{"id":711,"date":"2011-01-04T01:09:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T01:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/?page_id=711"},"modified":"2023-03-19T18:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T18:25:00","slug":"old-school-flint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Old School Flint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Old School Flint Needs Your Help!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Help me identify the faces with missing names on this site. In the 1980&#8217;s I DJ&#8217;d most of the clubs in Flint and took pictures of the customers. I recently found a ton of negatives and scanned them to put up this site. Enjoy the memories and let&#8217;s try to name everybody on here!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Jeff Lamb<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how this site works:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>First, sign up to the site so you can post names to the pictures.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When you see someone you know, click on the picture.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Below that picture will be a comment box.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Type the name of that person in the box and submit.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rinse, lather, repeat!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This could be a fun project for all of us!\u00a0 The pictures are free for the taking.\u00a0 If you see one you want, Click it, then above the picture, is says&#8221;Full Size.&#8221; \u00a0Click the number next to Full Size and \u00a0right click and &#8220;save image as&#8221;&#8230; It&#8217;s that easy!<\/p>\n<p>If you have any pictures from any bar in Flint in the 80&#8217;s and want to post them here.\u00a0 Email them to me at jeff@oldschoolflint.com!\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be glad to post them!<\/p>\n<p><em>Jeff Lamb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nick-Garvey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2842 lazyload\" title=\"Nick Garvey\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nick-Garvey-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nick-Garvey-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nick-Garvey.jpg 604w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/162;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2842\" title=\"Nick Garvey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nick-Garvey-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nick-Garvey-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nick-Garvey.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nick Garvey Band at Wild Bill&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Jimbo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2416 alignleft lazyload\" title=\"Jimbo\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Jimbo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"130\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 103px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 103\/130;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2416 alignleft\" title=\"Jimbo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Jimbo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"130\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Jim Zembo was Flint&#8217;s Piano Man.\u00a0 He played and sang at Billy&#8217;s Pub in downtown Flint, Bogarts in the Hyatt, Aladdin&#8217;s and all over.\u00a0 To this day, he&#8217;s the best I ever heard.\u00a0 And not just because he&#8217;s my cousin!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Rosie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2188 alignleft lazyload\" title=\"Rosie\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Rosie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"130\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 103px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 103\/130;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2188 alignleft\" title=\"Rosie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldschoolflint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Rosie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"130\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Who doesn&#8217;t remember Rosie?\u00a0 She sang &#8220;Won&#8217;t You Come Home, Bill Bailey&#8221; at every bar in town.\u00a0 She always needed a ride home too.\u00a0 Bless her heart, she was a fixture in Flint night life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jT9UflEvHYk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Weather-Ball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft lazyload\" title=\"Weather Ball\" data-src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Weather-Ball.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"143\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 107px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 107\/143;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Weather Ball\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Weather-Ball.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"143\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>One of the things that was totally unique to Flint and Flint alone was the Citizen&#8217;s Bank weather ball.\u00a0 You could see it for miles.\u00a0 Put up in 1956, way before Cable TV and the internet, this was the way a lot of us knew what the weather was going to be.\u00a0\u00a0 But only if you knew the poem:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">When the weather ball is red, higher temperatures ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When the weather ball is blue, lower temperatures are due.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow light in weather ball means they\u2019ll be no change at all.<\/p>\n<p>When colors blink in agitation, there\u2019s going to be precipitation.<\/p>\n<iframe data-src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oldschoolflint.com%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; 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