Are you old enough to remember Euclid Beach Park? It was a great amusement park right on the Lake Erie beach off Lakeshore in Cleveland.
It closed after the season in 1969 so I don't remember much but my grandparents lived about 1 mile away so they took us there several times.
I do remember going there as a kid and seeing then Vice-President Hubert Humphrey speaking. He was shouted down by hippies and student demonstrators chanting "Dump the Hump!"
My friends and I picked up the chant and brought it back to the playgrounds in our neighborhood.
When I stopped in at the Arts Collinwood Gallery last week and saw some of the memorabilia, it brought back some of those memories.
We have some great pictures at ClevelandSeniors.com and a profile of Dudley Humphrey whose family has been making those Euclid Beach popcorn balls (and taffy and...) since the turn of last century.
We invited people to share their memories of the park and I am inviting you too. Do you remember Laughing Sal? The Thriller? The Wild Mouse? Dodgems? Tilt-a-whirl? Laugh in the Dark? The Fun House? Let me know
