THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
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Ahh, the old Natatorium, I remember well walking there each summer and if you got there early enough it was either cheaper entry or something like that. Some days it was our goal to swim all day until the lights came on in the pool. Diving from the shower islands in the shallow pool,and scooting across very hot pavement to stand on your well placed towel on the cement. The bag of chips 5 cent bag, or a toasted hotdog and a soft drink on the roof. Dropping chips or some sort of snack down to our friends still in the pool area. Also the old baskets to put our clothes in and wearing that numbered pin on our bathing suits,to claim our clothes back later. The tight turnstyles to enter the change rooms, and that tepid cesspool they wanted everyone to walk through before entering the pool area,or coming back in to go home. We always walked around the narrow edge around the foot pool............lol
Thanks for these memories and this old video from my era.
Glad you surfed by and found some old Verdun nostalgia.
Cheers! Les
Yes I too remember it well..I remember the smell the hot dogs, which I couldn't really afford in those days, except occasionally..
Thanks for the memories of the Natatorium!
Glad to hear it sparked some memories for you Melanson, it certainly was a big part of our upbringing.Cheers Les
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