Registered Member #659 Joined: Sat Sep 15 2007, 01:32PM : Posts: 8634
I noticed in the Grizzly this week that they are going to update the village specific plan. I know most of you have never seen town when it looked like this. And it may be just me but I think it was a better place when it was like this. As near as I can tell this was taken in the late 60's but it didn't change much for another 15 years. While much of this area was not changed in the earliest changes it is all changed now. When this was the face of town it was a destination for the locals and a place to visit with your neighbors. Most food shoping was done at the Safeway, or Reedy's. There was also Emingers, a small market on red ant hill, and community market. In this picture there was also a barber shop, cornet, & the theater. Just out of the picture to the left was McNeal's, and the drug store. I have put this up as my desktop and have been spending a lot of time traveling back to what to me was a better place and time.
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Registered Member #1655 Joined: Sun Oct 26 2008, 05:33PM : Posts: 2825
Great picture Dennis. My grandparents used to live in Frazier park, like BB it is much different today. Memories are a wonderful thing. Where specifically was that photo taken, Pineknot, Blvd...? nothing in life is free, it ain't about easy it's about tough
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Registered Member #33 Joined: Sat Oct 14 2006, 01:09PM : Posts: 1761
thats upper big bear blvd. i remember it from when i was a kid.we would spend our vacations at cedar lake,when it was open to the public .i even met elvis and andy griffith there my job is to keep them running
Registered Member #659 Joined: Sat Sep 15 2007, 01:32PM : Posts: 8634
I was wondering if people would even know where it was taken from. It is from the sidewalk near stillwells looking East toward the South side of the street. The union station was a landmark and a place I spent a lot of time. I pulled in one day with a flat and the owner (LLoyd Greene) pointed me at the tire changer and instead of doing the work he showed me how. I was hooked. While I worked at halls (Paoli's) at the other end of town I spent as much time there. I met my best friend (Malcolm Atwell) when he worked there. I'm sure there are a few who remember him. I was never paid but got to work on my car, a little gas from time to time, and dinner . I am sure most people love their home town. But I always wondered how anyone could leave Big Bear. Most of the kids I grew up with did. I never understood that but always wondered if I were the one who was wrong. After knowing the people on this site awhile I knew that many feel the same way as I do about the valley. And except for any that are in witness relocation, or were able to retire, Everyone made the choice to try to make a living on the hill or commute. Some I'm sure gave up a lot to be able to live on the hill, and with the economy as it is may struggle to stay. I would like to read about
what brought people up? why did they leave their home town? and are they in it for the long haul, or would leave if they could easily do so?
there are tons of postcards made around the valley and a lot of are of either here, treasure island, or cedar lake. Just about every place is in one or another. Here is one that might be easier to recognize looking straight down the road. (At this time the highway ran through town and every week end it was about as busy as this If anyone would like to see a specific view let me know and if I have it I will post it.
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
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Registered Member #30 Joined: Sat Oct 14 2006, 12:59PM : Posts: 1270
My memories don't go back anywhere near as far as yours, BGS, but I do remember the late 70's and early 80's (19xx for any wise acres). That was when we fell in love with it and eventually decided we wanted to retire here. I grew up in a town of 2000 in New England (graduating class was a total of 47) and the 4 seasons/small town/friendly people reminded me of that. " A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money" -attributed to Everett Dirksen
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Registered Member #659 Joined: Sat Sep 15 2007, 01:32PM : Posts: 8634
70's and 80's is a lot longer ago then it seems like it should be. Long enough to remember a little of how it was. Before the town changes, and road widenings.
so why did you leave your hometown?
Over the years a few that I grew up with have trickled back but not a lot. Most seem to be glad to be gone Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
"I solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same"
WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!
Registered Member #110 Joined: Tue Oct 31 2006, 12:51PM : Posts: 2248
"what brought people up?"
For us, we have been coming up here since the 70's, many vacations here. talked about one day moving here.
"why did they leave their home town?"
It was turning into a cesspool, drive-by shootings, lots of crime, less people speaking english, decided that our last child was not going to grow up in the jungle.
"and are they in it for the long haul, or would leave if they could easily do so?"
Mixed question. I would like to move to more remoteness and away from this very liberal state, but that is another discussion. Right now, we have no plans to move, we do love the 4 seasons up here and we know how to avoid the crowds where they are here. Many nice things to do up here, fishing, hiking, (no skiing for me), camping, geo-caching, picnics in places where you won't see anyone all day. I am sure there are many more reasons we all love it up here. Thanks for the pics, BG.
Registered Member #30 Joined: Sat Oct 14 2006, 12:59PM : Posts: 1270
bills grandson wrote ...
70's and 80's is a lot longer ago then it seems like it should be. Long enough to remember a little of how it was. Before the town changes, and road widenings.
so why did you leave your hometown?
Over the years a few that I grew up with have trickled back but not a lot. Most seem to be glad to be gone
I left for the opportunity to work in the space program (definitely not something that existed in Red Hook, NY). I have thought about retiring back there but my folks are gone now and all our kids and grandkids are in the LA area. When my folks turned older and their health declined, I was sorry I was so far away and my wife and I decided we didn't want to get that far from our kids. We will be going back for my 50th HS class reunion this summer, however. " A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money" -attributed to Everett Dirksen
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Registered Member #1758 Joined: Mon Feb 16 2009, 06:17AM : Posts: 301
We moved to Anaheim in '63 since I had been hired and moved to work on the Apollo program. Yes, Craig it was interesting, a joy to go to work everyday for four years, imagine that. My four kids are all settled in California, so I moved back after 18 yrs on my little farm in a tiny village, Freistatt, in Southwest Missouri. “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free…it expects what never was and will never be.” Thomas Jefferson
new village specific plan?
