Halloween in the 80's - Retro 1980's Southglenn Mall Trick or Treat 

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Its sad how much the world has changed for the worse since this video was taken nothings fun anymore it seems like everybody just survives now you have to be rich to do anything anymore most cant afford new cars new homes vacations shopping nothing just work yourself to death just to get by another week and its the same thing everyday i miss the 80s

It was a great time to be a kid! Thanks for watching!

And a great way to get a lot of candy fast

I was 3

We were very fortunate this year where we live. It was fun and people for a moment almost forgot about COVID. I hope we can keep it alive for generations to come!

That is our goal! Preserve these videos before they are gone and give people a chance to know or remember what life was like back then. Thanks for watching!

I really miss the 80’s and the Malls as well! There are very few real malls left. We used to go to this mall all the time but it is now gone and has been transformed into an outdoor shopping area with lofts. Luckily my mom filmed everything, and we now can preserve the memories and history. I’m so glad the video looks good. I have spent years developing a system to digitalize these old videos and upscale them to HD. Thanks for watching!

I totally agree!

It is like going back in time! It’s amazing how much we forget over the years. This video has been a great reminder of how good things were back then and what an awesome time era to grow up in!

@@videodotti Yes exactly! The expression "the good old days" is certainly true.

Speaking of preppy clothing stores, do you remember the store where when you went inside it immediately smelled of perfume or cologne, and it was dark inside the store? I can't remember the name at all but it was extremely popular. Especially with the teens and young adults.

So true, I miss the good old mall days! Thanks for stopping by our channel!!

It was so much fun and really nice if it was bad weather outside. And yes, I think malls were quite a bit safer back then.

Idk. It's kind of cool. But nothing quite like walking around in the dark on Halloween night admiring and being spooked by everyone's decorations.

@@mirandalynn19 - Colorado weather could suck in late Oct. Plus you got the combo of a community center / school party and trick or treating under one roof. Often the stores would compete to out-do each other in treats or decorations.

Malls were totally awesome. Holidays were beyond amazing. Entertainment was outstanding!

In October of 87 in Denver we had about a 60 degree drop in one day, from hot to ice broken trees all over. @@mgabrysSF

Haha! I remember wearing big winter coats over our costumes and trick or treating in the snow! So fun!

Thanks so much! We have spent many years trying to perfect the digitalization process and upscale from standard resolution to 1080p high res. It will never be true HD since it wasn’t originally filmed in HD but it definitely looks better! As long as the original film lighting, focus, stability, etc are good, we are able to watch these videos on a 65” tv after digitalizing and they still look great!

@@videodotti You did great on the upscale! I'm an 80s kid so footage of the mall and Halloween was awesome.

I was going to say the same thing. I was there often in the 80s and remember the remodel but mostly remember how it was later

It was all good in the Littleton 'hood

It really was the best time to grow up in the 80’s!

It was done like that all around the U.S in the 80s even up until the late 90s from what I remembered. Especially out here in Washington State.

and 30s

It was go awesome back then, I'd go back in a heartbeat. Sorry you missed out but at least you get to see some authentic footage. But it was amazing to be there back then, it really was.

@@carmenmonroe7 yess most definitely! You were so lucky to have experienced the 80s I’m jealous 😂!

Finally somebody said it

Those were the Taco Bell days!!

That’s so cool that you worked at Southglenn Mall! I spent much of my childhood going to this mall and I have so many great memories from it!

sorry i just saw 1987

I, too, was also born in 1979 and raised in the best decade ever. I miss the 1980s so badly. I miss the way things used to be. I miss when Halloween was spooky and fun. I often refer to the 1980s as the aptly-named #GoodOldDays. I keep wishing to return to those days again and be the young boy I was back then. Of course, not everything was good in the 1980s for me. If I really could go back, I'd want to fix the mistakes I've made and avoid the bad things that happened to me. But, by and large, the 1980s remain the best decade ever. Somebody, please take me back. Anyone.

@@davidcolantuono3622 i agree with everything that you. But remember our mistakes that we made is what made us today. Whether it was good or bad. But we live and learn too. So thank you for the comment. By the way look up in the 80s by Rhett and Link. Gotta say I like it. Stan Bush I think it's called 80s. Aqua in the 80s. Try it and keep me posted friend. 👍

The Alf costume was great! It was very popular that year!

I miss the 80’s. Wish we could go back

It was so much fun, especially on those cold and snowy Halloween’s!

