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(More customer reviews)What a charming surprise! A glimpse back to my childhood, pictures of old friends, little memories made clear again. I (and my family) lived in the valley from 1956-1975. The picture of a classroom I used to be a student in, a photo of the barber who cut my dad and brother's hair, the St. James Presbyterian Church across from the elementary school where I attended Scout meetings, the history of the land. My parents where both natives of San Francisco (born in 1913 and 1916) and what fun to see in photos the land and buildings they used to tell us about. My dad spoke of going to the valley to visit the Schwerins (one of the early settling families), and I can still hear my mother telling us of the ride on the streetcar and the sound it made "clickety-clack, clickety-clack"! In the small section on churches mentioned in the area, I was sad to see All Saints Lutheran Church (located next to McLaren park on the end of Leland Ave.) not mentioned. It was built in the 1950's to rehouse a Swedish Lutheran congregation from the Cortland Ave. area. Lots of family history tied to that church with it's neat steeple by the park...but unfortunately, I suppose not everything could be mentioned. A fun little book--a necessity for those nostalgic for the area.
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