by Lost Fresno » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:53 am
The pool near the airport was/is AIRWAYS--doesn't it still exist? Man oh Man, spent many a summer day there. It used to have a cool high dive, a "low dive" and a slide, but when I was last there, maybe 5 years ago, the high dive was gone. Insurance and law suits have made us such wimps. (I remember bouncing to stay above water at the 3 foot end, that's how long ago I remember going there)
The cool pool with the slides WAS Blakely's. Never actually got to swim there, but remember going with my mom to pick up my big brother there. They had a TWO-LANE GIANT wooden water slide. Imagine. Races. Etc. My bro says there were (comparatively speaking) 'no rules"- remember Airways was/is on a military base. If you had long hair you had to wear a cap. You know, like a girl, very hard for a young boy. The only other public pool I remember (has it already been mentioned?) was Wonderland over on Blackstone which was near Whitefront I think? It was known as being 'dirtier' i.e. you might have a hair in your mouth after risking the high-dive which would never happen in the more rigid world of Airways.
The pool near the airport was/is AIRWAYS--doesn't it still exist? Man oh Man, spent many a summer day there. It used to have a cool high dive, a "low dive" and a slide, but when I was last there, maybe 5 years ago, the high dive was gone. Insurance and law suits have made us such wimps. (I remember bouncing to stay above water at the 3 foot end, that's how long ago I remember going there)
The cool pool with the slides WAS Blakely's. Never actually got to swim there, but remember going with my mom to pick up my big brother there. They had a TWO-LANE GIANT wooden water slide. Imagine. Races. Etc. My bro says there were (comparatively speaking) 'no rules"- remember Airways was/is on a military base. If you had long hair you had to wear a cap. You know, like a girl, very hard for a young boy. The only other public pool I remember (has it already been mentioned?) was Wonderland over on Blackstone which was near Whitefront I think? It was known as being 'dirtier' i.e. you might have a hair in your mouth after risking the high-dive which would never happen in the more rigid world of Airways.