My child home from 1970 until the 90's was located directly across Warner Ave from the "Bunkers". In the 70's the bunkers were still largely intact. Sealed by earth and welded shut, the local older kids dug & cut them open. Many of us explored inside many thousands of feet on underground halls and rooms to a young boys delight. Dirty, oily, and scary!. the "Bunkers were aptly named as they served a Military Gun inplacement to fend off Japanese Subs during WWII. The bunkers was once much more full of trees, larger wildlife much more diverse and plentiful. Now with the homes built on/near and the bunkers largely gone the area is no longer a kids wonderland as it once was. Nearby was "Eds dairy", Bean fields and the meadowlark Airport. Biplane rides daily for $50.00. Yeah, I guess you could say those were the good old days.
there saying there is a place that got 10.000$ from a loan brought down from france on black mercedes benz and then they put something els in te car for when he travels to canada boder thy pull him over and they dared doing does things whe he had a african girlfriend knotts berry farm pictures with permision
I always thought that shopping center looked incomplete. A few years ago I did some snooping and discovered the tower that was never built. I suspect it would have complimented and unified the structure. Ironically, if it HAD been built and was currently at risk for being demolished, I bet there'd be a clamor to save it.
Bunkers were awesome. No matter how many times they covered them up, we would dig right back in. The concrete put a stop to that. Probably for the better. I’m sure some pretty gnarly stuff happened down there, but it was unbelievable to explore them as a kid.
@@710jay7 When you would go in there was a large room with huge doors. There was a long tunnel that seemed to go at least 1/4 mile down the length of the hill and there were several small rooms with iron doors. Almost as if they were holding cells or something. Lots of candles down there, and I would imagine it would be pretty scary being down there at the wrong time and running into the wrong people. There was probably more to them, but thats as much as we saw. I have some pictures somewhere.
Hi Chris, so cool! I grew up just a stones throw from there and we used to ride our bikes all through Smokey's stables and the bunkers as kids. Great memories and thank you for showing this video :)
My child home from 1970 until the 90's was located directly across Warner Ave from the "Bunkers". In the 70's the bunkers were still largely intact. Sealed by earth and welded shut, the local older kids dug & cut them open. Many of us explored inside many thousands of feet on underground halls and rooms to a young boys delight. Dirty, oily, and scary!. the "Bunkers were aptly named as they served a Military Gun inplacement to fend off Japanese Subs during WWII. The bunkers was once much more full of trees, larger wildlife much more diverse and plentiful.
Now with the homes built on/near and the bunkers largely gone the area is no longer a kids wonderland as it once was.
Nearby was "Eds dairy", Bean fields and the meadowlark Airport. Biplane rides daily for $50.00. Yeah, I guess you could say those were the good old days.
there saying there is a place that got 10.000$ from a loan brought down from france on black mercedes benz and then they put something els in te car for when he travels to canada boder thy pull him over and they dared doing does things whe he had a african girlfriend knotts berry farm pictures with permision
the bunkers are amazing. it's a damn shame that the city filled the entrance with concrete and what not. let them be
I always thought that shopping center looked incomplete. A few years ago I did some snooping and discovered the tower that was never built. I suspect it would have complimented and unified the structure.
Ironically, if it HAD been built and was currently at risk for being demolished, I bet there'd be a clamor to save it.
I played in those bunkers as a kid ,
Bunkers were awesome. No matter how many times they covered them up, we would dig right back in. The concrete put a stop to that. Probably for the better. I’m sure some pretty gnarly stuff happened down there, but it was unbelievable to explore them as a kid.
What’s inside them?
@@710jay7 When you would go in there was a large room with huge doors. There was a long tunnel that seemed to go at least 1/4 mile down the length of the hill and there were several small rooms with iron doors. Almost as if they were holding cells or something. Lots of candles down there, and I would imagine it would be pretty scary being down there at the wrong time and running into the wrong people. There was probably more to them, but thats as much as we saw. I have some pictures somewhere.
gnarly stuff?
Hi Chris, so cool! I grew up just a stones throw from there and we used to ride our bikes all through Smokey's stables and the bunkers as kids. Great memories and thank you for showing this video :)
I thought those pipes used for getting air.. were some sort of drainage pipe. Thank you for the history lesson and filling us with great knowledge.
Very cool!