Remembering Crystal Beach

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For anyone growing up in Western New York and Southern Ontario, Crystal Beach was a staple of summer life. Remembering Crystal Beach Park takes you back through its 101 year history with archive photos and film from private collections. Relive memories of the Canadiana, the Grand Ballroom, the Cyclone, the Comet, the Laff in the Dark, the Magic Carpet, Hall's Suckers, Sugar Puff Waffles and more.
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@ThatBuffaloFan Год назад

Summers in Crystal Beach after the park closed were never the same.

@matdiclemente3564 2 месяца назад

I am 32 and my family has owned a cottage in Chrystal Beach since my parents were teenagers.. they have ALWAYS told me how amazing this place truly was. I never once doubted them but after watching this video, their story's didn't do justice.. I am so extremely jealous I never got to experience this park. I wish they never closed for that stupid yacht club.....😔😔😔 Also, that cyclone looks badass!!

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed the program.

@janosanfran 6 месяцев назад

Such wonderful memories! And great visuals, that make you feel like you're on it again. Crystal Beach!!

@timothyclark-sl4il 11 месяцев назад

The best memories of my childhood were here in the 70's and 80's. Absolute magic!

@jackkilman8726 Год назад

I just found out you can order the suckers online. Even though I never went to Crystal Beach, I plan to order some to connect with this incredible chapter in amusement park history.

@speederz1 Год назад

wegmans supermarket has those suckers and made in america store in Elma NY has um

@ephemerabluetit335 Год назад

We went on Kenmore day every year.

@carynboundy-clark6480 Месяц назад

Me on Tonawanda days

@adamdouglas5596 8 месяцев назад

Born and raised in Fort Erie, My take away from this video is simply that this is what prosperity looks like, this is the result of strong communities & strong families, when people still displayed a high moral compass, I see alot of comments about how it's sad that the park is gone, but I think it's sad that all these excited, happy to be alive good people seem to be gone, I was there on the last day the park was open as a young boy, seems like the passing of an era, a bygone era before cellphones, meth and rainbows painted on every crosswalk, where kids still played outside, yeah those were the days

@nogreatreset8506 6 месяцев назад

Prosperity is gorgeous, faith is what keeps people strong. Klaus Schwab and all of those other evil people have contributed to a more angrier world. Even I as a younger man wish happiness, excitement an goodness were more abundant once again. Children need to be outside more they spend less time outside then they use too and are indoors playing with their electronics more and more. The powers that be trying to completely destroy humanity from the inside out. God and everything good still wins at the end of it all no matter what, and whenever the time is for humanity to end its reign on earth for those who believe, heaven is waiting on the other side.

@WeGoPlacesTours 8 месяцев назад

I have wonderful memories spending the day at Crystal Beach Amusement Park every summer. Super fun rides & games, unique attractions beautiful beach….The Comet - The Yellow Coaster - Magic Palace - The giant statue man - The Monster …to name a few, beautiful memories I’ll always cherish! Great video! 👍😊🇨🇦

@BiometricFileHasBeenCorrupted 8 месяцев назад

No mention of the Wild Mouse?

@zstopperuno 6 месяцев назад

I remember that ride from a different now-defunct Canadian amusement park called Boblo Island in Amherstburg.

@carynboundy-clark6480 Месяц назад

Omg I hated that thing! Convinced it would tip and fall over at every turn. The comet I loved

@Ludwigdrummer Месяц назад

Ah, memories! Went there 3 years in a row when I was a kid in the early 1960's, with our next door neighbours. Most favorite was the Magic Carpet funhouse. My parents met at the dance hall in the 1940's. We stayed at the Lakeside Motel and the Crystal Pool Motel. We had breakfast each day at Nat's Restaurant on the main drag. We would go into Buffalo in the evening for dinner at Laubes Old Spain.

@johnbacon3944 Год назад

Sadly this is the Canadian way, anything truly fun and entertaining gets canned, Ontario Place was another childhood memory for so many that they demolished also.

@jamesklatt 10 месяцев назад

The Ontario amusement scene changed in 1981 when Canadas Wonderland opened.

@carynboundy-clark6480 Месяц назад

Kellys country store on Grand Island sells crystal beach waffles. Oh anyone remember the local restaraunts that had french fries with gravt? Oh the bees hanging out in the glass sucker jars

@carynboundy-clark6480 Месяц назад

So true it was a big deal. Been on many coasters since but never one as great as the Comet. I think they rebuilt it near lake George

@PlasticRevolver69 9 месяцев назад

I remember we could go on a bus from Cheektowaga, NY through our local Town Park with a signature from our parents…. This was in the early 1980’s and was a magical time!

@jimmy59ca2001 22 дня назад

i was a pinboy downstairs in the bowling alley, great memories

@darlenesloniger1934 Месяц назад

We used to have such a blast there. I find it crazy that my aunt would drop us off for the day as pre-teens then eventually teenagers. We were in a group and never had any trouble but still. Wouldn't happen today. We just loved it and felt so grown up to be on our own. My cousin and aunt are gone now but I will never forget those special days! This was in the 60s and 70s.

