Happy 100th Giant Dipper!

Posted by Rachel Goodman | Jun 7, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Monterey Bay History, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay, Topics: Evergreen | 0

Talk of the Bay from KSQD

Happy 100th Giant Dipper!

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The Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk turned 100 years old on May 17th, 2024. We celebrated by interviewing Jessie Durant, the Seaside Company’s archivist about the history of the ride and the iconic boardwalk amusement park. Topics included the famous merry-go-round, the old natatorium, and other history oddities related to this venerable park.

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Rachel Goodman

Rachel is host of Talk of the Bay and Board Chair of KSQD. She is the producer of radio documentaries such as Southern Songbirds: The Women of Early Country and Old Time Music, The Boomtown Chronicles, and Pastures of Plenty, a History of California Farmworkers. She teaches journalism at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She is a recipient of a Peabody award for excellence in journalism.