Cyclone Racer at the Pike. When the fleet was in it was crowded. Navy left, Disney too much competition, all she wrote.
I grew up in Burbank. I remember the red cars stopping at a station on the corner of Glenoaks and Orange Grove Ave. My mom would take us n the cars to go see the doctor in downtown LA. Thanks for the map.
"Newsie" 1915, 6yr. old selling papers. I sold papers but I was 12 or so. Child labor laws don't give a kid a chance to work, however selling papers at 6 is pretty bad news, no pun intended.
Why would anyone pop these words up here? I'll assume he's a teenager or in his 20s. That explains why he can't appreciate what life was like before cell phones, video games and quarter pounders. Ah, kids today!! When I was his age I was perfect!! (sorta...kinda) Anyway, my recommendation to all those who think this is a waste. DON'T VIEW IT!! You are FAR outnumbered.
Funny on that list of exchanges MIchigan and Mutual are not on there. These were downtown exchanges for city telephones. MIchigan 5211 later MIchigan 4-5211 was city hall switch board. You had to tell the operator what extension or name of office you wanted and she plugged you into that line. MUtual 8-6447 was straight thru number to a certain office I remember. Not to many offices had straight thru numbers in the 50's.
dayaaam, I grew up in Long Beach,Lakewood,Bellflower, artesia,Seal beach,huntington, Graduated lakewood High 1969 the memories thanks you guys for this thread . Mind baffleing
In the early 60's we lived in Highland Park.. Our phone number was Clinton6-5065 and my mothers work number just outside of downtown (9th and Hoover) was Du3-0542 The exchange was Dunkirk (not sure on the spelling) And my aunt in Echo Park was Ma7-3409 I think that was Madison or something like that.
I have 2 of these. Different brand but close.. Mine are early 60's "Marketour". Mine have the fat man option (extra door behind the drivers door) I am building one right now.. 250 suzuki motor making it a 5 speed / 8inch ford rear from a utility cart. The rear will be bagged.. Now all i need is an old geezer to drive it...
Check this out, maybe you've seen it making the family e-mail loop, my cousin from South Florida sent it. Also speaks to slimmer people, perhaps if you never get obese as a child, you tend to stay that way . . .perhaps. TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes. Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight.. WHY? Because we were always outside playing...that's why! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem We did not have Play stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out very many eyes.. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
sooo true. i was born in the late 70, and i didnt have any computer or let alone a tv. and the part about the law. sooo true! im glad that im not the only one who got the belt, wooden spoon etc! no internet, encyclopedia!!! granted that some of you older cats are more OG! i went through most of this, so does it mean i fall under the same category??? TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes. Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight.. WHY? Because we were always outside playing...that's why! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem We did not have Play stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out very many eyes.. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS![/QUOTE]
any one got pics of the ford plant in long beach (wilmington).the building was there till the late 80's early 90's ,i remember it was all brick.the street that went to it ,is still called hanry ford ave.
too busy to post them right now, but look here http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ng+Beach&hl=en&safe=off&sa=G&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1
7th and Broadway, the heart of the the shopping and business area. Shows you how crowded it was. Remember there were no malls or big stores in the outlaying areas, everyone came downtown.
1931 tour of the Ford Plant in Long Beach. Henry liked Long Beach because it had ship access both for receiving parts and shipping automobiles out.
Isn't that the truth. The family going window shopping in downtown at Chritmas time was an annual highlight. May Co. the Broadway, etc. Big stores that treated you like guests in a fancy hotel. Dads shopped with a tie on and mom alway would wear a dress. The windows of the big stores were fabulous. All decorated with animated elves and such. And the all that electric trains. They would almost hypnotize a kid. No they did hypnotize a kid. After dark the sidewalks would sparkle. In the concrete would be flecks of something (mica?) and they would glitter. Downtown Los Angeles was a big deal in the 50's. We livd 17 miles east and we had the shoe stores, toy stores, hardware stores, but the big stores with all the glamour and glitz were downtown. The movie theaters were absolute palaces with carpet that you'd sink into. Yeah, Clifton's for lunch, window shopping, a white paper bag of malted milk balls from Sears and Robuck, and a movie like the 1962 World War II film, "The Longest Day" with John Wayne and Henry Fonda. Damn good days.... The urban sprawl would soon be followed by the local shopping malls that led to the decline of the downtown Los Angeles department stores and the whole downtown adventure.
OPERATOR!!! Get me the police! haha this is pretty cool info, I didnt know how those prefixes worked..
Growing up in Arcadia, we were Hillcrest. After they did away with these, we actually still were Hillcrest because our phone number started with 447...which dialed the same as Hillcrest. My Dad died in 2002, but he had the same phone number for 55 years. I've had my current phone number for 37 years. I remember when Los Angeles County was all area code 213. Orange County was 714 then came cellphones and fax machines....
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