By Frank (Tim) McElrath On the surface, growing up in Seal Beach during the World War II years seemed rather easy. However, below the surface, life was a bit more complex. Most of the kids had come from somewhere else. Seal Beach was a “bedroom” community. We lived at 1010 Seal Way. The beach in … Read more
FOND MEMORIES OF SEAL BEACHBy Libby Beam Appelgate For me, in the early 50’s the town was about the beach and the people. My family moved to Seal Beach from La Canada/Flintridge in 1953 to “Try it out for awhile, see how we like it.“ My mother was tired of the smog and summer heat … Read more
By Alan HarbourI started working at the Stangeland’s Umbrella Stand in the summer of 1950. I was 11 years old, but would be 12 in July. I was probably one of the youngest kids on the beach concession circuit. This was due to the fact that Gary, the youngest of the five Stangeland boys, and … Read more