We now walk across Waialae Beach Park almost every morning at dawn on our way to the beach.
I often think of this photo of a bunch of friends with me at the park in 1957.
Looking across the stream, the restrooms at the park hadn’t been built yet.
Unfortunately, Chad died before he was 40, and I lost track of the rest of them.
But it’s still a photo that brings back great memories.
L-R: David Zimmerman, Ian Lind, Terry Malang, Fred Yuen, Chad Dunstan, Jim Steiger
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What a great photo as a memory stimulant. Do kids (elementary level) still organize themselves to go to a local park or school grounds to play any sports without any adult supervision??? And go play against kids from other schools on there own ??
We did at Aliiolani in the early 1950’s those very things. Played bare-feet, bust up jeans, got plenty ‘strawberries’ on elbows and knees and stubbed toes. Thanks for the great memory stimulant.
Is that a band-aid on your right foot toe ?
Yes, it does appear to be a bandaged toe. Did I break a toe? I know a broke my thumb in 6th grade, but I don’t remember a toe.
And how did I miss the absence of the parking lot, which apparently hadn’t been built yet! It’s a rather glaring absence.
I lived in a slummy walk-up rental unit on Kahala (makai) one house from Kealaolu. If someone accidentally flicked the exterior stair light on, the entire unit would go dark. One of my earliest memories, maybe 3 y.o. (1953?) was the neighbor girls (Gutmanis/Twelker) taking me across Kahala Ave. to watch a two-story wooden apartment building completely engulfed in flames looking in that exact direction with the stream in the background. You really made me dig deep for that one!