"Kiddie Land" Franklin Park, Monroe Street, Toledo, Ohio 1960
Вставка
- Опубліковано 25 жов 2011
- Kiddie Park the very early sixties, fondly nicknamed and referred to by everybody as "Kiddie Land", why friends and strangers alike called it that is mysterious, but the west end was a tight group, strangers were more like family then. When Talmadge and Monroe Street were still considered the "country".
- Розваги
What a masterfully done video and music. What a tear jerker for me. Those times were the very best and are gone forever. People used to care
THANKS THIS BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES FOR ME I WAS THERE IN THE 60S MORE THEN ONCE. THANKS AGAIN
I was 7 years old in 1960. We lived off of Alexis Road, west of Secor Ave, close to Sylvania, and I remember my sister and I begging Mom to please take us to "Kiddie Land"!!😄 I remember all of those rides. Brings back so many great memories. It was wonderful being a kid growing up back then.
Loved the helicopters but driving the cars on the track WAS THE BEST. Thank you for making this memory more clear for me. This was a treat. We maybe went 2 or 3 times. I know my mother would avoid driving past it, so I wouldn't ask to go.
I just learned my great-grandparents owned this place. So awesome to discover family history.
What years was it in operation? I moved there in '76. I seem to recall the Little Dipper. But I could be wrong.
I remember this place.
I grew up near Monroe and Harvest and my parents took me there.
It was a really special treat to go because I don't think my parents really had the money or the time.
My dad managed a gas station and my mom worked at the DeVilbiss company
Thanks for this! I remember every single ride here. Born in 1958 I lived off Sylvania on Grantley. Went to Kiddy Land many times with my dad, brother and sisters. I have never seen a movie of it. Great!
Isn’t it marvelous to see it again? It’s not like it is today when everything is captured by a camera? Kids, now, will most likely be able to find images/moving images on-line of anything!
It's possible I may know you, I was born in 55 lived on the corner of Castleton & Elmhurst
@@randythebest My last name is Scherer, On Grantley, what is yours?
I wonder if the little girl in the dark hat and coat grew up to be as introverted as she looks in this film. I hope her parents gave her a sibling.
Lived nearby and had many great memories as a kid, later they added a spook house ride and swinging cages and a ferris wheel. Sorry to see it go, Toledo was a great place to grow up in the 50s and early 60s. Happy Days for sure!!
Those Flash Gordon rocketships! The guns buzzed when you pulled the trigger. Who's for a round of Wee Tee golf?
I loved going here! my dads company Mather Springs would rent the park for a day and have their company picnic here every year.
This place was long gone when I moved near there, but it's amazing how much the area has changed. Loved seeing good old Par 3 in the background.
Heck yeah. That's where my dad taught me how to play golf in '79.
Thanks for the memories! Oh this is so fun remembering the many times going to Kiddie Land with my sister and my parents....how fun!!
When I was a child we would drive by there often but was never lucky enough to go in.
Franklin Ice Cream was in the terminal of the old air port (Now occupied by Franklin Park Mall), and people would have a picnic in the broad grasses around the landing strips. Thus the name "Franklin Park"
I wish they still had them little amusement parks I remember Valmers park also it's A shame that kids now days miss this kind of stuff.
I went to Volmers Park down in the Maumee for my dad's company picnic. I remember riding the octopus ride with my dad
Born at Toledo hospital and grew up in Sylvania before going away to college. Best times of my life. Wish I could go back. I remember this little ride park being near the double screen drive in theater, and eventually on the way to the Franklin Park Mall.
I think I remember that Drive-In. Do you remember the name of the "big" nursery store near there. I think it was called Scotts. But prolly wrong. Remember the sporting goods store nearby? I think it was called AMF. But prolly wrong. Remember the golf range near the nursery? I think it was named The Par 3. But prolly wrong. Remember the head shop called The Head Shop?
The Par 3 was across the street at the NW corner of Talmadge and Monroe. The nursery was a Frank's. We used to get our Christmas tree there every year. I remember the sporting goods store on the NE corner of Talmadge intersection , but i can't remember it's name. There was a Baskin Robbins in that strip of stores too. There was a fitness club called Century 21. And a Ponderosa restaurant . I even remember the twin drive in theaters well. You could see what was playing on one of the screens from Monroe Street. The Head Shop was slightly up Monroe toward Whiteford Road
@@amrunner4 I havent been back since '95. You?
@@amrunner4 Good memory. Since you mentioned it, I now too remember the twin movie screens. I recall now a kid from school said he would watch the movies with his binoculors from his bedroom. I guess a neighborhood was behind it. I can't recall though.
