A Little Further Out Of Town

A Little Further Out of Town
As a Newburyporter you probably remember…
Amesbury, Ma
Car Wash - Located at the split of Main St and Merrill St. This was an all wooden structure coin operated do it yourself car wash. I think it was called Merrill’s Car Wash. Locate It

Salisbury Beach, Ma

The Frolics Ballroom - In its heyday this place saw the likes of Sinatra, Liberace and Aerosmith. With more bands going to the club casino at Hampton Beach, the Frolics hosted low life acts such as GG Alin, which as I see it, was the nail in the coffin for this venue in the Mid 1980’s. Curtains please! Locate It

Joe’s Playland - Located at Salisbury Beach for over 90 years. Locate It Website HERE

Dream Machine- All the cool kids worked at Dream Machine. I never worked there. I worked at Waterfront Farms in Newbury. Locate It

Kon Tiki - This was a small bar that had many local bands playing. Locate It

5 O’Clock Club - I guess it’s always 5 O’Clock at this bar. Some would beg to differ. To some it may have always seemed roughly 2am O’Clock. Locate It

Tic Toc Club - It’s no longer ticking. Locate It

The Amusement Park

The park’s name has changed over the years.

Ocean Park - 1950’s

Shaheen’s Fun-O-Rama - Owned/operated by Roger Shaheen in the 1970’s Locate it

Shaheens Fun Park - 1970’s It has now reverted back to a parking lot as it once was prior to the park.

Pirates Fun Park - 1980 - 90’s The last amusement park at this location. Locate It

Salisbury Bridge Rd

The Turnbuckle - Located on Bridge Rd. This was a bar that had the first known mechanical bull to ride.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 and is filed under A Little Further Out Of Town, Amusement Parks, Auto, Bars Clubs & Pubs, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “A Little Further Out Of Town”

  1. dmeaton on October 1st, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    Does anyone remember Shaheens (sp?) pool? It was in Salisbury on Beach road?

  2. D.A.Kuse on October 2nd, 2008 at 8:42 am

    Yes mdeaton ..I remember The Shaheens.you and I use to go swimming there..with a few other friends..would walk over from Newburyport..I want to say it cost .35 cents,when you could get a pizza and soda at Nicks for .35 cents

  3. dmeaton on October 2nd, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    Hhhhmmmm… I remember buying a grilled cheese sandwich and a chocolate milk at NIck’s PIzza and it cost me $.25, Rent was $5.50 a week my parents rented half a house three floors with full walk in basement it had 5 bedrooms, livingroom and a kitchen. Imagine paying $5.50 a week for rent…

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