Apologies if this has been posted before:

http://www.archive.org/details/GoldenYe1960

Or, if you prefer, you can see it in two parts on Youtube:

Thanks for that nostalgia, Dave. I do remember the first Center that had the Brunswick decor instead of the standard wood slat benches. Mom and Dad would bring us kids bowling after Church on Sundays. And, we wanted to go to the new place with all the colors.

I loved the optional 'open Bowling score pads'. Many today don't know how to keep score manually.

Just looking at that old Brunswick video brings back that old bowling alley smell, I think it was the old lane oil they used to use, it was a great smell and brings back many good memories.

Jim, I can remember that smell.

Look at those Brunswick videos. Both the Mom and kid went over the line. Neither fell. Well, the kid belly flopped, but he didn't slide. Don't think they had much oil on them.

Dave, are there any older lanes still open in your area? There are just a couple left by me. You know, the 8 or 12 lane houses. The older ones have gone the way of strip malls and vegetable markets.

Chicago was loaded with second floor alleys. Some had candlepins on the third floor. When the first real, "built for bowling" center opened, it looked like your video.