YOU'RE SERIOUSLY OLD SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY IF YOU...
Visited the Old Trappers Museum.
Cruised Bob's in Glendale, Toluca
Lake, Van Nuys or San Fernando. Cruised Van Nuys or
Hollywood Boulevards.
Had a beer at the Cactus, the Web or the Ramp.
Ate burgers at Times, Crazy's, Bob's, the Sirloin Burger, the Dip or Winchells
Drag raced on Sheldon, Clybourn, Wentworth, the River
Road or Forest Lawn Drive.
Swam at Sun Valley Park, Pops Willow Lake, Fernangeles
Park, Pickwick or Mc Cambridge Park
Went to the Victory, San Val, Sepulveda, Laurel, Van Nuys or Pickwick Drive In in the trunk of a car
Bought Christmas presents at Akron, White Front, Fedco,
Zody's, Gemco, Sav-On or Unimart
Ate pizza at Mikes on Van Nuys Boulevard
Bought your Levis and Sir Guys at Sun Valley Men and Boys or Peoples Store in
San Fernando
Went water skiing boating on Hansen Dam when they allowed power boats
Thought the only Valley was the San Fernando Valley
Had a 45 record player in your car.
Ate a hot dog at Hugo's or Cupids
Thought the only Canyon was La Tuna Canyon
Ever bought gas at the Seaside on Sunland and Penrose or the Flying A on
Sunland and San Fernando.
Heard the Air Raid sirens at 10:00AM on the last Friday of
the month.
Saw a boxing match or roller derby at the Valley Gardens
Bought milk at the Altadena Dairy, Manfull Dairy or
the Roger Jessup Dairy when they had cows at the dairy.
Bought stuff at Whalen's Drug on Vineland and San Fernando
Roller Skated at Melody Land, Rainbow Roller Rink or the Rollercade
on Lankershim and Hart.
Pitted at the San Fernando Drags
Ice Skated at Schramms
Remember when the Seaside changed into a tire shop with a gorilla out front.
Saw the LA. Rams play in the LA Memorial Coliseum under coach Sid Gillman
Owned a club plaque and jacket that said: Deacons, Pagans, Townsmen, Apollos, Khans, Lazy Gents, Road Runners, Throttlers, Chancellors, Street Racers, Igniters, Poor
Boys, Lobos, Lost Angels, Night Owls, Drifters, Innocents, Lynchmen,
Nomads, Uhlans, Majestics, Diablos, Sultans, Strokers,
Titans, Turks, Saints, Night Walkers, Road Huggers, Road Dusters, Rebels,
Sidewinders, Midnighters, Prowlers, Road Kings or
Jokers.
Remember when the mid-air crash rained flaming debris on the boy's athletic
field of Pacoima Junior High.
Ate Chinese Food at Phil Ahn's Moongate
Watched the Los Angeles Angels play baseball at Wrigley Field or the Hollywood
Stars play at Gilmore Field.
Remember when the "partial" nuclear meltdown in experimental reactor in
Chatsworth in 1959 affected everyone west of Coldwater Canyon.
Had a 76x-xxxx (ROscoe x-xxx) or 24x-xxx Chase x-xxx
telephone number
Ever had to ask Louis Forsch
to help you find anything at Roscoe Hardware.
Were around when Roscoe became Sun Valley
Had a relative or friend who worked at Lockheed when
it was in Burbank.
Went to Blackies or Cooper and Suds
looking for auto parts.
Bought Auto Parts at Rounds or The Chrome House
Attended Glenwood, Fernangeles, Canterbury, Roscoe, Stonehurst or Vinedale Elementary
Schools
Were in an "A" or "B" Grade at Sun Valley or Byrd Junior High...before they
became Middle Schools"
Bought doughnuts off the Helm's truck
Experienced fine dining at Ever dined at Van De Kamps,
Leon's, the Red Barn, Hodys, Sargents,
Rusty's, Otto's Pink Pig, the Pink Cafe, the Long
Green Cafe, Chris and Pitts, Tail o' the Cock or the Smoke House.
Got your news from the Valley Times or the Valley Green
Sheet.
Bought crap at the Twin Cannon Trading Post or Palleys
Bought primer or Bondo at Standard Brands
Had hubcaps called Lancers, Spinners or Moons. Got
your car lowered at Smokey Cohea's Muffler Shop.
Looked at but never bought a rhinestone shirt at Nudies on Lankershim
Took a date to the Cornell, Magnolia, Burbank, Loma, La Reina,
Panorama, Lankershim, or the El Portal.
Rode your bike everywhere before mothers became the mode of
transportation for kids.
Went to the San Fernando Valley Fair at Devonshire Downs.
Used clothes pins and playing cards on the spokes to make
your Schwinn bike ride really cool.
Knew where Basillone Homes, Orcas, Roger Young
Village were... but never went there.
Went to the "new" Mall, the Valley Plaza on Laurel Canyon
Remember the gravel pit on Vineland that became Gemco
and then became a pit again when it sunk.
Watched the submarine races at Stough Park, Hansen Dam, the top of the Canyon,
Glen Haven Cemetery,
Bowled at the Mar Lindo, Matador, Starlight, Ronell or Sun Valley bowling alleys
Were ever in the Palomino Club
Raced on the GoldenState or 210 freeways before they
were opened.
Waited for the train on Vineland, Hollywood Way or Tuxford
Went to see Santa and his Reindeer in Panorama City
Saw C/S (Con Safos Por
Vida) in every Men's room in the Valley and wondered what it meant.
Took trash to the Tuxford or Branford dump
Remember when gangster Mickey Cohen witnessed somebody putting a bullet between
the eyes of Jack (the Enforcer) Whalen on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks
Knew that Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first
American canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church..
She was declared the saint of immigrants in 1946. (Maybe that explains the
current demographic condition of the Valley.)