Any Memories of Springlake?

[FRISKY]

Thats right down the toad from the house!

That's in Calaveras County isn't it? I hear things are really jumping there.

[papaOU]

[QUOTE=NikonNurse;151779]My grandfather operated the big dipper. My uncle was killed on it (way before I was born).

There were times we did nothing but ride the Big Dipper. Always warned not to stand up during the ride. The story was a man did stand and was decapitated. Said to have been a sailor, was that your uncle?

[mrbob]

Springlake was great. I hunted easter eggs there as a kid. Went almost every weekend to the pool in my teen years. Mom would drop us off an come back 6 hrs later. Heck for a couple of bucks you had a wonderful time, food and all. I saw Rick Nelson and brother David. Beach Boys, Conway. The family did the Fourth of July also and had picnic's at Springlake. Damm I miss that place. Sometimes the family would do the Zoo and then across the street to Springlake. What a day that was. My dad was always flirting with the women out there, I guess that's where I get my girl watching from. Haha Don't tell Mom he would say. Heck no, guess where my money came from. LOL

[Prunepicker]

There's something about wooden roller coasters. Maybe it's the way they
beat you to death and how they sound like they're about to fall apart.

Some of the cars are at the MetroTech. So are some of the carousel horses
and carts.

[phinzup]

I spent many an hour at Springlake back in the day. We used to have family picnics at Lincoln Park, go to the Zoo, and then to Springlake in the evening. The Zoo used to close at sundown back then. We got locked in once and had to squeeze through the bars at the gate to get out and back to the family. Used to be a lot of picnic areas where the Lincoln West Golf Course is now.

Loved the Big Dipper, the penny arcade, and the fun house. When I was really young I was afraid to go down the big slide in the fun house.

The swimming pool was the best pool I've ever been in. And the scenery too.

Back in the late 50's my grandparents lived just to the west of Springlake and my cousins and I would go down to "Springlake creek" and go skinny dipping. Not sure if that was the actual name of the creek, but that's what we called it. It ran kinda east and west, and is just to the south of where the Big Dipper used to be.

Went to many concerts and 4th of July fireworks displays there as well. Really was a shame to see it fade away.

[NikonNurse]

[QUOTE=papaOU;267077]

My grandfather operated the big dipper. My uncle was killed on it (way before I was born).

There were times we did nothing but ride the Big Dipper. Always warned not to stand up during the ride. The story was a man did stand and was decapitated. Said to have been a sailor, was that your uncle?

Details were limited to the small children but yes, Jerry had a few too many and stood up on the ride. Never heard the decapitated part but as I grew older and rode it myself, you could just guess.

[NikonNurse]

On a lighter note, my mother was photographed with Anita Bryant for the paper. She also saw the Beach Boys there. My favorite part was the awesome funhouse with the slides, the spinner and the obnoxious air blasters in the floor.

[Doug Loudenback]

These are all such great memories, guys and gals. Wish that I had them when writing the book so that they could have been included.

[kevinpate]

These are all such great memories, guys and gals. Wish that I had them when writing the book so that they could have been included.

Sooo, maybe: Springlake II - Another Lap Around the Track ?

[Doug Loudenback]

No, I've used up all most all of the pictures available. No #2.

[papaOU]

I remember our family going on a picnic at Lincoln Park and then head over to Springlake. Sometimes we would stop by a drive-in on about 9Th and Walnut to get broasted chicken.......

[grantgeneral78]

I need to ask my mom if she has pics of me working at springlake still

[Prunepicker]

No, I've used up all most all of the pictures available. No #2.

Then start a 3rd book. Any other questions.

[papaOU]

I need to ask my mom if she has pics of me working at springlake still

Rowdy 55 has some photos taken at Springlake. I don't think they are photos OF the park but of family and friends. One is in front of the spook house. Did Springlake have only 1 spook house? The Ferris-wheel was and still is the scariest ride anywhere!!!!

[papaOU]

I bet I've met a thousand people who have the same story.

Their parents told them not to ride the Big Dipper.

They did anyway and their folks found out about it.

How?

The kid woke during the night screaming and holding on to the bedpost.

[RealJimbo]

I remember our family going on a picnic at Lincoln Park and then head over to Springlake. Sometimes we would stop by a drive-in on about 9Th and Walnut to get broasted chicken.......

Mmmm...that was the best chicken ever! And just around the corner on NE 4th, east of Walnut was Pulliam's BBQ. That was the best BBQ ever!

[Prunepicker]

Pulliam's! Oh yeah!

Here's a recipe that claims to be Pulliam's sauce. It doesn't say anything
about how long it had to sit in the window, bubble and ferment LOL!

I'm going to try it. It's been so long I doubt if I'll remember.

