Boomers and Beyond

Karlyn: So you grew up here in Angelino Heights? Frank: Angelino Heights of off Temple and Douglas, well our family was on Bellevue, and uh, when we grew up, what we did, we was like little rascals back in the fifties.  There was a lot of little neighborhoods, a lot of kids. The old stores were, uh, wooden fence, wooden doors, you had that certain smell, the fresh vegetables. And in the streets there wasn’t any iron gates, or on the windows, everything was open. People could go to the store, and leave the their door open and come back and just tell their neighbor “Hey, you want something? I’ll come to the back door!” Or, “Get yourself whatever you need!” You know, it was just, it was trusting cause people… Karlyn:  So Temple and Douglas are cut off by the freeway, right now… Frank: …by the freeway yeah. We used to live on Bellevue, and my uncle lives on Bellevue, and… because my dad, my father and my uncle bought two homes and my dad had to move to the other side and the

I have noticed that many Boomers hang out here in the mornings. I think I'll stake it out for potential interviews! 

These are the ladies that have been our guarding angels since our mother died, so glad they're still around and healthy!

Boomers and Beyond is a blog about the history of Los Angeles through the eyes of its long time residents. An attempt to reveal the real life history of a city through personal histories.