When We Were Home

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Growing up in the 1950's, 60's and 70's in West Covina, La Puente, Baldwin Park and El Monte. This is an updated Video. Some Reviews are shared below. Photo credits below. [e-mail]
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A Photo montage of places and memories from our early years growing up in the east San Gabriel Valley in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's.
These photo's come from a variety of sources - including Susie Peregoy, Clifford O'Brien, Jim Harris, Tim Burgess, Marvin Guida, Royann Maxson, J. David Rogers, Gary Cliser, Charles Phoenix, Dean Cheng, Mary Herbert, Jeannie Rivera, Penny Powers Knittel, Shorpy.com, L.A. Times. Yearbooks from La Puente High School's IMAGAGA from the 1960's... music comes from the early to mid-60's.
Mary Ellen Peck said - This brought tears to me, happy childhood memories. All the places that are still so vivid to me. Main street serviced all the wants and needs both for the children we were and the services for the adults. I can see in my minds eye spears, ellison toy store,French American bakery, places I would go in errands with my mom. Such a big world on a small street. Thank you Gary for keeping the memory alive:)
Cynthia Aguilar-Palas said I agree with Mary Ellen Peck! My mom worked at the Bob's Big Boy, Broadway in the WC Paza, Rick spent many afternoons at the Tumble Weed. We walked to the Food Giant with our little red wagon on a regular basis. Oh My Goodness so many, many more memories!!! I absolutely love this!
Rosanna Palas-Jones said Oh My! By the time it finished I had tears in my eyes... So many firsts. First place buying fabric at Grants, First Taco Bell, first date with hubby at Bahooka. When going to Greece went and talked to Chris at Chris J & B Burgers downtown. Bobs, Mc Donalds, In & Out , White Fronts... Goes on and on... Thanks!
Lorraine Ruiz Thank you Gary Cliser. Yesterday was the Anniversary of my mom's passing. Seeing this today and reliving so many memories filled me with joy. Thank you Gary, for this treasure.
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[@brendas.1374]

Being born in 1966, I was very fortunate to experience the 70’s and even the 80’s. Those were the BEST of times for me. That’s my generation.

[@christianmoya5268]

You were born in 1966? Wow! You look so youthful still. You're so beautiful too! What's your secret? I'd love to know you.

[@cynthiariley1782]

I was born in 1965 so a year earlier than you and I totally agree with what you said dude! Especially being a child in the early 70's!👍😎

[@quintaeco]

An America that is long gone!

[@bradjennings8714]

Born in LA. via Covina in 1959 to 63 then moved to Echo park till 1979 then moved to Glendora from 1980 to today. Moving out of state soon...

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

About to do the same! Lived in glendora too on vista bonita and at 615 glendora ave house no longer there used to be a gulf gas station on the corner my neighbor Margie then my house and behind us was the glendora hospital

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

The glendora dairy was down the street from me went to Gordon elementary on mauna Los ave

[@shootit4now626]

I wish I could go home.. Back to the early 80s and 90s. Alhambra, CA. Lost both parents.. 2001 and 2011. 💔

[@timothybebee97]

I lived in Baldwin Park, just off of Los Angeles street back in the 60's and 70's. I remember all the restaurants we went to. Northwoods Inn, In and out, Bob's big boys. How I miss those days so long ago. Parents are gone. Life will never have the same magic it once did back then.

[@johndiaz4229]

Born in '64 grew up in La Puente I am so grateful to live in that era.It was special and somewhere along that time America lost its innocence.And it will never come back.The best time of my life and I didn't know that it was till after it was gone.The friends the celebrations and something called "Community"it was all there our parents,grandparents,brothers and sisters childhood friends alot of them are gone just memories of a life that was simple and full of surprises.I My schools were California Elementary,Willow Jr high and La Puente High School Class of 1982. I have lived many places since I left Puente and I miss it. I'm going to return soon I started there and I want to end there.Life for me will go full circle.Of coarse it has changed but just maybe I'm hoping to get just a miniscule of the magic back.Because I've will always be home there.

[@patr70]

Good Luck on your Journey 💗

[@trains365]

That radio intro was a real time warp! I thought I was listening to K-EARTH 101 all over again!! I guess it was a little more common than I was aware. Thanks for posting!!