Pulliam's BBQ Sauce

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
1 small Onion - finely chopped
1 small clove Garlic - minced
1 14-ounce bottle Catsup
1/2 Cup prepared Chili Sauce
3 tablespoons Dijon Mustard
1 tablespoon English Dry Mustard
1 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper (original recipe called for 1
Tbl. black pepper)
1-1/2 teaspoons Cayenne pepper
2 whole Cloves
1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar
1/4 cup Lemon Juice
1/4 cup Brown Sugar (packed)
1/4 cup A-1 Steak Sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1-1/2 teaspoons Soy Sauce
3/4 cup Beer

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
Add onion - cook 1 minute.
Add garlic - cook 4 minutes. Do not brown.
Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling - reduce heat and simmer
uncovered 25 minutes.
Remove whole cloves.
Makes about 2-1/2 cups.

Recipes from the Restaurants of Oklahoma City.

[RealJimbo]

Pulliam's! Oh yeah!

Here's a recipe that claims to be Pulliam's sauce. It doesn't say anything
about how long it had to sit in the window, bubble and ferment LOL!

I'm going to try it. It's been so long I doubt if I'll remember.

Pulliam's BBQ Sauce

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
1 small Onion - finely chopped
1 small clove Garlic - minced
1 14-ounce bottle Catsup
1/2 Cup prepared Chili Sauce
3 tablespoons Dijon Mustard
1 tablespoon English Dry Mustard
1 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper (original recipe called for 1
Tbl. black pepper)
1-1/2 teaspoons Cayenne pepper
2 whole Cloves
1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar
1/4 cup Lemon Juice
1/4 cup Brown Sugar (packed)
1/4 cup A-1 Steak Sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1-1/2 teaspoons Soy Sauce
3/4 cup Beer

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
Add onion - cook 1 minute.
Add garlic - cook 4 minutes. Do not brown.
Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling - reduce heat and simmer
uncovered 25 minutes.
Remove whole cloves.
Makes about 2-1/2 cups.

Recipes from the Restaurants of Oklahoma City.

Thanks a million for that! I'll make it up and see if I can remember. I ate ribs from there many times around 1967 - 1969. I swear Mr. P put more or less of the same sauce on your ribs (on a bread wrapper) depending on whether you wanted hot or mild. Ha.

[Generals64]

You know, when something is Immortal (Springlake, Ho-Ho's house etc.) people save bits and pieces when they begin to tear it down. I wonder if anyone has any pieces of Springlake stached in their attic, or their parents attic?????...

[Prunepicker]

You know, when something is Immortal (Springlake, Ho-Ho's house etc.)
people save bits and pieces when they begin to tear it down. I wonder if
anyone has any pieces of Springlake stached in their attic, or their parents
attic?

I have some bricks from Ho Ho's house!

[kevinpate]

I have some bricks from Ho Ho's house!

LOL, I think I still have my brick from when they removed the fireplace from my hometown Pizza hut. Has worked there a few years, hung out there before and after for several years. The manager had saved back a few bricks for some of us. Fond memories of that old store.

[Generals64]

I have some bricks from Ho Ho's house!

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So do I;....I have a brick from The Redskin Theater....and "Ta-Da" one from U.S. Grant Highschool of yester year.....

[capt_john_97]

Sad to say my mother would never let us go to Springlake. She always said we would get stabbed.....she would never let us have lawn darts either...same logic I guess.

[skyrick]

In the summer of 1965 or 1966 (had to be one of those years because I had money from my Oklahoma Journal paper route) we were bored, Pat McCarty, Mike White, Jimmy Williams and I. We all had some money but no one had a parent home to give us a ride to Springlake; there weren't as many 2 car families then.

Someone, I think it was Pat, had the great idea of WALKING to Springlake! We all lived in the Hill St, NW 33rd, NW 34th strip of N. Western, so at about 10:30 am we told our parents we were going to Memorial Park for the day and were going to eat lunch at Pat's house, walked down to NW 36th and turned right for about 2 1/2 miles!

I would have been 11 or 12, Mike was the youngest at 9, and Pat was the oldest at 13.

It seemed like it took forever to get there, but we rode rides all afternoon. We headed back home about 3:30 and I got home about 4:30.

Apparently Pat had told his mom what we were really doing, and she was fine with that. Sometime after we left the park though, an accident happened on one of the rides and some kids were hurt, none seriously. Mrs. McCarty then called all of our parents to ask if they had heard from us yet. This was the first Mike's, Jimmy's or my parents knew about our shenannigans. When I got home they were so relieved I wasn't hurt that they forgot to be mad.

[jmarkross]

Sad to say my mother would never let us go to Springlake. She always said we would get stabbed.....she would never let us have lawn darts either...same logic I guess.

She was right...