Originally Posted By RedChorizo62 One great memory when life simple.I remember paying 25 cents for the local highschool pool during summer.It was open 12 to 4 and walking home seeing our footprints on the hot cement and feel of the grass beneath our feet.The stopping by Andrews hamburgers and paying 25 cents for a giant bag of fries.great memories of Anaheim calif.Any great memories for ya all?
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I would get one dollar to walk down to the market on the corner. I would stretegize and strategize on how to get the most/best candy for my money. Then I'd sit outside, on a little slope, by some bushes and savor every bite. I think I would also draw in the dirt with a stick.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Thrifty drug store used to have great ice cream cones. Not because they had the best ice cream ever; it was "regular" ice cream. But when I was growing up, it was a nickel a scoop, two for a dime, or three for 15ยข.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Growing up I woke up every morning to the sound of roosters, chickens and the train and every now and then a stray donkey on our street. All from Knott's Berry Farm. I can remember my Mom taking me over to Knott's for her early morning walk and coffee and Mrs Knott herself, handing me a little waxed paper cup full of Boysen berry juice. I lived( my Mom is still there since 1959) right off of Western Av, directly across the street from Knott's. Back then you had to cross through a tree lined dirt floor parking lot to get to the candy shop where you could watch the ladies through a window rolling and swirling out candy ropes for the handmade lollipops. You could smell the sweet smell of the jam cooking every morning as well. RC62,HI NEIGHBOR!! That was a fun flashback for me. Thanks for the thread. I live in Anaheim too. I moved only one mile up the road from my original birthplace of wich I just told you about.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I grew-up at The Poly @ WDW!! my mom is totally in love with that place!! sounds strange since I'm from MA but all my childhood memories are really from vacationing at WDW & petting a dolphin at Sea World!! I grew up in an all-boy neighborhood so we would play kickball in the road & run when ever it hit the crabby neighbors house!! good times
Originally Posted By RedChorizo62 Hey neighbor I grew on Beach and ball and spent lots of days at Knotts berry farm and the wax museum amd buena park mall and dont forget the alligator farm.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Email me RC62.OMG The alligator farm and the cottage pottery. LOL! Lets talk about growin' up in our neighborhood. LOL! My email is in my profile.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 I bet somewhere in my cellar is a mug from the Star's Wax Museum, and I have a picture of Happy Haunt with an alligator in her arms, and one of her sister with a snake wrapped around her neck. What's wrong with loving the Poly? It's my favorite home away from home. My great memory is of the Poly being $60 a night in the 70's/80's.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I grew up at various drag strips around California. Before that it was Dad racing moter cycles in the California desert.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Ohh Drag races are fun, but sometimes them guys trip over thier dresses or get thier heels caught in a hemline. ;-)