[@KurtfromLaQuinta]

KHJ-AM.

[@Steven-xd5kn]

Lived in Pomona growing up in the '60s. Grandma lived in West Covina in the trailer park next to White Front. Would pass by the snowy roofed North Woods Inn on the way. She would take us to the Eastland shopping center on occasion. Remember the Eastland tower sign lit up with Christmas lights. There were a couple of miniature golf courses she took us to as well.

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

I remember white front and that trailer park is still there I believe!

[@angeliquehammond2996]

Great pics. I was born in 1970. I grew up with some of those locations. My mom worked across from the Donut Hole and In-n-Out Burger for years. Ernie’s and The Great Wall were two of our family’s favorite restaurants.

[@bettierusso5410]

OMG !!! How I remember these days. My life summed up in one video. What great times to grow up. Now my husband and I are watching these, giggling and crying all at once. We grew up outside. Never inside home unless you had to eat or come home for dinner. The taste of water from the hose. If it had wheels...it could be a ride. Didn't matter how big a kid you were, you made due. Playing games, hide & seek, kick the can. Thanks for the memories

[@jerryshunk7152]

How Cruelly Sweet the Echoes that Start, when Memory Plays an Old Tune on the Heart !!! 'OLD DOBBIN' >>> Eliza Cook

[@marshallj2415]

Grew up just like you guys! Outside all the time. Even in winter.

[@massey4business]

Love this comment..

[@dtmjax5612]

Me too. Sad thing is, if we had video games back then we’d have probably been inside too.

[@unknownsender6852]

60 years later, boomers still kicking the can

[@jefflarson95]

I just stumbled across this.. I was there between 1960 and 68. Well, the memories it brought back when i was just 2 and 9 years old. Living in Glendora and Covina. Thank you for the memories

[@GFORCEteamVideos]

A ton of memories here! Thanks for taking time & effort. I'm sure it's been fun for thousands & thousands of boomers.

[@ronaldmorris3197]

I remember as a kid in the 60's going to the Eastland center. My folks loved Clifton's cafeteria. Remember eating fried chicken and listening to the organ player. So much has changed over the years.

[@kristis.5422]

Cried watching this because my Mom and Dad have passed and this brought back so many memories at one time. Best childhood ever growing up here. My parents had season tickets to the Carousel and my first concert that I attended was the Turtles. Went Ice skating every weekend. We rode our bikes everywhere with not a worry . Used to drive up to the mountains after school in HS. Those were the days.

[@maryschneider2759]

how blessed we are to feel now what we remember.

[@KurtfromLaQuinta]

I remember the Carousel. We lived about a mile from there from '63- '69.

[@desertlvr]

You probably got gas at Irv's Flying A Service at Barranca and the freeway, next to the Carousel. I worked there in '61. Lot's of adventure on Kellogg Hill!

[@bonnieperrone7213]

🤗

[@lolalovepiper6546]

Ohh and the Helms bakery truck... Ran 2 blocks in my PJs for a cream puff, when I was 8 or 9, I like to believe he didn't see me, because I was too close in back of the moving truck... Home sick from school! I still remember the sound of those shelves rolling out & the smell of glazed donut twists, knocking me over! Yum!

[@stevemarsh3578]

Have fond memories of the Helms bakery trucks , the smell when the back door opened was overwhelming , remembering i wanted one of everything on the truck..

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

Weren't they good! The eclairs cakes cookies the bread and the helmsman whistle!!!!!!

[@larrywong6331]

Don't forget the cardboard folding Helms truck. Helms bakery was on Venice Bl, West Los Angeles, it now the Antique Guild

[@JohnsonEngineering]

Azusa and Rosemead, CA. A great time to grow up in the 50's and 60's ...... never to return ;-(

[@jimbaldridge6138]

I'm tearing up. Great years in LP from 65'-81'.

[@dondressel452]

Back when life was simple and fun 🤩

[@cynergy4]

Lived most of my life all over the SGV, fond childhood memories of the 50's 60's and 70's in West Covina, Covina, La Puente, Arcadia and El Monte. Thanks for the memories!

