Pontchartrain Beach Remembered

Anyone who grew up in New Orleans prior to the late 80's will have wonderful memorieis of Pontchatrain Beach. Here are photos from Bob Walker's site, Pontchatrain Beach Memories, used with permission. Enjoy Yawl! As they say in New Orleans - Ain't Dare No More....

http://www.walkerpub.com/radio_memories_beach.html

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[AngelleSL]

This was great!!! Thanks so much for sharing that! LOVED IT !

[aajmw]

@AngelleSL So glad that you enjoyed it. Good memories from my childhood.

[FatWhiteGirlVideo]

Enjoyed it. My mom use to go there in her teens. Great to see what she was referring to.

Thanks.

[aajmw]

Glad that you enjoyed it. I wish it were still there.

[allencsr]

wow so many awesome good memories so glad i was able to experience this as a kid!!! Thanks for posting this!!! The rajun cajun was dismanltled and became the screamin demon in new york i believe . my favorite ride was the Zephyr oh how id love to rise that ole girl again .

[aajmw]

Great memories. The Zephyr was the best....

[gameshowluvr86]

@sydney69able Me, too!!

[sydney69able]

i wanna go to the 80s so bad

[Gumboz1953]

You can see the lighthouse in some of those clips. It's still standing Go to the end of Elysian Fields. There is the lighthouse, standing out in the middle of an effing FIELD, far from the Lake, on UNO property. It's a historical landmark (it was the old Milneburg Lighthouse), but it's just rotting away. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before UNO tears it down. SO SAD.

[TheRealProsol]

OMG! I love this. Brought back many memories. Thanks. I would like to see one on Lincoln Beach out in the East as well.

[cyetboy]

I worked there around 1979, doing the dolphin show. Anyone out there with video fo the dolphin show??? I never took any video, but would LOVE to see that to show my kids!!!

[gerry3x]

Thanks.

[Nawlinsfanforlife]

Memories!!!

[AngelleSL]

@NewOrleansWoman Good question

[AngelleSL]

It's neither now, though. I'm in Florida now; we love very much people to come to visit, stay as long as they like and spend lots of cash.

The last Time I saw this was 2007. I honestly was not impressed and thought OMG, beach front property !!!!!

[IslenoGutierrez]

@emergencyexit16 Yes, people do get along in New Orleans, and they did back in the day too, but it wasn't always peaches and cream. You say poorer groups tend to have more crime, but we didn't have all that crime back in the day in the 8th ward and 9th ward when it was White. I'm just stating fact, not prejudice. Apparently the Black community has to fix itself, so it can become known to be respected, not violence, crime, drugs, and danger. By the way I don't have a low IQ, lol, u don't know me.