Gone but not forgotten in Jacksonville! (Orange Park, Parker: bankrupt, military, move to)

[missesthebeaches]

I think you're right, Parkerclassof72. My dad still lives on the Westside so I went home for Christmas but it was just for the weekend and I really didn't have time to go to all the places I wanted to go. I usually try to go home at least once a year and I'm going to try to make it back this summer if possible. I will definitely be going to Singleton's the next trip I make home!

[Tomrific]

Hi if anyone ever worked at the old Regency theatre, let me know. I worked there from 68 - 71.

[sofinallydone]

Give it time...I originally moved here in 1972 at 19, newly married. We bought a house on Queen of Hearts Ct. in Cedar Hills for $14k. By 1978 I was in Real Estate and sold MANY MANY of those houses for $25K a pop. Moved away, and then back in 2003. It's a shame that area has so "eclined.

You know the Dinosaur on Beach Blvd. That used to oversee a putt-putt course. We used to take my precious little boys there every weekend. Those little boys are now fat, with white beards, and they look much too old to be hollarng "Momma" in Walmart!

[MARIESTANLEY40]

Does anyone have any Pictures of "The Slippery Dip" water slide? My Father poured the concrete for this and our pictures have gotten lost or damaged. Thanks

[jls2boys]

We have a facebook page called "if you grew up in Jacksonville" you will find alot from your childhood there, Maybe you can help with something I posted a question asking if anyone remembered the slippery dip slide on beach blvd? well I must say it started something because none of us can find a pic ANYWHERE !!!!!! your post is the closest I've come when searching if you happen to have one could you please post it? Thanks
Janie Carter
Jacksonville, Florida

[laneave2411]

Originally Posted by sofinallydone

Give it time...I originally moved here in 1972 at 19, newly married. We bought a house on Queen of Hearts Ct. in Cedar Hills for $14k. By 1978 I was in Real Estate and sold MANY MANY of those houses for $25K a pop. Moved away, and then back in 2003. It's a shame that area has so "eclined.

You know the Dinosaur on Beach Blvd. That used to oversee a putt-putt course. We used to take my precious little boys there every weekend. Those little boys are now fat, with white beards, and they look much too old to be hollarng "Momma" in Walmart!

My parents bought a house on Lane Ave. in 1960 when they were first built.
It is located directly across Miss Muffett Ln. S. It was the only pink house
in the entire area I believe.

[mbus1234]

Are there any Lakeshore Kindergarten alums from the 1960s out there? I went there in 1960/61. When I tell people about Mrs. Scott's crazy little school they find it hard to believe. The boys wore white shirts and shorts and an apron made from blue paisley handkerchiefs purchased at the House of Bargains. The girls wore these strange pixie dresses made of red paisley handkerchiefs--they looked like a bunch of little Wilma Flintstones. The girls had red plaid lunchboxes; the boys had blue plaid lunchboxes. On Friday, it was long pants for the boys and everybody brought their fancy tap shoes. Fridays were also Candy Day ("Hooray, hooray, today is Candy Day hooray!"). Mrs. Scott sat at a Blue piano and taught us old Broadway numbers. She also had a monkey in a cage. How this woman got fifty kids to sing and dance all day I'll never know, but we all did it. And we all behaved because Mrs. Scott had eyes in the back of her head (toward the end of the year I realized that she could see us in the mirror above the piano keys). We had performances at every holiday, and at the end of the year there was a graduation ceremony at Hyde Park Elementary. Each kid had to walk out on stage in costume and with props and do a solo number with Mrs. Scott. My song was "Off We Go." I can still see my hand shaking out in front of me as I mimed an airplane taking off, my Air Force garrison cap nearly sliding off my head. All those people! I'm a professional musician and have had a million performances, but I'll never forget the terror of singing to that sea of faces. How did she get all those kids to get up there and perform? Everyone did it and nobody cried. There was a big "Old Sparky"-like chair painted bright red for the miscreants to sit in. I got put in it a couple of times, once for climbing up a tall bookshelf to get at a cowbell that sat on the top shelf. Mrs. Scott used the bell to summon the kids back from recess. I was supposed to be outside, but I wanted to look at the bell. When I picked it up it clanged like a dinner gong and all the kids started to line up to come back in. Busted! There was a double garage where we kept our Superman capes and played with blocks. I graduated from Lee in 1973. Years later, when I was in the Army Band in D.C., my mother sent me a picture. It was a wide lens photo of the class decked out in Halloween costumes (I was a skeleton). I recognized 18 kids who went either to Bayview, Lakeshore, or Lee with me, and several who had been to all three, including two who also went to FSU.

I'd love to read other recollections of Lakeshore Kindergarten.

[missesthebeaches]

Does anyone remember the name of the Chevrolet Dealership that was on Arlington Expressway back in the '70's and '80's? I believe it may be a boat dealership now. My uncle (who has passed) worked security there during the time when a huge sinkhole occurred and they lost several new vehicles. For the life of me, I cannot remember the name of the dealership. Thanks.

[buddy5]

I miss the Frost Top, on Normandy Boulevard, across the street
from Normandy Mall.

Great drinks, served in ice-cold mugs, good hamburgers, fries and
hot dogs. Absolutely the best juke box in Jacksonville. A real old
fashioned hamburger joint. Both guys worked there were bald and
they never cared how loud we talked or played the juke box. Great
times!!!

Went there for much of the 70s, rocking place to hang out.

[madcapmagishion]

Originally Posted by missesthebeaches

Does anyone remember the name of the Chevrolet Dealership that was on Arlington Expressway back in the '70's and '80's? I believe it may be a boat dealership now. My uncle (who has passed) worked security there during the time when a huge sinkhole occurred and they lost several new vehicles. For the life of me, I cannot remember the name of the dealership. Thanks.

It was Crest Chevrolet in the 80's and 90's before it became a boat dealership. But it was another Chevrolet dealership before that. (can't remember that name though)