Doan Park - Prest & Orangelawn area

**9606 Prest** · October-30-09, 01:23 PM

Does anyone have any memories of playing baseball or other sports at Doan Park in the 1950s & 1960s?

**9936Sussex** · October-31-09, 10:29 AM

I spent many hours at that park [[in the 50's-60's). Although my friends and I called it Prest Park. Mostly we would ride our bikes over, play on the swings and monkey bars. For a summer or two Parks & Recreation had activities there--painting plaster of paris figures, and I did that. One year, they had a decorate your bike and costume contest [[I think it was in the summer) which I won!!!! Don't remember playing organized sports there.

**jjaba** · October-31-09, 12:55 PM

jjaba lived on Sussex also, but up near W. Seven Mile Rd.
We had Whitcomb Park nearby near W. Outer Drive and Saini Hospital, long gone.

**9936Sussex** · October-31-09, 01:45 PM

jjaba: let me take this opportunity to welcome you back to this forum. You were missed.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program:

I remember going to the park lots, and there were kids playing baseball/softball. But they were older, boys, and so I never participated in that. When I was older, my friends would get together and play softball in the playground at George Ford.