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 27 дней назад

Thank you for sharing. Crystal Beach was magical.

@jimmy59ca2001 25 дней назад

it was a lot of fun, i lived there as a youngster, went to school there, met so many nice people over the years and still think about it all the time, jjim

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 22 дня назад

Great memories. Thank you for sharing.

@scottkeppler7251 2 месяца назад

I have a book all about crystal beach.

@scottkeppler7251 2 месяца назад

So much fun . I went there in the mid 80s,I'm 48.

@andrewdonohue1853 24 дня назад

i remember i was taken there as a kid, when it was closing. i was born in 1981

@mikefritz3322 18 дней назад

Same! There was nothing like it.

@77atbirth 5 дней назад

I miss Crystal Beach so much. I think about it a lot. Some of my best memories are of days at Crystal Beach. ❤

@speederz1 9 месяцев назад

My dad who worker for General Mills cereal in Buffalo Ny had there company picnic and it was a blast going there

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing.

@denniscole173 Год назад

Thank you for this memory. I was a kid from Northern Ireland during our "troubles" period. In 1981 i stayed with a family from Buffalo, who had a summer home on Point Abino road. They treated this scrawny kid like family, introducing me to crystal beach was something I'd never seen before. Each summer up until 87, Crystal Beach was highlight. Thanks again for sharing.

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia Год назад

Our pleasure!

@Jeff-ld1tf 8 месяцев назад

Im pretty sure people have met their wife's & husbands there...

@DionLackner 2 месяца назад

So many great memories as a kid in the 80s 🤘

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much for watching! We used as many personal archives and collections as we could to provide this trip down memory lane! Glad you enjoyed it!

@mikeazzopardi2015 Месяц назад

Back in the 80s My parents had a cottage there and we spent every summer there. I'm 51 now

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia Месяц назад

Thank you for sharing. So many people have fond memories of Crystal Beach.

@LynnM-t4c 2 месяца назад

Loved that place. Although I did break my collarbone on the water slide.

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 2 месяца назад

Ouch! What a memory that must be for you. We're glad you can still think of the place fondly!

@scottkeppler7251 2 месяца назад

I was only in Crystal Beach twice ,but what a time it was, my mom rode the ferry there to crystal beach,,she's in her 70s,My favorites of crystal beach was laugh in the dark and the magic castle .

@marklemke9389 Год назад

Every summer (1960's) went there, highlight of the summer. We moved before I was big enough to ride the cyclone (Comet) . In fact, drinking my Loganberry (Still available online) as I watch this Video.

@Jay-vr9ir Год назад

Crystal Beach was great, then Crystal Beach decided to have general admission, took out too many of the rides and just had games . So you had to pay to get in and pay to play games , I never returned .

@stella-gx8ne 29 дней назад

Outstanding! I’m hungry now😂

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 27 дней назад

Hope you enjoy

@kookyw7809 Год назад

Does anyone know when Muffins Raw Bar was in Crystal Beach?

@cathieshea5605 Год назад

I came from Fonthill to Crystal Beach .❤❤❤

@dannymarks988 Год назад

Writing this from Tiny Blue in Crystal Beach today. Thank you for preserving and sharing the memories and affection here. A lovely watch.

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia Год назад

Wonderful!

@thomasbernecky2078 Год назад

I was pretty sure the wooden coaster would break and send our car into the beach we were heading towards? I rode the Comet once then came back with a roll of tickets, so I could ride all day. Mom's family came from Scotland, and said the first day the Cyclone opened, a man from Lewis (in the Hebrides) got drunk, stood up in the car and was killed. I loved the park, and later on loved that beach.

@zacharyelder349 Год назад

Well speaking of the Comet i can tell you that the Comet roller coaster has just been relocated to Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury New York and now it became a national historic landmark from the American Coaster Enthusiasts.

@stella-gx8ne 29 дней назад

OMG!!!!!! Sugar Waffles🎉

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 27 дней назад

Yum

@travisazzopardi8024 3 месяца назад

Anyone else remember the wild west shows in the 60s?

@EDKguy 9 месяцев назад

I remember going on Riverside Day to CB every summer. This was a great video. So many memories. So sad it's gone.

@BuffaloTorontoPublicMedia 8 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@rapman5363 Год назад

“Sold to of all people......an American “. LOL. As if that was some sort of handicap 😅😅 If it wasn’t for that “American” Crystal Beach as you knew it would not exist. 🤷‍♂️

@omalley5196 Год назад

Ridiculous line! I'm an American that spent my summers as a kid at our place in crystal beach and from what I remember that park and neighborhood was loaded with American's. The park would've closed in the 50's without support from Buffalo. Is was as much our park as it was Canadian. My family still has our place and I joke that I'm 20% Canadian, but that line definitely upset me. Like I said that was our park too. Yes it was in Canada but we kept it going long past it's prime.

@luannkelly-rudd6761 Год назад

@@omalley5196 I agree! I, too, spent all my childhood summers their. My family (from the Buffalo area suburbs) owned a cottage about 2 blocks from the entrance for over 30 years. I loved Crystal Beach. I even found my first puppy love there. I have such wonderful memories.