I was almost ten years old when I first went to Gage Park in 1952. My family lived on Maple Avenue, now Maplewood, By Balsam. We played on the swings, teeter toddles,played baseball and looked forward to seeing the "supie" every morning, who was usually ba teenage girl. We also used the fountains for a swim and changed in the bushes. Looking back now, it's a wonder we didn't get an infection from the filthy water i n those days. We were rtight across the street from Wagstaffe and I still remember the sweet smell of strawberries as they were turned into jam every summer until the plant was shut down. Then, every Sunday evening, there was music in the bandshell and hundreds of people showed up to enjoy the warm summer evening. We got our cool soft drinks from The Whistle stop restaurant on Main Street by the TH&B tracks.
I was almost ten years old when I first went to Gage Park in 1952. My family lived on Maple Avenue, now Maplewood, By Balsam. We played on the swings, teeter toddles,played baseball and looked forward to seeing the "supie" every morning, who was usually ba teenage girl. We also used the fountains for a swim and changed in the bushes. Looking back now, it's a wonder we didn't get an infection from the filthy water i n those days.
We were rtight across the street from Wagstaffe and I still remember the sweet smell of strawberries as they were turned into jam every summer until the plant was shut down.
Then, every Sunday evening, there was music in the bandshell and hundreds of people showed up to enjoy the warm summer evening. We got our cool soft drinks from The Whistle stop restaurant on Main Street by the TH&B tracks.
That Bandshell though, look at that stage, it looks great.
at gage park
i feed squirrels here