tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127420739337011079.post7945933857491325551..comments2024-03-20T14:21:39.697-07:00Comments on Guelph in postcards: A cleaner and better young manhood: Indoor swimming returns with the Guelph YMCACameron Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955793238851330677noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127420739337011079.post-156025428483022542020-11-11T07:18:25.906-08:002020-11-11T07:18:25.906-08:00A Mercury article (3 March 1927) confirms that Geo...A Mercury article (3 March 1927) confirms that George Young was in Guelph that day, putting in three appearances at the Capitol Theatre, once in the afternoon and twice at night, and received a cake for his 18th birthday. No mention is made of a swim. Even so, this seems like the only time he might have engaged in a "Spur of the moment" swim at the Guelph "Y", so I will assume it happened then until I find out otherwise.Cameron Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955793238851330677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127420739337011079.post-13859306732843757992020-10-28T06:13:32.244-07:002020-10-28T06:13:32.244-07:00Terrific story, Jon! Thanks for sharing that. I ...Terrific story, Jon! Thanks for sharing that. I will look into the March 3, 1927 event and post a follow-up.Cameron Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955793238851330677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127420739337011079.post-4608103346477032632020-10-27T14:37:43.372-07:002020-10-27T14:37:43.372-07:00George Young visited Guelph on March 3, 1927 and w...George Young visited Guelph on March 3, 1927 and was presented with a cake to mark his 18th birthday. Perhaps that is when he swam in the Y pool??? In 1972 I had a summer job cutting grass for the Niagara Parks Commission in my hometown of Niagara Falls. I worked from a commission depot at the Niagara Glen, north of the falls, and travelled to the worksites in a parks commission pickup truck driven by an elderly man I only knew as George. He was a bit gruff, but friendly enough when you got to know him. He died suddenly one night that summer and it was only then that I learned I had been working with George Young, one of the great Canadian athletes of all time. I had read about his Catalina swim in the 1957 book Great Days in Canadian Sport, by Henry Roxborough, but had no idea he was living in the same city. <br />Jon Fear in KitchenerJon Fearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975671512812824918noreply@blogger.com