Does anyone know of a poolroom in Charlotte, NC, called Rex Billiards? I have two photos, the inside and outside; it had the name REX in huge neon. I will post pics when I can dig it up. Photo looks like mid sixties or so.
Rex Billiards, Charlotte NC?
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I was just wanting to verify that it really was in Charlotte so I could label the back when framed; the press info was from a Charlotte newspaper. If I frame, or even put a mat on a photo for future framing, I color copy the back and glue the copy on the outside so nobody has to tear open the foam core and mat board to investigate the info on back.
I remember going there in early to mid sixties. I was 18. There was a downstairs and upstairs on S. Tryon Street, just south of Trade Street. Downstairs did a brisk lunch business. I don't remember the downstairs being open at night, only the upstairs. Me and a buddy would go and fire "$10 at the rackman for $2 a game, every couple of weeks. We may have won once in a while. Both my grandfathers played there to the chagrin of their wives, probably in the '40's. Paramount Billiards was on N. Tryon St at W. Seventh St., during the same time. Both were decent rooms. But, the burbs and shopping malls did them in.
Great post. When I think of the old pool rooms in the 60’s. I can still smell the smoke and see the burn marks in all the rails!!