[@jasondillon6577]

The ice cream truck music at the end is a fond memory of my life in 1970+ Burbank, CA

[@dawnburdette3001]

Wow I remember living in West Covina back in the eighties and nineties raising my two sons in the nice city of West Covina ca . ❤️

[@davidbrown8303]

I grew up in the same state. I remember Gemco. The boy in you're picture in front of Gemco I was about the same age he was back then. I remember you had to show you're Gemco card you walked in the front door so I would wait till I seen a couple in their late 30s or older and walk along side them and they would think I was their kid lol. I see a film like this I used to think lord take me home again but after my mother died I just cry I will never go home again. Thank you for the film there are a lot of warm memories back in that time.

[@MrRJDB1969]

Great video ! Sadly... we'll never be able to return to those beautiful, bygone days.

[@threeicys]

Thrifty's ice cream was the best!

[@armandofernandez8257]

Oh yes The Best.

[@danc1197]

I could only afford the 10 cent single scoop. The 25 cent triple was out of my budget.

[@danc1197]

I could only afford the 10 cent single scoop. The 25 cent triple was out of my budget.

[@annabelles1622]

I'd stop off at the thrifties walking on my way home from high school and get the double scoop. Chocolate chip and orange sherbet. Always the same two flavors. But only when I had extra money.

[@BW-kv9wj]

I remember when a triple scoop was 15 cents

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

I so remember Eastland shopping center

[@floranneable1]

My grandparents lived in Covina when I was growing up in the 60s-70s. These places sure bring back memories of visits to them!

[@clovis-ti1yv]

Great picture collection. I was born in 78. These photos are from my mom and dads youth. I grew up in San Diego. This California is sadly just a memory. There were problems then too. I remember Thrifty Ice Cream. I remember the Friday jingle that went🎶It’s a Southern California weekend🎶.

[@behindthespotlight7983]

I ate at The Great Wall once in 2007. Had beef chow fun. And it was like an old school San Francisco chop suey vibe. The entire street looks different. After 18 years in LA, 10 of them in Pasadena, it’s probably one of the saddest & most accurate barometers of America’s decline. If you stretch your mind back to the early 80’s (and before) LA was pretty close to a nice place.

[@michaelcraig9449]

Wow I wish I grew up there. I would have been at the beach all the time.

[@kohchangfarang]

Fantastic, grew uo in Walnut definitely brings back fond memories of growing up there. Didn't see the North Woods Inn, Acron, or Millers Outpost. But was surprised to see the Capri theater, spent many a Saturday afternoon in there. Thanks for the memories.

[@lighthouse3879]

Akron...

[@russellhurst3041]

Love this!! I grew up in San Gabriel, just down the road. We had all this stuff also, gone now, so sad.

[@janeforst8464]

I grew up in East Whittier, close enough to West Covina, La Puente, El Monte, and all those areas. I remember all those places so well. I can still see them in my minds eye. But when I saw Beach Blvd heading towards Huntington Beach, that did it. I spent so much time both on the Boulevard and the beach and at places like Knotts Berry Farm. So many memories, thanks for putting this together. I loved the music too, Time in a Bottle couldn't have been more perfect.

[@patr70]

💗💗

[@davidramsey6773]

This brought back so many wonderful memories. I was born in West Covina in 1958 and we lived in La Puente until I was 11 - that's when we moved "back to Texas." I loved Christmas at Eastland Shopping Center and I remember being really small and eating in the diner inside Thrifty Drug. Thanks for these videos - they've helped me reclaim a lost part of my life.

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

So cool. And look at you now... On radio stations coast to coast with your own Financial Advice Program!

[@bbrown5887]

@@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr that was funny. I can’t believe no one has commented on it in 2yrs. I hope you are “doing better than you deserve”🙂.

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

@@bbrown5887 - Ha! I sure am. I'm still overworked.. but thankfully still over-paid ;) All the best to you!

[@NoirL.A.]

i'm also L.A. born and raised. although most of this is before my time (born in 68) and i actually grew up in the south bay area (redondo, hermosa, torrance, etc.). be that as it may this vid brigs back a whole lot of memories. much different world back then i easily could have been abducted because i was outside and often very far from home i used to get in trouble for not coming home by a certain time because i was OUTSIDE so damn much (especially once i had a bike). no sitting inside on a computer all day. and yes i'm even old enough to remember when TACO BELL buildings still looked like that.

