Here is The Editor's contribution--one of thousands of nostalgic childhood memories sent to the Burbankia website by former and present residents of the suburban California home for NBC, Disney and Warner Bros. studios:
One of my fondest memories of Burbank occurred one day in 1945, 1946 or 1947. (I don't remember the precise year.)
Our family owned a house at 1449 N. Frederic St. on the west side of the deadend. (That was before such housing arrangements were called cul de sacs.)
My bedroom faced a huge vacant lot once used by heavyweight boxing champ Jim Jefferies as a cattle ranch.
One morning I was awakened by a loud belch at about five o'clock. Outside the window, right next to our property fence, was a tethered elephant munching on hay.
My mother reluctantly let me venture into a quickly forming circus community, where the cookhouse chef gave me four free tickets to the Big Top Show for helping him serve breakfast to the crew of tattooed roustabouts.
I later enthralled my classmates at Bret Harte Elementary with vivid accounts of my unique adventure. And that evening, my parents, little sister and I got to sit near the center ring in the VIP section. (28 APRIL 2013)
