In the 1976 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1975-1976 Acalanes Radio Club. While we don’t find an entry in the yearbook, we do find the Acalanes Radio Club in the Winter 1975-1976 amateur radio call book. The entry states the following: B Acalanes Radio Club, 1200 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette 94549 […]
Oral History: Gloria Duffy – August 1st, 2009
The two Gloria Duffy’s, mother and daughter, were interviewed by Robin Fox on August 1st, 2009. Both interviewees said that libraries were very important to them as they grew up. Each of them found that from an early age libraries had helped them to learn about the world and prepare them for world travel later […]
Speaker Series: Building the Caldecott Tunnel
The Lafayette Historical Society, The Moraga Historical Society, and The Orinda Historical Society invite you to attend a program on “Building the Caldecott Tunnel” presented by Mary Solon and Mary McCosker Sunday, November 6 at 2 pm Garden Room, Orinda Community Center. Alison Burns will introduce the newly published Orinda history book. Admission […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Campolindo 1974-1975 Electronics Club
In the 1975 Compañero… we do not find an entry for the 1974-1975 Electronics Club. We do find an entry for the Campolindo TV show in the yearbook. About 26 students made up the T.V. crew this year. The class was offered four different periods under the direction of Mr. Shanahorn. Being a service to […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1974-1975 FM Club
In the 1975 Del Valle yearbook… we find the 1974-1975 FM Club. The F.M. Club is composed of students who are interested in electronics and/or radio broadcasting. They are building their own station in a part of the electronics lab and are planning to get a license from the F.C.C. The club also provides an […]
Oral History: Ted & Linda Murphey – November, 1976
Summary: Ted and Linda Murphey were interviewed in November, 1976. They had operated Murphey’s Valley Prescription Pharmacy on a site near the present-day Wells Fargo Bank from 1947 to 1964. Twelve years later they described for their interviewer the other principle businesses–mostly restaurants and gas stations–that existed on Mount Diablo Boulevard at that time. Oral […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: 1974-1975 Acalanes Radio Club
In the 1975 Aklan… we do not find an entry for the 1974-1975 Acalanes Radio Club. While we don’t find an entry in the yearbook, we do find the Acalanes Radio Club in the Winter 1974-1975 amateur radio call book. The entry states the following: B Acalanes Radio Club, 1200 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette 94549 […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Campolindo 1973-1974 Electronics Club
In the 1974 Compañero… we do not find an entry for the 1973-1974 Electronics Club. We do find an entry for the Campolindo TV show in the yearbook. For the last few years the TV program has been putting out a television series called the Campolindo “30”. This is headed by Mr. Shannahorn and can […]
Lafayette History Rabbit Holes – Acalanes Radio Station KCEQ: Del Valle 1973-1974 FM Club (Del Valle Gets An Amateur Radio Station)
If you were to do a barebones history of KCEQ, then this is where you would begin. Wendell began teaching at Del Valle during the 1969-1970 school year. Unlike when he started at Campolindo, there doesn’t appear to have been either the emergence of an electronics/radio club or the continuance of a pre-existing club upon […]
Oral History: Beverly Panfilli – October, 2004
Summary: Beverly Panfilli Littorno was interviewed by Julie Sullivan in October, 2004. Her father Adolph, who had experience working in commercial fishery, along with her mother Barbara, opened a small fish market on Old Tunnel Road in 1945. It soon became a restaurant as well, called Lafayette Seafood Grotto. This business became one of the […]
