Postcards from Aunty Cranky.: U.S.A. - Santa Cruz, California

Sunday, September 1, 2013

U.S.A. - Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

Motel Lengyel

1717 Sequel Avenue in Santa Cruz, California. Phone 2640

A new and modern 20-unit owner-managed motel offering a variety of accommodations, close to all points of interest.

Motel Lengyel. Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

Dear Pen,

We are here for the night, a most sumptuous apartment, leave tomorrow, going just anywhere we feel like, great fun.

Love Nan

Fisherman's Wharf, Santa Cruz, California

Motorists may drive the entire half mile length out over Monterey Bay to visit its many fish markets, seafood restaurants and gift shops. It is a favorite spot for wharf fishing as well as the headquarters for deep see fishing trips and sight-seeing cruises.

Photograph by Vesta Dick.

Motel Lengyel. Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

Dear Tim,

Haven't been along this wharf yet but hope to tomorrow. We did drive past it, I think I saw some seals on the rocks just a bit further on.

Love Nan

West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, California

A view from scenic West Cliff Drive along the ocean palisades. When in bloom the many varieties of Mesembryanthemums (ice plant) drap the cliffs with a colorful carpet.

Photograph by Vester Dick.

Motel Lengyel. Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

Dear Mer,

We drove along this part today, too late for the flowers though. Also, there was a mist so the Pacific did not look blue either.

Love Nan

Santa Cruz Beach

Mile-long Santa Cruz Beach is the hub of California's famous seashore vacation-lands. The renowned Casino and Boardwalk with it's new super amusement attractions are pleasure landmarks that front one of the world's safest and most popular salt water stands.

Motel Lengyel. Santa Cruz, California - 27.9.1962

To. Nicholas Rodd.

With love Nan

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About these Postcards.

Meredith, Penelope and Timothy.

My Great Aunt Nancy enjoyed travelling the World during the years from 1957 to 1962. Nancy was my Grandmothers younger sister, she was a Nurse before she met John Watson who was a patient of hers, he thought she was a very cranky Nurse so from then on, into their marriage, he and those living at the 'Homestead' called her 'Cranky' so 'Cranky' she remained at 'Wollogorang', the Sheep Station they lived on.

My family called 'Cranky' by her given name of Nancy, Nan for short but I lived at 'Wollogorang' on and off during my late teens even working there for long periods so she became 'Aunty Cranky' to me.

Cranky and John had one daughter, Susan, my first cousin-once-removed who spent some time traveling with Cranky and some time, at what was called back then, 'Finishing' Schools.

I loved my Aunty Cranky very much, I could spend hours and hours just sitting and listening to her long stories of her travels, she also bought me most of my childhood books which along with these postcards introduced me to the Big Wide World which I have now seen much of myself, but never with her style.

These Postcards were sent to me, my brother Timothy, my sister Meredith and when he was born to my youngest brother Nicholas. When Mum and Dad moved to a smaller home, Mum was going to throw these Postcards out but I, being somewhat of a hoarder, couldn't bear to see that happen so I saved them.

My brothers and sisters can follow this Blog and remember along with me those wonderful postcards that arrived at regular intervals from places some of which we had never heard... Wonderful Memories!

There are 320 Postcards on this Blog, many are obviously missing and who knows how many never arrived, what a prolific Postcard sender our Great Aunt was.

Someone in our family decided that they were a Stamp Collector so almost none of the cards still have stamps on them which is a big pity... I wonder where those stamps are now! In some bin I suspect.

BTW Cranky was far from cranky to me, she was loving if a little strict on how I should behave, she had a desire to turn me into a 'Lady'... which she failed at I'm afraid although I remember a few do's and do nots.

Enjoy, along with me, this view of a world in the late 1950's

P.S. 2015.

I put all these postcards into a large folder, then when my sister Meredith lost everything and her home to savage bush fires in Perth I sent her the Postcards to keep.