[@joannecowie3586]

Thank you for this video, it makes me smile but also makes me feel very sad. A lot of good memories as I was born 1965 in WC and lived there until 1985. and cherish every moment living there. Times sure have changed and its sad it will never be like that again. I often wonder if children feel the same as we did and I can't imagine they do. Those were special times. I remember riding our bikes through Eastland Mall. The West Covina Ice Arena-demolished back in 1985, the strip mall in the same lot that had The Islander bar, Joes Pizza and Stop & Go-demolished was on Hollenbeck & Garvey. Crawling through that tunnel under the 10 fwy on Hollenbeck to get to the South side, I can still hear the cars rumbling above. Shakeys Pizza, Millers Outpost & that old white house on corner of Azusa & Rowland surrounded by orange trees-all gone. The Capri theatre, skate junction & so much more. Those are things of the past. It kind of makes me feel a bit sick to my stomach almost the feeling of being heart broken, craving those days back but know it will never be again. Sooooo many memories that I can go on & on. Thanks again for this video hope to see more in the future.

[@bills.1390]

My son was born in West Covina in 1967 I seem to recall the hospital was called "Queen of the Valley Hospital" ? We lived in Covina from 1968 to 1981 then moved to Pismo Beach where we live today.

[@joannecowie3586]

@@bills.1390 HI Bill. Yes, there is Queen of the Valley hospital, still around today, so is the old West Covina Hospital which I believe it's called Doctors Offices or something like that. It is right next to the 10fwy, South, off of Orange I believe. The building is still there but not too sure what it is called now. I was hospitalized at QV hosp in 1984 from an accident. Two different places though. You were living in the area almost the same time as I was, 1965-1985. I just looked up the address then went to googleearth. The address is 725 S. Orange St WC. It's a white old building, looks like it may have been added on a bit. That was originally WC Hospital. Thanks :)

[@binthrdonthat]

I was born and raised in OC, so very similar specifically for the times. It will never be the same and we can't get it back except for memories like these. TY for that. You'll notice the group of kids in the summer, never wore shoes in the summer till maybe 15 or16. Don't live there now thank God but I think where you grow up as a kid is always home. My best and earliest memories are from there. When the extended family goes to Disneyland (which is a total rip off now) I always go back to the hospital where I was born and the old 'block' even though nothing is the same

[@BW-kv9wj]

It was so clean and beautiful back then. Now look at it. Do you ever wonder what happened? It’s very obvious.

[@88hyperman]

Too many immigrants

[@tbarela]

Wow! thanks for the Memories! Was glad to see the West Covina Shopping Center as I remember it well as a child. This brought a tear to my eye!

[@walterkleinjr8950]

Lived all around here. Lived on Inyo St. in La Puente, and went to Hurley Elem. Sch., Giano Jr. High, and Nogales High Sch. Also lived in El Monte 60's to the early 70's. Came back to this area after I got out of the Army in 74. Lived in Hacienda Heights on Sigman St. The wife grew up on Hurley St., and my Grandparents lived on 610 Chatterton St. We were back in La Puente in 2006, but really didn't recognize the place. This is how we remember it. Thank you.

[@judyreyes9250]

Fantastic. The Burbs. Places we drove through but never stopped because we were strangers. But oh those occasional trips to the beach in the car...heaven. Highland Park girl signing off.

[@gmlasam]

That was the San Gabriel Valley? It was so clean. I didn't even recognize it...where are all the Vatos?

[@patrickfreeman5238]

this was just prior to the infestation. See the difference?

[@cmendoza9255]

They didn't start coming in until the Reagan era. The 80's

[@carlossanchez5956]

Since 19th century we've been here On the west coast and the south west of the United States.

[@ksmcouncilspear4757]

Grew up in SFV in the 60's. Best friend was a Mexican kid named Chris and we became blood brothers. The original settlers in the LA basin were from Spain and we're called the Californios. They have occupied the area for 250 years since the first Missions were being constructed. They brought with them high culture from the old country and many were quite wealthy land owners. I have Spainish ancestry but sadly we don't know anything about that part of our family and only found out through DNA search.

[@ms.sonshine8878]

Seeing that photo with the children on bicycles reminds me of Christmas' past. Christmas day our street would be full of kids on their brand new bikes and roller skates. I don't see that anymore.

