heyday

In their heyday in the 1950s there were more than 4,000 in America -- but now only 300 or so remain, said Gary Rhodes, a movie historian.

Meanwhile, the style of play in the NHL became faster and a little less bruising than it had been in the aughts—and far less brutal than it was in Gretzky’s heyday.

He still wears the red beret from his Guardian Angels heyday because “it’s how people pick you out in a crowd.”

At Tugboat’s Restaurant and Bar across the street, locals recalled the atom smasher’s heyday.

Craftsman had its heyday from around 1900 to the early 1920s.