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"Family & Friends" Boardwalk Memories

My birthday with my awesome dad, 1971

Every year on my birthday, starting in 1971, my Dad and I had a date, lunch at Castignolas, at a table overlooking the Boardwalk. Then we would go spend the

Classics, 1996

My family has been spending summers in Santa Cruz since my Grandmother was young. We would stay at the Terrace Courts for months. This is a photo we took in

4th of July , 2015

My family is from Valencia California and I had opportunity to take my family last year for the first time to Santa Cruz and enjoy the Boardwalk. A very memorable

Jailed at the Boardwalk!, 1966

Andrea Madriago (left) and I met as freshman at Blackford High School, San Jose, 1964. We both loved the Beatles and with Barbara and Beverly we made our own fab

Working on the Boardwalk, 1974

When I turned 16 years old I went to work at the Boardwalk for the Whiting family. Ted Sr. and Pinky took my job request from Aptos High School and

Re-writing an old memory, 2014

When I was younger and still lived in California my family used to go to the Boardwalk all the time. I have so many wonderful memories from being at this

Best Birthday Celebration–ever, 2014

My best friend surprised me with a two-day trip to the Boardwalk as a birthday gift. We arrived the evening before my birthday, checked into our hotel across the street

My Boss, 1988

The first place I ever worked for an extended period of time (three years) was as a ride operator in Area III. Our supervisor was a gentleman named John Busé.

Pics from My Grandma’s Album, 1920

Since I wasn’t there, I don’t have a story but I heard if my grandma went out and drank any alcohol she wasn’t allowed back home and so she would

Working at the Boardwalk, 1986

I’d been an exchange student from the UK, studying in Illinois, when I came to the Boardwalk to work for the summer with three friends. We stayed in La Bahia

Family Coincidence, 1998

My mother would visit Santa Cruz every summer as a small child, beginning in 1918. I remember her so vividly saying that “Papa” would send a car for us and

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