You brought back memories of that Baskin Robbins next to AMF (Or maybe it was called Champions. Or Champion Athletics). Anyway our dad would take us there after we finished the morning playing tennis at Shadow Valley. Then we'd go buy tennis balls or whatever next door. I couldn't believe how expensive those down sleeping bags were. This was '78. I was 9.
@@amrunner4 Good call on the nursery name. I remember the commercial jingle now. A lady singing, "Fraaank's nurseryyyy and craaaafts." A simpler, better time.
Thank you MERRY Christmas 2020
Is great seeing seems then Toledo, Ohio hasn’t had any big amusement parks unlike it’s other cities
I played that par 3 course back in the day.
I kind of remember it. One day me and my friend Mark rode our bikes to the mall. But we got there too early, so it wasn't open yet. So we went over to the Par 3 because we saw a woman employee there. She told us it was too early and wouldn't be open for an hour. But we pleaded. I told her it will hurt absolutely nothing if she lets us play early. I think we paid her extra and she let us. I think she was a blonde cutey. I'd totally forgot about The Par 3 until now. I only remember that moment. Talking to her that early summer morning. This was around 1982. We were addicted to video game arcades. Like a lot of kids at that time. The Red Baron was one. But arcades got so popular that a competing arcade opened on the other side of the mall.
@@Frip36 the good old days 🤓👍
Sorry. Not the Par Three. I mean Putt-Putt golf next to Franklin Park Mall. Of course, I could be wrong about everything.
@Frip36 Time has a way of muddling memories. Toledo was a much different place back then though.That much is true.
So cool
Thanks. Great film. Nice music, too.
Many a memories there. I always remember going there with my cousins Donna and Sandra to meet up with my parents and brothers and sisters. Spent the weekend with cousins in about 1961. Haven't seen cousins in over 40 years but still have the doll baby they gave me that weekend. Always enjoyed the times our family of six kids spent there. We lived on east side. All piled in station wagon with no seat belts and off we went for a day of fun. Miss the simple times
I remember Kiddie Land. It's where i learned to fly a helicopter. Didn't the park once have a train? I always thought Kiddie Land was on Conant street in Maumee.
Kiddie Land was in Maumee. I remember going there as a kid.
I used to go there as a young girl, lots of good times and memories there!
Question: Did the Memphis Kiddie Park located in Cleveland acquire the Little Dipper roller coaster from the Kiddie Land in this video? The Memphis Kiddie Park advertise the Little Dipper as the oldest standing steel roller coaster in the world. In fact the Flash Gordon rocket ships look strikingly familiar as well with the exception of the ray guns.
That train was still there in 1970, parked in it's barn and the track still was useable. Now the strip mall with The Outback is there.
your on the wrong side of the street. Kiddie Land was on the south side of the street, not the north.
@@madmike5421 picky picky picky. It's as I said.
In fact, they removed the train and barn and built a gas station there and it was replaced years later. Now was it Kiddylands train it looked as I remember it? Just maybe they moved it there?????
Yep that's it!
And now the Andersons is gone... Land Value is king.
I have flashes of memories of that place. When did it close?
Much better world back then wish I was alive then
Yooo!! That's so cool!!!
Just stumbled on this old movie. I vaguely remember "Kiddie Land". Knew it was somewhere in the Franklin Park area. Does anyone know who owned the park? And when it closed forever?
Yes, my grandfather owned it, John Hoenig. What a treasure to find this video! I'm so glad to find footage of it--it seems like a dream.
@@arimarianne7528 Pleasure to meet you.
I vaguely remember going to this amusement park at least twice. I always thought it was in Maumee.
Yes there was a kiddie land on Conant Street and Mommy but there was also the one at Franklin Park Mall. Does anybody remember Franklin ice cream and also also putt putt golf
4 also remember the late 70s early 80s the Chi-Chi's restaurant
@@pegphillips154 I remember both Franklin Ice Cream and the Putt Putt.
the storys of my life being act out is crazy
The best ride was not featured: the hand-cranked cart on rails.
Did this become WeeTee some time later?
Wee Tee was actually a different place, and active at the same time. Wee Tee was further up Monroe St. near Nantucket Rd.
Yes and Wee Tee had a wonderful penny arcade with antique unusual games like a grip tester that shocked you until you let go! Fun times.
WOW! I remember a lot of these rides from my childhood. Its too bad Toledo doesn't offer things like this anymore for kids to get their heads out of their "smart" devices.
it does, unfortunately it isn't innocent
I remember Walbridge Park with rides. Was across the street from the zoo/