[@dirtydave2691]

I grew up in southern Orange County. I can remember riding to my friends house's Christmas morning to show off my new bike. And yes our street would be full of kids on Schwinn Stingrays or 10 speeds! Great memories....

[@funkster007]

Coming from the Midwest, it's always a bit odd seeing pictures like these during the Holidays, as we would be sledding down snowy hills, ice skating and dressed up like eskimos on Christmas day lol. I definitely feel the nostalgia though.

[@KurtfromLaQuinta]

@@dirtydave2691 I still have my Schwinn Sting Ray from '64!

[@billmeeker774]

The quality of life experienced by the middle class in California was beyond anything anyone had ever seen. So long ago in some ways. Gone now forever.

[@Al-ls9nk]

Great video indeed those were the best of times, to bad we can't save time in a bottle. I would open it now !

[@RandysFiftySevenChevy]

This old 70-year-old softy just spent 11:47 minutes going back to a time so familiar.

[@lolalovepiper6546]

Thank you so much for this fabulous video collection! I grew up in the 60's in Covina, lived on Center Street. Seemed like a more innocent time & I am glad I got to spend my young years there. Orange Julius, freight out let on Citrus, all those cool antique shops & hobby store, Covina Park & the plunge & dot candy from the metal snack bar & the big rocket ship, Covina Elementary. So many nice memories came back to me watching this!

[@hiseyes]

Lived in Lomita and La Mirada in the 60's as a kid. We must have traveled around those areas cuz the names are really familiar to me. Really nostalgic! Thanks!

[@KK-qc5ct]

To everything turn turn turn... there is a season turn turn turn. Life was much more free and exciting back then. Oh how much the culture of California has changed.

[@washedinblood]

Every one of my 60 years in Covina. Lots of great memories here.

[@stephenoshaughnessy2279]

Wow, Leave to Beaver was filmed in La Puenta. I was 6 years old in 1960. Even though it is California, my life on Long Island in New York was the same. In the summer, we played baseball all day. We biked everywhere. The bigger kids fixed cars in the driveway. The price of a nice home was unreal: $12,500.

[@BabyMonkeyDefender]

Oh man! Memories! I was born in Santa Ana CA, Lived in Huntington Beach until age 5. My grandparents moved to Hacienda Heights and my mother, newly divorced decided to move us to La Puente. I went to Nelson Elementary, then Sparks Jr High, and finally off to La Puente High School. I stayed with my aunt in West Covina for half a school year. Then I went back to La Puente and it's high school. When my 11 grade year rolled around we moved to Covina. Southern Hills high school was great, but the kids were snobs. This video took me back to my childhood and younger years and I'm crying tears of joy from how happy I was as a kid and those memories are awesome. Now I live in Las Vegas, I'm getting old, (62) but my mind and memories are sharp and clear as a bell. Bob's Big Boy was my all time favorite restaurant. An order of French fries and a side salad with blue cheese dressing. Yum! Good times good times 😁

[@rosaspanjol673]

Beautiful times😘… when life was more simple 😢

[@thegrandcanyonisegypt2489]

an episode of Chips brought me here thx 4 the clarity😊

[@alexanderbanos8125]

2:32 When Eastland Center had a May Company store which closed in 1993 due to the Robinsons-May merger (now Target and Burlington Coat Factory, (Robinsons-May built new store at West Covina Mall months later, now Macy's)).

[@johnliotta2583]

Born in 67 upstate ny about 30 minutes north of Manhattan and life was very much the same here. Looks like a great place to grow up. U all r blessed. Life is different now. U S is in for a rude awakening with all its liberal ways t having Jeaua taks a back seat. God help us and mYGod bless all u Californians.

[@johnliotta2583]

Meant Jesus sorry.

[@BabyMonkeyDefender]

I wonder how many of the people who lived in La Puente 1965-1977, I might know. 🤭 West Covina from 1977-1991, then it was off to Las Vegas and here I am. Born in Santa Ana, Ca lived in Huntington Beach until age 5. Ahhh good times

[@azmike1]

You have got it together man. These images and sounds bring tears and a sense of slight regret. regrets that I didn't really know what we had when we were living in days like those. I lived in West Covina and surrounding area from Feb 1966 to 1992. Great stuff! Thank you.

[@eazystreet5507]

OMG KHJ JUST BLEW A NOSTALGIA FUSE! What a GRATE place and time to be a teen. The Good Humor ice cream truck music was a nice touch.

