Once upon a time, just shy of 50 years ago, there was a ragamuffin little girl who spent all of her days at the neighbourhood swimming pool in Montreal. She went to swimming lessons in the morning, and then was sent by two lifeguards to retrieve their lunches. Then she spent the afternoon frolicking in the water with her friends. She went home, sunburnt and reeking of chlorine, but happy.
Who was this little girl? ME, of course. The two lifeguards who used me as a DoorDash service were Caryn Meyer and David Spence. We were all heavily invested in the Windermere Aquatic Club.
This pool was built in the late 1960s. My Dad was the first President of the club. Perhaps Caryn/David can provide better details about the origins.
The pool is a core memory of mine. One of the worst things about our move to Toronto was losing the pool. Not just the daily activity in the summer, but the comraderie.
The fish! One day, this pool hosted a Family Fun day. I have only one real memory of this special event. Someone decided to fill the baby pool with goldfish, and then let all the small kids loose in the pool with a plastic bag to catch the fish. Whatever you caught you got to keep. Love the 1970s, this would never happen now. I was one of these kids, and my fish died within the normal life range of a goldfish living in an empty peanut putter jar, meaning the poor thing was dead in a few days. My friend Susan Hallsworth, and her sister, caught two fish, and those fish lived for years! One of them died well after Susan had left for university!
Here's the Windermere Bracelet!
Blue stripe agate, stainless steel
Once upon a time, just shy of 50 years ago, there was a ragamuffin little girl who spent all of her days at the neighbourhood swimming pool in Montreal. She went to swimming lessons in the morning, and then was sent by two lifeguards to retrieve their lunches. Then she spent the afternoon frolicking in the water with her friends. She went home, sunburnt and reeking of chlorine, but happy.
Who was this little girl? ME, of course. The two lifeguards who used me as a DoorDash service were Caryn Meyer and David Spence. We were all heavily invested in the Windermere Aquatic Club.
This pool was built in the late 1960s. My Dad was the first President of the club. Perhaps Caryn/David can provide better details about the origins.
The pool is a core memory of mine. One of the worst things about our move to Toronto was losing the pool. Not just the daily activity in the summer, but the comraderie.
The fish! One day, this pool hosted a Family Fun day. I have only one real memory of this special event. Someone decided to fill the baby pool with goldfish, and then let all the small kids loose in the pool with a plastic bag to catch the fish. Whatever you caught you got to keep. Love the 1970s, this would never happen now. I was one of these kids, and my fish died within the normal life range of a goldfish living in an empty peanut putter jar, meaning the poor thing was dead in a few days. My friend Susan Hallsworth, and her sister, caught two fish, and those fish lived for years! One of them died well after Susan had left for university!
Here's the Windermere Bracelet!
Blue stripe agate, stainless steel
