My husband, Kevin Smith, and I grew up in Tustin, about a mile apart. Between us, we have so many memories of Tustin and Orange County in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Peacocks on Peacock Hill, Tustin Teeways, the slot-car track, 25 cent Saturday matinees at Tustin Theater. Market Basket was the only market around, unless you counted Tiny Tim's, next to Lemon Heights Drug Store. (My mom still sees Mrs. Toth, the owner's wife.) Before Jamestown Village and Larwin Square opened, we'd have to go to downtown Santa Ana to do "real" shopping at the department stores. My father worked at First Western Bank there, and my grandfather owned a carpet store next to Walker's Market. At Tustin Tiller Days it seemed as if everyone knew everyone else. Adam's Hardware, Millie's Pink Poodle...the list goes on and on. We can't drive through Tustin, (where my 82 year-old mother still lives and attends the same church,) without a trip down memory lane. He grew up on Eveningside and Arroyo, and I on Windsor Lane. (The one that turned into Zig-Zag Lane, which is now Elizabeth Way.) We didn't meet, however, until I was 17 and he was 18. We married when I turned 18, and here we are - 34 years later!Click on "Post a Comment" below and share your memories of Tustin in the old days.
Lynda 'Emery' Smith
Laguna Niguel
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We were the first owners of a new home in Tustin in 1957 -- it was called Bent Twig Lane. It was near Chirping Sparrow near Browning and Irvine Blvd.
I went to Tustin Memorial, Utt Intermediate and Tustin High School.
My mother worked at Larwin Square and I remember the Fiddler's Three restaurant on Irvine Blvd (oh....can still smell those burgers and fries with the Thousand Island dressing!)
We lived across the street from Mr. Nelson whom the school in Tustin was named after....Bill Nelson and his buddies would play guitars on the front porch when I was a kid....
I recall the old crossguard lady who could barely make it across the street on Irvine Blvd.....I remember teachers like Mr. Revere, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Hicks.....cannot remember my teacher in kindergarten though....nice, nice lady.
Tustin was quiet and just getting started....lovely place.
Yes I remember Tustin the way it used to be. We moved there in July 1960. What a nice place for kids. I remember riding our bikes around town all day long, hanging out at Jamestown Village, the Saturday afternoon matinee for 30 cents after we headed over to Vista Drug next door for 5 cent candy bars. I loved to go to Tiny Tim's and buy a bag of candy corn or getting a float at the Kresge oda fountain. Many of the stores in Larwin Square had not been filled yet. My fondest memory is winning a drawing at Thrifty Drug Store for two tickets to the fourth game of the 1963 World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees. Koufax vs. Ford. What a game!
DK's doughnuts: on Irvine across from Sav-on Drugs: my parents would let me bike down and buy bear claws for the family on weekend mornings. Anyone remember Ernie the crossing guard during days home from Sycamore Elem? My kdg teacherb from Tustin Me morial, Mrs. Graves, took me to lunch once at Fiddler's Three. Anyone remember Stater Brother's right across from the Pioneer Chicken? I learned to play frisbee golf at that park there . . .
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