Union and Division

 Summer 1956

These pictures were taken at the house in Bangor -- the first house I have memories of. I was 1 1/2 years old when we moved into that house, and we lived there for six years. 

I guess they still make these inflatable kiddie pools. I think I was just as excited about those three inches of water as I would have been with an olympic size swimming pool. 

This is the back door of our house, and the back door of the garage. We had a nice big yard in the back and on the side of the house between us and the house next door. We used to set up a badminton net and play badminton in the side yard. There were a couple of little old ladies who lived in the house next door and they were scandalized whenever we would be outside playing badminton on a Sunday. (For you young ones who don't remember the olden days, Sunday was supposed to be set aside as "the Lord's day" -- not a day for recreation.)

The house was at the corner of Union and Division streets. That is Division Street in the background. The garage faced Division, and the front door of the house faced Union Street. I don't have a good picture of the front of the house.

That house was eventually demolished (I also heard that it had burned down) and the lot is still vacant. I was able to find (on Facebook) the family that bought the house from my parents and lived there for several years. They confirmed that it was still haunted when they lived there. The family who lived at the other end of the block now owns the entire length of property (3 lots) on that block of Union Street. That explains why there was never another house built there.