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Bertha Venation

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16. Sounds wonderful, olddots

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Fri Aug 2, 2013, 11:50 PM

Aug 2013

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We only had the big parks -- Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. In contrast, the toll slide (and I have no idea where it/they was/were) was only a dime.

Happy I could put you in mind of good memories.

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Does anyone else remember toll slides? [View all] Bertha Venation Aug 2013 OP

Yeah, I used to go 3 or 4 times every year at the Eastern States Exposition in W. Springfield, MA. Chan790 Aug 2013 #1

You mean like this? cliffordu Aug 2013 #2

Kinda Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #26

Sure. LWolf Aug 2013 #3

I remember a ma& pa amusement park in Mass. that had one olddots Aug 2013 #4

Sounds wonderful, olddots Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #16

Like this? HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 #5

Nah, that's a water slide. These were dry and you'd "sled" down on a piece of canvas... MiddleFingerMom Aug 2013 #7

That sounds like fun! Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #27

Sort of, but; Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #14

You ever try slide rock in Oak Creek Canyon? Downwinder Aug 2013 #6

This is what I liked to do, back in the day HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 #12

So two things.... Agschmid Aug 2013 #17

No rebar to worry about, there was usually about 6" of really slick moss HarveyDarkey Aug 2013 #18

Phew! Agschmid Aug 2013 #19

No... but someday, maybe Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #15

I think we called them Super Slides ... but, yeah I remember them. Fun! Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #8

Oh, yes. Amusement park had that. AngryOldDem Aug 2013 #9

We also had alpine slides. Chan790 Aug 2013 #10

My grandma used to take us to Beverly Park in her big baby blue Cadillac... hunter Aug 2013 #11

I love reading of these memories, Hunter. Bertha Venation Aug 2013 #28

The whole family and guests would swim out to the tippy raft in the lake. We'd all get on it applegrove Aug 2013 #13

You bet I do - Wasaga Beach Ontario - 1972 ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #20

I remember those! onestepforward Aug 2013 #21

Pamida hibbing Aug 2013 #22

They're at the Wisconsin State Fair, again. Archae Aug 2013 #23

They would pop up in and around L.A. when I was a kid. denbot Aug 2013 #24

Never heard of toll slides, but... NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #25

I remember merry-go-rounds at grocery stores alarimer Aug 2013 #29

the alpine slide in New Hampshire TorchTheWitch Aug 2013 #30