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I was born, raised and bred in West Central Fla. I'm in my 70's now and my elementary school (6th grade) graduation trip was to Silver Springs. I remembered it vividly. The glass bottom boats, the ride down river with monkeys perched in the trees. Also came the story of Llyod Bridges and Sea Hunt. Ross Allen had a sideshow there as well. The whole class had a swell time, and a good time was had by all. Thanks for the memories that this film had brought me, and for posting it to this channel.
@carolbell8008
3 жыл бұрын
Cypress Gardens was the most beautiful place you could imagine.
@debrahelmlinger6256
3 жыл бұрын
My parents went to Cypress Gardens on their honeymoon in 1960
@lamarjohnson4576
3 жыл бұрын
I had a great uncle owned a barber shop in.Tampa and used to cut babe ruths hair and go scuba diving in wicki wachi before it became an attraction. Every where water was like glass and even downtown tampa river had dolphins swimming and the brick streets had cable cars 5 cent....orange trees growing all over town. Paradise. I was 11 i lived on Sanabel Island Florida was beautiful then...
@AloneInTheVoid
3 жыл бұрын
Old Florida was awesome! Now it’s just malls, apartment buildings, and tourist traps
@zombae_art
2 жыл бұрын
I really hope our state lawmakers preserve what is left of old Florida. I was born here and grown up here but I was born in 2002, I learned what was old Florida and now I want to visit everything that was old Florida before its gone forever. I really wish some of these places are still here today for the new Generation to see
@suzettebutner480
11 ай бұрын
Here are a few ideas....tarpon springs.... where they dive for sea sponges, or Yubor city ,Cuban village, they make hand made cigars...
@Matt_from_Florida
18 күн бұрын
Born here in 1962. So many more people now. I wish I were an an adult here in 1953, *the year automotive A/C became available!*
@durangomcmurphy1529
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting . I grew up in Florida in the 50's and visited almost all of these places . Brings back wonderful memories , thanks again :)
@dave1956
2 жыл бұрын
This is the Florida that I would love to visit. My friends grandparents who lived in Florida for many years said that there two Florida’s. Pre Disney and post Disney. It’s so overcrowded today.
@lamarjohnson4576
3 жыл бұрын
I used to drive downtown Ft Lauderdale on Andrew Street and get a home cooked breskfast for 75 cent....when hyw1was only 2 lanes. Beautiful and wonderful times 1970 only a little traffic at that time
@paulausherman727
3 жыл бұрын
I would take those days over these days any day Thank you so much for this video
@frankrizzo4460
3 жыл бұрын
Yes absolutely agree with you, it truly was a special time to have experienced. Now everything is mass production and over populated 🤔
@Imnothere6
3 жыл бұрын
@@frankrizzo4460 if you were white yes it was
@FLStelth
4 жыл бұрын
This makes me wish I had a time-machine.
@calbob750
3 жыл бұрын
Stuckey’s. Back in the fifties this is where you stopped for pecan pralines and ice water. Most cars didn’t have air conditioning so a stop for a cold drink of water was a necessity. And ice for your Scotch Cooler.
@lindabingham394
3 жыл бұрын
and you drank tht scotch on the road
@midnightrunner684
3 жыл бұрын
M.A.G.A
@southernman5839
5 жыл бұрын
This is when America was great the first time!
@midnightrunner684
3 жыл бұрын
M.A.G.A
@eutimiochavez415
2 жыл бұрын
Like every where else it was ruined
@bobbybrown7214
3 жыл бұрын
Y dad grew up there in the 40/ 50 Miami I lived with grandparents 69/70 remember pirates world when my mom passed away was going thru old pictures and ran across Pirates world pictures thanks
@debrahelmlinger6256
3 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Dania and Hollywood, used to see the commercials for Pirates World, never got to go when it was open but went in at night as teenagers, spooky😱
@yvetteblount9232
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. I love old Florida.
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
♬♬♬♬♬
@amerikaveebeau1175
Жыл бұрын
Pirate Jungle was a favorite with my family!!! Memories hahaha 🤣 wonderful Life Time ago.... We all wore the same T-shirts lol so we wouldn't get lost hahaha Thank you kindly for jogging my brain.
