All Memories
Amazing!, 1968
My brother and I would go to Santa Cruz every summer and stay for a week with our parents, we were 5 or younger at the time. I can remember
Fun House Memories, 1947
Sixty years later, I can still vividly remember my friend Jim Brick and I being dropped off by one of our moms at the entrance to the Boardwalk. We raced
Marionette Show, 1970
I started coming to Santa Cruz with my parents when I was about 5. My folks were friends with Jack and Sandy who ran the puppet show right next to
Riding the Giant Dipper, 1969
My family used to go to the boardwalk every summer and spend the day. We lived a couple hours away. We would get there early and go on rides all
Santa Cruz, 1959
I was 10 years old in 1959 and living in Hayward. I was looking forward to our summer visit to Santa Cruz. I had saved up $5 for the rides
The Giant Dipper, 1984
I was 14 and had never ridden the Giant Dipper. I was nervous, but was going to go through with it. That was the best choice I had made in
Easter at the Boardwalk, 1980
The Saturday before Easter the Boardwalk would hold a huge Easter Egg Hunt in the sand by the bandstand. The tractors would bury thousands of plastic eggs in roped-off areas
Remembering the Boardwalk, 1950
My first trip to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk was in 1962. I was 2 years old and was allowed my first ride on the Giant Dipper. It seems you
4th of July, 1950
I was born in Santa Cruz and all through my childhood I can remember going to the Boardwalk to watch the fireworks on the 4th of July. My Father, Mother,
Buried Treasure, 1963
My folks bought a summer home in Scott’s Valley in 1958. Every summer we would pile as many kids into our station wagon as possible and head to the beach/boardwalk.
Bandstand, 1944
When I was a very small child, my father played in the Coast Guard Reserve Band on the old Boardwalk bandstand. My family spent almost every weekend during the summers
Every Weekend, 1933
Every weekend during the summer my parents would take us to visit my Aunt and Uncle in San Jose. It was the same routine every Saturday. My Uncle would ask
Left By Our Big Brother, 1971
When I was 7 and my older sister Sylvia was 8 our teenage brother John took us to the Boardwalk. We played for a while and then my brother decided
Forever a California Girl, 1965
Along time has passed but my memories of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk will be forever etched in my mind. I grew up in San Jose and Morgan Hill along with
The Boardwalk Was My Playground, 1972
The Boardwalk was my home for many years. I lived on Beach St. at the Casa Alta Apartments. Every day I came across the street to the Boardwalk. The security
Summers of Happiness, 1969
Every summer my mother and I take my two boys (age 11 and 14) to Santa Cruz for a week. My parents brought me when I was a girl and
