Phoebe Sykes knew Torrance when it was mostly just an idea in founder Jared Sydney Torrance’s mind. The Torrance she knew then was mostly dusty fields, broken up by occasional encampments of workers on construction projects in the nascent city. Sykes was born Phoebe Hartley in Huddersfield, England, on Oct. 25, 1868. She married jeweler AlbertContinue reading “Pioneer centenarian Phoebe Sykes came to Torrance before it was Torrance”
Sam Gnerre looks at the way we were in the South Bay