@midnightrunner684
3 жыл бұрын
Been traveling to FL since the 60's .Moved to Fl in the 80"s .Florida today doesnt resemble anything that I remember about it
@buffaloman5042
3 жыл бұрын
Used to be great here before all the housing developments
@eutimiochavez415
2 жыл бұрын
Yes u are right
@markrichards6863
15 күн бұрын
I actually enjoyed those corny old roadside attractions more than I do the big theme parks. They were a testament to the creativity of those who built them. There were no long lines.
@GrahamPhotog
3 жыл бұрын
Silver Springs, Ocala is not on the St. John's River 10:07 which is about 40 miles east. It is located on the Silver River.
@marknewton6984
Жыл бұрын
And what beautiful river it is!
@Kay-ln3kx
16 күн бұрын
I miss my childhood growing up in orlando. 😊
@johnharrison2466
3 жыл бұрын
I loved Florida back then I'm a native and the state is way to commercial now,lost all of its appeal and our history and monuments now its just a bunch of fill dirt and concrete yall ruined my state Thanks alot
@TheMorganMonroeShow
3 жыл бұрын
John Harrison yes! I’m with You.
@frankrizzo4460
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I totally agree with you, it used to have character to it, now it's cookie cutter homes, shopping plazas and over congestion. What a shame it truly was a paradise at one time 🤔
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
商売繁盛 ビジネスビジネス ヤクザ ディズニーランド禁止
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
1950
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
1980 I was born 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 ♬♬♬♬♬
@CM-qe3vp
11 күн бұрын
That brontosaurus auto repair building is still there and still an auto repair!
@eutimiochavez415
2 жыл бұрын
Like every thing else it was ruined by to many people moving there .
@Lifeislikeabox1
6 жыл бұрын
great video thank you
@dirtisbetterthandiamonds
Жыл бұрын
Wait ... hold up a minute..WE HAD A PARK WITH FREE ROAMING LIONS?! Well that sounds like a horrifying idea LOL ..next up, swim with the alligators at GatorLand !! Gosh I love my wild weird and wonderful state !
@wes326
3 жыл бұрын
Gatorland was the best. You could buy a cayman (smaller alligator) there for $1.50 if I remember correctly.
@SharonBell6123
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow I miss the Florida I grew up with! Thank you
@randquadrozzi5850
2 жыл бұрын
I remember going the kapok tree restaurant and inn as a kid.for a kid from way up in the northeast it was definitely different.
@hunkerbunt5174
Ай бұрын
With you brother, went there many times.
@joegrahe3958
Жыл бұрын
Funny how at 0:57 it says families headed south but the footage is I-95 northbound approaching the Golden Glades interchange area in Miami
@Lori5564
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool video. 😎❤
@tonychavez2083
Жыл бұрын
It's a shame Cypress Gardens has closed and sold out to Legoland. Would still like to go just to show my children some of the remnant areas that were not paved over.
@vasilyaallakhverdieva2661
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful video! So interesting! I like the Monkey Jungle story, where people were caged instead of animals.
@taylorshaw1241
3 жыл бұрын
2:50 Dwight Schrute makes an appearance
@rrsaga
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, we’re Florida children as my parents moved here to open Martin Meritta. So technically I’m a native but a migrant just the same but it’s a damn shame to see how growth has overcome around here! More than ever, it needs to slow down
@albertcashier6206
2 жыл бұрын
Tim reminds me of forest gump...😃😁😊
@chrisswin8976
3 жыл бұрын
Dealt with East Coast greed and no respect for the ecology.
@Inkironnrum
3 жыл бұрын
Coolness
@Jackson-nf2xn
Жыл бұрын
Christ they brought fucking lions to Florida lmao
@butterfly23t
3 жыл бұрын
Silver Springs was amazing!
@sirreal420
3 жыл бұрын
It's still pretty nice
@FlipCouvillion
3 жыл бұрын
The makings of LEGO land👍
@IndyCarFan265
4 жыл бұрын
0:14 Didn't know they promoted the colored shields back then!
@Edward_Strong1982
3 жыл бұрын
Circus world was awesome also
@danpiasecki1487
3 жыл бұрын
Did I see penny-wise on ski's???