I worked at an L.A. mall 1984-85 & a WV one in '91. My son was born in '86, still the idea never occurred to me to take him Trick or Treating there. Good way to load up fast, I guess, if all merchants participate. By the time my shift was over tho, I just wanted to get the heck out of Dodge & do my funnin' elsewhere. As kids, we headed out around 6 p.m. & hit every house, apt. & trailer park in the 'hood 'til our pumpkins/bags/pillowcases were loaded down, sometimes returning home to dump 'em out & start all over again. Stayed out 'til 9:30, houses went lights out, or Daddy came looking for us. I had candy year-round once: Halloween to Easter, when I got my basket, then Easter to Halloween! When my boy was 3, he had the flu so I played stand-in, explaining to my neighbors in Spanish that my baby was sick & I was Trick or Treating for him, so his little pumpkin would be full & waiting when he got better.

Wow! Thanks for sharing your story! Working in a mall in LA back in the 80’s would have been quite the experience! We would trick or treat in the mall and then head out to the neighborhoods to get more candy. It’s amazing that we could do that and stay out late without to much worry. What great fun that was! Sounds like you had some amazing times back then!

Also, that is so cool that you went out to get candy for your little one when he was sick!

@@videodotti It was certainly an educational experience (I was barely 21)! My 1st job in L.A. was at Eagle Rock Plaza's Pets Plus, where I was Medusa that Halloween, complete w/green skin, floor-length tunic/shroud, rubber snakes woven into my headdress & a live, borrowed, "baby" python draped about my shoulders. Vicki, the red-headed French business matriarch (my boss), came dressed as Carmen Miranda, but fearing the local competition, forbade me from entering the mall-employee costume contest & assigned me to the register all that day so she'd be free to go instead. A yr later, I moved upstairs, becoming a "Fashion Coordinator," i.e. retail salesperson, for Fashion Conspiracy. Both stores are long gone & the Plaza's been renamed, but it still had some businesses open within last time I visited SoCal. The thought never crossed my mind back then that even malls have limited shelf-life & die once out of style. Then again, as kids, we believed Trick-or-Treating to be an unchanging, safe & timeless tradition.

Me too! I wish we could go back to the way things used to be!

So many great stores in the mall back then as well! Loved the record stores, the poster store, etc. I wish my kids could experience this like we did. We should absolutely try to bring it back!! Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much for stopping by the channel and subscribing. We have so many more videos coming to take you back time!

Absolutely, the 80s and 90’s were a great time to grow up as a kid! Things were a lot more simple and we spent more time outside playing with friends instead of being cooped up inside on electronic devises. Maybe we can bring back some of the good things from this time era for future generations!

@@videodotti naw this generation just gets worse within time but we can still hope tho Esp all this violence and killing nowadays and this music aint no better most of these wannabe gangsta rappers but yea wish we can go back in time but thanks for the videos tho man 💯

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Thanks for watching! This was Southglen Mall located in Littleton Colorado

Very cool to see that! I hadn’t noticed it! Good eye! Thanks!

Seeing the old Burger King was really cool! This footage is from 1987 and brings back so many great memories!

Big bronco fans!! And yes, that was Southglenn mall in Littleton. It sounds like you grew up a few miles from me! We were off county line Rd and University. We had so much fun driving up and down those big hills on County Line Rd! We might know each other?!?!

@@videodotti Haha! Crazy such a small world. What’s cool is that your parents (like mine) video taped everything…looking back I’m glad they did. Ha! Yup county line was the “boonies” back then. Did you know any Hutcheson’s back in the day? I went to Dry Creek Elementary and I have such good memories, playing M.A.S.K and StarWars and recess. It was quiet out that way now you have Park Meadows and it’s sooooo busy. It’s funny, just randomly came across your videos…prob cause the algorithm knew I was Looking at “80s” mall videos…ha!!

That’s great your parents filmed so much as well. I was pretty embarrassed about it at the time but now I am grateful they did it! Mask and Star Wars were my favorite action figures. Garbage pail kids cards were my favorite trading cards on the playground! I remember when Park Meadows mall first opened up. We thought it was so nice. My family still lives close to there and yes it is crazy now. It’s sad that there are very few nice malls left. Thanks for watching the videos! I have so much more to publish!

Haha! You’re right! He definitely got the “hand me down” costume that year!

This was Southglenn Mall located in Littleton, Colorado

This was Southglenn Mall in Littleton Colorado

Unfortunately that mall is no longer there. 😢

That mall is not there anymore. It was replaced by outdoor shopping and apartment lofts. So sad

Yes, my parents recorded this film of us in 1987. Thanks for watching!