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Cars, clothes and conversation change over the decades, but one fact remains the same: Teen-agers have always found the time to hang out together outside of school. Here's a brief list of popular local hangouts, and--if they're still standing--what they have become.

Happy Days in the 1950s

Hi-Way 39 Drive-In Theater: A place to show off your car or your date, it's still operating in Westminster.

Oscar's Drive-In Restaurants: The two hamburger joints in Santa Ana and Garden Grove had drive-up receivers used to place orders and car hops to deliver the burgers and fries fast. Oscar's were convenient and a sure place to find your friends to discuss the latest haps.

The Pike: This Long Beach amusement park served teens for three decades. Besides being cheap, it had one of the best roller-coaster rides in Southern California. It was bulldozed in the mid-1970s as part of a downtown redevelopment project.

Skate Ranch: Opened in 1956 in Santa Ana, "The Ranch" is still in operation, though it's not the teen stomping ground it once was, offering roller-skating, music and food in a county with few teen diversions.

Catching a Wave in the 1960s

Beaches: Since the surf craze took hold in the early '60s, Orange County's beaches--particularly lifeguard stations and piers--have served as identification points for teens. The most popular spots have been Bolsa Chica (Tin-Can Beach), Huntington Beach in either direction from the pier, Huntington Beach Cliffs, Laguna's Main Beach, Seal Beach (attracting teens from Cerritos and Downey) and The Wedge at Newport Beach.

Hobby City: At the height of slot car racing, Hobby City in Anaheim provided racing enthusiasts with plenty of tracks to play on. The craze and the crowds waned in the late '60s, but the shop is still operating.

Mission Drive-In: A popular hangout for South County teens, it opened in 1966 but met the wrecking ball in 1985 to make room for a shopping complex in San Juan Capistrano.

Prison of Socrates: As close as Orange County came to embracing the beat generation, this coffee house on Main Street in Newport Beach provided hip poetry, strong expresso and stand-up comedy. It's now a pizza parlor.

Rendezvous Ballroom: A popular dance hall in Newport Beach that featured big bands in the '30s and '40s and later the surf sounds of Dick Dale and the Deltones, it burned down in the late '60s.

Retail's Clerk Hall: Many teen dances were staged at this hall in Buena Park, which is now the United Food and Commercial Workers Hall.

Santa Ana Stadium: No matter who was playing on the field, local teens would gather to check out the opposite sex. It's still there.

Westminster Skate Ranch: Though not as popular as The Skate Ranch in Santa Ana, this facility was considered its little brother and a great hang. It's history.

Hippy Hangs in the 1960s and 1970s

Bird in Cage Book Shops: Radical teens gathered at the shops in Santa Ana and Newport Beach where an underground newspaper--named "Out of Sherwood Forest"--was distributed to local high schools. It was probably the only store in the county selling Mao's "Little Red Book." The Santa Ana store burned down in the early '70s.

Crystal Bag: A favorite shop in Fullerton to check out the latest drug paraphernalia, incense and ZAP Comic books. The building is now a Mercedes repair shop.

Golden Bear: This popular club in downtown Huntington Beach featured performers such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Whether or not a teen had a ticket to get inside to see the show, it was a great place to watch the hippies. It was torn down in the mid-1980s, and a new theater has recently reopened on the spot.

Licorice Pizza: This record store chain was the place to hang in Costa Mesa. It moved to a new facility and became part of the Sam Goody chain.

Mystic Arts: A big, creepy head shop in Laguna Beach that showered patrons with incense, black light posters and the latest drug paraphernalia, it is now the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall.

Orange County Civic Auditorium: It wasn't really an auditorium but an underground club for the local hippie scene in Orange. It closed in 1968 and the building is now part of an industrial complex.

Record Revolution: This hip record store in Fullerton constantly played T-REX instead of the Carpenters and offered a place for teens to listen to underground music. The building was destroyed in the early '70s to make room for an expansion on the Fullerton College campus.

Sound Spectrum: This record store/head shop in Laguna Beach was the only place a teen could buy British Imports albums. It's still there.

Surf Shops: Two places in downtown Huntington Beach attracted most of the surfing teens: the Windnsea Surf Shop and Chuck Dent Surf Shop. Both are still operating.

Surf Theater: This theater in Huntington Beach offered the latest surf films, making it a perfect nighttime hangout for the local surfing crowd. It was torn down in 1989 to make room for downtown redevelopment.

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Cars, clothes and conversation change over the decades, but one fact remains the same: Teen-agers have always found the time to hang out together outside of school. Here's a brief list of popular local hangouts, and--if they're still standing--what they have become.

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1960s schools were very different than the schools of today. There were different expectations in both behavior and dress.

While many students of today have very strong opinions about what they are and are not permitted to wear, most 1960s schools had a much stricter dress code. Girls were required to wear skirts or dresses and pants of any type were strictly forbidden. Also, the skirts and dresses were often required to cover the knees. For most schools, the requirement was: while in a kneeling position, the skirt had to touch the floor.

The only tops that were permissible were blouses and sweaters. Sleeveless tops and dresses were not allowed. The only shoes allowed were loafers, saddle shoes, and oxfords. Makeup was allowed, but only if it was light and properly matched a girl's complexion.

