Yesterday my mother and I took a drive through the Fraser Valley neighbourhood where I spent the first 16 years of my life. As we drove slowly down our street, we named almost every family that had lived there at one time or another- " Oh yes, the H's lived there and they had a pond in the backyard.." and so on down the road.
We were surprised to see our former home for sale. It's held up pretty well. Asking price? Over 400K ! My parents purchased it in 1958 for 16 thousand dollars!
We drove down the lane behind our home where I stopped and took this photo of 'my' maple tree. Dad planted it when they moved in and, as a child in the 60s my friends and I would spend many, many happy hours climbing it , hanging upside down from its branches, and only occasionally falling from it.
The neighbourhood was, and I hope still is a wonderful place for children. There was a huge park and playground behind our home, and a slow flowing river( actually river is too kind a word, more like a slough, but we didn't care) across the street. In winter we would toboggan down the river bank jumping off just before we came to the water's edge. I don't think my parents knew we did that! They would have totally freaked!
What are some of your special childhood memories?
We were surprised to see our former home for sale. It's held up pretty well. Asking price? Over 400K ! My parents purchased it in 1958 for 16 thousand dollars!
We drove down the lane behind our home where I stopped and took this photo of 'my' maple tree. Dad planted it when they moved in and, as a child in the 60s my friends and I would spend many, many happy hours climbing it , hanging upside down from its branches, and only occasionally falling from it.
The neighbourhood was, and I hope still is a wonderful place for children. There was a huge park and playground behind our home, and a slow flowing river( actually river is too kind a word, more like a slough, but we didn't care) across the street. In winter we would toboggan down the river bank jumping off just before we came to the water's edge. I don't think my parents knew we did that! They would have totally freaked!
What are some of your special childhood memories?
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