He remembered asking his mother if bears lived in the old park at home.

Asked if the old park should be torn down, he gave a sympathetic smile.

Spent a lot of nice hours in that sweet doomed old park.

But on the night of July 3, 1944, the old park's luck ran out.

"Look what I found at the old industrial park," he said.

However, a few design features from the old park were retained.

It was lots of fun riding around that big old park.

There are not many trees within the park more than eighty years old.

"If we're making for the old park, I can lead us."

The 1960s ushered in a prosperity for the 40 year old park.