Camarillo

[acolythe]

Are there any fountain pen stores near Camarillo California?

[jar]

Wow. Blast from the past. Haven't heard mention of Camarillo is ages. When I was out there the population of Camarillo was still under 20,000. It was mostly peppers and avocados.

[penrivers]

The country club. Charlie Parker. Not deniying his greatness.

[MHBru]

I understand there's a place in Monrovia that has a good reputation but I have not made it over there yet.

[Water Ouzel]

Wow. Blast from the past. Haven't heard mention of Camarillo is ages. When I was out there the population of Camarillo was still under 20,000. It was mostly peppers and avocados.

 

I attended high school a bit south of Camarillo, in Newbury Park.

 

Back then, the only fountain pens were found in the school's small bookstore, and they were Sheaffer dollar school pens.

 

We did have a dairy, poultry operation, and cash-and-carry grocery operated by the students, but that all went away by about 1970.

[jar]

 

I attended high school a bit south of Camarillo, in Newbury Park.

 

Back then, the only fountain pens were found in the school's small bookstore, and they were Sheaffer dollar school pens.

 

We did have a dairy, poultry operation, and cash-and-carry grocery operated by the students, but that all went away by about 1970.

I always wondered where they kept those Thousand Oaks.

[Dickkooty2]

I was in and out of Camarillo many times in the early 70s when it was home to the 3M plant and the Camarillo State Mental Hospital. The hospital, a pioneer in many advanced therapies, is now The California State University Channel Islands.

 

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj157/dick168/CSUCI-camarillo_state_hospital_bell_tower-schafphoto-1_zpswukhrw6u.jpg

 

Perhaps the book store might have a pen or two.

[Water Ouzel]

I always wondered where they kept those Thousand Oaks.

 

Mostly stashed back in the hills.

 

There also used to be an airport north east-ish of Thousand Oaks, a short hike from the Newbury Park school. It was used to film part of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and I got to watch a P-38 flying into and from the airport that was filming some scenes for the movie Von Ryan's Express, but it's all gone now, too.

Edited June 15, 2017 by Water Ouzel

[merlinsfv]

The closest real fountain pen stores to Camarillo are Flax Pen to Paper in Westwood and Fountain Pen Store in Monrovia. Vromans in Pasadena usually has a few pens, but I'd hardly put it in the same category. No connection with any of those stores, other than having shopped at both ( in prior locations) for 40+ years.