Kudos to spinsandneedles for this colorful and nostalgic trip back to the early. ‘60s in western Mass. I grew up during the time depicted in the video and have fond memories of riding the Tilt ‘O Whirl and spending seemingly endless, carefree days at our local amusement park, Paragon, in Hull, MA. Noteworthy, too, is the video’s vibrant color footage. Well done!
Thank you - it's great to hear your memories. Were parks like this snowed-over in the winter? The rides look so pristine. I grew up near Playland-at-the-Beach in San Francisco and the salt air was rough on the equipment. Yes the colors in this one are great. I was fortunate to find it and scan it before the inevitable color loss.
@@spinsandneedles New England winters in the 60s could seem especially long, and snow-covered amusement parks was not an uncommon sight. The amusement park season, therefore, seemed far too brief. Looking back, perhaps this short season of fun was a good thing as we could never take trips to Paragon Park for granted.
So, so many fond childhood memories of time spent at Mountain Park. I will forever mourn its loss and not being able to visit one last time before it closed.
I grew up in that area! We use to go there all the time when I was small! The video was great! Rode all those rides lots and lots of times! We use to go when they had carload nights! And was more cheaper to get in! We thought it was so much fun to go at night ! Lol 😂 my parents would sit under the big covered area where the polka bands would play and they would drink pitchers of beer and dance while we ran wild thru the park on all the rides! That is something you could never do nowadays with your kids ! 😢different world back then! Thanks for the memories! 😊
Wow - your memories are great! Nighttime must have been beautiful and thrilling. I think today parks give special wristbands that match the parents so no kid can be escorted out without their parent. Maybe not everywhere but I've heard of that. I wonder if Mountain Amusement Park was in any movies or TV shows? It seemed perfect back in the days when this home movie was filmed.
The scariest ride was the wooden roller coaster. Trying to guess when it was going to fall apart or derail. And Ames free entry/ride day was always fun...if you liked crowds. LOL
I bet. The sounds and movements on an old wooden coaster packed with riders is really different from the steel ones. Glad to hear they had a free entry/ride day.
Thank you for your comment. I hope if she is in this video you have seen the other films I uploaded from Penfield, NY; Norwich, NY; and Honeoye Lake, NY. I don't know if you are referring to one of the three sisters but I would sure love to hear more about the family. Everyone has their troubles but the girls and their parents appeared to be nice. I think they had a lake house but I don't know the name of the lake if you could fill that in. There are other relatives in the lake films.
Kudos to spinsandneedles for this colorful and nostalgic trip back to the early. ‘60s in western Mass. I grew up during the time depicted in the video and have fond memories of riding the Tilt ‘O Whirl and spending seemingly endless, carefree days at our local amusement park, Paragon, in Hull, MA. Noteworthy, too, is the video’s vibrant color footage. Well done!
Thank you - it's great to hear your memories. Were parks like this snowed-over in the winter? The rides look so pristine. I grew up near Playland-at-the-Beach in San Francisco and the salt air was rough on the equipment. Yes the colors in this one are great. I was fortunate to find it and scan it before the inevitable color loss.
@@spinsandneedles New England winters in the 60s could seem especially long, and snow-covered amusement parks was not an uncommon sight. The amusement park season, therefore, seemed far too brief. Looking back, perhaps this short season of fun was a good thing as we could never take trips to Paragon Park for granted.
Thanks for all the great memories dad I miss you. I love you very much.
So, so many fond childhood memories of time spent at Mountain Park. I will forever mourn its loss and not being able to visit one last time before it closed.
I'm glad for all who have good memories from the Park.
I grew up in that area! We use to go there all the time when I was small! The video was great! Rode all those rides lots and lots of times! We use to go when they had carload nights! And was more cheaper to get in! We thought it was so much fun to go at night ! Lol 😂 my parents would sit under the big covered area where the polka bands would play and they would drink pitchers of beer and dance while we ran wild thru the park on all the rides! That is something you could never do nowadays with your kids ! 😢different world back then! Thanks for the memories! 😊
Wow - your memories are great! Nighttime must have been beautiful and thrilling. I think today parks give special wristbands that match the parents so no kid can be escorted out without their parent. Maybe not everywhere but I've heard of that. I wonder if Mountain Amusement Park was in any movies or TV shows? It seemed perfect back in the days when this home movie was filmed.
DON'T GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP WITHOUT ME (C)2006
4:47 I remember that ride!
It looks fun. They were probably manufactured for other parks and carnivals too.
Great footage! Thanks for posting it.
You bet!
I live right near Holyoke... Better times back then.
Thanks for sharing😁
Thank you for watching.
Alot of fun memories here.
I'm glad you have them and found this film. It's so beautiful and nice that the family shot so much film here.
Nice color footage! We used to go to this amusement park annually. Great to see. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. I'm glad you got to go there and see this film.
real nice video for 1963
Yes it is. Thank you. They did a good job with the camera.
The scariest ride was the wooden roller coaster. Trying to guess when it was going to fall apart or derail. And Ames free entry/ride day was always fun...if you liked crowds. LOL
I bet. The sounds and movements on an old wooden coaster packed with riders is really different from the steel ones. Glad to hear they had a free entry/ride day.
That is awesome ♥️
Ooooooh neat old time fun
My mom is probably in this video.
Thank you for your comment. I hope if she is in this video you have seen the other films I uploaded from Penfield, NY; Norwich, NY; and Honeoye Lake, NY. I don't know if you are referring to one of the three sisters but I would sure love to hear more about the family. Everyone has their troubles but the girls and their parents appeared to be nice. I think they had a lake house but I don't know the name of the lake if you could fill that in. There are other relatives in the lake films.
You are so close reaching 1k subs
And to think there is no competition!
@@spinsandneedles lol
Why is there a teenager on the kiddie coaster?🤣
Because it's not just a kiddie coaster.
The music is too obnoxious. But still, thank you.....
I still thank TH-cam's free music library. Amusement parks are not a category so we just try to find selections that are better than others.
I was born in Holyoke 😐 What a shit hole it is today.
U ain't kiddin... U see someone was shooting a machine gun on New Years eve over on Seargent? Crazy...
And how course society has become for openly using foul language in public without regard for others.