For people who attended Crawford High School or would have attended if they hadn't moved -- or just have fond memories of San Diego in the '40s, '50s and '60s.
Click HERE to see this and other photos enlarged -- and learn the stories behind them.
Tony Flores '72 thinks "Leroy Zeke", featured in the March 20th issue of The Reader had at least one, maybe two, Colts in the band. I'm thinking David Good, author of the piece, is a Crawford graduate. Click HERE to read the article. Click HERE to check out the Leroy Zeke Myspace page.
Ah, those were the good old days -- when loving parents would place their little darlings in a cage with an alligator, albeit with his jaws tied. Click HERE to see all the gruesome details of the photo sent in by Sharon Cramer Sceper '68.
Click HERE to read Scott's graphic mini-novel about his ant farm.
Click HERE read what folks had to say about Ed Schoenberg's memories of the Der Wienerschnitzel jingle.
Chevrolet Roads to Romance: San Diego and the Ramona Country is a 3-minute color video shot around 1950. There are great scenes of Coronado, the ferry, Cabrillo Highway and Ramona Country -- the San Jacinto Valley. Click HERE to take a ride.
From Ted Hazlewood '63 comes a photo of his Cub Scout pack on the deck of Navy ship in San Diego Harbor in the 1950s. Looks like about 50 kids, maybe ten of whom have been able to sit still long enough to smile for the photographer. Maybe you're one of them. Click HERE to find out.
Bob Schriebman '60 shares a menu from Oscar's that pre-dates the Clown Era. I'm guessing it's from around 1946. Read the fine print. Don't even think about placing an order with a car hop for less than Ten Cents. Click HERE to read all about it.
There are now TWO items on the Aunt Emma's Pancake page, thanks to John Clay '69. Click HERE to check them out.
Click HERE to read Colt memories of the hottest day ever in San Diego -- and some nice thoughts about Charles F. Mobley.
Click HERE to read what Bob Richardson has to say about the economics of record purchasing in the 1950s -- and to see two real live 45 discs.
Where would we be without Bob Richardson '61 and his stash of great photos? He took this one on assignment from his father: to document the kegger being held in the front yard of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house. Click HERE to see an enlargement of the photo and to read the REST OF THE STORY!
Click HERE to read A Look Back at 75 Years of Padres Baseball by Bill Center '63
I don't even REMEMBER the Oscar's on 38th and University, but that's where this photo of Susan Roskos Mardon '65 was taken. Click HERE to revisit the Memories of Oscar's Page, view a slightly larger photo of Susan as an Oscar's waitress, and read what folks remember about their favorite drive-in.
Remember Palisades Gardens Roller Rink in North Park? Click HERE to see a larger view of this matchbook cover. Click HERE to read a short history of Palisade Gardens. Click HERE to read Velvet Klaw's blog and see a tiny photo of Palisades Garden the way you remember it.
Click HERE to check out the prices on this Oscar's Menu. I'm guessing it's circa 1948.
Click HERE to see a photo of the Oscar's sign at Menlo and El Cajon with links to Oscar's menus circa 1952 and 1963.
The Ferrari family apparently owned the last dairy farm in Mission Valley. There are some good articles about them. Click HERE to read a 1985 Los Angeles Times piece on Pete Ferrari and HERE to read Pete's obituary in the January 4, 2011 SanteePatch, and HERE to read Richard Crawford's definitive piece, entitled "Before malls, cows ruled Mission Valley."
Click HERE to take a trip down Historic El Cajon Boulevard.
