Baby boomers turn 50, p. 1

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ae canoe EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the yearbook, Broadbrid, i 7 point out a dozen senior mates who still call the gion home. About 70 per cent of the senior The Intelligencer students are still in Ontario. ‘ padhridee ee oes In helping to pee a 25th reun- ion in 1990, Broadbi ered that while many of his ee left town for bigger and better things gr ation, i surprising number have since moe home oe live. wasn't pressure co ad the Sg Abbe es ware Oepectnd to iota But n with the job Hehe “as - ing good, @ many could have been.” ‘*° generation probably Broadbridge, ‘af: ter Grade 13 gradu- pon 't be as prepared ation, thought about have getting into the cor puter field, but instead joined the Bhan: said he appreci- _| Peterborough Examiner as a proof ited the Quinte area much more boy. “after having been away for a oy didn’t consciously choose aca- While, ip pemepepe, it . “There's a real sense of belong- ‘with me,” he said of his years at ing in a small toy * ee and then in adver- His circum: are typical of rity at the Intelligencer. In many of his paneaion With chil- 32, he moved to ee as in high school and u dren in. sit didn’t question what went on in school, and likewise, the school educated you and left Se rest up. famil; tain mom worked to ee e interim, he married cl eca Dow pe rear mate Susan in 1969, xi. ment, Broadbeiage and ther boo- in the mid-70s, and picked mers have seen the world change inlacoie amatically in.the last 30 years. sos from Queen’s io ee The bi difference he’s seen (ating | isinth ional field. ridge discov- a oe = ——— J “Back in school, especially ele- Other freedoms enjoyed by to- oe pentane school, the teachers Lard day’s youth came later for those the princ revered. early baby boomers. was ected and parents were a Tt wasn't until Broadbridge’s ents, The two didn’t mix. Parents senior year that he obtained ) hi- cense and occasional use of the _ 's only car. ape doesn’t recall feeling de- ew ; were busy and happy. My . toh Ip make ends meet, eee us really ‘learned to nae ae of the house. There was no discrimination about mateo or female chores, that’s fo: al

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