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
💜💜💜
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
💜💜💜💜💜
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
💗💗💗💗💗
@philzail2532
11 күн бұрын
Those cheap tourists were the beginnings of, Florida Man. 😅
@mr.toobigformypants8145
3 жыл бұрын
Where's Mouseland, I want to see Mr. Jingles the circus mouse.
@debrahelmlinger6256
3 жыл бұрын
Guy likes like a vampire😳
@debrahelmlinger6256
3 жыл бұрын
Looks like
@pamward1623
2 жыл бұрын
And the sand monster is still there..reaches up and sucks you under ground...
@bendover9411
3 жыл бұрын
Dear god, the 90's were weird!
@chickenoraria7559
4 жыл бұрын
0:43 mickey mouse!
@Edward_Strong1982
3 жыл бұрын
Lawd they had the monkey on a rope 😭😭
@nedmarc
4 жыл бұрын
Is that Ray Suarez narrating?
@sirreal420
4 жыл бұрын
i think it might be
@nedmarc
4 жыл бұрын
@@sirreal420 I did some research and it is indeed Ray Suarez - this was titled "Greetings from Forgotten Florida"
@nedmarc
4 жыл бұрын
his voice is so distinctive
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
🐭🎀
@amerikaveebeau1175
Жыл бұрын
Via the Rothschild's -- "Bread and Circuses".
@wiiretime3704
3 жыл бұрын
Florida where wacky uncle Danny could make fortune a with a parrot zoo Same guy couldnt get a loan on a pinto back in NYC that's why old school Florida was the best
@eliseolopez2790
2 жыл бұрын
Walter Elias Disney made Florida what it is today.
@pauledwards5607
2 жыл бұрын
It was the end of an era when Disney went in. Many thought it was going to be a boon to their businesses. They changed the interstate systems to accommodate all the traffic from Disney...the latest and greatest everyone had to see...and many of these old places got put out of business. The days of the car vacation on all the old Highways to all the old attractions was all but gone at that point, or started their decline, never to recover. Many of the larger ones existed until not too ling ago.
@user-zv2xq3cn4n
2 жыл бұрын
🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎♬♬♬♬♬
@midnightprairiegirl9477
3 жыл бұрын
A lot to love & miss about Old Florida, but not the rampant, unregulated animal abuse. Hated it then, hate it now.
@midnightrunner684
3 жыл бұрын
The Snowflake people have ruined everything in America
@starquant
3 жыл бұрын
Florida: Home of Americas largest sink holes..👍👍
@jameshughes9351
2 ай бұрын
Disney killed the old florida.😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
@kylesmith1106
Жыл бұрын
TALK ABOUT THE Racism that was taking place in these times.. born in 1936? how did she view blacks because in the thirties and they were very prevalent in florida since god made the earth... (alllll throughout the south and america period) and how those remains belong to the indigenous americans that "verazanno, columbus, and marco polo" saw when they arrived and said looked like Ethiopians... even though they were original Americans with dark hue in the millions.... the conquerer took it all with the help of the indigenous and made their own narrative like they do all over. bless
@joesmith7427
6 күн бұрын
Mickey Mouse is black!!
@wiiretime3704
3 жыл бұрын
Florida was great until all the hoa and housing developments now it's just purgatory
@sirreal420
3 жыл бұрын
and most of the housing especially 55+ sits empty most of the year
@fuxan
3 жыл бұрын
It is disgusting.
@ottosparky
17 күн бұрын
Thank you all you people moving here from up north...You have ruined Florida and our life style...
@PilotVBall
2 жыл бұрын
"Florida,. America's riviera". LOL! Having grown up in Florida, I can tell you that Florida is not comparable to the Riviera of anywhere. The term should be corrected to 'Floriduuuh, America's deplorable appendage'.
@byronwhitman5203
2 жыл бұрын
Idiot
@popeyetsm2750
3 ай бұрын
Lol!! Talk about video / reading comprehension issues lol 😂🤡😆 The video indicated that, *at the time* , Florida WAS considered, *not* "is considered", to be the "American Riviera". And, at the time, it sure-as-$_it was. Sadly, Florida has been ruined by poorly educated, ignorant and uninformed people like PilotV who were born long, long after those days were long gone.
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