tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post8866649009915261158..comments2024-03-28T11:15:43.177-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Miscellaneous AmusementsMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-85553215250269332142018-02-10T14:18:01.843-08:002018-02-10T14:18:01.843-08:00Yes, there is a Villa Park and it's high schoo...Yes, there is a Villa Park and it's high school was built in 1964. KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-17449760220565566482018-02-10T12:57:47.393-08:002018-02-10T12:57:47.393-08:00Nanook, soda just tastes better when it is in an i...Nanook, soda just tastes better when it is in an ice cold bottle. I talked myself into thinking that the kids were in SoCal, but then I talked myself back out of it. I did look at the words on the girl’s jacket, and it’s just inconclusive to me. It very well might say “Band”!<br /><br />Deb, I could not tell. It looked like it started with an “M” to me, but… who knows. I thought it more likely that it was the name of a school, such as Canoga Park, Buena Park, etc (though not one of those, specifically!).<br /><br />TokyoMagic! it looks nothing like a plane! Is there such a place as “Villa Park”??<br /><br />K. Martinez, “Chance Trabant” is my spy name. Or was - now I have to change it, since I have revealed it. Hmmm, “Rock O’Plane” has a nice ring to it. I was thinking “State Fair” or “County Fair” when I saw these photos, but it really could be a lesser amusement park I suppose. Maybe one that is only open seasonally? And you just answered my question to TokyoMagic!, I guess there really is a place called “Villa Park”.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, how many strikes is that?!?!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-33434184536660750852018-02-10T12:09:59.609-08:002018-02-10T12:09:59.609-08:00Ooops, I meant the third pic too, in my comment.Ooops, I meant the third pic too, in my comment.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-39078024095289370122018-02-10T07:28:58.344-08:002018-02-10T07:28:58.344-08:00In the third pic, the top of a Chance Trabant can ...In the third pic, the top of a Chance Trabant can be seen behind the Eyerly Rock-O-Plane. Thanks, Major.<br /><br />I think it's a pic of a traveling carnival that these teenagers have come to visit. The games booths look temporary and the layout reminds me of the local carnivals I used to visit as a child that were set up in a parking lot or empty field. Also, if you look at the ground on the sides of the guy wearing the white shirt it looks like dead grass.<br /><br />I'm going to say it's a traveling carnival that was set up in or near the city of Villa Park, Orange County, California.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-87527996281489961012018-02-10T07:22:59.600-08:002018-02-10T07:22:59.600-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-11148405430577508492018-02-10T01:28:54.115-08:002018-02-10T01:28:54.115-08:00I want to ride the Rock-O-Plane! That's the r...I want to ride the Rock-O-Plane! That's the ride behind the girl in the second pic. And I agree, it does look like it says, "Villa Park" on her jacket.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-73411714778367514142018-02-10T00:33:37.168-08:002018-02-10T00:33:37.168-08:00Could it be Villa Park?Could it be Villa Park?Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271270012419806172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-78808034895193049152018-02-10T00:21:27.861-08:002018-02-10T00:21:27.861-08:00Major-
Love those Big Bunnies. Everyone needs on...Major-<br /><br />Love those Big Bunnies. Everyone needs one - (just ask Jimmy Stewart-!) Evidently Pepsi-Cola (in bottles) was "the thing" at the children's zoo. And homemade name tags, too. <br /><br />As for the teen set - based on the shape of the tree canopy, I'm gonna guess that carnival/amusement park was located somewhere in the warmer climes - say Southern California, per chance-? The text on the gal's jacket seems to be 'something' Park Band-? And there's no need to second-guess the date on the snapshot - those patterned pants say it all.<br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com