Slacks were required for boys. Jeans, referred to at the time as dungarees, were expressly forbidden (for both boys and girls). Shorts were almost never allowed. Shirts were required to have buttons and collars. This meant no T-shirts. A boy's hair was to be kept short and well groomed at all times. It was not allowed for their hair to touch their collar. Tennis shoes (or sneakers) were not permitted outside of gym class.

School discipline was also very different in the early 1960s. The most common form of discipline was corporal punishment (paddling), which is outlawed in 31 states today. In the 1960s, students could receive a number of swats from a principal or teacher, depending on the severity of the infraction. Staying inside during recess, staying after school, writing lines on paper or the blackboard, or standing in a corner were also common punishments.

These and many other rules made school life a more difficult task in the 1960s. Kids only think they have it difficult in American schools today.

For more insight into the 1960s, check out the historical fiction novel Ryan's Crossing!

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School Life in the 1960s - Reading Through History

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1960s schools were very different than the schools of today. There were different expectations in both behavior and dress. While many students of today have very strong opinions about what they are and are not permitted to wear, most 1960s schools had a much stricter dress code.

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1. 1960 Democrat John F. Kennedy wins the U.S. Presidential Election after defeating Republican Richard Nixon.

2. 1961 The Bay of Pigs invasion is an unsuccessful U,S, backed operation to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba

3. 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis has the world on the edge of another World War

4. 1963 United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.

5. 1964 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

6. 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a peaceful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama.

7. 1966 Indira Gandhi becomes the Prime Minister of India.

8. 1967 The Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs play against each other in the first Super Bowl,

9. 1968 Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in April by James Earl Ray.

10. 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to arrive on the Moon during NASA's Apollo 11 mission.

More Detailed Information on each Event and those not included can be found below
The Sixties dominated by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Protests, the 60s also saw the assassinations of US President John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Cuban Missile Crisis, and finally ended on a good note when the first man is landed on the moon .
The events listed below we have tried to put a small paragraph on the specific year page providing additional information )

1960
What Happened in 1960 History
Democrat John F. Kennedy wins the U.S. Presidential Election after defeating Republican Richard Nixon. Kennedy became the first president and was the youngest person to have been elected into the highest office at the time.

Togo, Cote D'Ivoire, Chad, Benin, Mauritania, Senegal, and the Central African Republic gain independence from France.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is created.

The United States decides to send 3,500 U.S. troops to Vietnam.

TIROS-1, the first weather satellite, is launched by the U.S.

1961
What Happened in 1961 History
Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space. One month later, Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space.

Construction on the Berlin Wall begins in an effort to separate East and West Berlin.

The Bay of Pigs invasion is an unsuccessful U,S, backed operation to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.

The Peace Corps is created.

WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) is created.

1962
What Happened in 1962 History
The Cuban Missile Crisis has the world on the edge of another World War as the United States and USSR come close to launching nuclear attacks.

James Meredith becomes the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.

The comic book character of Spider-Man makes his debut in the Amazing Fantasy #15 comic.

The Beatles release their first single, "Love Me Do," in the United Kingdom.

Sam Walton opens the first Wal-Mart store in Arkansas.

1963
What Happened in 1963 History
United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.

U.S. Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. gives is famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

The United States begins to use Zip Codes.

Yugoslavia becomes a socialist federal republic and President Josip Tito is appointed as "President for Life."

The BBC broadcasts the very first episode of the iconic television show "Doctor Who."

Money and Inflation 1960's

To provide an estimate of inflation we have given a guide to the value of $100 US Dollars for the first year in the decade to the equivalent in today's money

If you have $100 Converted from 1960 to 2021 it would be equivalent to $922.31 today

In 1960 a new house cost $12,700.00 and by 1969 was $15,500.00

In 1960 the average income per year was $5,315.00 and by 1969 was $8,540.00

In 1960 a gallon of gas was 25 cents and by 1969 was 35 cents

In 1960 the average cost of new car was $2,600.00 and by 1969 was $3,270.00
A few more prices from the 60's and how much things cost
Volkswagen beetle $1,769

Ford Mustang 2 door hardtop $2368

Misses Swinging Shifts Skirts $5.00

Oxford men's Shoes $12.95

1960 Men's Pocket Watch $9.44

Automatic Can Opener $8.88

Automatic Electric Blanket $9.94

Oranges 89 cents for 2 dozen

Oven ready Turkeys 39 cents per pound

Modern Walnut Bookcase $29.97

Coal $14.95 ton

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Childrens Toys From The 1960's

Kids Toys From the 60s

Popular toys of the 1960s were related to space travel and the moon. For girls the Barbie doll was a must-have and for boys the G.I. Joe action figure was popular. A heavy influence from Children's TV shows and pop culture of the time also meant that toys featuring specific characters like Caspar and The Flintstones were featured heavily. Music was also a factor with many toys featuring the most popular band of the time, the Beatles. Games were also popular with more variety of board games, table games, and puzzles available.

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What Happened in the 1960s inc. News, Popular Culture, Prices and Technology

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1960 Democrat John F. Kennedy wins the U.S. Presidential Election after defeating Republican Richard Nixon. 1961 The Bay of Pigs invasion is an unsuccessful U,S, backed operation to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis has the world on the edge of another World War 1963 United States President John F.

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One of the popular movies in the 60s was West Side Story.

Another movie was My Fair Lady.