my buddie and i used to sweep and mop the Montebello ballroom and come saturday night we would get the royal treatment free entry and beer, what more can a 16 yr. old ask for lol and the girls wow so many like the precious Marvelettes etc. Eddie torres had the best entertainment for us. in the previous note above im refering to Johnson’s market on whittier blvd. Remember Kurley’s clothing store,if you had a shirt from there you were a pimp! and across the street was Henry’s shoes for the Suedes!the Kennedy Hall also had the greatest dances back in the late 60’s and early 70’s right on Atlantic. any questions feel free to ask!
had the greatest mini concerts, thee Midniters, Canibal and the Headhunters,and a list of others! hey remember the carnivals they used to have on Goodrich and Whittier back in the late 60’s early 70’s? when they were through we used to tear down the rides and get paid! almost got electricuted and fall off the ferris wheel taking it down! And last but not least I remeber Food Giant Market right next doo always had somthing for the kid’s Billy Barty throwing mini frisbees and little Oscar giving away Winnie Whistles lol!!! christopher-casper-ceballos ps:dont get me started about the cruising down whittier Blvd,thats your next lesson in history!
well the movie “a hard days night ” played at the Golden Gate theater. the front cover of thee midniters album was also the Golden Gate.Promoter Eddie Torres of the 70’s lived on the top of the golden gate and had a little office up there. the Center theater catered to the B classics like “the Twosome Gruesome” “the corpse grinders”,“night of the living dead” and more! I remember they had a nurse to take your blood pressure in the theater when they showed these movies lol!yeah my buddy smoot aka “Whiteowl” and myself Christopher aka “Casper” used to mow lawns in the nieghborhood so we could go to these places! And cruise up and down the boulevard!
my buddie and i used to sweep and mop the Montebello ballroom and come saturday night we would get the royal treatment free entry and beer, what more can a 16 yr. old ask for lol and the girls wow so many like the precious Marvelettes etc. Eddie torres had the best entertainment for us. in the previous note above im refering to Johnson’s market on whittier blvd. Remember Kurley’s clothing store,if you had a shirt from there you were a pimp! and across the street was Henry’s shoes for the Suedes!the Kennedy Hall also had the greatest dances back in the late 60’s and early 70’s right on Atlantic. any questions feel free to ask!
had the greatest mini concerts, thee Midniters, Canibal and the Headhunters,and a list of others! hey remember the carnivals they used to have on Goodrich and Whittier back in the late 60’s early 70’s? when they were through we used to tear down the rides and get paid! almost got electricuted and fall off the ferris wheel taking it down! And last but not least I remeber Food Giant Market right next doo always had somthing for the kid’s Billy Barty throwing mini frisbees and little Oscar giving away Winnie Whistles lol!!! christopher-casper-ceballos ps:dont get me started about the cruising down whittier Blvd,thats your next lesson in history!
well the movie “a hard days night ” played at the Golden Gate theater. the front cover of thee midniters album was also the Golden Gate.Promoter Eddie Torres of the 70’s lived on the top of the golden gate and had a little office up there. the Center theater catered to the B classics like “the Twosome Gruesome” “the corpse grinders”,“night of the living dead” and more! I remember they had a nurse to take your blood pressure in the theater when they showed these movies lol!yeah my buddy smoot aka “Whiteowl” and myself Christopher aka “Casper” used to mow lawns in the nieghborhood so we could go to these places! And cruise up and down the boulevard!