It's true I did survive this town in that decade.I remember going grocery shopping with my mother at the Safeway that used to be located where Chase Bank now is on South Main Street. And, I remember looking for clothes at Capwell's and Joseph Magnin. Actually, my favorite store of all was the Woolworth's in Broadway Plaza, back when there was a parking lot where California Pizza Kitchen now is.
But I didn't just get the idea
to write about growing up in Walnut Creek in the 1970s. I recently became a member of a Facebook page with just that name, I survived Walnut Creek, CA during the early and late 70s.
There, members are sharing photos and memories, like this one above of then-Present Gerald Ford visiting Walnut Creek in May 1976. Or this one of the Safeway my mom and I used to shop at on Saturdays. I loved going grocery shopping with my mother.
Some other choice comments have to do with top party spots in Walnut Creek. Hmm, I didn't know about any of these: "The dugouts at the Civic Park softball field, the bus stop at Lakewood, Rudgear Park, behnd Lippert's, behind Pinky's. Ahhh, the list is endless," wrote
one person commenting.
And, yes, I have a memory of getting out of school to go downtown and see President Ford speak.
