A lad perched against a high fence is this week's prompt image from Sepia Saturday Cue for me to hunt out photographs of fences.
My paternal grandmother on the far right with her eldest son and his wife (my aunt and uncle) and perched on the fence my mother. My father was probably the photographer. 1938.
My mother again with her younger sister my Aunt Peggy - taken at South Shore Open Air Swimming Pool, Blackpool, Lancashire c.1930s. It opened to visitors in 1923 and a the time was the the
largest in the world. and its statistics are staggering. It cost
£75,000 - equivalent to £2,248,000 in today's money. Built in a
classical style with pillars and colonnades, (you can just make these
out in the photographs). There were areas for little ones,
fountains and slides, bars and cafes - so something for everyone. By the end of the 1930s, visitors to South Shore Baths had totalled over nine million people.
In that 1950's and 60's, the Open Air Pool became popular venue for international and national beauty
contests and the location for celebrity photographs.
But, you needed to be hardy in all but the best of weathers, as the water was notoriously cold. From the 1950's holidaymakers were heading abroad and becoming used to the waters of warmer climes. Use dropped and the Baths became a big white elephant , demolished in 1983.
On four decades - my husband and I taking a break on a country walk - against a convenient gate.
With daughter, 1985 in the beautiful Wilton Lodge Park, near our home in Hawick, Scottish Borders. At 100 acres it offered riverside and woodland walks, recreational activities, and an awarded winning walled garden.
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Holiday Memories
Wooden steps and fence up to a covered bridge in Kaprun, Austria.
A typical Cape Cod cottage, with a picket fence
on the Island of Nantucket, in New England, USA.
on the Island of Nantucket, in New England, USA.
A wooden jetty and boat house on the island of Martha's Vineyard, New England, USA
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Not
my idea of fun - but here is our adventurous granddaughter on the high tree trek
walk at Centre Parks in Whinfell Forest in the English Lake District.
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Sepia Saturday gives an opportunity for genealogy bloggers
to share their family history through photographs.
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Great fence and family shots...and I shudder at your granddaughter's courage! Not for me...I want to be up high only on sturdy structures (or airplanes).
ReplyDeleteI'm with Barbara - the tree trek walk wouldn't be anywhere on my list of fun things to try! But airplanes aren't my cup of tea either. These are all neat pictures to match the prompt. My favorite is the cute little covered bridge in Austria. I could see myself there leaning again the railing enjoying the view and the sound of the babbling creek below. :)
ReplyDeleteWell done! Another perfect collection to match Alan's theme. I actually like that tree trek adventure. It looks like much more fun than being flung around in a rollercoaster.
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