Selected Tales from the Waste family travels for Bechtel Corporation

1958-1959

Winter in New Brunswick, Canada

 

Rothesay in Winter

This is one of the houses in Rothesay. There was almost no downtown but there was a large field in the center of town where we saw some Scottish Highland Games during the summer. An outdoor iceskating rink appeared on the Green during the winter.

The iceskating rink in Rothesay

That winter, my Mom showed us her ice-skating abilities. We all thought she was very good at it. And we all love it when we watch my Dad's old home movies of her skating, especially the double-exposed parts. It's some of my Dad's best camera work, looking back at it now. It shows my Mom gracefully skating superimposed on local scenery and Rothesay in winter.

 

Time for a break: us kids were quite pleased - there was Mom doing something much better than our Dad. It was all a lot of fun. The kids weren't very good on our first try at skating but my Dad did give one of his funny performances. From the left, that's my Mom, me, my little sister Shawn and older brother Steve.

 

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