Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Memories of an 80's Garden Grove Girl

Trixie talks about her memories of life in the 1980s as a high school teenager in Garden Grove...

I have so many memories I need a wall to mention them.

I went to Los Alamitos High and Rancho Alamitos High School. I lived in Garden GRove at Beach Creek on Beach Blvd. My friend T. Giebel lived down the street. We used to say in school that we went to "Raunch Rancho in Garbage Grove"! LOL

I remember dancing at Disneyland after hours for teens, the parachute ride at Knott's Berry FArm, FArrells Ice Cream and them bring a huge cake or something out on a stretcher, movieland Wax Musem, MEdival Times, The Mc Donalds on AKtells and DAle for lunch, The cove at Corona Del Mar, Shopping at Westminister Mall, Riding a scooter for my first date to Flakey Jakes on Beach and GG blvd, hanging at Edwards theater every SAturday or Golfland, working at Coco's and El Paso CAntina, Driving the PCH coast with my windows open, hanging out on Sundays with my friends from Mid Cities Baptist, bonfires with the kids from Rancho, ROP with some of my friends at the Adult School, going roller skating at the skate park (that is now torn down) on GG Blvd, trick or treating in Briarwood, and riding in a limo with my friends and thier dad who had a limo service in my senior year of HS!

I have so many memories I can't mention them all. Look for more post and I will tell you all I can!

9 comments:

  1. I went to Rancho in the 80's as well, graduated in "89. What a trip to read all of that, it takes me back.

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  2. anyone in Garden Grove remember a skating rink resembling or called "the Barn" ? It had chickens running around outside of it. this was 80' - 83'ish. I think it got torn down and everyone started going to the skate station in anaheim that was brand new at the time. another roller rink that got closed down was the one i learned how to rollerskate in in 77' in costa mesa-newport beach. It turned into a tower records on newport blvd and 19th. it was callled harbor area rink i think.

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  3. 80's garden grove girl, know of a Diana Doty?

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  4. I pretty much grew up at the Harbor Roller Rink in Costa Mesa.
    Started skating there in elementary school and through high school in the 70's.

    Everyone there was like a big family. I've never found another rink I loved as much. Definitely one of a kind and an end of an era when it closed down.

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  5. Trying to find some pics of skate station in anaheim. The Barn used to be off the 5 frwy. I went to Grove and graduated in 86. Learned how to skate at the Skate Company which now is am/pm. Would love to see friends from skate station.

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  6. The rink was called Skate Ranch.

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  7. if you skated at the harbor roller rink then you must know me randy "the california kid" welch please find me on myspace randy artist international, love to hear from you. randy

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  8. WHERES ALL THE HARBOR ROLLER RINK SKATERS TODAY CONTACT RANDY AT randywelch613@yahoo.com

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  9. trying to find a picture of Flakey Jakes Restaurant...if anyone has one email at shellyb7269@yahoo.com thank you

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