[@drbombay91765]

Love your stuff, Gary. I'm 60 in July, West Covina and Walnut raised. Thanks!

[@GWCLISER]

drbombay91765 Thank you Dr. Bombay! (Paging Dr. Bombay!)

[@ginnysack]

A musical blast from the past: "Swingn' Safari" was the original theme song from the Match Game.

[@donnsunderland2684]

Yes, recorded by Billy Strange.

[@sylviaponce1864]

I REMEMBER GEMCO AS A KID IM 50 NOW

[@brocklee1996]

What's so interesting to see is all the smiles people had back in those days. Nowadays, everyone is on edge and pissed off at something or someone. Just look at random people wherever you are and see their faces, thats if you can even see them if they arent coveted in a mask or facing down staring at their phones.. I grew up in 70's in Los Angeles County, I really miss those days because life was great. I still keep a smile on my face too! Great footage.

[@chrishintz1077]

Wonderfully nostalgic. Great photos and music. Thanks.

[@marygrant882]

Clifton's cafeteria! West Covina. Our family had lunch there every Sunday after church. Best apple pie with vanilla custard sauce. Wonderful roast turkey. These days all burgers or tacos.

[@Piwork69]

Having grown up in La Puente in the 70's and 80's, this bring back A LOT of memories of visiting some of these places that arent around anymore.

[@jeanettegriffin772]

Thanks, for the great memories. So glad I grew up in such simple times. Now it's over. Back to ugly corup reality.

[@alexanderbanos8125]

3:01 Back when Covina had a White Front store, which became FedMart in the 70's and Target in 1983 (now Bert's Mega Mall (Target relocated to Eastland Center in 1996)).

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

Yes I remember shopping at fedmart!

[@blueterrace]

Thanks, we grew up in Baldwin Park in the 60's, up by the dam, great to see these pictures.

[@Hardworkwork777]

Fucking sad, so fucking sad looking at the past. I wish we could all live forever, but we can’t. I wish you all a farewell. We did good, good will come. Times were good, and still are good for the youth. They will one day look back at 2022 as their childhood. Life is great. Keep growing, keep living, keep living life. It ain’t over yet folks, we’re still here. Go outside, roll on the grass, no matter how old you are, do it now, do it tomorrow morning. You will love it. We belong to the grass, as we did as kids. Love you guys, see you in the next life!

[@vickiladu6755]

I grew up in the SF Valley. Had a lot of the same stores. Born in N. Hollywood in ‘54. Great time to grow up! Always outside playing like skating or riding a bike.

[@folkman200]

I was born in West Covina hospital in 1962, and lived in La Puente until my parents move us all back to Bell Gardens. "Oh, if those days would only come again...oh, they will, but not for me." Robert Hunter

[@VisionProStudios]

We just found this video..OMG..Grew up in El Monte, went to Durfee School, Bowled at Covina Bowling alley, La Puente Bowling alley, shopped at Gemco each week with my mom...12 bags of groceries in brown bags for $60...The Donut Shop..riding in my brothers 68 corvette and 69 Mustang...Playing football outside on the pavement...Thrifty, Lucky's,,,the list goes on..Thanks for the memories...

[@rodneymacomber6337]

What a great video. This is brings back so many memories, including how smog it was back then. I was born in Southgate 1960 lived in Paramount, Lakewood and Compton later moved to Escondido

[@crickkett7510]

So much has changed. Memories for certain.

[@hannahjarvis8129]

I wish I grew up the 50s

[@600joe]

You are so lucky to have this.

[@AAcc4461]

When, to Bassett H.S Great Video ❤..

[@dennisdonovan4837]

Thanks so much for sharing... I was a bit "east" of West Covina in Riverside and San Bernardino during the 60s and this really brought back some great memories. Thanks again...

[@davidlynn5385]

I remember those sweet days. It is interesting to me how life has changed. Back then, we didn't seem to have much...yet most people appeared to be happy. Today, everyone has everything and not too many people seem to be happy. A simple life, family, imagination and and hope for tomorrow sow the seeds for happiness. I miss the old days. Life was just better and service was king. Today, you can't even get someone to say "thank you or you're welcome". Now, I buy my groceries at the supermarket and pay 10x's more for them, check out at self service, bag my own groceries and pay for the bags too!

