Lockdown - week 2, report 2

Tue, Apr 7th 2020 at 12:00 am- Tue, Apr 14th 2020 - 12:00 am

Stories from our members


Victorian Swimming Pool

Just before the lockdown, Elizabeth and I travelled to the Powfoot Hotel on the Solway for her birthday. It is a splendid little hotel with quite outstanding food, and is situated next to the James Braid- designed golf course, a typical Scottish links which was a pleasure to play.
           The most interesting feature was this structure which we viewed from the dining room twice daily as the tide went in and out. It is a Victorian swimming pool, constructed of Canadian wood on a concrete base, which has withstood the ravages of the Solway Firth for well over a century. It was to be a feature of a proposed spa resort, which, sadly, never came to fruition. This part of the country is well worth a visit.

JR

Life Magazine

The lockdown has afford me time to start clearing out the loft. My father subscribed to Life Magazine during the sixties and seventies until it closed. I knew I had stored several copies, but had not seen them for nearly 40 years. Here are some memorable covers:  the space race of the mid-sixties, Bobby Kennedy’s Assassination, the first heart transplant and the growing opposition to the Vietnam war. I now look forward to reading them again, which should give me plenty of material for future speaker duties!
Keep safe, everyone.

JR


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