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Little Amusement Park in Garden Grove

by Steve
Wednesday, December 05, 2007

An OCThen reader going by the name "ex-kbf employee" posted the following memory of a little amusement park (possibly called Kiddie Land) in Garden Grove during the 1960s...
back in the 60's, in garden grove, there was a little "amusement" park, probably the size of a convenient store parking lot, behind, i believe was a mcmann's (spelling not correct) furniture store on garden grove bl. just past brookhurst, where now stands a korean shopping center. i'm almost positive the little amusement park was called,"kiddie land." anyone remember this? anyone have a pic to post? like all early childhood memories, it's a little fuzzy. i think there was a small admission price. that place was great! i only went once but i will remember it for ever, like a good dream. that's how some early childhood memories are, a bit fuzzy and seem like a dream.
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  • I remember the place. I commented about it here.

    I think you're right about the name Kiddie Land. I wish I had a picture of the place too.

    By Blogger Steve, at December 05, 2007 10:14 PM  

  • i was shocked to see my post as today's subject. thanks for taking the time to address this. i feel like i've made the big time having my paragraph being the subject on oc then. i'm a little embarrassed, if i knew this, i would have taken more time to make the paragraph sound more professional,lol. anyway, i lived in garden grove from '63-'76 and lived in orange co.,ca. from '63-'06 before moving to houston,tx. where i live now. yes, i use to work at knott's berry farm in the '80's and '99-'00, all in the main warehouse. my great-aunt lived right down the street from knott's (western ave) in the corner house on el ferrol, just a block away and my dad was a mailman for 30 some years in buena park, ending up at the post office caddy-corner from knott's on la palma ave., until he retired in '89. i love knott's, i remember i could hear the big "rio grande" train blow it's whistle and hear the seals "bark" from my great-aunts house when i was young. i miss california, just got too expense. thanks again steve, your site is on my favorites list as well as all the other blogs and websites that write about knott's and orange county. my brother-in-law is actually friends with outsidetheberm, if you're familiar with that blog. sorry about the lack of caps in my comment, i know that drives some ppl. nuts,lol.

    By Anonymous ex-kbf employee/tim, at December 06, 2007 8:57 AM  

  • Here ya go! This is a picture of me as a tike at that little amusement park. I seem to recall it being at Garden Grove Bvd. and Gilbert but I could be wrong. There was a Bob's Big Boy right next to it and the old bowling alley and movie theater further down as you went eastbound on GGBvd. I can remember the Saturday morning kiddie shows at that theater- they were the classic madhouse with popcorn flying in every direction. But back to the little amusement park- it had a little bitty ferris wheel with tiny little cages to sit in and a few other small rides-just right for little kids. I hope the picture I linked to comes through. So many great memories come flooding back- anybody remember the great big plastic slide that was on Beach Bvd on the east side just south of Chapman? They put in a car wash after the slide which was there for ages. It was the kind of slide you could go down with 6 or 7 people across and race and we rode on burlap bags. Great fun! I'll include a picture of a similar slide. It's one of those memories that seems so vague- I wonder if I remember it right at all and would love to find someone else who remembers it so I know I'm not totally daft. ;)


    kiddie park:
    [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/CamileC/m_958b3d228256714d581381ffe2df82dc.jpg[/IMG]

    example of a big plastic slide:
    [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/CamileC/Gaint20Slide_1_1.jpg[/IMG]

    By Blogger Camile, at February 18, 2008 4:11 PM  

  • This was the only Kiddieland that was operating in Orange County it ran by the name of Gram paw Mack’s their location was Garden Grove Blvd and Belfast Ave. it sat on a dirt lot in a shopping center and took up an acre of land. This was the only operating Kiddieland in Orange County. This Kiddieland was open from the middle 1950s and closed in the early 1970’s.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at February 19, 2008 4:02 PM  

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