[@alfreddelarosa2345]

Grew up here in the 70’s and 80’s. Whole family grime here

[@FormerDeathMachine]

Something about the SGV draws me. I want to live there permanently. This was a truly remarkable montage of such a joyful and pure history. Thanks for going Inception on me by implanting me with memories I wish I had.

[@GWCLISER]

+NotAboutMe79 Thank you for your kind reply on the video. I was born in 1957, growing up in the 60's and early 70's certainly had it's own challenges. But life as a kid during that time was priceless. Everything was larger, big and safer. People were nicer. It was one of the best times to grow up.

[@FormerDeathMachine]

+Gary C I can only imagine, sir! I'm sure the SGV went through so many unforseen changes while you were growing up there, sir. Thanks so much again for sharing such amazingly beautiful and precious moments with us. I feel as though I was, at least a little, able to see what you saw.

[@bettierusso5410]

+Gary C I too was born in 1957. The tears are flooding and running. How I miss these days. There is a brief shot of the Westminister Memorial cemetary that my parents are now both resting. My heart is breaking. I remember the days we all actually played outside. No cell phones that all these memories are passing bye on the kids today. No video games but kick the can till the lights came on. Bike rides, surfing at Huntington Beach..Drive in's, and an ice cream sunday and burger and fries at Bobs Big Boys at night. Thank you so much for the comforting memories. The ice cream man song on the end really got me. You are right...they were precious times

[@GWCLISER]

Bettie - So glad you enjoyed every moment of the video.... my heart breaks too that those days are gone...

[@w.patterson4413]

The video driving north in Citrus from the 10 really brought back some memories. Like not seeing the SG mountains for the smog, and the buildings around where the new city hall is, now.

[@Mr.lamusa]

I cannot wait for your next video coming soon! I really enjoy your video and love it a lot, thanks!

[@lfc63]

The good old days.

[@GESgeorgie69]

LOVED WATCHING THIS.

[@churchofthefirstborn9413]

Grew up in Rowland Heights we used to go to the Great Wall Chinese restaurant and shop at the stores around town.

[@patrickfreeman5238]

Nice work. I could spend hours looking at these videos.

[@harrycallahan692]

Seeing the Thrifty Drug Stores reminds me of the 5 cent ice cream cone.

[@dorwssapon]

Wow! Nicely done. Captivating video brings back allot of memories (kinda sad though). Back in the day when we had milk delivered to our doorsteps and the Helm's truck would bring fresh bread! I actually just drove by the old Bahooka rest. bldg. a couple of weeks ago.

[@michaelpaul5801]

this was very well done

[@rickallen9864]

Awesome video. I'm from Covina. I remember almost every in that video.

[@edmcbee3997]

Hey Gary, this is a great video. Reminds me of the old days. Thanks for the memories your a great cat !!!

[@coolezum]

Lived in Hawthorne in the late sixties, California dreaming. 👌👍

[@sylviaponce1864]

OMG THOSE WERE THE DAYS ITS NOT THE SAME ANYMORE

[@orlandogonzales6018]

Lived there between 63-68 best memories ever growing up on Nantes Ave. going to Sparks Elementary. I miss those times dearly. Fortunate enough to return 49 years from NM later to share with my family. Thanks for the flashback!

[@louieramos1018]

Thanks! GARY. !ALOT OF MEMOIRES MY DAD PAINTED AUTOMOBLIES FOR MANDY WILLIAMS OLDS MOBILE AND CRESTVIEW CADILLAC WEST COVINA !LOVED SHOPPING AT EASTLAND MALL MANY GOOD MEMORIES AS A KID LOVE THE A and W SIGN GOOD FOOD !FUN DAYS. I FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN. IM GETTING EMOTIONAL WHO SLICING ONIONS !I GLAD I GOT TO LIVE IN THIS TIME IM STILL ALIVE SO I GUESS IM LUCKY IN THESE TIMES TAKE. CARE HAVE A. GREAT DAY :-)

[@stephenb4164]

Thank you !

[@ryanthesurfman5594]

mine all of my memories are back !

[@88hyperman]

I love 💕 it

[@pancho5241]

Nice 👍🏽 lived in SGV,Monterey park,Rosemead,El monte.✌🏽