ATP
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ATP
On 2010-11-06 16:59, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
I have some personal history with this place, My Father was a record holding Skydiving Instructor & competition jumper in the 1950s & 1960s, we moved to Lake Elsinore in the early 60,s where my father was an Instructor at the Elsinore Para Center/Airport.
My Mom worked a lot, so my dad would take me to work, I would play all day with the other Skydiver Brats, running around the Airport, In those day’s it was not uncommon to drag your kid into a bar, get him a coke and have a drink or two.
It was very much a time where kids were seen & not heard.
The “Wreck/Ship Wreck” was in the old downtown area near Mainstreet, we ate at a Mexican restaurant called “Pedro’s” just up the street all the time.
I have a few very clear memories of the place back in the 60s; it was a local bar and drew an older clientele, the décor was mostly Nautical at that time, I don’t member seeing any Tikis.
The “Elsinore 500” was a famous motorcycle race which drew the likes of Steve McQueen who raced in it and who I was very lucky to meet a couple of times, he had some friends who skydived.
During the 1966 Elsinore 500 which drew a huge crowd & a few Outlaw Motorcycle clubs
We were in the downtown area, when we drove by the Wreck there was a gang of Hells Angels fighting with chains with another MC, right outside the bar.
My Dad partnered with some friends and opened up their own bar called the “Rumble seat” a couple of miles away, which catered to the Skydiving scene, I spent a lot of time there as a kid.
My Sister dug up an old photo from around 1963 or 64 of my Dad getting ready for a jump
The blond kid is me.
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