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Recapturing the Era of Cheap Gas, Stations at Every Corner & Service with a Smile
HEDDEN FOR GOD'S COUNTRY
By Andy Hedden
      T here was a time in the 60's and 70's when gas stations in Laguna were as thick as bugs on a Buick crossing the Mojave. There were four filling stations on the corner of Broadway and Coast Highway alone. The most notable was Atlantic Richfield.
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50s era scenes of former Laguna service stations.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF AMOS STRICKER
      He was a great boss, who was firm, but fair and fun to work with. Everybody was fun to work with there. We were like a family, including giving the place an endearing nickname, Don's Groovy Gulf. And the customers were family, too. Back then there was no such thing as self-service. Every customer ...
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