Category Archives: 1970s

Posts are listed in chronological order based on date of posting – newest posts first.

Camp Towels

Forest Valley provided clean white towels to campers for each swim – twice daily.  Keeping these towels clean was a major endeavour.  Laundry trucks made twice-daily visits to pick up and return towels.  

Towels were given to campers before each swim and were to be placed into steel baskets after use.  (below)

The maintenance staff collected the towels from the various locations and placed them into large bins for pick-up.

Brighton and Admiral were the laundry services used during the 70s and 80s:

 Original towel design. 1960’s:

 

Second towel design. 1970’s and 1980’s:

 

Third towel design. 1990’s:

 

 

The Stagecoach

In the mid-60’s, Bert collected on a debt by accepting a pony carousel and a stagecoach. For a time, horses pulled the stagecoach on rides for campers.

In the PeeWee unit, early 1970s:

In a parade, 1971:

After several years, it was determined to be unfit for use and it sat beside the road in front of Sr. A&C.

1977 – JK

Campers played in it for several seasons until it fell into disrepair and was removed around 1978. 

 

Cabin Photos

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Staff Group Photos

Tractor Rides

It is uncertain exactly when tractor rides began. It is logical to assume that it was after the stagecoach was taken out of service in 1977. However, the photo below is from 1964 which means that tractor rides began much earlier, and concurrently with stagecoach rides.

This is the original tractor car in the Peewee unit area:

In 1963, beside the T-Learner,

A larger car was built around 1982:

Jerry (Laidlaw) driving:

Lou Glait driving while visiting in 1983:

Dominic driving: