Carney Park

I'm guessing you were stationed in Naples. No one else would know about Carney park.

Lived there as a kid from '69 to '73.

You wouldn't even recognize the place any more. Carney park is still open but all of the other facilities are gone. Completely new everything has been built at two new sites, one at the airport and another north of town.

I lived there from 68-72. Best time of my life.

Me too - Navy brat, lived in Naples from 73-77. Parco Azzurro. Best childhood ever.

Wasn't there an outdoor movie theater in Carney Park at one time?

In the eary '70s it was right here:
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qt7pvrj58bb7&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=11565584&encType=1

hmm I too lived in Parco Azzurro from 72-76 then Parco Alodi. My heart still lives there. This is Dave Flick for those that my remember me. Oh, and yes there was an outdoor theater at carney park

I lived alternately in Parco Azzurro from 76-80! Dan Limbaugh here for anyone who stumbles on this! Carney was awesome. After a full day away from parents sliding down the pipes, climbing up to dead man's, and swimming, we'd watch both movies before heading home for a few hours of sleep before doing it all over again! Awesome childhood! Life without TV, video games, etc was actually a good time kids!

Man...those were the days. My family was lucky because my father served in Naples TWICE...'77 to '80 and '83 to 90. I was born in '74, so I basically GREW UP there. With all the changes that have taken place in Naples since we left, it's great to see that Carney Park is still laid out basically the SAME way it was 20 and even 30 years ago. Even though we had access to arcades, Atari,Commodore computers and SEB-TV by the mid-80s, I still think growing up there made us far more industrious than our state-side peers. There were so many OTHER things for us to do. What's really crazy is that because I spent most of my childhood overseas, I thought EVERY kid lived like that. Coming back to the States permanently was a shock that I STILL haven't recovered from half a lifetime later. Hoping to go back and teach at the new NAHS and give my own a kids a small taste of what I had.

I too was a Navy Brat...grew up in Arco Felice '72-'74....was some of the best times of my life and yes there was an outdoor theatre located up front by the enterance...Oh how I miss those simpler days where all I cared about was exploring the rim around Carney Park and playing basketball. Look the special services for letting me and my sibling check out the various equipment they had ( aka basketballs, bats. mits etc.)

If anyone i know stumbles across this my name is John mitchell.

Reading these comments brings back memories. We were in Parco Azzurro from 75-79- lived on Via Drago. Dan Limbaugh's comments are dead-on. No TV, just playing Guard the Wall at the parco pool, playing baseball at Carney park, no TV, skateboarding down the hill.... it's all coming flooding back. My name's John Kinsley, graduated h.s. in '88 to give some perspective.

I suggest all you military brats go to http://www.military-brats.com/ and register. Neat way to find old friends.

I lived in Arco Felice from '69 to '73. Our school bus stop was at the Piazza (a rubbish dump), spent endless summers climbing on the crater and taking the train into AFSOUTH for the double feature and bowling league at AFSOUTH on Saturday mornings. Boy Scout camporees at Carney Park and playing under the bleachers during the football games. No TV, just dozens of friends playing chase and tag in the streets and across the vineyards until early evening. Some of my favorite memories.

I too have fond memories of Carney Park. Ben Zaslow here - lived in Licola Mare from 1975 to 1979. Forrest Sherman class of 1977. Worked during the summers as the NSA Photo lab, and on the LST craft which cruised the bay of Naples resupplying the sixth fleet (mostly the carriers). My Dad was the Science Advisor. Great times...skipping school and catching the aliscafi to Capri...what a life!