Michael Kelly / World-Herald columnist wrote:Soon, the 57-year run of Kelley's Hilltop will end and the music will stop. The doors will close and it will be so quiet that — yes, you can hear a pin drop.
The last pin will drop on Aug. 24, which also will mark the end of a seven-decade, four-generation family business.
Michael Kelly / World-Herald columnist wrote:In 1956, Kelley's Hilltop opened at 48th Avenue and Hamilton Street, just up the hill from the two-year-old Rose Bowl. There were plenty of bowlers for both, and Omaha was a bowling capital — at one point with more alleys per capita than any other city.
I remember walking from Walnut Hill Elementary school a few times to go bowling at this place.. definitely a nice place to bowl..... even if I think bowling is one of the worst sports ever.
I always thought it was a cool old school place to go. Â Every now and then I think bowling is a blast. Â Like it because you can do it with people of any age. Â Good social activity.
