1960's anaheim/orange county (Huntington Beach, Pomona: neighborhoods, buying, schools)

[DewDropInn]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

I was wondering more about the early 60s but it must have been pretty minimal based on the 70s price.

Disneyland was always expensive for the average middle class family. It was a big deal for us to go when I was a kid. It was for all the kids I grew up with. (Unless a family member worked there.) Sometime in the late 60's they started having deals, through local employers, that made it more affordable.

We went to Knott's a LOT because it was free. 10 cents to feed the seals. 10 cents for the merry-go-round. And my parents would give us 10 cents to put in the puppeteer's box. (If you remember the puppeteer at Knott's you're officially old.)

[CAVA1990]

Originally Posted by DewDropInn

Disneyland was always expensive for the average middle class family. It was a big deal for us to go when I was a kid. It was for all the kids I grew up with. (Unless a family member worked there.) Sometime in the late 60's they started having deals, through local employers, that made it more affordable.

We only went if it was a major birthday, like turning 5. I recall going there on a school field trip and of course later on for the dreaded high school grad night where you had to stay all night and couldn't leave.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

I was wondering more about the early 60s but it must have been pretty minimal based on the 70s price.

I don't know. I worked there in the early 70s as a teenager, so that's the only reason I remember. I don't think Disneyland was ever free, though, even when it opened in the 1950s. It was a lot less expensive, obviously, before they moved to the admission price that included ride tickets. I often heard from my coworkers who lived in O.C. that it was an affordable date...they could watch great shows for practically nothing, and skip the rides. No longer...

[newguy101]

Originally Posted by Leonard64

Entry to Disneyland had a cost. The coupon books included that but you could just pay the entry fee and pay for the rides you wanted at the ride itself.

As a kid I would go there and wander the parking lot asking for any tickets people leaving did not use. Always got a bunch, even though the "E" tickets not used were rare. Had a ball on the cheap.

My Father worked at Disneyland when it opened, we all got in free.

[wrcousert]

Originally Posted by newguy101

My Father worked at Disneyland when it opened, we all got in free.

My dad was offered a job in purchasing. He turned it down because Walt Disney couldn't guarantee him more than four months work.

[Leonard64]

Originally Posted by newguy101

My Father worked at Disneyland when it opened, we all got in free.

My father knew the GM when it opened and he got us all free tickets. It is always nice to know someone "important". OF course then I was hooked.

[Leonard64]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

I was wondering more about the early 60s but it must have been pretty minimal based on the 70s price.

I think initially it was a $1.00

[ellenworley]

Would you be thinking of Belisle's? Great place. Huge portions. 5 out of 4 people eat hear was on the sign.

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by DewDropInn

Disneyland was always expensive for the average middle class family. It was a big deal for us to go when I was a kid. It was for all the kids I grew up with. (Unless a family member worked there.) Sometime in the late 60's they started having deals, through local employers, that made it more affordable.

We went to Knott's a LOT because it was free. 10 cents to feed the seals. 10 cents for the merry-go-round. And my parents would give us 10 cents to put in the puppeteer's box. (If you remember the puppeteer at Knott's you're officially old.)

At nearly 100/person without discounts, you bet Disneyland is expensive. Their park hopper deal does not seem worth it either. I want to take my nieces and nephews but I could fly to London on that price when you consider meals, drinks, etc.

[Tom Turley]

Originally Posted by CapnHawk

As for coffee houses in the OC, I remember the Mon Ami in Orange. Originally at Chapman and Schaeffer, it moved in the early 1960's to Tustin Avenue.

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[SIZE=3]You are so correct with the locations of the Mon Ami.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Dick Stout, who owned the Mon Ami hired mybest friend and I from a Mater Dei High School talent show, we were called Bill& Tom (Guitar and Banjo). We played folk music (The Kingston Trio Cover) everyFriday and Saturday night. I still drive by the Chapman Ave house and thinkback how great that period of time was. Bill and I played a few times at thenew Mon Ami on Tustin Ave. Fast forward a few years, a short story about the WeFive! I met Mike Stewart in a Pomona music store and gave him a ride home tohis parent’s house. We had a great afternoon talking about his brother successjoining The Kingston Trio and just jamming. He had started a folk group in thatarea with another guy and girl.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Theycalled themselves The Ridge Runners.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Mygroup at the time joined them in Pomona for group sing.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]I was so impressed with The Ridge Runners, Itold Mike I would introduce him to Dick Stout, the owner of Mon Ami.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]They played many a weekend for Dick at theMon Ami before heading north to San Francisco and became the We Five. The restis history.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]I have a lot of stories about the Mon Ami and the great talent that entertained.[/SIZE]