![]() ![]() when the two greek guys ran it? How about the Humdinger across the Mcdonalds near the Firestation Motel. how about Apollo Burger when it used to be next to Fazios on Harbor / GG Blvd next to Music Plus. :D when i turned 18 I saw some porn double feature there that was weird. Oh Hey remeber the Mitchel Bros Adult Theater across from Rancho Santiago College. How about the Treasury on 17th and Bristol. , Or Pup N Taco, Fazios, how about Target on Harbor used to be Fedmart and b4 that was Two Guys. in Garden Grove in the mid 70's til about mid 80's as a kid. I could see the Disneyland fireworks from our roof-I musta gone to that place 50 times as a kid. They were always laughing, singing-and were always very friendly to us kids. My first real encounter with folks from truly a different world. The braceros up from Mexico who picked the oranges. The "farmer" who supposedly shot rock salt at the bad kids. ![]() There was irrigation several times a year-so much water. Great place to explore and find really old junk. In the center of the grove was a very old abandoned house that must have been built in the 1890s. It was heaven-a forest of adventure with so many kinds of trees and small corners of history. Great deal.įor me, the very best was the Stanley family orange grove that covered 40 acres at the corner of Chapman and Euclid. We would get a family dinner there on Friday cuz it was 5 taco for a buck. I also remember dozens of kids lining the banks and experiencing fun outside on a Saturday (no X-Boxes) I observed a lot of nature in that small environment. My brother and I would drop in our bamboo pole and just goof off. I loved walking there from our place on Ora St. Filled with water with lots of surrounding trees and bushes and the old cinder block "bait and tackle" shop in the front. I was down there a couple of years ago and took some pictures-it's still there: a big hole in the ground on West St. I just had a long conversation with my GGHS friend Mike M about old GG stuff-specifically Kid's Haven. When I got a little older my pony league played games at the school next to it, Walton Intermediate. Of course, the tail got smaller, it grew legs, and when it turned into a frog, it jumped out and disappeared! I was sad to loose it, but also learned a little about the cycle of life. They wanted me to put it back but I said No! I'm keeping it! I took it home and put it in my brothers wagon with water. For a young child it really was quite an experience. It seems like it was a dime for a small container and a quarter for a large one and not sure what else they had for bait. They charged for the bait, which were red worms. I was a fun place: for a quarter they gave you an ID card, and a cane pole with line, bobber and hook. ![]() I first heard about it from other kids and was fascinated. I would love to chronicle all the things I remember. Oh, why does everything have to change? I could go on and on and on. Where Baby's R Us is used to be an Edward's Cinemas, and also one in the NE entrance right across from the Round Table Pizza which is also gone. Radio Shack was downstairs in front of Sears. There was an Oshman's Sporting Goods store where Old Navy is now. Dalton books, the food court used to be in the middle of the mall. I remember when Westminster Mall was built. I remember the 10 or so eucalyptus trees at the north end of MSP where Ward St. There used to be a Nursery Land nursery on the corner of Brookhurst and Mc Fadden where the newer Taco Bell strip mall sits.Ī large majority of the NW corner of Mile Square Park was undeveloped for a long time. There used to be a tavern called the Buck Board (long gone) on Bolsa and Ward, and next door was a place called the Bolsa Resturaunt Supply (also long gone). I grew up as a kid in there near La Quinta HS. Yeah, used to ride our bikes in that same field behind Market Basket - great mogul jumps! Reply Delete They came out and did a story - the crying face of an 8-year old kid made the front page of the Register the next day. So when they started shooting them with bows and arrows, my mom called the OC Register. I used to feed the ducks, so they were like pets. One day (1964?), the Issac Walton League decided there were too many ducks at Kids Haven (which was just a big storm collection pit, stocked with fish). My neightbors were the original American Indian family who lived in the house that overlooked the huge orange grove before it became suburban GG (the daughter's name was Nanamba - she beat me up). At one point, I lived directly across the street from KH, on West Street. Everything you mentioned is like it was yesterday - five cent ice cream scoops at the Thrifty - and they still had the lunch counter, the Orange Julius stand in front of the car wash (Dino Circle), the A&W with car service and big 'ol mugs that everyone always seemed to take home. ![]()
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