[LRflex] Re: old swimming hole...
- From: <tedgrant@xxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:32:26 -0700
Steve Barbour SHOWED:
Subject: [LRflex] old swimming hole...
> on the american river...
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2011/swimmingamr.jpg.html
Hi Steve,
this doesn't look any different than the old "Don Valley swimming hole" many
east end kids of Toronto, Canada swam in back in the . 30's!!!
At that time life was simple, it was a swimming hole of the Don River that
ran through the East end of Toronto through the Don Valley. It was boys only
and was generally made up of poor and moderately poor kids who lived in the
surrounding areas.
We'd go down in the valley early morning during summer school holidays with
some kind of lunch bag and spend the day splashing about enjoying a
wonderful summer holiday. Once in awhile a kid got drowned and it was a bad
scene. But no authorities rushed in and stopped poor kids having a great
summer.
But then along came the 40's and the pollutions of the times and the kids
having simple... remember KISS? Summer simple fun and holidays! Today I
understand one can nearly walk across the surface of the river....... thanks
to modern day pollutions and rules and regulations!
Yep the "30's weren't really all that bad for some kids."
Thanks for a photograph that brought back those wonderful fun loving summer
days of so long ago! :-)
cheers,
ted
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