the year was 1983. the afton's had moved to a small town in utah called 'hurricane' roughly a few years ago, in 1980. they lived only a few houses down from the emily's, who they became close with not long after introducing themselves.
henry and william would go on to create a new, unique diner; something the town had never seen. it would be called, 'fredbear's family diner' and would open to the public in 1982.
the restaurant featured a decent sized arcade, a various menu including pizza, burgers, hotdogs, and more. what made the diner unique was the two animatronics, fredbear the bear and springbonnie the bunny.
the animatronic interior could be tweaked to make it wearable as a mascot costume, but this idea was later thrown out and replaced with a fabric costume due to limited flexibility and the risk of the springlocks inside going off, either by being accidentally triggered or at random.