Back in a simpler time in the Post-WWII era, the City of Lorain's Recreation Department used to have a summer playground program for the kids. It gave the children something to do while school was out, and kept them out of trouble (hopefully).
And seventy years ago this week, according to the article below from the June 12, 1956 Lorain Journal, the city held the official opening of the 11 city playgrounds.
"In the crafts program, children are making woven place mats, leather billfolds, comb cases, and such items. They also are learning to make and paint molds and to braid narrow plastic strips into attractive bracelets or neck chains.
"Baseball and softball leagues are being organized at the various parks and tennis instruction and games will result in a tournament among the parks at the end of the season.
"Other activities include basketball, volleyball, badminton, paddle tennis, horseshoes, picture puzzles, checkers, table tennis, story hour, croquet, chess and ring toss.
"There are also coloring books for the very small children.
"Playgrounds all have been equipped with swings, both regular and small, merry-go-rounds, climb-arounds, teeter totters, and slides."
It was an impressive amount of activities with something to appeal to every child. It all sounds so quaint. A little more than ten years later, my siblings and I participated in a special Indian-themed Lorain Parks event at Willow Creek (which I wrote about here). It was a day that I still remember fondly.
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