.000-07:00Both the bowling alley and pool hall are still the...Both the bowling alley and pool hall are still there. The pool hall is now a great place to practice Spanish. High school kids during the day... with Savanna down the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-1151125688469332582006-06-23T22:08:00.000-07:002006-06-23T22:08:00.000-07:00I SOOOO Remember my grandpa taking me to Linbrook ...I SOOOO Remember my grandpa taking me to Linbrook hardware when i was tiny! I lived two blocks from there. Now it's the autoparts store..all good things must come to an end. Linbrook Billiards is still there. I drive by it when i go see my family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-1137175336685632012006-01-13T10:02:00.000-08:002006-01-13T10:02:00.000-08:00Linbrook bowling ally and Linbrook Billiards were ...Linbrook bowling ally and Linbrook Billiards were two different places. They were on different sides of the same corner.. LINcoln and BROOKhurst.<BR/>Get it lin-brook? There was also a Linbrook hardware store. It closed decades ago. Remember Gemco, Zody's and E tickets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-1133975260676478692005-12-07T09:07:00.000-08:002005-12-07T09:07:00.000-08:00I believe it's still there, just on the other side...I believe it's still there, just on the other side of the bowling alley. I played there a few times two or three years ago. It's pretty much the same as described in the original post. It's called Linbrook after the cross streets, Lincoln and Brookhurst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-1132194250062984592005-11-16T18:24:00.000-08:002005-11-16T18:24:00.000-08:00Alex, the bowling alley is a separate entity. It's...Alex, the bowling alley is a separate entity. It's on Brookhurst. The billiard hall is/was on Lincoln, around the corner, on the south side of the street, east of Brookhurst. I don't remember if it's still there. I haven't been that way for years.<BR/>I used to go there in the late 60s, and you really could call it a family place then. Oh well. Everything changes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10397898.post-1132190241119148762005-11-16T17:17:00.000-08:002005-11-16T17:17:00.000-08:00Linbrook is still there; its a bowling alley! Here...Linbrook is still there; its a bowling alley! Here's their website...<BR/><BR/>http://www.linbrookbowl.com/Alex Deligiannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361241788494617600noreply@blogger.com