Children filled their warm summer days with various activities. Playing in the sand at the beach, boating, and just enjoying the outdoors occupied many hours. Long days spent with close friends, sisters, and brothers were a special time.
A girl standing under a tree
DetailsTwo young girls and a happy dog on a wharf
DetailsA woman and children preparing to go boating at Loughbreeze Beach
DetailsGriffis children at the beach
DetailsLook carefully at this photo of a woman and children pushing a boat into the water. The woman is in the late stage of her pregnancy. Photographs of pregnant woman during this time period tend to be rare.
A young boy posing under a tree
DetailsJane Hodges (Thrower), West view, Colborne United Church, ca. 1940
DetailsA young boy looking out to Lake Ontario at Griffis' summer house
DetailsA young boy sitting on the steps of the Griffis' summer home
DetailsA young boy with his wagon outside the Griffis' summer house
DetailsTwo young girls sitting on Griffis' summer house porch
DetailsDon Ellis and Harold Spencer at William Spencer’s house, Castleton
DetailsFive young girls in front of a house
DetailsMount Pleasant school students at baseball game
DetailsHelen Yeomans standing in front of a store, Colborne
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