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dmchan · Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:49 pm Post subject: OT? Old Padre Island film

Perhaps this has been posted before but I hadn't seen it and it's a little slice of our history that I find just swell Smile

so I thought I'd share.

http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=Padre_Island&p=video1&b=0&e=350

I would sure love to be able to experience a time like this, more simple and pristine than what we find today.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

I like how the text says San Padre Island. A nice look back at 1960.
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kweber · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:05 am Post subject:

the girls remind me of my mother...
fit, healthy, and happy...
and the inflatable rafts... lol...
about 1966/7 I was gonna surf the biggest wave of the day...
but I forgot to paddle ahead...
WIPEOUT!
my dad laughed for days ....
he said all he saw was the raft shoot up and feet and hands going everywhere....
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RodBreaker · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:59 am Post subject:

Anyone know the name of the motel in the video? It looks like what later became the Radisson. I think it was "Sea" something.
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Kingz · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:20 am Post subject:

Mike shoulda left Susie home...Good stuff, appreciate the link dmchan

Drake · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:41 am Post subject: Film

Thanks

JOHNNYREB · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:57 am Post subject:

Pretty cool! Folks sure wore a lot more clothes back then. Laughing

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AZ_squid · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:16 pm Post subject:

Not much has changed people still lined up on bob hall and 4x4's pulling out cars stuck on the beach. Makes me miss summer. Only a couple more months till it's sunny and beautiful out.
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Fish2drink · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:40 pm Post subject:

"Who would believe that cannibal Indians use to waylay ship wrecked sailors here and then chase them down the island one at a time as the menu indicated" Laughing

Not me that's for sure.
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HungerBuster · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 371

That is really cool. Thanks for sharing.
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ironmanstan · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:21 pm Post subject:

While growing up in Harlingen we would come to Corpus mainly to the Bluff to visit my oldest brother stationed at NAS Corpus Christi. I think the first time was in 67 when he got back from Vietnam. The 55 mile stretch was really a 55 mile stretch. We stayed at the fancy Padre Motel which is pretty run down now. Never knew then that I would oneday be working at the base and living here. I'm surprised the film didn't show the pier that we used to fish from on South Padre that was destroyed in Hurricane Beulah. Man don't even remember what kind of car we had then I think it was a big old Buick. Very Happy

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CopanoCruisin · Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:16 pm Post subject:

Definitely looks like early 60s. If I remember right, the harbor bridge opened in 1959. My wife was looking over my shoulder watching it and just cracking up! Thanks for sharing........cC

SADONALD · Pony Mullet Joined: 30 Sep 2011 Posts: 57

I thought Susie might have gone the way of little Alex Kinter for a few moments there.

blackhawk78418 · Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:14 pm Post subject:

" and winners they are" good stuff