WW (then and now)

[TheSandman]

i've been walking your streets since 1961.  every so often as i read through the posts, the statement "when Wrightwood was Wrightwood" pops up.  what do wrightwoodians feel has changed over forty years?

also, i feel the time is right to ask this question.  who wants to give me a cabin?

[KW]

Well, hmmmmm, I've only known this lovely town since 1975. Back in the late '70's I waitressed at a little restaurant called Long John's - remember that? And next door was a candy shop and then an arcade. I met my hubby at that arcade!  

There aren't nearly so many vacant lots, and almost no one had a lawn. I think residents today take more pride in the exteriors of their properties, or maybe there are just more full-time folks now, so it just seems that way.

Ski Sunrise used to be my favorite place to ski; now it's gone. And the horses from the stables across from Holiday Hill (Mt. High East) were quite rambunctious; knocked me on my butt!   :-[ They're gone too, aren't they?

And if I had a cabin to give, Sandman, I'd give it to you! But alas, I went to the races Sunday and lost it all.

[tinkbellblonde]

I remember Holiday Foods in The Cluster building - no portables at Wrightwood Elementary - Twin Lakes - the wall at the top of town...

[Tammy]

..oh...the wall!! and the dances at the community building! with the local bands playing...Rob Parks on the drums,Eric Magnason up there singing Stairway to Heaven,he was such the hottie!!
or swimming at the Burn's pool,remember those bathing caps! ......eatting apples.

[Matt]

tell us about  "the wall"                  thanx!!                          

[tinkbellblonde]

being able to yell into the payphone at the lake or in town - into the ear piece - the last four numbers of where you wanted your mother to call you...at the lake it was 3294.
she'd barely be able to hear you but then she'd call you back dialing just 2-3294...

[KW]

Yes, I had forgotten about that! We only had to dial the last four numbers; no one needed the prefix to get through locally.

And it was free at the payphone. We'd do just want TinkBelle says and hollar into the phone, no dime needed, and then wait for our friends to call back.

The wall was only taken down within the past year or two. It was at the top of Park, made of stone and only about 30-36" tall max. It was just a place to sit and gather, good view of town and all that was happening.

[Tammy]

at one time the wall was beginning to crumble and so us local kids bought cement and fixed the wall and had our names/initials or a small saying wrote into the top of it.I was able to show mine and my sisters name to my kids a couple of years ago!

[Tammy]

...the hour long ride,3 to a seat on Jonny Lyons bus to school in Victorville.Didn't you just love walking to the bus stop at 5:30/5:45A.M in the snow! (and getting home from school around 4:30-5:00P.M)

[tinkbellblonde]

Skiing at Holiday Hill, riding the green chair or getting on Chair 1 at Midway....Veteran's, Woods, Turkey Chute, Witches Haunt, the Olympic Bowl...the rope tow and platter...

[Local]

TINKBELLBLONDE,
Great memories of Holiday Hill, you are definitely a LOCAL.
Thats when WRIGHTWOOD was WRIGHTWOOD..

LOCal

[tinkbellblonde]

Thanks, Local - I'll take that as a huge compliment!

My children are just now experiencing the things that I did "way back when"...lol

We're still members of the lake and we refer to Holiday Hill as Holiday Hill - still...

I remember ski school Tuesdays at Ski Sunrise - and what exactly are they going to call it now that Mt High has purchased it?  Mt High Middle?  Mt High More East?

[beachtown]

You guys are bringing tears to my eyes!  

Take me back!  I want to ride around town with Local in his Dad's green pickup truck and sit on "the wall" with my skateboard.  

While I washed dishes at Lyle's, I'd dream of the day I'd be old enough to hang out at the Yodeler.  And for the record, I never crawled through the bathroom window to get into a Community building dance!  

I learned to ski on the HH rope tow with wood core skiis strapped around my Levis and I vividly remember the first day Serrano opened.  Gotta love Mojave Greens in the hallways!  

Yes - that was when WW was Wrightwood!

BTW...tink, was that you in the trailer down at the pig ranch?    

[Local]

Beachtown,
How about the times jumping pops jeep at three levels? or the parties at helicopter hill?. shoot the parties at pops house!!!!!
Hey!!! wait is that all we did in WW???
LOcal

[tinkbellblonde]

[tinkbellblonde]

I remember the huge wooden tree house thing at WW elementary - on the lower playground.

and no locked gates around the school...

[Tammy]

...and having a party wasnt a bad thing.There were no fights everybody got along,we all walked home(we seemed to walk everywhere back then) and the neighborhood was mostly ok with it(a lot less neighbors back then)

[Nolena]

I liked having a restaurant where the hardware store is now. It was fun to go there for lunch on snowy days and look out the window.

[tinkbellblonde]

we seemed to walk everywhere back then

That's so true - Now I have friends that jump in cars to go get their mail, and they live 5 or so blocks away.  And they drop their kids off at school or the bus stop...

I remember everything being on Park Drive - nothing across the highway.  The post office was at the top of town where Something Old, Something New is now..

[Local]

If i remember right the hardware store used to be the old bank, they moved the building there and opened the restaurant. Anyone remember that??? or was I partying to much?

The tree house at the school, no locked school yard.  WHEN WRIGHTWOOD WAS WRIGHTWOOD


LOcal