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Taking time out to relax

Perry Rice

The last Camera Obscura image, on March 13, 2020, before the Covid lockdown started in earnest, featured yachts on the lake. We said it was a great spectator sport.

We are showing here proof that it was indeed very relaxing for spectators. In this photo we have a younger couple with a baby in a pram. In the foreground is an older couple in their very difficultto-get-out-of folding chairs.

The lady is holding what looks to be an oriental parasol – maybe a travel souvenir. Both are staring quite intently out over the lake, so we may assume they are watching a yacht race. Would we occasionally still see yachting on the lake nowadays? Is it a seasonal sport? This is about early 1980 when shops were closed all weekend.

Contributed by Perry Rice, Heritage Librarian – Photographs, Hamilton Central Library.

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